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In July 1965, an Artesian Turquoise Chevrolet Biscayne rolled off a General Motors assembly line destined for a dealership in Utica, New York, where it caught the eye and the imagination of the author. When he and his father purchased it on August 11, little did James Ward know that this car would become a member of the family, playing a role in his honeymoon, years of graduate school, the birth of his daughter and her first driving lesson, among countless other memories. Four decades - and a lot of history - later, the author still owns and drives this rolling historical artifact dubbed Phoebe. Using the family car as a narrative thread, this first-person account explores American history over the last forty years as experienced by the author. From Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush, from the automotive industry to fast food franchises, it chronicles American life since the mid - 1960s. In his faithful Phoebe, the author witnessed a KKK cross burning, took part in a civil rights march, passed through the eye of a major hurricane and drove across the back roads of twenty-first century America, he and the car aging together. Photographs accompany this unique memoir.
Wilbur H. "Ping" Ferry (1910-1995) was a self-styled "town crank,"
an influential and iconoclastic figure who seemingly knew everyone
worth knowing in the mid-twentieth century.
In late 1910, three American adventurers set off on a remarkable around-the-world journey by automobile. Sponsored by the Hupp Motor Car Corporation, the trip was intended to publicize the durability of the Hupmobile and help stimulate export sales. The car was first driven from Detroit to San Francisco-a very difficult journey in its own right in 1910. From San Francisco, the car and its drivers took a steamship to Hawaii, and from there to Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania, unloading and touring at each port of call. The men and their machine spent the next five weeks attempting to drive through the Philippines, and then pushed on to Japan and China, where they managed to stay one step ahead of the Chinese revolution. They then drove across India, and from there, sailed to Egypt, brining the first automobile ever to be seen in that country. Next, the Hupmobilists sailed to Italy. In Rome, the adventurers met Pope Pius X, and then drove north to Germany and France. They crossed the English Channel to Folkstone, toured England, and then ferried from Liverpool to Ireland. They returned to New York in time for the 1912 auto show. In the end, the Hupmobile was driven 41,000 miles and transported by steamship another 28,000. A new world was dawning, both for transportation and for American business enterprise.
From Percy Harris, and his failed attempts at escapology and hypnotism, to Jimmy Jumper's search for love, the Stubbleton and District Magic Circle boasts some of the least employable magicians you could ever hope to meet. Then, of course, there's Jeanie Potter, whose quest for the perfect card trick threatens to tear the club apart. Rodney Ramsgate is certifiably insane, while young Norman Stagg couldn't magic himself out of a paper bag. Settle down with a cup of tea and your favourite biscuit, and enjoy the trials and tribulations of the motley crew who make up the Stubbleton and District Magic Circle. You'll never look at magicians in the same light again!
New, updated edition (2014.) This is a fundamental work in Orthodox Christian literature. Those who are familiar with the service of Matins, still served in all Eastern Orthodox churches and also in many Roman Catholic monasteries, will recognize the Canon as a central part of that service. This new English edition of St. Andrew's seventh century masterpiece, the Great Canon, may be read as part of a layman's personal Lenten prayers, or as a service book for Priest, Deacon and Reader. Every Christian will benefit from reading this book
Nimrod J. Bell worked as a conductor for several southern railroads in their formative period, from 1857 to 1894. After his career was cut short by an accident, he wrote his memoirs detailing his first glimpses of some of the earliest trains in the South and his thirty-eight years as a conductor. Published in Atlanta in 1896, his book offers a firsthand account of working conditions on the railroads, operational procedures, wartime railroading, and passenger travel during Reconstruction.
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