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To be held in cupped hands and passed around with wonder, the storied worlds of "I'll Give You Something to Cry About" constitute a grouping born of spellbinding cosmic dust. These tales--fabled, monstrous, Southern, intimate, meta, everyday, other, Biblical, and minor--effect a coalescence of teller and listener that is nothing short of celestial.
Excerpt from Fortha's Lyrics and Other Poems: With a Descriptive Account of South Queensferry and Its Surroundings HE deference due to the public in presuming to come before them as an author, seems to me to require an apology, viz., that although the Descriptive Matter and Poems have not the polish of the man of letters, or the refinement of a highly-cultivated mind, yet they may pos sess a something in their sentiment, or teach a moral in their aim, that may be both instructive and amusing, -may be an incentive to the young to cultivate a habit of study in their youth, which may in individual cases lead to great results in after years. Let me press this upon the attention of my youthful re...
Few recent events in British Columbia have seized the public mind like the 2006 sinking of the BC Ferries passenger vessel Queen of the North. Across Canada, it was one of the top news stories of the year. In BC it has attained the status of nautical legend. Ten years later, questions are still being asked. How did a ship that sailed the same course thousands of times fall victim to such an inexplicable error? Was the bridge crew fooling around? Why doesn't anybody in the know come forward and tell the truth? Nobody knew the ship, the crew and the circumstances that fateful March night better than the Queen of the North's long-serving captain, Colin Henthorne, and in this book he finally tel...
Experience the joys of summer in South Queensferry with this delightful account of land and water activities. From picnics on the beach to boat trips on the Firth of Forth, this book captures the essence of a Scottish summer and will leave you longing for your own coastal adventure. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.