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Following the 1956-57 NBA season the Fort Wayne Pistons relocated to Detroit and the Rochester Royals were moved to Cincinnati. The relocations of the Fort Wayne and Rochester franchises left Syracuse as the last small market team in the NBA.As the 1960s began the NBA entered the crossroads of its existence featuring such mega stars as Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, and Hal Greer, the Boston Celtics became the most dominating team in the league. Led by Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, and John Havlicek, the Celtics would win eleven NBA championships between 1957 and 1969. But during the 1960s the Cincinnati Royals were a team also loaded with All-Stars and former Olympic players like Oscar Robertson, Jerry Lucas, Wayne Embry, and Adrian Smith. But the Royals would never win a championship in Cincinnati and in 1973 relocated to Kansas City. Today the franchise is the Sacramento Kings.So what went wrong in Cincy? While the Royals received only marginal support from their fans and absentee owner Louie Jacobs, the Buffalo concessionaire king and Godfather of sports, the answer to the downfall of the Royals seems to lie somewhere in the basketball stories of Bob Cousy and Oscar Robertson whose brilliant careers collided in an unharmonious relationship when the retired Cousy became coach of the Royals.While Bob Cousy had been credited for saving professional basketball in Boston as a player, he is also credited with destroying professional basketball in Cincinnati as a coach. The uneasy relationship in Cincinnati between Cousy the coach and Robertson the player fueled by leftover competitive conflict from their days as players on the hardwood would become a collision of will between them and render the Royals franchise dysfunctional.

The peaceful farm life of a teenage girl in Germany is abruptly upended when WWII comes knocking at her family''s door. One month before her sixteenth birthday, Mildred "Mickchen" Schindler and her family are captured by Russian Soldiers. Having already survived life in Hitler''s Nazi Germany, they now face the terror of a new enemy-Stalin''s Red Army.Driven from their home, Mildred and her family become refugees along with a sad, slow-moving caravan of other families who have suffered the same fate. Cleverly disguised by her mother, Mildred avoids being taken to a work camp until one morning when authorities arrive unexpectedly. Her father has already been taken by Russian soldiers, and now she is taken from her mother and brother.Mildred recounts, in meticulous detail, her treacherous journey and the roller coaster of raw emotions she experiences -fear, regret, loneliness, humility, perseverance, and defiance. Mildred''s odyssey of making her way home and finding her family in a war-torn countryside takes many riveting twists and turns. The discovery of a secret, hidden document offers hope for a brighter future.From harrowing to heartwarming, this memoir provides a unique perspective of a Gentile girl''s road to resilience and her fortitude against all odds to forge a life filled with love and laughter.Surviving Hitler, Evading Stalin is a remarkable testimony to the strength of the unconquerable human spirit and an endearing account of God''s faithfulness in the midst of faithless circumstances.

The Road to Villa Page: A He Said/She Said Memoir of Buying Our Dream Home in France is the first in a series of books that captures the experience of living in the Dordogne region of France, as filtered through the eyes of an American family from a “he said, she said” perspective. Our story begins with falling in love with France, specifically the enchanting Dordogne. We weren’t the first and we won’t be the last. The region was an inspiration to prehistoric man, as the earliest known works of art are to be found in the nearby caves of Lascaux. From the 1000 chateaux perched on towering cliffs overhanging the meandering Dordogne River to the countless plus beaux villages (most beautiful villages) dotting the region, it is truly a magical place.The first book is a roller-coaster ride of the ups and downs of making the dream a reality, beginning with, Oh my God, are we really doing this?! To looking for the home, getting a loan, wading through the red tape of actually moving, and studying French! Finally, the most important part of making “our” dream come true, adopting a baby girl to make the journey complete.

Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr are back with more interesting biographies and unusual tombstones. Included in this volume:Enoch Brown MassacreRhoads Opera House FireGeneral BraddockConrad WeiserShikellamyDonora SmogH J HeinzDaniel DrawbaughTed Van KirkHenry Clay FrickArnold PalmerOwen RobertsHerbert MorrisonBetty JamesBud DwyerFlorence Foster JenkinsJoseph PriestleySid ViciousGia CarangiBilly HeathFrederick TaylorPearl BaileyJames McCordAugust WilsonDarr Mine DisasterHerb PennockChuck BednarikLinda DarnellMargaret MeadPhilly DJs

Joe Farrell and Joe Farley are back with more interesting biographies and unusual tombstones.Included in this volume:Nick ADAMS “Johnny Yuma Was a Rebel”Marian ANDERSON “A Voice Heard Once in a Hundred Years”“Babes in the Woods”John BARRYMORE “The Great Profile”Robert CASEY “The Three Time Loss from Holy Cross”Jimmy DORSEY “A Fabulous Dorsey”FLIGHT 93 Crash Site “40 Heroes”“Four Founders”“Fox and Cox”Joe William FRAZIER “Smokin’ Joe”Dave GARROWAY “The Communicator”Harry GREB “The Human Windmill”John Frederick HARTRANFT “Old Johnny”Robert (Bob) HESS “More than Just a Scientist”“The Kelayres Massacre”John MCDERMOTT “Golf’s Unknown Champion”Mary Pinchot MEYER “The Mysterious Case of Mary Pinchot Meyer”Joe PATERNO “JoePa”Teddy PENDERGRASS “Life Is a Song Worth Singing”Molly PITCHER “From Molly Pitcher to Black Hawk Down”Art ROONEY “The Chief”Lillian RUSSELL “The Great American Beauty”Arlen SPECTER “The Single Bullet Theory Senator””Titanic Victims and Survivors”Willie THROWER “Football’s Jackie Robinson”“Pirates’ Pride”John UPDIKE “One of America’s Best”Grover WASHINGTON, Jr. “The Smooth Jazzman”Anthony WAYNE “Mad Anthony”Unusual Tombstones

The Northern Appalachia Review is an annual publication making a place for the under-recognized literature of its region. The editors identify northern Appalachia as the Appalachia counties of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, and the northern portion of West Virginia, a part of America where authors have yet to be distinguished with a literary identity, though it remains rich in stories of conflict among humans and their defining landscapes.The Review publishes authors from, living in, or writing about northern Appalachia. Most importantly, it seeks work that best conveys the character of the people and places of the region and which represents it as both distinct from and part of greater Appalachia. The publication holds a vision of serving as a catalyst to more novels, poetry, essays, history, memoir, drama, and other modes of literary writing that represent, in some way, our region. The exposure offered by the Review generates support for the authors of Northern Appalachia, ensuring that the voice of this remarkable part of the country is acknowledged, appreciated, and preserved.

"The zen of the false cast, the science of fly selection, the religion of the rod itself--it's all here for both the wannabe angler and the wader-clad stream veteran who's caught it all." -- Ken Ringle, author of Fly Fishing for Alligators and Other Tales Do you want to learn how to cast a fly? Read this book. Do you want to know why your casts end up looking like eagle's nests? Read this book. Do you want to make longer casts? Read this book. Do you want to start having fun fly-fishing? Read this book. The key to unlocking the magnificent sporting world of fly-fishing is the cast. Casting is the key to acquiring this life-long enjoyment. It is so important it is the reason I focus just on casting the fly. Certainly, there is so much, much more to fly-fishing. The beauty of fly-fishing is that one need take on only what is desired and comfortable. No need to learn how to make 60-foot casts if one just fishes in brooks. Just as there's no need to dress flies if buying them fills the creel. One can spend a fortune on all sorts of plain and fancy fishing equipment, but I had my best fly-fishing fun wading in jeans and sneaks with a box of favorite flies in my shirt pocket. What really makes this "Treatise" special is the gifted and meticulous artwork of my bride, Vera Claire, in the renditions of fishes and all forms of artificial flies and lures. Her precise entomological drawings may clue the waterside fisherman on what the fishes may be eating, and increase the luck by using a similar imitation fly. The renderings are a validation of the art and skill needed to dress the vast variety of artificial flies and lures, actual and invented. They belong in a museum but work better at the end of a fly-line.

