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Country newspaper editor and publisher Hector Matthews is intrigued by the people of his community. There was a story in every person, every rock and tree, a multitude of little stories coming to the surface and going under again like threads in a tapestry, yet each had a separate denouement. Hector told such stories over and over. Little events. Little news items. Commonplace happenings of interest to his readers. Most of them could be repeated without a blush. Except in the minds of the readers, the stories had no life. Each reader, familiar with the faults, problems and virtues of his neighbours, scanned each line with interest, reconstructing as he or she read, the flesh and blood advent...
Playing cops was just a game until the bullets were real. The gravy train hasn’t stopped in the hollers of western Virginia for more than thirty years when Stony Shelor starts his junior year at Jubal Early High. Class divides and racism are still the hardened norms as the Eisenhower years draw to a close. Violence lies coiled under the calm surface, ready to strike at any time. On the high school front, the cool boys are taking their wardrobe and music cues from hip TV private dick Peter Gunn, and Dobie Gillis is teaching them how to hit on pretty girls. There’s no help for Stony on the horizon, though. Mary Lou Martin is the girl of his dreams, and she hardly knows Stony exists. In add...
Originally published: London: Wayland, a division of Hachette Children's Books, a Hatchette UK Company, c2008.
In the 87 issues of Snow Country published between 1988 and 1999, the reader can find the defining coverage of mountain resorts, ski technique and equipment, racing, cross-country touring, and the growing sport of snowboarding during a period of radical change. The award-winning magazine of mountain sports and living tracks the environmental impact of ski area development, and people moving to the mountains to work and live.
Newly updated for 2016, the Northern Wisconsin Vilas Area Fishing Map Guide is a thorough, easy-to-use collection of detailed contour lake maps, fish stocking and survey data, and the best fishing spots and tips from area experts. Fishing maps, detailed area road maps and exhaustive fishing information are provided in this handy eBook. Eagle River, St. Germain and Boulder Junction weren't quite enough. So we threw in Phelps, Conover, Mercer, Manitowish, Presque Isle, Arbor Vitae and Lac du Flambeau. More great fishing lakes than you can shake a rod at - over 180 lakes in all across Ashland, Iron, Price and Vilas Counties. Whether you’re camping and walleye fishing on the Turtle Flambeau Flowage, chasing muskies on Lac Vieux Desert or exploring on the Eagle River Chain, you'll find all the information you need to enjoy a successful day out on the water on one of the area's many excellent fisheries. Know your waters. Catch more fish with the Northern Wisconsin Vilas Area Fishing Map Guide.
Describes the history, equipment, techniques, and safety measures of big-air snowboarding.
An introduction to the duties and daily life of fire fighters.