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1892: Busy stitching and bandaging lumberjacks' injuries, young Dr. Thomas Parks has no idea that his worst enemy is lurking in the sleepy village of Port McKinney. When one of the working girls at the Clarissa Hotel is brought to the Clinic desperately ill, Thomas' newly arrived associate wastes no time in making the diagnosis - Asian Cholera has somehow found this backwater near Puget Sound. The cholera strikes viciously and kills in days, sometimes even hours. It soon becomes apparent that Thomas and his clinic have neither the supplies nor the means to provide effective treatment for the outbreak, and in hours, they are swamped. Afraid for the safety of his wife and daughter and all those close to him, Thomas is still driven by professional curiosity about the contagion's origins, especially when it appears that one of his own nurses is in some way responsible. Before he can mount a truly effective defense, the battle spreads, threatening the very life of the village...
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Praise for Race for the Dying... "Havill sets up a number of colorful dramatic situations that ought to please readers who take their westerns neat.
Thomas Parks (ca. 1670-ca. 1761) was living in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, by 1728. His will, proved in Albermarle County, Virginia, in 1761, listed four sons and three daughters. His descendant, John Nash Parks (1793-1873), was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, the son of Aaron and Oney Stubblefield Parks. His family migrated to Lincoln County, Tennessee in 1809. He married Elizabeth McMillen (1800-1840) in 1822 in Lincoln Couty. They had ten children, 1823-1839. John and Elizabeth migrated to Marshall County, Mississippi, before the birth of their first child in November 1823. They moved to DeSoto County, Mississippi, ca. 1836 and migrated to Nacogdoches County, Texas ca. 1839. Elizabeth Parks died in Nacogdoches County, Texas and John Parks died in Kickapoo Community, Anderson County, Texas. Descendants lived in Texas, California and elsewhere.
It’s 1892. Busy stitching and bandaging lumberjacks’ in-juries, young Dr. Thomas Parks has no idea that his worst enemy is lurking in the sleepy village of Port McKinney in the spring of 1892. When one of the working girls at the Clarissa Hotel is brought to the Clinic desperately ill, Thomas’ newly arrived associate wastes no time in making the diagnosis—Asian Cholera has somehow found this backwater near Puget Sound. The cholera strikes viciously and kills in days, sometimes even hours. It soon becomes apparent that Thomas and his clinic have neither the supplies nor the means to provide effective treatment for the outbreak, and in hours, they are swamped. Afraid for the safety of his wife and daughter and all those close to him, Thomas is still driven by professional curiosity about the contagion’s origins, especially when it appears that one of his own nurses is in some way responsible. Before he can mount a truly effective defense, the battle spreads, threatening the very life of the village. A man always driven by his own curiosities and ambitions, Thomas discovers that his greatest allies are those closest to him.
"Southeast Asia is rapidly becoming a competitive space for geopolitical rivalries. The growth in China-U.S. strategic competition is creating deep anxiety among Southeast Asia leaders, China's rising power is felt across every corner of Southeast Asia, and many leaders are worried about the long-term implications of rising Chinese influence in the region. The United States' increasingly aggressive approach towards China is welcomed by some governments, but the growth in tensions is creating deep anxiety about a possible new Cold War. How can the region prevent a repeat of the divisions and bitter rivalries of the previous Cold War? This book argues that it is possible to preserve Southeast ...
Deed from sellers Thomas J. and Mary V. Smith to buyer Thomas J. Parks for land in Washington Township, Camden County, N.J.
Chiefly descendants charts and family group sheets.