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The story begins with the author as a child getting an unwitting education in the ways of moving water by playing in the creek that flowed by his boyhood home. The McNaull residence was located between a railroad embankment and a highway which were confining borders for a kid growing up. Finally aging and being permitted beyond these barriers lead to the discovery of canoeing. The first trials and errors of boating and a slow advance to different types of canoe trips are covered in the text. Then a birthday gift of a Pennsylvania stream map changed the authors canoe plans to give them some direction, and a goal to complete all of the canoeable waterways in the state was formed. At first the ...
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During his playing career, a baseball player’s every action on the field is documented—every at bat, every hit, every pitch. But what becomes of a player after he leaves the game? This exhaustive reference work briefly details the post-baseball lives of some 7,600 major leaguers, owners, managers, administrators, umpires, sportswriters, announcers and broadcasters who are now deceased. Each entry tells the date and place of the player’s birth, the number of seasons he spent in the majors, the primary position he played, the number of seasons he spent as a manager in the majors (if applicable), his post-baseball career and activities, date and cause of his death, and his final resting place.
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The Red Sox Encyclopedia is the definitive reference book on the proud history of one of the Major League Baseball's oldest and most storied franchises. Notwithstanding the infamous 'Curse of the Bambino', the Red Sox story is a matter of pride and achievement, and of pleasure and excitement.
Private investigator Bill Quinn is looking for answers. Can he locate in a week an ex-con who stands to inherit $100,000? Is his client with the name of a Big Band singer from the 1940s who she says she is? Did the ex-con swindle the mob for a half million? Why is a mob hit team in town with Quinn in their sights? Why does the name of a sleazy local lawyer keep popping up in the middle of Quinn's investigation? And can Quinn identify the killer of a local guy who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time? Quinn learns that murder, deception, and betrayal haunt the characters of The Stalking Horse.
Covering thousands of miles of Georgia's waterways, Canoeing & Kayaking Georgia is the definitive guide to Georgia's whitewater to wilderness swamps--and everything in between. This updated edition incorporates the exhilarating new urban whitewater course in Columbus, and the recently established water trails that actively welcome recreational paddlers throughout the state. Now expanded to cover more waterways in Southwest Georgia--Kinchafoonee, Muckalee, and Ichawaynochaway Creeks--you only need one book to figure out where to float, no matter what type of boat you paddle.