[PDF] The Unmarked Grave eBook

Author : Charles Todd
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 48,2 MB
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0062127012

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“A wonderful new mystery series that will let us see the horrors of World War I through the eyes of Bess Crawford, battlefield nurse.” —Margaret Maron “Readers who can’t get enough of Jacqueline Winspear’s novels, or Hester Latterly, who saw action in the Crimean War in a series of novels by Anne Perry, are bound to be caught up in the adventures of Bess Crawford.” —New York Times Book Review The critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of the Ian Rutledge mystery series, Charles Todd once again spotlights World War I nurse Bess Crawford in An Unmarked Grave. Gripping, powerful, and evocative, this superb mystery masterwork unfolds during the deadly Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918, as Bess discovers the body of a murdered British officer among the many dead and sets out to unmask a craven killer.

Author : Vannessa Hearman
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,90 MB
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824878689

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The anti-communist violence that swept across Indonesia in 1965–1966 produced a particularly high death toll in East Java. It also transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of survivors, who faced decades of persecution, imprisonment, and violence. In this book, Vannessa Hearman examines the human cost and community impact of the violence on people from different sides of the political divide. Her major contribution is an examination of the experiences of people on the political Left. Drawing on interviews, archival records, and government and military reports, she traces the lives of a number of individuals, following their efforts to build a base for resistance in the South Blitar area of East Java, and their subsequent journeys into prisons and detention centers, or into hiding and a shadowy underground existence. She also provides a new understanding of relations between the army and its civilian supporters, many of whom belonged to Indonesia’s largest Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama. In recent times, the Indonesian killings have received increased attention, but researchers have struggled to overcome a dearth of available records and the stigma associated with communist party membership. By studying events in a single province and focusing on the experiences of individuals, Hearman has taken a large step toward a better understanding of a fraught period in Indonesia’s recent past.

Author : Susan Morton
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 49,42 MB
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 148099751X

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An Unmarked Grave is the story of a murder that was hidden so well that decades passed before it was revealed to the family of the author. One casual computer keystroke while surfing the internet revealed the whole story. The author brings her family to life and walks the reader through their tragic discovery three generations later. The author grew up in a totally dysfunctional mismatched family unit in a small town in Maryland. The time she spends with her grandmother is the reason for this book. The internet is a wonderful thing in some cases. A story can live there for years after the participants have all died, sometimes taking their secrets with them to the grave. One Grandmother did just that. Her secret stayed hidden for decades. The murder took place in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and the Spartanburg Herald covered the murder and trial daily.

Author : Haskell A. Davis
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 30,14 MB
Release : 2013-12
Category :
ISBN : 9780615886466

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The North Carolina mountain legend that has haunted the residents of Kona for over one hundred years is brought to life in this moving tale of a young marriage gone wrong. In 1831, Frankie and Charlie Silver seemed like the perfect match in their small town of Kona-both had talent and were well respected in the community. But only a year into their marriage, love and passion is replaced with lies and deceit, and one winter night Charlie goes missing. All clues point to Frankie, and she is arrested with the few rights afforded to women at the time. The Unmarked Grave is a story of love and romance in 1830's Appalachia; a story of a young, literate woman seeking justice in a world of men; and above all a chilling tragedy still spoken of today. This book was chosen as Historical Novel of the Year by North Carolina Historical Society.

Author : Charles Todd
Publisher : William Morrow
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 32,50 MB
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062015723

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While contending with wounded soldiers and influenza patients, battlefield nurse Bess Crawford stumbles upon the body of an officer and family friend who has been murdered, and uses her father's connections in the military to search for an elusive killer.

Author : Zora Neale Hurston
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,70 MB
Release : 2022-07-19
Category :
ISBN : 9789394270206

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"Warm, witty, imaginative. . . . This is a rich and winning book."-The New Yorker.The autobiography of novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, one of America's most captivating and important authors, Dust Tracks on a Road, is daring, heartbreaking, and humorous. Hurston's dramatic Southern books, such as Jonah's Gourd Vine and, most famously, Their Eyes Were Watching God, continue to captivate readers with their lyrical beauty, piercing detail, and compelling emotionality. Dust Tracks on a Road was first published in 1942 and tells Hurston's personal narrative in her own words.

