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2) Game 2
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Letter -- Traveling down the Ohio River -- My journal, by Ruby Payne -- Unable to sleep; -- On the streets of Louisville -- River City showdown -- Churchill downs -- Stunned disbelief -- Game begins -- Rube Waddel show -- Horses, horses, everywhere! -- Learned in Louisville -- Ben Brush! -- Coming back! -- Ninth inning -- Now or never -- Three outs to go -- Victory burgoo -- Scrape shares -- Absolute truth.
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Barnstormers volume 1
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Kristina 'Kiki' Hansen and Bridget Doyle fell in love with aviation while in college. After graduation, they obtained one of the thousands of airplanes left over from the First World War and taught themselves the kinds of stunts that thrilled audiences all across the country, barnstorming one of the most popular forms of entertainement during the Roaring Twenties. But by the middle of the decade, the U.S. Post Office began to hire private airlines...
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Barnstormers volume 2
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Undercover ICPO agents Kristina 'Kiki' Hansen and Bridget Doyle continue their barnstorming tour across the country, bringing their Curtiss Jenny biplane to perform air stunts over Chicago's Riverview amusement park. But 1925 Chicago is a dangerous place, with organized crime running rampant and ruthless gangs fighting to control the city streets. Add to that the activities of the syndicate run by the mysterious Belgian, and Bridget and Kiki will...
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A young African American woman blazes her own path in this spirited historical novel.
Ava Odell is the only girl born into a proud, tight-knit family. While World War I rages in Europe, she's in Oklahoma trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life. A resident of Greenwood, derisively called "Little Africa" by white Tulsa, she'll soon be the first Odell to graduate from college. However, a chance sighting of an airplane leads to more than...
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Ava's heart emerges from the ashes of the Tulsa Riot as she grows in her womanhood in this epic novel.
It's been three years since Ava Odell-Hemmer has flown an airplane. She's torn: now a mother to toddler Andy, the Hemmers live on what remains of the cash she hid in their home before the rampage. Her husband Carl, an attorney, fights to give Greenwood the right to rebuild, and she's inspired to get back what frees her soul.
The Odells face unresolved...
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