After the Northwest Territory opened in 1787, a wave of pioneer expansion took place in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. New turnpikes were constructed to accommodate the ever-increasing number of settlers moving west. The history of Clark’s successful ferry and tavern businesses reflect an increase in the demand for ferry and tavern services brought about at the turn of the nineteenth century by increasing western migration and new road systems.In Crossing with the Clarks, the history of Clark’s Ferries and Tavern on the Susquehanna River is traced from 1766 until the present. It traverses the rise and demise of their ferry service and fate of the tavern building through five time periods: Pre-ferry and tavern, 1766–1787 Early ferry and tavern, 1787–1802 Peak ferry and tavern, 1802–1836 Post-ferry, 1836–1875 Post-tavern, 1875–presentThe book also contains a contemporary  architectural study of the tavern to determine what remains of Clark’s original tavern building.

Twenty-five Sunbury Press authors contributed twenty-seven chapters about the possible impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on society. Based on their experiences in a variety of fields, they provide their projections about the changes facing us, many of which have already been underway for some time. Included in this volume: Tory Gates: Change and Embracing It Mark Carlson: The Role of Plagues in Human Enlightenment Wylie McLallen: The Pandemic of 1918 Thomas Malafarina: How Are Future Pandemics Likely to Be Different? Barbara Matthews: COVID-19: Through the Eyes of a Grandmother Bridget Smith: Dreams Deferred Iris Dorbian: The Great Equalizer H.A. Callum: Fighting Solo: Covid-19 and the Single Parent Catherine Jordan: Left Behind Joseph Mazerac: An Essential Optimist Scott Zuckerman: Public Health, Civil Liberties, and Life After the Pandemic Scott Zuckerman: Medicine in the Post-Coronapocalypse Era Will Delavan: The Looming Health Insurance Problem Pat LaMarche: Politics Makes No Bedfellows Virginia Brackett: COVID-19 Effects on Higher Education Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks: The Corona Virus and Homeschooling Wynne Kinder: The New ACEs: At-home COVID-19 Effects on Youth Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks: How Museums and Galleries Will Adapt to the Coronavirus Marianne Bickett: Coronavirus, Instrument of Change: How the Arts Will Usher in a New Era Merrill Shaffer: The Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Sports Maia Williamson: Tourism in the Post-Pandemic World Jack Adler: The Brave New World of Travel Brook Lenker: Conservation in the Midst Simon Landry: On the Economic Front Lawrence Knorr: The Various Economic Impacts of COVID-19 Penny Fletcher: Materialism vs. Spirituality Chris Fenwick: Creativity-Necessity is a Mother

Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have traveled across the eastern USA to the graves of over 200 founding fathers (and mothers) responsible for the birth of the United States of America. This special volume about Pennsylvania includes those that lived, worked, and or died in Pennsylvania. Included in this volume are biographies and grave information for 44 of these luminaries who made significant contributions to the Revolutionary cause.In this volume: Introduction by former Governor Edward G. Rendell Foreword by former Lt. Governor Mark Singel Benjamin Franklin John Armstong, Sr. John Barry Jacob Broom Pierce Butler William Clingan George Clymer Tench Coxe John Dickinson William Henry Drayton Thomas Fitzsimmons Edward Hand Joseph Hewes Michael Hillegas Francis Hopkinson Charles Humphreys Jared Ingersoll William Jackson Philip Livingston William Maclay Thomas McKean Hugh Mercer Samuel Meredith Thomas Mifflin Gouverneur Morris Robert Morris John Morton Frederick Muhlenberg Peter Muhlenberg Molly Pitcher Joseph Reed David Rittenhouse Betsy Ross George Ross Benjamin Rush Arthur St. Clair James Smith Jonathan Bayard Smith Haym Solomon George Taylor Charles Thomson Anthony Wayne Thomas Willing James Wilson Revolutionary War Sites in Pennsylvania Index

