Literary Nonfiction. A tale of stunningly wealthy young men searching for a moral compass in a world that seems to have gone mad, WHILE IN DARKNESS THERE IS LIGHT rivals Jon Krackauer at his best. Bryant chronicles the events leading up to the 1974 disappearance and execution of Charlie Dean, brother of the Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. Although several articles have been published about the recovery of Charlie's remains in 2004, none has investigated in any depth what Charlie was doing in Southeast Asia when he was taken prisoner by the communist Pathet Lao. The author's husband, Harry Reynolds, knew Charlie and Howard in boarding school and spent six months with Charlie in Australia just before he went to Laos. Charlie and Harry were visiting three American friends who went to Australia during the Vietnam era and established an agrarian commune called Rosebud Farm. All the young men were from privileged families and full of optimism about the future until the war brought disillusionment crashing down on them. Charlie's death marks the full tragedy of that disillusionment. The research and writing are based on journals, letters, and interviews with the Rosebud farmers and with Dean family members.

While in Darkness There is Light: Idealism and Tragedy on an Australian Commune

Biographies & Memoirs

Bryant, Louella

Arts & Literature

Black Lawrence Press

Crazy about cowboy movies, fourteen-year-old Bobbie Grey uses Gene Autry's code of honor as her moral guide. When her father is killed in an explosion at the paper mill, her mother takes a job at the mill and becomes enamored with co-worker Phoenix. Bobbie yearns for her mother's attention while secretly in love with Covey, a young boxer from the African settlement. Burr, a Navy man on leave, woos Maggie and when he ships out, Phoenix declares her love for Maggie and becomes Bobbie's ally. When Bobbie takes forbidden walks to the African settlement, Covey's family takes her in. During the night, Klansmen come for Covey and beat him, accusing him of prowling. Phoenix begs Maggie to leave Burr but she refuses until she discovers him with another woman. From Phoenix, Bobbie learns that love transcends race and gender and that it sometimes requires the ultimate sacrifice--letting go.

Cowboy Code

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Black Rose Writing

Bootleg whiskey. The founding fathers distilled it and imbibed while they plotted the American Revolution. Women made it and brought it to their loved ones on Civil War battlefields. Farmers believed it was healthier than water from streams that ran through pasturelands. Sailors filtered it from torpedo fuel aboard ships. Both men and women went to jail for distributing it illegally. Around the world throughout history people have enjoyed hard liquor, including the author's ancestors in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley who were in the thick of the bootleg liquor industry.

Hot Springs and Moonshine Liquor: A History of Illegal Whiskey in the Shenandoah Valley

History

Americas

Product Description Muskets, stinging arrows, and even slings, Beside the Long River delivers action behind every tree of early American forests.In the early seventeenth century, Puritan teenager Sarah Lyman realizes the leaders of English settlements will destroy anything in the way of their expansion in the New World, including wolves --and Indians. Louella Bryant brings spirited Sarah to life when she discovers the rules in Massachusetts Bay Colony are even stricter than in England and joins her family in following Thomas Hooker to establish the city of Hartford.Sarah figures in Connecticut she might be able to dress and act as she wants without fear of punishment. But Pequot Indians edging close to the town's borders must be eliminated, even though Sarah has made friends with a native girl and falls for her brother, the brave Ayaks.Dressed as a boy, Sarah enlists with the English infantry marching to Missituck (Mystic) in hopes of stopping the massacre of the Pequot tribe and the man she loves.Beside the Long River is based on historical people and events, including the brutal and bloody Pequot War of 1636. Review "The book is a fun, stirring adventure..." -Seattle Book Review"Beside the Long River is an important story for young readers. Bryant's descriptions of Puritan culture, early Boston, the colonization of Connecticut, and the demise of the Pequot Indians are riveting." -Sally Baldwin, author of the blog, Best Dogs in the Universe About the Author Louella Bryant is an award-winning author of four novels of historical fiction, a biography of the Vietnam era set in Australia, a memoir, and a collection of stories, as well as short stories, poems, and essays appearing in anthologies and magazines. Currently she is an independent editor living in rural Vermont. Visit her webpage at http: //louellabryant.com.

Beside the Long River: A Novel of Colonial New England

United States

Sheltering Angel: A Novel Based on a True Story of the Titanic

"Sheltering Angel tells the true story of several lesser-known individuals whose lives were impacted by the Titanic disaster. The stories of Cumings, Cunningham, Siebert and the others are engrossing, and Bryant's passion for the source material shines through on every page." –Tad Fitch, author of Recreating Titanic & Her Sisters: A Visual History 
From a working-class family, Scotsman Andrew Cunningham stewards for wealthy travelers aboard elegant cruise ships of the early 20th century, but he resents those who flaunt their inherited wealth. 
New Yorkers Florence and Bradley Cumings, first-class passengers traveling aboard Titanic, are the exception, and the three discover an ancestral connection. 
As the ship sinks on the fateful morning of April 15, 1912, Florence watches in horror from her lifeboat. In the darkness of night, she searches the water for her husband and recognizes the man swimming through the frigid water toward her is Andrew. 
Based on a true story, Sheltering Angel is a must-read!

"Sheltering Angel tells the true story of several lesser-known individuals whose lives were impacted by the Titanic disaster. The stories of Cumings, Cunningham, Siebert and the others are engrossing, and Bryant's passion for the source material shines through on every page." -Tad Fitch, author of Recreating Titanic & Her Sisters: A Visual History From a working-class family, Scotsman Andrew Cunningham stewards for wealthy travelers aboard elegant cruise ships of the early 20th century, but he resents those who flaunt their inherited wealth. New Yorkers Florence and Bradley Cumings, first-class passengers traveling aboard Titanic, are the exception, and the three discover an ancestral connection. As the ship sinks on the fateful morning of April 15, 1912, Florence watches in horror from her lifeboat. In the darkness of night, she searches the water for her husband and recognizes the man swimming through the frigid water toward her is Andrew. Based on a true story, Sheltering Angel is a must-read!

As they near the end of their journey to freedom along the underground railroad, twelve-year-old Charity and her sixteen-year-old sister Bea encounter additional perils

The Black Bonnet

Teen & Young Adult

New England Pr Inc

Although fifteen-year-old Annie Brown becomes drawn into her father's battle against slavery and his raid on Harpers Ferry, she later questions both his motives and his means.

Father by Blood

Children's Books

Biographies

While In Darkness There Is Light: Idealism and Tragedy on an Australian Commune

Dean, Howard

Historical

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While in Darkness There is Light: Idealism and Tragedy on an Australian Commune

Cowboy Code

Hot Springs and Moonshine Liquor: A History of Illegal Whiskey in the Shenandoah Valley

Beside the Long River: A Novel of Colonial New England

Sheltering Angel: A Novel Based on a True Story of the Titanic

Sheltering Angel: A Novel Based on a True Story of the Titanic

The Black Bonnet

Father by Blood

While In Darkness There Is Light: Idealism and Tragedy on an Australian Commune