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On Monday, September 17, 1860, near Carbonwood, a small mining town located in Northern California, tragedy strikes. Mine worker Silas Jeremiah Baldwin is killed after an unusually bizarre encounter with another individual. Baldwins death initiates a series of historical events that will in time allow three modern day high school teenagers to come into possession of two devices. The second device, a gravitational force-based weapon called the extraspatial otivicon, is inconceivably more powerful than any other weapon in the known galaxy. The teenagers possession of this device is bringing upon them adverse difficulties, even as police officials and military officials are after them. Yet, a g...
These twenty short stories and ten poems cover many situations and environments: "The Star Ruby." Precocious and nasty with reason, a young girl covets her grandma's ring. "The General's Darlings." A resourceful soldier starts a chorus and is amazed to discover it's become important to him. "High Ground." A boy rides from Chicago to Indiana to bring back Thanksgiving poultry with his brother-in-law and an African-American. "Uncommon Versatility." An artist of many styles who looks like Sasquatch. "Julie's Retirement." He retires and settles things after being feted by strangers. "His Secret Place." Seeking enlightenment in all the wrong places. "Skin Deep." She uniquely escapes abuse. "Famil...
A Mississippi river yarn about the crew of a towboat at the beginning of WW II. Bissell tells it like it is. This is how they talked, this is how they lived, and sometimes, eloquently and tenderly, this is how they died. Unerringly and with great authenticity, Bissell tells the story of the river and why it grips the men who love it.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.