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With the aftermath of America's civil war as a backdrop, Kyzer embarks upon a remarkably unsentimental journey featuring the lives of unique and sometimes brutal individuals.
The Civil War has come to an end, yet things are still not easy for Kyzer. It is now 1870, and the son of Delilah continues his life in the small town of Hastings, Virginia. Kyzers beautiful wife, Dellanna, has been dead for six months. Despite his personal grief, he finds the strength to be a loving father and continue to support his mother and a person of color who is now a member of the family. Soon, an old friend from Kyzers Civil War days arrives in Hastings and changes the direction of the entire familys life. Kyzer must make a choice: will he continue his haunted struggles in Virginia or move his family yet again? But how will his children handle the relocation, and will Kyzer be able to find a stable way to support them? Amidst obstacles and challenges, Kyzer will keep his weakened family together. Unexpected conflicts threaten to tear them apart, but Kyzers strength goes to show that nothing is as powerful as the love of a father for his children. In a world still reeling from war, it is love, not hate, which conquers all.
The inspiring story of five silversmiths in three generations will take you on their incredible journey from North Carolina to Alabama in 1834. Each individual, known as a gifted artisan, represents a unique class of citizen that helped to form the history of early Americana. Their very lives reflected the importance of endurance, strength, and Christian values during the onset wave of migration in the eighteenth century. The Huntington's were only one of those particular families. They enthusiastically bought and sold property, built homes, and took on the responsibility needed to establish their new lives as early settlers, while attempting to achieve social and economic success for themselves. Although written as a historical fiction, this work is based on a true story.
On the morning of 3 July 1863, Jennie Wade never realized that her life was about to end in a matter of seconds. She was shot and killed instantly by a stray bullet while she stood in the kitchen to bake bread. Miss Wade is known to have been the only direct civilian casualty during the battle in Gettysburg. This is her story as history records all the events leading up to her tragic end.
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Human health depends on the health of the planet. Earth’s natural systems—the air, the water, the biodiversity, the climate—are our life support systems. Yet climate change, biodiversity loss, scarcity of land and freshwater, pollution and other threats are degrading these systems. The emerging field of planetary health aims to understand how these changes threaten our health and how to protect ourselves and the rest of the biosphere. Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves provides a readable introduction to this new paradigm. With an interdisciplinary approach, the book addresses a wide range of health impacts felt in the Anthropocene, including food and nutrition, i...