True account of a powerful story about a special needs boy and the remarkable "gifts" he left behind. Foreword by Winston Groom, author of "Forrest Gump,"
True account of a powerful story about a special needs boy and the remarkable "gifts" he left behind. Foreword by Winston Groom, author of "Forrest Gu...
There was a time when the average American woman was more likely to die from childbirth than from any other condition except tuberculosis. This was especially true in areas where hospitals and quality medical care were scarce or nonexistent. But deep in the rolling hills of eastern Kentucky's Cumberland Range, one woman almost single-handedly changed those dismal figures. Her name was Mary Breckinridge, and her goal was to introduce quality, professionally trained midwifery to the United States. The Frontier Nursing Service, opened in 1925 in Leslie County, Kentucky, set out to meet the...
There was a time when the average American woman was more likely to die from childbirth than from any other condition except tuberculosis. This was es...
Marie Bartlett James J. Kilpatrick Marie Bartlett Maher
It s a trooper s worst nightmare. What begins as a routine patrol suddenly turns violent when someone pulls a weapon. Moments later, the trooper is down wounded or dead. Then, like a swarm of angry bees, every other trooper on the force mobilizes to catch the suspect. Whether they re issuing a ticket for speeding just a little over the limit or conducting an all-out manhunt, the people who have chosen this perilous and demanding profession are rarely revealed as vividly or candidly as they are here. In Trooper Down Marie Bartlett uses her gripping hell-for-leather style to paint a...
It s a trooper s worst nightmare. What begins as a routine patrol suddenly turns violent when someone pulls a weapon. Moments later, the trooper is...
