Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
What would you do if you found a million dollars? When Joey Coyle did, he was a twenty-eight-year-old drug-dependent, unemployed longshoreman living with his ailing mother in a tight-knit neighborhood in Philadelphia. While cruising the streets just blocks from his home, fate took a turn worthy of a Hollywood caper when he found $1.2 million in unmarked bills-casino money that had fallen off an armored truck. It was virtually untraceable. Coyle? Not...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Tales of London's Docklands is an anthology of true stories, drawn from Henry Bradford's personal experiences as a Registered Docker in the Port of London when traffic through the docks was at its peak. Life as a docker was not for the faint-hearted; men were killed and injured every day, and the work was physically extremely arduous. Despite this, there was a spirit of camaraderie, and close teamwork was essential in the ship and quay gangs.Now that...
Language
English
Formats
Description
An original musical film, ACROSS THE UNIVERSE is a love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s, amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock 'n roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massachusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, the killing fields of Vietnam...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Dockers' Stories from the Second World War is a collection of several true stories, drawn from Henry Bradford's time as a registered docker in the Port of London. Men were often killed and injured during their every-day work on the docks; nonetheless, never was the bravery of these men so tested as during times of war. Henry heard many stories from dockers in his time working the docks but it was their wartime adventures that seemed most vivid. Henry...
Similar Searches
These searches are similar to the search you tried. Would you like to try one of these instead?
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request