Author : Maria Stepanova
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 30,52 MB
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0231551681

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Maria Stepanova is one of the most powerful and distinctive voices of Russia’s first post-Soviet literary generation. An award-winning poet and prose writer, she has also founded a major platform for independent journalism. Her verse blends formal mastery with a keen ear for the evolution of spoken language. As Russia’s political climate has turned increasingly repressive, Stepanova has responded with engaged writing that grapples with the persistence of violence in her country’s past and present. Some of her most remarkable recent work as a poet and essayist considers the conflict in Ukraine and the debasement of language that has always accompanied war. The Voice Over brings together two decades of Stepanova’s work, showcasing her range, virtuosity, and creative evolution. Stepanova’s poetic voice constantly sets out in search of new bodies to inhabit, taking established forms and styles and rendering them into something unexpected and strange. Recognizable patterns of ballads, elegies, and war songs are transposed into a new key, infused with foreign strains, and juxtaposed with unlikely neighbors. As an essayist, Stepanova engages deeply with writers who bore witness to devastation and dramatic social change, as seen in searching pieces on W. G. Sebald, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Susan Sontag. Including contributions from ten translators, The Voice Over shows English-speaking readers why Stepanova is one of Russia’s most acclaimed contemporary writers.

Author : Roger Dean Kiser
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 25,37 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0757397581

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Hidden far from sight, deep in the thick underbrush of the North Florida woods are the ghostly graves of more than thirty unidentified bodies, some of which are thought to be children who were beaten to death at the old Florida Industrial School for Boys at Marianna. It is suspected that many more bodies will be found in the fields and swamplands surrounding the institution. Investigations into the unmarked graves have compelled many grown men to come forward and share their stories of the abuses they endured and the atrocities they witnessed in the 1950s and 1960s at the institution. The White House Boys: An American Tragedy is the true story of the horrors recalled by Roger Dean Kiser, one of the boys incarcerated at the facility in the late fifties for the crime of being a confused, unwanted, and wayward child. In a style reminiscent of the works of Mark Twain, Kiser recollects the horrifying verbal, sexual, and physical abuse he and other innocent young boys endured at the hands of their "caretakers." Questions remain unanswered and theories abound, but Roger and the other 'White House Boys' are determined to learn the truth and see justice served.

Author : Jason De Leon
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 26,50 MB
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520958683

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In this gripping and provocative “ethnography of death,” anthropologist and MacArthur "Genius" Fellow Jason De León sheds light on one of the most pressing political issues of our time—the human consequences of US immigration and border policy. The Land of Open Graves reveals the suffering and deaths that occur daily in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona as thousands of undocumented migrants attempt to cross the border from Mexico into the United States. Drawing on the four major fields of anthropology, De León uses an innovative combination of ethnography, archaeology, linguistics, and forensic science to produce a scathing critique of “Prevention through Deterrence,” the federal border enforcement policy that encourages migrants to cross in areas characterized by extreme environmental conditions and high risk of death. For two decades, systematic violence has failed to deter border crossers while successfully turning the rugged terrain of southern Arizona into a killing field. Featuring stark photography by Michael Wells, this book examines the weaponization of natural terrain as a border wall: first-person stories from survivors underscore this fundamental threat to human rights, and the very lives, of non-citizens as they are subjected to the most insidious and intangible form of American policing as institutional violence. In harrowing detail, De León chronicles the journeys of people who have made dozens of attempts to cross the border and uncovers the stories of the objects and bodies left behind in the desert. The Land of Open Graves will spark debate and controversy.

Author : Loren Rhoads
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 42,29 MB
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0316473790

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A hauntingly beautiful travel guide to the world's most visited cemeteries, told through spectacular photography andtheir unique histories and residents. More than 3.5 million tourists flock to Paris's Pè Lachaise cemetery each year.They are lured there, and to many cemeteries around the world, by a combination of natural beauty, ornate tombstones and crypts, notable residents, vivid history, and even wildlife. Many also visit Mount Koya cemetery in Japan, where 10,000 lanterns illuminate the forest setting, or graveside in Oaxaca, Mexico to witness Day of the Dead fiestas. Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery has gorgeous night tours of the Southern Gothic tombstones under moss-covered trees that is one of the most popular draws of the city. 199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die features these unforgettable cemeteries, along with 196 more, seen in more than 300 photographs. In this bucket list of travel musts, author Loren Rhoads, who hosts the popular Cemetery Travel blog, details the history and features that make each destination unique. Throughout will be profiles of famous people buried there, striking memorials by noted artists, and unusual elements, such as the hand carved wood grave markers in the Merry Cemetery in Romania.