Big Reds Mercy

Download or read book Big Red's Mercy written by Mark Hertsgaard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The moving story of a New Orleans woman who fought for justice and her community even amidst one of the city's darkest moments. Mark Hertsgaard and Deborah Cotton were strangers to one another, united only by a love of jazz and New Orlean’s distinctive Second Line tradition. And then, during a Mother’s Day parade, they were thrown together when two gunmen fired into the crowd… Deborah Cotton—known to all as Big Red—was among the most grievously injured. She is the driving force of this deeply reported parable of two of America’s most deeply rooted issues. A racial justice activist in her forties who was born to a Black father and a white mother, Cotton was one of twenty people—including the author—shot in the biggest mass shooting in the modern history of New Orleans. Once one of the largest slave ports, the city has long been a vortex of violence and racism. From her apparent deathbed, Big Red shocked observers by urging mercy for two young Black men accused of the attack. “Racism can kill Black people even when a Black finger pulls the trigger,” she tells Hertsgaard, who, she later said, is “called” to investigate what actually happened, and why. Charismatic, complicated, and struck down in her prime, Big Red and her heroic life will captivate readers. In the wake of the shooting, she never stopped fighting as she sought to get to the core of this uniquely American maelstrom. Big Red's Mercy is an illuminating narrative that provides a human and unflinching look at modern America.

Download or read book The Water written by Bob Mazmanian and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-04-21 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rebuilding year.That's what this season was supposed to be for Coach Cooper's Big Red squad - but it ended up being a whole lot more. But a few questions will have to be answered first.Can the young Shoreview team survive a season filled with unexpected turns?Will Coach Cooper's unique personality lead to motivation or mutiny? Can Shoreview High's perfect couple, J.R. and Bobbi, find a way to fight opponents off the field?How will the 14 year old 'star of the future' be able to handle the pressure of finding out that his future is now? All these questions will be answered as the Big Red's fight the odds to get to every high school ballplayer's dream ' a trip to The Water.

Download or read book Big Red’S New World Order written by Lloyd R. Adams and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-08-22 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Am the Big Red Barn, part I, begins this trilogy. It is a factual fantasy of the life and times of Big Red, told in his own words when it was discovered by a three-year-old boy that this sixty-five-foot majestic barn could telepathically converse with him. Yes, walls can talk, and Big Red tells his life story from the time he was constructed in 1919 on a small dairy farm in Mormon Country, Utah, until it approached its one hundredth birthday. The Impossible Campaign, part II, contains a series of articles and stories based on the authors perspective, which depict the phenomenal circumstances surrounding a nonexperienced politician yet successful business mogul who lays waste to a field of career Republican presidential politicians, captured every news cycle for over eleven months, and consequently created a ground-swell movement by millions of his supporters to become victorious in his primary campaign. 2021 Our New World Horizon, part III, continues where part I left off and continues to the futuristic time of 2021 when Big Red became the inspirational conduit to help change the entire landscape by creating a new world horizon.

Download or read book Paper Heart written by PJ Mills and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first book, Julie befriends a homeless family but finds they are not a family. Matthew is seven but there is no one for him. He wants Julie to adopt him but she is too young. Jedidiah can and after he marries Julie, Matthew is adopted. Jedidiah discovers he has a disease that will cripple him and wants to send Julie away so she will not get this disease but she refuses to go. Later they have three sons, but the third son has this same disease. He will never walk and is in a wheelchair. Jedidiah is captured by rebels rescued by the Wild Tribe and nearly dies before he is taken to the mission hospital. Julie and Matthew go to Guatemala to bring him home, but find that he is given a girl from the wild tribe who cannot return home until she is pregnant. Jedidiah refuses her. The book ends with Jedidiah and Julie returning home with the Wild Tribe girl, but there is drama at home. Then in the second novel about the missionary Barrington on and off the mission field in the rain forest of Guatemala. Senor Barry tells Julie Ann his true name is Jedidiah and is such in the rest of the story. Read the book to find out the ending. The author’s parents were missionaries to Tibet before it became part of China. It was a family of six that went to Tibet but their four cousins plus their parents were already established there. The eight cousins had many and varied exciding adventures. Back in the States to finish school, this author met and married and together went to the mission field in Africa. There they served their Lord for 47 years, mostly with Bible lessons and Biblical printed matter. They retired at the end of 2000. After retirement, this author had time to write. There are now three books in print with more to come.

Download or read book The Amish Mercies Collection written by Ruth Reid and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 901 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abiding Mercy A young woman faces an impossible situation: Should she do the right thing and bring heartache to nearly everyone she knows or deny her true self and always wonder . . . what if? Arms of Mercy A story of renewed love, boundless hope, and a little help from angels above. He lost her once to a rash decision. He will not lose her again. Steadfast Mercy She’s returning to her old Amish community with something to hide. Something big. He’s just trying to make it through his first winter as a farmer. Together they will learn the meaning of steadfast mercy in this sweet Amish romance.

Download or read book Harlequin Love Inspired October 2018 - Box Set 1 of 2 written by Jo Ann Brown and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. THE AMISH CHRISTMAS COWBOY Amish Spinster Club by Jo Ann Brown Though Texan cowboy Toby Christner was raised Amish, he has no plans to settle down in the new community along Harmony Creek. But when he meets Amish nanny Sarah Kuhns, he can’t help but wonder if a Plain life with her is exactly what he needs. THE RANCHER’S ANSWERED PRAYER Three Brothers Ranch by Arlene James Tina Kemp’s stepfather left her his house, but his nephew, Wyatt Smith, inherited the ranch—including the land the house stands upon. Neither is giving an inch. Can these adversaries possibly make a home together…without falling for each other? WYOMING CHRISTMAS QUADRUPLETS Wyoming Cowboys by Jill Kemerer Working as a temporary nanny for quadruplet babies, Ainsley Draper can’t help but feel drawn to the infants’ caring rancher uncle, Marshall Graham. But with her life in one town and his family obligations in another, can they ever find a way to be together?

Download or read book Five-Alarm Fudge written by Christine DeSmet and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It's autumn in Fisher's Harbor, Wisconsin, and fudge shop owner Ava Oosterling is busy preparing for the harvest festival and a visit from some royal relatives who live in Belgium. According to Ava's grandpa, a famous divinity fudge recipe from the 1860s- a treat fit for a prince- is hidden somewhere in a local historical church. When a fire in the church reveals the body of a murdered man, it looks life someone is willing to go to any length to possess the valuable secret to the divinity fudge. As Ava searches for the killer- and the recipe- she could use a little divine intervention, because she may have bitten off more than she can chew..."--Page 4 of cover.