Bøger af Mary Howard

Chautauqua Springs, Kansas as it was in 1888 according to newspaper accounts. What crops they grew for sale and for use.

Describes what took place to start the great Civil War and the ending of the war with Kansas joining the Union as a 'free state'. It describes one small community starting with a school, moving the community to be near the two railroads. The times of the Sunflower State Refinery and ending and as the community changed to survive.

This book contains articles and writings about the building of Chautauqua Springs, Kansas. The community had mineral spring water which was sold world wide and had bath houses to treat different illnesses with the fresh spring water and also the water was shipped out in gallon jugs by rail road cars to all parts of the United States and also outside of the States into other countries.

Wild with guilt and anger over her failing marriage, Maggie Ryder escapes to the safety of an Illinois farmhouse during a full-blown blizzard. Maggie has been hired by the owners to do some stencil painting in the dining room. But why aren't Louise and Sid Shaw not home to welcome her?Maggie risked her life driving through the harrowing storm and doesn't mind being alone in the warmth and safety of the house. Not at first.But then a stranger walks down the stairs and into the kitchen. He says he's Ian Shaw, Louise and Sidney's son, and that his parents headed upstate ahead of the storm to visit their daughter.Snowbound with him for six days and nights, isolated by ground blizzards and impassable country roads, Maggie forms a headstrong attachment to the talented and amusing young man.When they leave the house together, Maggie is caught up in mysteries of theft and unexplained deaths. She questions Ian's identity, what crimes he might have committed, and how much her impulsive loyalty to him will cost her in the end.

Looking at the child malnutrition and poverty of Mount Kilimanjaro, this text discusses the moral and practical dilemmas posed by the presence of malnourished children in the community.