Here is the compelling, highly readable, and carefully illustrated biography of the Franciscan priest Junipero Serra (1713-1784) - the best known of all the missionaries who helped settle California between 1769 and 1853. Junipero Serra is more than the life story of a courageous and inspiring individual; it is a rich slice of American history that celebrates one of the most colorful and important chapters in the making of our country.

Junipero Serra: The Illustrated Story of the Franciscan Founder of California's Missions

DeNevi, Don

Moholy, Noel Francis

Biographies & Memoirs

Harpercollins

He had been there alone for fifteen days. His side of bacon was eaten, and the sack of corn getting very low. The Rangers were as much delighted as if it had been a human being they had rescued. He had worn the top of the wall of the old stage stand perfectly smooth, standing off the sneaking coyotes ... Shep had held the fort...." --George Wythe Baylor, Captain (Ret.), Company C, Frontier Battalion, El Paso Herald, February 3, 1900 Faithful Shep is a fictional account of a loyal dog rescued by nine Texas Rangers, based on a fascinating true story from the history of America's west. Author's Note Faithful Shep was written as a tribute arising from admiration of that great daring that is bred in bravery. I dedicate this book to all who ennoble with loving care the warm-hearted animals who revere them in return. May this story of a stranded, starving dog and the ordinary men who trekked into hostile country to save him, serve as a source of inspiration and resolve. I express sincere appreciation and deep indebtedness to the host of Texas university researchers, reference librarians, and historical archivists whom I continually pestered for details of setting and geography, personal letters from the period, old newspaper clippings, documents on the Texas Rangers, and other minutia that I cannot even recall at the moment. These long-suffering aides to my quest are too numerous to name, but I am thankful they know who they are and that they helped a hero dog live again, briefly, in these pages.

Ol' Shep: Book 1: Faithful Shep

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Creative Texts Publishers, LLC

He had been there alone for fifteen days. His side of bacon was eaten, and the sack of corn getting very low. The Rangers were as much delighted as if it had been a human being they had rescued. He had worn the top of the wall of the old stage stand perfectly smooth, standing off the sneaking coyotes ... Shep had held the fort...." --George Wythe Baylor, Captain (Ret.), Company C, Frontier Battalion, El Paso Herald, February 3, 1900 Faithful Shep is a fictional account of a loyal dog rescued by nine Texas Rangers, based on a fascinating true story from the history of America's west. Author's Note Faithful Shep was written as a tribute arising from admiration of that great daring that is bred in bravery. I dedicate this book to all who ennoble with loving care the warm-hearted animals who revere them in return. May this story of a stranded, starving dog and the ordinary men who trekked into hostile country to save him, serve as a source of inspiration and resolve. I express sincere appreciation and deep indebtedness to the host of Texas university researchers, reference librarians, and historical archivists whom I continually pestered for details of setting and geography, personal letters from the period, old newspaper clippings, documents on the Texas Rangers, and other minutia that I cannot even recall at the moment. These long-suffering aides to my quest are too numerous to name, but I am thankful they know who they are and that they helped a hero dog live again, briefly, in these pages.

Ol' Shep: Book 3: Shep and the Ranger Women of the Rio Grande

Based on a true story. In 1946, a letter-to-the-editor appeared in the USMC Leatherneck magazine asking if other Marines recalled the "Mad Ghoul" on the island of Pavuvu. The mysterious Ghoul would cut square holes in tents while the Marines within were sleeping, then reach down and fondle their throats. When awakened, the Marine would see a huge K-Bar fighting knife about to plunge into his face. No one was killed, and the Ghoul was never found.

Pacific Nocturne, 1944 (Profiles in Murder)

HARD TIME: THE LIFE OF AN INCORRIGIBLE ON ALCATRAZ The true story of Charlie Hopkins #1186 one of the last surviving inmates of Alcatraz Penitentiary. "My friend and fellow alumni Charlie Hopkins and I both graduated from America's Top Crime School- Charlie was a better student than I- He's still free!" -James "Whitey" Bulger, #1428 AZ What if one could travel back in time and interview one of the 1500 or so hardened criminals that had served time at Alcatraz Penitentiary before it was permanently closed in 1963? Even if one could do such an impossible thing, what exactly would one ask a man who had rubbed shoulders with some of the most notorious gangsters, murderers, and thieves of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s? How would the conversation go when speaking to a close friend of "Creepy" Al Karpis, the "Birdman of Alcatraz" Robert Stroud, and Whitey Bulger. Now, thanks to author Don DeNevi, for the first time one does not need a time machine to recapture the first hand eyewitness accounts of one man's life on Alcatraz. Alcatraz inmate #1186 was Charles Edward Hopkins and Mr. Hopkins was no ordinary inmate. Not only did he serve time with the Anglin brothers who made the only successful escape from Alcatraz but he was well acquainted with notorious crime boss "Bumpy" Johnson and the legendary Italian mafia boss Vito Genevese and many other infamous Alcatraz inmates. Early in his prison career Charlie was clinically pronounced "psychotic" and "incorrigible" and was sent to Alcatraz. After serving his time, Hopkins disappeared into history before re-emerging in recent years as the pen pal of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger. Never before has Charlie's full story been captured and shared with the public. This is his true story as told in 1999 to author Don DeNevi and recently reviewed by him to ensure maximum historical accuracy. Mr. Hopkins is still alive and is approaching 88 years old and is estimated to be one of the last 5 or 6 remaining inmates that served Hard Time in Alcatraz before its closing in 1963. No matter what you have read or think you know about Alcatraz, you may be certain of one thing, you have never heard a story like this.

Hard Time: The Life of an Incorrigible on Alcatraz

Politics & Social Sciences

Hopkins, Charles

Social Sciences

The author recounts how he became involved in the motion picture industry, and describes his work in producing "exploitation" pictures

A Youth in Babylon: Confessions of a Trash-Film King

Friedman, David F.

Arts & Literature

Prometheus+books

Investigates the 1962 escape of three prisoners from Alcatraz and offers evidence that they may still be alive

Riddle of the Rock: The Only Successful Escape from Alcatraz

Escape from Alcatraz

Bristol Park Books

Great Western Train Robberies

Professionals & Academics

Hancock House Pub Ltd

Devastating effects of earthquakes

Earthquakes

Reference

Celestial Arts

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