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Well written and provided with lots of pictures, Cowles paints a vivid and entertaining picture of the last year before the outbreak of the Great War. While the focus of the book is of course, the year 1913, its concerns and fads can cover nearly the entire fifteen years before WWI. Readable and enthusiastic--I highly recommend this book.

This book begins about where the first book left off but then picks up more info left out of the first book. This book is hilarious, informative, entertaining and overall enjoyable if you are a J.C. fan or a St. Louis area resident. This guy's radio show or showgram as it is known should be carried nationally although I like the local flavor. Really a good read.

Dennis Frye put together a very concise and well researched book on this unit. The chapters are well laid out and to the point, finished off by "Lost and Not Heard from Since", the real 'Meat and Potatoes' of the book.

It's here that the roster of the 2nd Va. Cav. is meticulously listed and greatly appreciated. Several of the men listed within these final pages now call Elmwood Cemetery home. A quiet little cemetery just three miles from where I now live. I often use this book to better understand what drove the men who now lie beneath the many headstones in the Confederate part of Elmwood cemetery.

This book truly puts into context the struggles the 2nd Virginia Cavalry went through during the war. Thanks for all your efforts Dennis!

This confessional book for kids is the best!!! This book shows kids how God works in their life, and what they can do to show God's love to others. My kids are only 5,3, and 1, so they don't know how to read yet. I read the book to them and I have my older kids repeat it back. Its great family time, plus I get the added benefit of learning so much myself. The Scriptures and the confessions are powerful. The confessions are put in a language level that kids understand. The book itself is a nice hardback book. The back of my book says it is for kids 4 and up, though my 3 year old likes it. I would highly recommend this book for your own children as well as for baby gifts. I personally am going to start giving this book for baby shower, Christmas, and birthday gifts. This book will not only give knowledge of God to kids but also start a relationship between God and kids. Kids can really get to know who God is and about HIS LOVE. Truely empowering.

I bought this book because some ancestors fought in the 47th Viginia and many lived in the Fredericksburg, VA area, where the 47th took most of its men. This book tells how it was to fight in the Civil War. Not only were the strategies and thinking of the commanders explained, but it also told the hardships and lives of the regular soldier. Contained an invaluable listing of officers and men that served in this unit. Anyone with ancestors in this unit, this book is a must.

We love this book and have completed several hikes so far. It is also useful for finding bike trails. The info we have used has been accurate and complete. Good details included, like whether hunting is allowed on or around the trails (important in rural area during certain times of the year). Two thumbs up!

I was answering a question on askville and came across this cookbook. I had put it away and now am thankful that I came across it again. The recipes are all homecooking, not too difficult, even for the beginner.One section, that I really like, has great recipes for things like Apple Butter, Pickled Cabbage, a great Raisin sauce. This cookbook was given to me by my mother-in-law. I had best give her a call and thank her again.

The "ABC of Budget Decorating" was a great resource to helpme buy furniture at discount prices. I purchase an AlexanderJulian/Universal dining room set fo...; the retail price wasover...

The book explained in detail how to purchase furniture andwhat to be aware of when buying from discount stores. It also gave alist of all of the reputable stores in North Carolina - HighPoint.

I highly recommend this book.

Published as the first volume in a series of Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys, this collection has become a standard reference work for researchers in the period of colonial Augusta County history and that of its parent county, Orange.

As Continental forces and Virginia militia units were engaged in winning independence, American quartermasters and provisioners struggled to provide these units with all the necessities of life, from meals and guns to meat, fodder for horses, the horses themselves, firewood, and every other type of material. Much of this was requisitioned from the civilian population and certificates were issued payable in either continental or state funds, depending on the units supplied, upon presentation to court authorities. Thousands of these certificates issued to Virginians were duly entered by the courts, and they provide a fascinating insight into the period of the Revolution. These "Publick" Claims booklets contain interesting and useful information about the contributions of ordinary people to the Revolutionary War. They provide some details of people's service in the militia or as guards for prisoners of war; they indicate where some bodies of troops were at particular times; and they identify providers of horses, wagons, cattle, grain, or other supplies. Much of the information in these booklets cannot be found anywhere else, which makes the surviving records particularly valuable. Also remarkable is the fact that records survived from virtually every county in the state at that time with the exception of the newly formed Kentucky counties. This makes the collection even more valuable in covering areas which heretofore in this time period have suffered from a lack of personal data. The "Virginia Publick Claims" are published by counties. In addition to a faithful transcription by Janice Luck Abercrombie and the late Richard Slatten, a complete index is provided for each county booklet. This series is an extremely important genealogical tool for searchers in Revolutionary-era materials.