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Three days before Christmas in 1831, Frankie Silver killed her husband, Charles Silver, with an axe and burned his body in the fireplace. Author Perry Deane Young, whose ancestors were involved in the case, began collecting material about it as a teenager. As a college student, he was astounded to learn that most of what he had been told was actually false. Abused by her husband, Frankie killed in self defense. The laws of that time would not allow her to take the stand and explain what happened. She was unjustly hanged in July of 1833. Young proves the real crime is the way this poor woman has been misrepresented by balladeers and historians all these years. "Perry Deane Young provides impo...
"Mr. Cohon makes an excellent case for widespread use of manufacturers' representatives. This should come as no surprise as he is a second-generation ""rep"" himself and, given his education and background, one would expect an eloquent testimonial to the benefits of outsourcing the sales force. Cohon's advanced education is demonstrated by his ability to weave fact with fiction, and by his extensive use of statistical analysis to make his points. The Sales Force shows that these under-publicized, small sales agencies are indeed cost-effective, and that their owners are truly business people in sales, not sales people in business."
Willa Cather surely belongs to America's most famous authors of the early 20th century. Most of her stories are set in the Great Plains, especially in Nebraska, where she was born and where she lived. This volume is a carefully selected compilation of more than 25 of her most exciting and successful short stories.
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