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Ridgefield Chronicles

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Series series American Chronicles
Purchased from the Ramapoo Indians in 1708, Ridgefield welcomed immigrants to its bustling community from the start. The peaceful Connecticut town later served as a retreat for wealthy New Yorkers. With its long history and cast of local characters, Ridgefield has many fascinating stories to tell. In the early 1900s, Typhoid Mary was known to cook for a Ridgefield family. On Olmstead Lane, the ... Read more

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Purchased from the Ramapoo Indians in 1708, Ridgefield welcomed immigrants to its bustling community from the start. The peaceful Connecticut town later served as a retreat for wealthy New Yorkers. With its long history and cast of local characters, Ridgefield has many fascinating stories to tell. In the early 1900s, Typhoid Mary was known to cook for a Ridgefield family. On Olmstead Lane, the
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Ridgefield

1900-1950

by Jack Sanders ...

Series series Postcard History
Ridgefield has long been a destination-for tourists seeking a picturesque country village, for city dwellers looking for a weekend and summer retreat, and for immigrants in search of a new life. In the first half of the twentieth century, a period that corresponded to the heyday of the picture postcard, hundreds of views were published, depicting the beautiful Main Street, the many inns and ... Read more

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Ridgefield has long been a destination-for tourists seeking a picturesque country village, for city dwellers looking for a weekend and summer retreat, and for immigrants in search of a new life. In the first half of the twentieth century, a period that corresponded to the heyday of the picture postcard, hundreds of views were published, depicting the beautiful Main Street, the many inns and
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Baseball Comes Out

A Revolutionary Novel

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Billy Gallagher enters Major League Baseball an enigma, an aristocratic Yale graduate, a student of Russian literature, with a cold, aloof personality and a pitching repertoire that mesmerizes the game. Curly Snider, an aging baseball columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, senses a Pulitzer prize might await the reporter who could crack the code on the strangely reticent Gallagher. Gallagher's ... Read more

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Billy Gallagher enters Major League Baseball an enigma, an aristocratic Yale graduate, a student of Russian literature, with a cold, aloof personality and a pitching repertoire that mesmerizes the game. Curly Snider, an aging baseball columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, senses a Pulitzer prize might await the reporter who could crack the code on the strangely reticent Gallagher. Gallagher's
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Twirlybirch Lands in Double Trouble

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The Twirlybirch family decide on a well-deserved holiday from their umbrella-floating business. While visiting a water park in Victoria, a beautiful girl introduces herself to young Beauregard. The Middle-Eastern teenager turns out to be someone of importance, and has a special request for our young aviator; she would like Beauregard to show his Pedal-Powered-Umbrella to her father. It is somewhat ... Read more

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The Twirlybirch family decide on a well-deserved holiday from their umbrella-floating business. While visiting a water park in Victoria, a beautiful girl introduces herself to young Beauregard. The Middle-Eastern teenager turns out to be someone of importance, and has a special request for our young aviator; she would like Beauregard to show his Pedal-Powered-Umbrella to her father. It is somewhat
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Twirlybirch and the Marbled Murrelet

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In the sixth instalment of the Twirlybirch series of books for children, Beauregard Twirlybirch emerges as a young environmentalist. What starts out as a simple school photography contest ends up with our hero, together with his Pedal-Powered-Umbrella, coming up against corporate greed in the name of progress and development.After various setbacks, Beauregard and his dad head out on a fishing and ... Read more

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In the sixth instalment of the Twirlybirch series of books for children, Beauregard Twirlybirch emerges as a young environmentalist. What starts out as a simple school photography contest ends up with our hero, together with his Pedal-Powered-Umbrella, coming up against corporate greed in the name of progress and development.After various setbacks, Beauregard and his dad head out on a fishing and
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Twirlybirch and the Volcano

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In this second instalment of the Twirlybirch adventures, Beauregard and his little sister Sparkle Snowflake travel with Auntie Gertrude to the South Pacific. Auntie Gertrude's plan is rest and relaxation in a warm setting, but Beauregard has much more in mind.Island hikes, swimming in warm water, and sandy beaches are all fine and dandy, but when Beauregard goes looking for more excitement, he ... Read more

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In this second instalment of the Twirlybirch adventures, Beauregard and his little sister Sparkle Snowflake travel with Auntie Gertrude to the South Pacific. Auntie Gertrude's plan is rest and relaxation in a warm setting, but Beauregard has much more in mind.Island hikes, swimming in warm water, and sandy beaches are all fine and dandy, but when Beauregard goes looking for more excitement, he
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Twirlybirch to the Rescue

