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|  | | Abram Berry - A North Dakota Legend - Its 1884 and the American spirit is d
Its 1884 - This spirited story makes a great history text for teens. Abram and his family embraced the western frontier as home on the outskirts of the Badlands; with its cowboys, Indians, tumbleweeds and the last of the covered wagons.
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Abram Berry - A North Dakota Legend by Doreen Berry Frost
The true tale of a young American settler who becomes a hotel proprietor, county school board president, justice of the peace, and land baron, Abram Berry: brings the era of the American homesteader to life in a fresh and personal way. Watch America grow up as you encounter it through the eyes of Abram and his family. Feel the thrill of pioneer living, learn about the challenges they face, and experience the funny and heartwarming stories that draw the Berry family together as they embrace their new life in Nort | |  | | The Soldier, the Sailor and the Singer
Three extraordinary lives connected by music and a long-distance friendship for two decades. Soldier, Captain Jennie Burling, US Army Nurse Corp, Sailor Commander Donald O. Burling and Dodie Frost. The Burlings met on a troopship bound for Bombay WWII. The singer is Dodie Frost, whose lyrical voice and ability to create the right tunes for Burling's words captivated him. In 1982 the Burlings sent Ms Frost to Nashville to record an album.
The Nashville recording was the beginning of their formal collaboration. As Ms Frost received detailed handwritten letters from these senior friends she never met, Frost realized what astonishing lives they had lived and continued to live in retirement. The Burlings were educators, prolific writers and had each been published. Both were interested in theology and the Bible. Jennie was often called upon to give talks about her assignment with the Army Nurse Corps in 1943 in Iran. Her account is included in the book, as is, Commander Burling's extensive Naval career during WWII and in the Pac |
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Hanging by a Thread
by Ronald Hull
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 The story of Ron Hull, paralyzed in a surgical accident back in the dreaded polio epidemic days, was able to overcome most of the stigma and stereotypes and "pass for normal" for 30 years. As Ron's paralysis increased gradually through the next 20 |
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