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On a beautiful summer morning in 1977, shock waves ripped through the Glensheen mansion with the discovery of the bodies of heiress Elisabeth Congdon and her night nurse, Velma Pietila. Glensheen’s Daughter is the fascinating story of the events leading up to the murders and the nightmarish aftermath. It is also the story of a beloved adopted daughter who let nothing, not even a double homicide, stand in the way of her desires. -
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Capt. Jepp and the Little Black Book is the amazing rags-to-riches story of the son of Danish immigrants who did more to make flying safer than anyone else on the planet. But it is also the thrilling tale of barnstormers, wing walkers, the earliest days of the giant airline companies, and the charismatic man who lived it all. -
Soldier, scientist, artist, author, and the Johnny Appleseed of American soccer: His was truly a “life in full.” German-born Gottfried K. “Joe” Guennel moved to the U.S. as a young teen. During World War II, he became one of the U.S. Army’s famed “Ritchie Boys” – a highly trained interrogator of German prisoners of war and war criminals. His artistic talent and interest in palynology led him to write and illustrate two well-regarded books. And woven throughout his life was his passion for soccer, which led him from the playgrounds in Germany to the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame. -
Brought together by the spirit of an ancient shaman, five rowdy animal orphans have been chosen to be protectors of the planet. Each creature - Wolf, Bear, Falcon, Ferret and Badger - was given the power to morph into their adult-warrior form, and each is endowed with amazing mystical weapons and superpowers! -
Brought together by the spirit of an ancient shaman, five rowdy animal orphans have been chosen to be protectors of the planet. Each creature - Wolf, Bear, Falcon, Ferret and Badger - was given the power to morph into their adult-warrior form, and each is endowed with amazing mystical weapons and superpowers! -
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Friendly pictures with lots of color are used to describe Lara, a little girl with diabetes. Lara tells of all the things that she does that regular kids do—run, swim, dance—and she talks about her insulin pump and doing blood tests. -
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This remarkable story began in 1967 with a broken car radio and a father-and-son’s cross-country trek. The two had been making uncomfortable small talk until the son asked, “Dad, will you tell me what you did in the war?” The father’s answer is the amazing first-hand account of the USS Fuller, The Lady Gangster, an attack transport ship and its courageous crew of “Chicago Boys” who transformed from wide-eyed new recruits to weathered “Old Salts” braving enemy attacks while delivering troops and supplies during many of the toughest battles waged in the South Pacific during World War II. It is also the poignant tale of how a simple question forged a lasting bond between a father and his son. -
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In the 1800s, great changes came to the Lake Superior region. Water roads had transported fur traders for centuries and Native Americans for millennia. Ceded through treaties, the pristine lands of the Ojibwe surrendered to the logger’s saw and the miner’s pick. Railroads brought eager immigrants who followed their dreams in search of a better life. Echoes From the Past is the story of a region’s transformation from rugged wilderness to one of settlers and settlements. -
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Where is the Birders Highway? Many states highlight their birding hotspots but until now, no one has documented those hotspots along one highway that cuts through the United States from Mexico to Canada. Historic US-281 transports birders from Texas’ subtropical Lower Rio Grande Valley to the forested Turtle Mountains at the Canadian border. Crossing great rivers and winding through the Great Plains, it bisects the Central Flyway, where millions of birds migrate annually and hundreds of bird species may be viewed as you traverse the Birders Highway. If you take a road trip that cuts east and west through any of the Great Plains states, it is impossible to miss the Birders Highway. I discovered this interesting fact while I was planning numerous birding vacations with my husband Scott, and US-281 kept recurring in the Dakotas, through the heart of the Great Plains, and into Texas. I thought my memory was getting faulty: Here we are in North Dakota, and didn’t I see this same highway in southern Texas? I should have asked the millions of migrating birds, who surely could have told me that this was the route to follow if you had wintered in the warmer climes and were now headed north to your summer nesting grounds. The Birders Highway slices through the Central Flyway where some 400 North American bird species migrate every year. Some species, like the Black-capped Vireo, only migrate as far as Oklahoma while others, like the American Avocet, migrate from central Mexico into southern Canada! Many species, such as the Whooping Crane, migrate much farther north and nest in the Taiga (the Boreal Forest) of Canada and Alaska. The Central Flyway is generally flanked by the Rocky Mountains on the west and the Mississippi River on the east. (The Mississippi Flyway also begins along the Gulf Coast but generally lies east of the Central Flyway and merges with the Central Flyway again in northeastern North Dakota.) By following the Great Plains, the Central Flyway provides birds with reliable sources of food, cover, and water for its entire length. Along the way, the various habitats near the Birders Highway provide a plethora of exciting birding opportunities, and migration times only augment the possibility of seeing a species far from its nesting grounds or wintering grounds. I have tried to limit the scope of this book to birding hotspots within a reasonable range from the Birders Highway. Most chapters are devoted to one state but Texas, which includes 645 miles of the Birders Highway, needed three chapters. The final three chapters are “bonus chapters” in the northwestern corner of the Mississippi Flyway that I hope you will enjoy. In the beginning of each chapter, I have featured a bird that can be found in that region. I’ve also listed what I think are interesting species for that area and places where they may be found. (Note the word may: Finding a specific bird is never a certainty.) I’ve also listed some additional species for each hotspot; you will find Estero Llano Grande as my sample hotspot. Even the most avid birders cannot bird for every hour of every day. Perhaps your travel partner is not totally immersed in birding, or you have a day of inclement weather, or you want to learn more about the area you are visiting. The Beyond Birding section at the end of each chapter offers a few attractions and distractions – mostly history or nature-oriented – that might interest you. I hope you will enjoy your journey whether you travel the entire length of the amazing Birders Highway, or only one small portion of it, or you just want to read and dream about what awaits you. Nan Wisherd -
A single shotgun blast pierced the starless autumn night, and Officer Paul Kraby crumpled to the cold pavement, killed instantly by the deadly shot aimed at his head. The murder of a well-liked police officer rocked the town already staggered by the depths of the Great Depression and the corruption of bootlegging. Who killed Paul Kraby and, more importantly, why? As three young reporters start unraveling the facts, Stoughton, Wisconsin’s dark secrets slowly begin to emerge.
