David Frampton
2) Bull Run
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Language
English
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Description
Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War.
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Language
English
Description
A collection of stories, drawn from the tales Kipling's Indian nurses told to him, in which Kipling creates the enchantment of the dawn of the world, when animals could talk and think like people. The laziness of the Camel, the curiosity of the Elephant Child, the cleverness of the hedgehog, the confusions of the Painted Jaguar and all the rest of Kipling's delightful menagerie come alive.
Offers Kipling's well-known imaginative animal story collection...
6) Whaling days
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Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
Surveys the whaling industry, ranging from hunting in colonial America to modern whaling regulations and conservation efforts.
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Twenty-two fairy tales for adults by a German writer (1877-1962). In A Man by the Name of Ziegler, the protagonist can talk to animals and finds them just as wicked as humans, Augustus is on a man who loses a fortune but gains happiness, and A Dream of the Gods contrasts the hopes and the reality of World War I. By the author of Steppenwolf.
9) My son John
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Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Depicts, in rhyming text and illustrations, the daily chores and activities of a group of children on a large farm.
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
Evokes the spirit of an ancient city, recalling David, Nebuchadnezzer, Herod, Hadrian, Constantine, Saladin, Sulieman, and the many groups who came to conquer; and observes that despite 3000 years of being battered, burned, and rebuilt, Jerusaleum shines peacefully in the moonlight.