Diana of the Dunes - 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 Diana of the Dunes write by Janet Zenke Edwards. This book was released on 2010-07-01. Diana of the Dunes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The true story of a woman who abandoned Chicago for a secluded life in a remote shack—and became an early twentieth-century sensation. In the fall of 1915, an educated woman named Alice Gray traded her life in bustling Chicago for a solitary journey in the remote sand hills of northwest Indiana along Lake Michigan. Living in a fisherman’s shack, she measured herself against nature rather than society’s rigid conventions. Her audacity so bewitched reporters and a curious public that she became a legend in her own time—she became “Diana of the Dunes.” Over a century later, the story is still a popular folktale, but questions remain. Who was Alice Gray? Why did this Phi Beta Kappa scholar leave Chicago? What happened to her soul mate, Paul Wilson? In this first-ever book about Diana of the Dunes, the mystery of Alice Gray is revealed by those who knew her and through new research. Excerpts from her dunes diary are published here for the first time since 1918. In these pages, rediscover the legend of Diana of the Dunes—and learn the truth.
Diana of the Dunes: The True Story of Alice Gray
Diana of the Dunes: The True Story of Alice Gray - 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 Diana of the Dunes: The True Story of Alice Gray write by Janet Zenke Edwards. This book was released on 2010-07. Diana of the Dunes: The True Story of Alice Gray available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the fall of 1915, Alice Gray traded her life in Chicago for a solitary journey in the remote sand hills of northwest Indiana along Lake Michigan. Her audacity so bewitched reporters and a curious public that she became a legend in her own time-- "Diana of the Dunes."
Lady Delafont's Dilemma
Lady Delafont's Dilemma - 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 Lady Delafont's Dilemma write by Donna Simpson. This book was released on 2000. Lady Delafont's Dilemma available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When Lady Emily Delafont's husband abandons her for his trip to the Continent, Emily tries to forget him. Baxter still harbors feelings for his wife, but believes she has taken up with a dashing Frenchman. When the hint of danger brings Baxter and Emily together again, suspicion and hurt gives way to rediscovered love.
Blue Gold
Blue Gold - 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 Blue Gold write by Elizabeth Stewart. This book was released on 2014-02-18. Blue Gold available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Coltan, or “blue gold,” is a rare mineral used in making cell phones and computers. Across continents, the lives of three teen girls are affected by the “blue gold” trade. Sylvie’s family had to lee the Democratic Republic of the Congo after her father was killed by a rogue militia gang in the conlict for control of coltan. The refugee camp where she now lives is deplorable, and Sylvie yearns for a way out—to save not only herself, but her remaining family. Laiping labors in a Chinese factory, soldering components for cell phones. She had left her small village to make her fortune, but the factory conditions are crushing, and the constant pressure to send money home adds to her misery. Yet when Laiping tries to improve her situation, she sees what happens to those who dare question the electronics company’s policies. Fiona is a North American girl who, in one thoughtless moment, takes a picture on her cell phone she comes to regret. In the aftermath, she learns not only about trust and being true to oneself, but the importance of ighting for what is right. All three teens are unexpectedly linked by these events. Elizabeth Stewart conducted extensive research to authentically capture the experiences of all three girls. The result is an intense and powerful story about their struggles to create better lives for themselves in the face of the world’s increasing appetite for coltan.
Haunted Gary
Haunted Gary - 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 Haunted Gary write by Ursula Bielski. This book was released on 2015-10-05. Haunted Gary available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Highlights the most infamous and spine-tingling haunted places scattered throughout Northwest Indiana” (The Times of Northwest Indiana). In 2014, the story of Gary’s “Demon House” shocked the world, drawing millions into the terrifying tale of a contemporary exorcism. For many residents, however, ghosts are just part of the community. From the haunting of the Jackson Five to the ghost ship Flying Cloud, local legends abound. Ghostly echoes may linger from a fiery 1918 train wreck that claimed the lives of eighty-six circus performers. A young murderess, said to have drowned her children in the Little Calumet River, reportedly haunts the Cline Avenue freeway. And the spirit of Alice Gray, the most famous of myriad recluses, is said to remain in Duneland. Meet these and other eternal inhabitants of “America’s Ghost Town” with author Ursula Bielski. Includes photos!