Virginia Brackett seeks the truth about patriotism and loss as embodied by her father, WWII and Korean Conflict veteran Captain Edmund C. Roberts, from many historic sources – journalism, history texts, and military communique, as well as personal documents. Her memoir details her journey to come to know a father lost to an ideal of service.Over ten years of research, she learns about her family’s slave-owning history and attempts to escape personal tragedy by moving from Kentucky to Missouri and into Illinois, of her parents’ romance through aging scrapbooks, discovers a letter written by her father among a rare documents collection, and hears her mother’s words read on a national broadcast. However, she discovers the real truth exists in the personal stories of those on the front, including her father, their lives permanently changed through service. Their voices educate her about Captain Roberts, an inspiration to troops, a war prisoner and an escapee, a decorated hero who met with General Patton, a ferocious infantryman. Killed by a sniper in the Korean Conflict, he would come to symbolize the shared values of his military community that became lifelong bonds for those who survived.As Brackett will learn, memories of her father run deep, and the extraordinary loyalty and devotion of those who remember Captain Roberts move her beyond feelings of betrayal that haunted her for decades. The crucial truth she discovers is that we must keep alive those lost by telling their stories. That is because their stories belong to everyone.

In a stunning parallel to our own times, this memoir of the late Sixties and early Seventies, Surviving: A Kent State Memoir, explores the turbulent era of the War in Vietnam, domestic violence, and a young woman’s triumph in face of great danger and great loss.In an era as divisive as today’s, she witnessed one of the events that became a turning point in public sentiment toward the War in Vietnam. On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen fired on students protesting the invasion of Cambodia, killing four students and injuring nine. Standing thirty yards in front of the Guard when they began firing, she escaped with her life.This uplifting journey follows her from her years as a naïve Catholic schoolgirl through her time at Kent State to her development as a journalist and mother.She heals in the weeks following May 4, as she awaits the birth of her baby. Her due date nears but problems arise as her husband becomes increasingly violent. Rejected by her family and without societal protections against marital abuse in place today, she is on her own. In an unexpected turn of events, she is freed from danger, only to have to learn to survive on her own.

The book's title is derived from an episode which occurred during George Washington's visit to the region in 1770. While attending a frontier social event at a locale in the upper Youghiogheny, he was challenged by a local rowdy to a wrestling match. Upon enduring this verbal abuse for over an hour, Washington finally obliged him. with devastating results. This story is among Washington's various adventures around the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers. that are recounted in this book. Those two rivers are among the few natural waterways in the world which flow northward. Washington, though, was not the only notable figure to visit this area during the period between 1700 to 1900. For instance, Nicholas Roosevelt was the first scion of that notable family who became well-known in western Pennsylvania when steering one of the earliest steamboats upon the Monongahela. Moreover, the first British settlements west of the Allegheny Mountains were located.along these rivers. Various of the essays within the work trace the evolution of the economy of these valleys from being an agricultural "breadbasket" to a heavy industrial powerhouse, specializing in basic steel production. The list of notable local personages appearing in these pages range from the legendary "Queen" Allaquippa of the Seneca to Philander Knox, a Brownsville native, who had become a prominent corporate attorney, as well as a prominent national Republican politician by 1900.

Bob Ford has been hunting rabbits since he was a kid and has traveled the country with hunting beagles. One thing about being a successful hunter is that you will get to enjoy wild game at your kitchen table. Over the years, Ford has developed many recipes for rabbit, and you will find just a few of them here. He developed these recipes over more than three decades. Some go back to meals that the author's mother made. Visits to restaurants inspired others. An abundance of harvested rabbits inspired some of the recipes, while others were created for those hunts where just one rabbit is brought to the game vest. Rabbit meat (domesticated) is now very popular, and while Bob created these recipes with wild game, they certainly would work well with domesticated rabbits as well, making adjustments for the increased size of domesticated rabbits. Rabbits are a sustainable source of protein and very low in fat. The contents of this book are recipes developed by a good hunter, who is a good home cook.

The multi-grammy-nominated R&B singer and songwriter Calvin Richardson shares his inspiring story of rising from a modest southern upbringing to fame and living the dream of doing what he loves-wowing crowds with his illustrious hits and writing beautiful music. With fans and upcoming artists often asking how he managed to achieve his success, Richardson decided to write the book Do You, Without Them as a reminder to follow one's dreams despite past and present, seemingly insurmountable obstacles. While offering insight into the reality of the music industry, this inspiring story delves into the depths of tenacity and determination to manifest the vision that remained obstinately entrenched since childhood. The Calvin Richardson story takes the reader on the ride of a lifetime transparently revealing the ups and downs, twists and turns that transformed a young boy from the Carolinas to a chart-topping inspiration who continues to blaze the trail with an amazing talent that touches the soul of loyal listeners.