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In the fifth episode of the Twirlybirch e-books for children, Beauregard has a variety of problems errupting both at school and at home. This time around he manages to find dilemmas, disturbances and difficulties with the number one class dingbat, and even more unrest and embarrassment with another classmate. Eventually the problems overflow until they follow him all the way home. How will he ... Read more

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In the fifth episode of the Twirlybirch e-books for children, Beauregard has a variety of problems errupting both at school and at home. This time around he manages to find dilemmas, disturbances and difficulties with the number one class dingbat, and even more unrest and embarrassment with another classmate. Eventually the problems overflow until they follow him all the way home. How will he
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Wicked Ridgefield, Connecticut

by Jack Sanders ...

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Ridgefield is no stranger to life's shadier characters. The history of this idyllic community includes cunning crooks, suburban embezzlers, bungling burglars and wandering scallywags. In 1894, a group of bank robbers literally blew it in a heist at the Saving Bank--the explosion attracted witnesses to see the gang miss out on a grand haul of fifty dollars. Half a decade later, in 1940, a skeleton ... Read more

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Ridgefield is no stranger to life's shadier characters. The history of this idyllic community includes cunning crooks, suburban embezzlers, bungling burglars and wandering scallywags. In 1894, a group of bank robbers literally blew it in a heist at the Saving Bank--the explosion attracted witnesses to see the gang miss out on a grand haul of fifty dollars. Half a decade later, in 1940, a skeleton
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Hidden History of Ridgefield, Connecticut

by Jack Sanders ...

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Time nearly erased many astounding tales and unexpected anecdotes from Ridgefield's history. Its colorful characters include a widow who built a landmark Manhattan hotel, her neighbor who invented one of the first "helicopters" and a CIA operative who helped one thousand Americans flee Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War. Lesser known are the stories of the Ridgefield artists who gave the world ... Read more

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Time nearly erased many astounding tales and unexpected anecdotes from Ridgefield's history. Its colorful characters include a widow who built a landmark Manhattan hotel, her neighbor who invented one of the first "helicopters" and a CIA operative who helped one thousand Americans flee Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War. Lesser known are the stories of the Ridgefield artists who gave the world
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Twirlybirch Gets Propelled

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In this, the 3rd entry of the Twirlybirch series, Beauregard Twirlybirch reads about a man-powered flight named the Gossamer Condor that happened in 1977. Borrowing from that idea, he takes one of his floating umbrellas and decides to give it a propeller. Just as he is learning to take off, hover and land his brand new flying invention, Auntie Gertrude comes across a contest for entrants to fly ... Read more

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In this, the 3rd entry of the Twirlybirch series, Beauregard Twirlybirch reads about a man-powered flight named the Gossamer Condor that happened in 1977. Borrowing from that idea, he takes one of his floating umbrellas and decides to give it a propeller. Just as he is learning to take off, hover and land his brand new flying invention, Auntie Gertrude comes across a contest for entrants to fly
... Read more
Twirlybirch Takes Off

by Jack Saunders ...

OMG! Beauregard & Sparkle Snowflake are suddenly left on their own! They need to leap into action or the two little runaways will get caught by the Police. On their way to a safe house they have to get past the attacking alley dogs. The scroungy old guy in the dirty truck could present problems for the Twirlybirch kids. Mean old Auntie Gertrude could have a hissy fit when she finds out they have ... Read more

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OMG! Beauregard & Sparkle Snowflake are suddenly left on their own! They need to leap into action or the two little runaways will get caught by the Police. On their way to a safe house they have to get past the attacking alley dogs. The scroungy old guy in the dirty truck could present problems for the Twirlybirch kids. Mean old Auntie Gertrude could have a hissy fit when she finds out they have
... Read more
Assembling cultures

Workplace activism, labour militancy and cultural change in Britain's car factories, 1945-82

by Jack Saunders ...

In British political discourse the idea that in the 1970s trade unions 'ran the country' has become a truism, a folk mythology invoked against the twin perils of socialism and strikes. But who exactly wielded power in Britain’s workplaces and on what terms?Assembling cultures takes a fine-grained look at factory activism in the motor industry between 1945 and 1982, using car manufacturing as a key ... Read more

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In British political discourse the idea that in the 1970s trade unions 'ran the country' has become a truism, a folk mythology invoked against the twin perils of socialism and strikes. But who exactly wielded power in Britain’s workplaces and on what terms?Assembling cultures takes a fine-grained look at factory activism in the motor industry between 1945 and 1982, using car manufacturing as a key
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