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Keith Miller was perhaps the greatest all-rounder Australian cricket has ever seen, and one of its most loved and legendary figures in both the UK and Australia. Perry has had full access to Miller's papers and to his family members to produce the definitive biography.
Set in New Mexico in 1877 in the years following the War Between the States, Jonah Berryman is trying to make peace with his part in the war. He was the best sniper in the Union Army, but was taken out of action when he was shot after hesitating in his last assignment. Now a bounty hunter, he is looking up the doc who saved his life, and has been drawn to Willow Springs by a wire telling him his man is there. Jonah just doesn’t know what he looks like. When he gets to town, someone tries to shoot him. Jonah survives but is now a target, as one after another shooter tries to kill him. Jonah learns there are two other players in this game, and one is using him to smoke out the other. Angry that he is being used as a target, Jonah needs to figure out quickly what is going on so he can get out of town alive. It becomes clear he is being set up for someone else’s crimes. Can Jonah clear his name before a bullet finally hits its target?
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This fascinating book traces the entire story of Westport Country Playhouse from its beginnings in the midst of the Depression to its 75th-anniversary renovations and rejuvenation. Filled with colorful characters, it is a story that will appeal to everyone who has ever been enchanted by live theatre.
Booker “Bukka” White (1905–1977) was one of the most important blues musicians of the twentieth century. The twelve songs he recorded in Chicago in 1940 are considered to be among the finest in country blues. In The Life and Music of Booker “Bukka” White: Recalling the Blues, David W. Johnson traces the trajectory of White’s life from his early years in Chickasaw and Grenada Counties, Mississippi, through his imprisonment in the notorious Mississippi State Penal Farm in the late 1930s, to making a new life for himself in Memphis, Tennessee. For years only a name on old 78 records—and believed by some to be dead—White was “rediscovered” by John Fahey and ED Denson in the s...
Larry Brown (1951–2004) was unique among writers who started their careers in the late twentieth century. Unlike most of them—his friends Clyde Edgerton, Jill McCorkle, Rick Bass, Kaye Gibbons, among others—he was neither a product of a writing program, nor did he teach at one. In fact, he did not even attend college. His innate talent, his immersion in the life of north Mississippi, and his determination led him to national success. Drawing on excerpts from numerous letters and material from interviews with family members and friends, Larry Brown: A Writer's Life is the first biography of a landmark southern writer. Jean W. Cash explores the cultural milieu of Oxford, Mississippi, and...
American Motorcyclist magazine, the official journal of the American Motorcyclist Associaton, tells the stories of the people who make motorcycling the sport that it is. It's available monthly to AMA members. Become a part of the largest, most diverse and most enthusiastic group of riders in the country by visiting our website or calling 800-AMA-JOIN.