My War and Welcome To It, is the story of a young man growing up in the carefree 60s, being drafted into the US Army and going off to Vietnam to join the 2nd Battalion, (MECH) 2nd Infantry Regiment, in the famed 1st Infantry Division. You ride along with him to Dian, Phu Loi, and Lai Khe in Vietnam and feel the stress of battles at Prek Klok II, the Ong Dong Jungle, Ong Thanh, and Xom Bung. He then returns stateside as he fights the lingering stresses of what he has experienced while trying to build a career and raise a family.Then comes the real battle, with PTSD, caused by the memories of war in Southeast Asia, and his fight to gain control of his life once again. You will travel with him on his return trip to Vietnam in 2013, where he is finally able to put down the baggage of war that he carried for over forty-five years.

In the spring of 1861, America was pulling apart at the seams and George Brooks' life was in shambles. Destitute and reeling from a failed business venture and familial disagreement following a turbulent love affair, Brooks spent the years before the Civil War traveling in search of work. His wife and young son, of whom he saw little, remained at home in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. When war broke out, soldiering offered the first steady job he had held in years.Sent off to war as a scourge to his family instead of a hero, Brooks became Captain of Company D of the 46th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He proved an admirable leader and recruiter, writing to his hometown paper in patriotic prose about his wartime experiences. Brooks chronicled his regiment's pursuit of Stonewall Jackson in Northern Virginia in 1862, during which the Union suffered a series of devastating losses, and "Seeing the Elephant" at First Winchester, Cedar Mountain, and Antietam. American Citizen combines Brooks' personal diary, newspaper articles, and personal correspondence to tell the story of a young man trying to balance a life left behind while leading a company of soldiers through some of the Civil War's most studied campaigns.

Written by award-winning filmmaker Clarissa Jacobson, I Made A Short Film Now WTF Do I Do With It is jam-packed with hard-earned knowledge, tips, and secrets on how to enter film festivals, promote your movie… and SUCCEED! I Made A Short Film Now WTF Do I Do With It covers everything from what festivals to submit to, how to maximize your money, secure an international presence, deal with rejection, gain publicity, harness the power of social media, what a sales rep does and much more. Included are exclusive filmmaker discounts on services/products from the subtitling company, Captionmax, and promo merchandisers, Medias Frankenstein and The Ink Spot.

Most people don't realize that during the war in Europe in the 1940s, it took an average of six support soldiers to make the work of four combat soldiers possible. Most of what's available in the literature tends toward combat narratives, and yet the support soldiers had complex and unique experiences as well. This book is based on personal correspondence, and it is primarily a memoir that creates a picture of the day-to-day realities of an individual soldier told in his own words [as much as he could tell under the wartime rules of censorship, that is] as well as giving insight into what it was actually like to be an American soldier during WWII. It explores the experiences of a non-combat Army utilities engineer working in a combat zone during the war in Europe and takes the protagonist from basic training through various overseas assignments-in this case to England, North Africa, and Italy as a support soldier under Eisenhower and his successors at Allied Force Headquarters. It also includes some reflections about his life after returning to Oregon when the war was over. The soldier involved is Captain Harold Alec Daniels [OSU, Class of 1939, ROTC] and most of the letters were written to his wife, Mary Daniels [attended U of O in the late 1930s]. They are the author's parents, and she inherited the letter collection, photos, and all other primary source materials after her mother's death in 2006.

Ingrid Newkirk (born 1949) is best known for her activism regarding animal rights. She is a British citizen who founded the organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Newkirk has spent her adult life advocating for the rights of earth's nonhuman inhabitants, sometimes in very provocative ways.Jon Hochschartner has compiled this chronicle of Newkirk's life and activism through research of the media related to her as well as through interviews with those close to her. The book provides a thorough recap of a career dedicated to action.