Big Jim Eastland - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Big Jim Eastland write by J. Lee Annis Jr.. This book was released on 2016-07-21. Big Jim Eastland available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For decades after the Second World War, Senator James O. Eastland (1904–1986) was one of the more intransigent leaders of the Deep South's resistance to what he called “the Second Reconstruction.” And yet he developed, late in his life, a very real friendship with state NAACP chair Aaron Henry. Big Jim Eastland provides the life story of this savvy, unpredictable powerhouse. From 1947 to 1978, Eastland wore that image of resistance proudly, even while recognizing from the beginning his was the losing side. Biographer J. Lee Annis Jr. chronicles such complexities extensively and also delves into many facets lesser known to the general public. Born in the Mississippi Delta as part of the elite planter class, Eastland was appointed to the US Senate in 1941 by Democratic Governor Paul B. Johnson Sr. Eastland ran for and won the Senate seat outright in 1942 and served in the Senate from 1943 until his retirement in 1978. A blunt man of few words but many contradictions, Eastland was an important player in Washington, from his initial stint in 1941 where he rapidly salvaged several key local projects from bungling intervention, to the 1970s when he shepherded the Supreme Court nominees of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford to Senate confirmation. Annis paints a full picture of the man, describing the objections Eastland raised to civil rights proposals and the eventual accommodations he needed to accept after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The Big Hustle
The Big Hustle - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Big Hustle write by Jim Wahlberg. This book was released on 2020-06-25. The Big Hustle available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When Jim Wahlberg went to prison the second time at 22 years old, he was sentenced to six to nine years for breaking and entering, bargained down from life for home invasion. He had staggered into a Boston cop’s apartment, helping himself to the sellable stuff and all the beer in the fridge. The cop came home, found Jim passed out at the kitchen table, beat the hell out of him, and arrested him. But Wahlberg, a 130-pound kid from Dorchester, had learned some things from his life on the street and his first prison sentence. He knew how to survive. And he knew that if he wanted to avoid serving the full sentence, he would have to do something. He did what he was best at: He hustled. He would create the illusion that he was trying to change, that he’d become the model prisoner, not a guy hell-bent on getting out while he was still young enough to drink more, steal more, and do more drugs. He didn’t know, though, that the Catholic priest he was trying to hustle was actually hustling him. The Big Hustle is the story of a redeemed life and a family’s healing. This is the no-holds-barred, unvarnished, and sometimes brutal true story of Jim Wahlberg, the fifth of nine kids growing up in a working-class Irish Catholic neighborhood outside of Boston, hustling for attention any way he could get it, which led him to the biggest hustle of his life. Against all odds he got clean, he got out, and he got the girl. Jim dedicated his new life as a former addict to working with addicts, and for years has spread the word that recovery is possible. But nothing could have prepared him for what came next. His discovery that his own son was an addict threw Jim into a crisis—one that led him deeper into his faith and led to healing he never thought possible. This book is a testament to God’s power and an invitation to all of us to hope in the darkest places. About the Author Jim is the fifth oldest Wahlberg. Like his brothers Donny and Mark, Jim recovered from his tough upbringing in the streets of Dorchester to become producer, writer, and director of films, including The Circle of Addiction, What About the Kids?, and The Lookalike. Jim is the executive director of the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation, created to improve the quality of life for inner city youth through a working partnership with other youth organizations. Jim and his wife live in South Florida and have three children.
Rack Toys
Rack Toys - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rack Toys write by Brian Heiler. This book was released on 2021-08-06. Rack Toys available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A love-letter to fun toys that broke real easy, Rack Toys chronicles decades of cheaply made toys found on the rack of discount stores, drug stores and anywhere in-between. What these toys lacked in quality, they made up for in charm and kitsch.
The Absolute (Animorphs #51)
The Absolute (Animorphs #51) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Absolute (Animorphs #51) write by K. A. Applegate. This book was released on 2017-09-26. The Absolute (Animorphs #51) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Yeerks aren't playing around anymore. They're no longer hiding behind a silent invasion. And one of the first steps in their new plan is to take over the National Guard, to prepare for all-out war against humanity.Marco and the other Animorphs couldn't be less prepared for this news. The Yeerks know who they are, forcing them to hide to protect their families. Things are falling apart, and for once Jake may not be able to make the decision that will save them...
The Adventures of Little Big Jim
The Adventures of Little Big Jim - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Adventures of Little Big Jim write by Duncan McCollum. This book was released on 2017-10-31. The Adventures of Little Big Jim available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. He was a small child when his family crossed the Great Plains in an oxcart on their way to California. His father was killed by Indians after rescuing baby Peggy Sue who had been grabbed by the savages. Little Big Jim grew up on a ranch in Carmel Valley where he learned what it meant to be a man from his Uncle Buck. But then one day, while they were in Monterey picking up supplies for the ranch, the boy was knocked unconscious and shanghaied. Little Big Jim woke up on a clipper ship on its way to South America. His adventures continued as he was forced to seek treasure at a hidden temple high in the Andes. Would Little Big Jim ever get back to California? Would he ever see his family and Peggy Sue again? Maybe, but he wasn't done with his adventures.
