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Murphy, Apostle of the Smokies
“By means of her unique storytelling artistry, Sister Jane captures and involves the reader of Murphy, Apostle of the Smokies into the life of an exceptionally gifted, humble, and holy man who is Mr. “Will” Murphy destined to become Father Murphy. This unforgettable story comes alive through Sister Jane’s personal friendship and long association with Father Murphy. The journey of “Will” from the berries of Michigan to the forests of North Carolina and the picturesque Church of St. Margaret is beautifully written and thoroughly absorbing with rich detail, faith provoking historical insights and humorously warm anecdotes about the life of a remarkable man of faith, his family, and his legacy to Maggie Valley.” —Frances Marie Grady, SCL
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Behind Brothel Doors
Often overlooked, disregarded, or hidden from historical accounts due to its racy connotations, the prostitution industry was one of the most important factors in the development of the American West. The “oldest profession” fueled the economies of camps, towns, and cities as they grew.Sex workers, from common prostitutes to reigning madams such as Anna Wilson, Maggie Wood, and Big Ann Wynne, defied social norms to make sure their hometowns, and they themselves, were successful. Their reasons for entering the life varied, from women who could find no other way to make money to those who desired independence and wealth. In return they were ostracized, criticized, and subject to fines, jail, disease, drug addiction, violence, and unwanted pregnancies. While their success stories are many, others failed in their endeavors, their names buried with them when they died. Behind Brothel Doors chronicles the history of the nineteenth-century sex work industry in the Great Plains states of Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.
The Hat Emporium
1890 Dallas, Texas With nowhere else to go, seventeenaEUR"yearaEUR"old orphan Maggie Murphy finds herself at a marriage agency. Trying to make the best of the situation, she goes to dine with a client-and somehow ends up married to another man at the end of the night. What was his name? James. James Anderson. She hoped with all her might she had remembered his name correctly. Neither she nor James have any desire to be married-certainly not to each otherA!-but the sham of weddedness has released her from the marriage agency and landed her at a hat shop, abandoned by her husband, with orders to change her name, deny their acquaintance, and successfully run the shop he purchased on a drinking binge. After years of growing the Hat Emporium into a shop any woman would be proud of, and fed up with the man who has been receiving much of the profit he doesn't deserve, Maggie petitions the distant James for full ownership of the place. The answer she receives is not only unexpected but also a lesson in human nature and God's generosity.
David Braham
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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