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Another mother's son [videorecording] / by Motion picture adaptation of (work):Gould, Louisa.; Lecoat, Jennyscreenwriter(CARDINAL)850367; Usmanov, Alisherfilm producer; Moshiri, Farhadfilm producer; Kenwright, Bill,1945-film producer; Menaul, Christopherfilm director; Seagrove, Jennyactor; Hannah, John,1962-actor(CARDINAL)848054; Abbington, Amanda,1974-actor(CARDINAL)849744; Keating, Ronanactor; Kostov, Julianactor; Farrell, Nicholasactor; Wight, Peteractor; Hampshire, Susanactor; David, Joannaactor; Du Jeu, Félicitéactor; Skelton, Sophieactor; Hillborg, Christianactor; Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm)publisher(CARDINAL)847484;
Casting by Elaine Grainger ; costume designer, Charlotte Mitchell ; line producer, Donall McCusker ; edited by Mark Trend ; production designer, Adrian Smith ; original score by Mario Grigorov ; director of photography, Sam Care.Jenny Seagrove, John Hannah, Amanda Abbington, Ronan Keating, Julian Kostov, Nicholas Farrell, Peter Wight, Susan Hampshire, Joanna David, Gwen Taylor, Félicité Du Jeu, Sophie Skelton, Christian Hillborg.Jersey, 1942. The British Channel Islands fall to the Germans who put prisoners of war to work in slave labor camps. When a Russian soldier escapes the labor camps, seeking shelter, a Jersey resident, Lou, realizes she can't simply hand him back. Lou decides to harbor the fugitive, striking up a bond with the young, intelligent man whom she soon treats as her son.Not rated.DVD, region 1, widescreen (16x9 ; 2.35:1) presentation, 5.1 Dolby Digital, stereo.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Film adaptations.; Drama.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Gould, Louisa; Government, Resistance to; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Commanders and heroes of the American Civil War / by Sutherland, Jonathan.(CARDINAL)688309;
Subjects: Biographies.; Heroes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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First ladies : presidential historians on the lives of 45 iconic American women / by Swain, Susan,editor.(CARDINAL)539118; C-SPAN (Television network),contributor.(CARDINAL)769562;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Martha Dandridge Washington / Patricia Brady, Richard Norton Smith -- Abigail Smith Adams / Edith Gelles, C. James Taylor -- Martha Wayles Jefferson / Catherine Allgor, William Seale -- Dolley Payne Madison / Catherine Allgor, Edith Mayo -- Elizabeth Kortright Monroe / Daniel Preston, Richard Norton Smith -- Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams / Amanda Mathews, Richard Norton Smith -- Rachel Donelson Jackson / Patricia Brady, Michael Henderson -- Hannah Hoes Van Buren / Patricia Brady, Michael Henderson -- Anna Symmes Harrison / Edith Mayo, Edna Greene Medford -- Letitia Christian Tyler, Julia Gardiner Tyler / Edna Greene Medford, Taylor Stoermer -- Sarah Childress Polk / Paul Finkelman, Conover Hunt -- Margaret Smith Taylor / Paul Finkelman, Conover Hunt -- Abigail Powers Fillmore / Paul Finkelman, Conover Hunt -- Jane Appleton Pierce / Ann Covell -- Harriet Lane / Ann Covell, Feather Schwartz Foster -- Mary Todd Lincoln / Richard Norton Smith, Rosalyn Terborg-Penn -- Eliza McCardle Johnson / Jacqueline Berger, Kendra Hinkle -- Julia Dent Grant / Pamela Sanfilippo, William Seale -- Lucy Webb Hayes / Allida Black, Tom Culbertson -- Lucretia Rudolph Garfield / Carl Sferrazza Anthony -- Ellen Herndon Arthur / Carl Sferrazza Anthony -- Frances Folsom Cleveland / Annette Dunlap, Taylor Stoermer -- Caroline Scott Harrison / Edith Mayo, William Seale -- Ida Saxton McKinley / Carl Sferrazza Anthony, Richard Norton Smith -- Edith Carow Roosevelt / Stacy Cordery, Kathleen Dalton -- Helen Herron Taft / Jane Hampton Cook, Lewis Gould -- Ellen Axson Wilson, Edith Bolling Wilson / John Milton Cooper, Kristie Miller -- Florence Kling Harding / David Pietrusza, Katherine Sibley -- Grace Goodhue Coolidge / Cyndy Bittinger, Amity Shlaes -- Lou Henry Hoover / Emily Charnock, Annette Dunlap -- Anna Eleanor Roosevelt / Allida Black, Douglas Brinkley -- Elizabeth (Bess) Wallace Truman / Nicole Anslover, William Seale -- Mamie Doud Eisenhower / Marilyn Irvin Holt, Edith Mayo -- Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy / Michael Beschloss, Barbara Perry -- Claudia (Lady Bird) Taylor Johnson / Betty Boyd Caroli, Cokie Roberts -- Patricia Ryan Nixon / Mary Brennan, Timothy Naftali -- Elizabeth (Betty) Bloomer Ford / Richard Norton Smith -- Rosalynn Smith Carter / Jay Hakes, Grace Hale -- Nancy Davis Reagan / Carl Cannon, Judy Woodruff -- Barbara Pierce Bush / Jeffrey Engle, Myra Gutin -- Hillary Rodham Clinton / David Maraniss, Gail Sheehy -- Laura Welch Bush / Ann Gerhart, Mark Updegrove -- Michelle Robinson Obama / Liza Mundy, Krissah Thompson.A look inside the personal life of every first lady in American history, based on original interviews with major historians for C-SPAN's yearlong history series, First Ladies: Influence and Image. This book provides an up-close historical look at these fascinating women who survived the scrutiny of the White House, sometimes at great personal cost, while supporting their families and famous husbands-- and sometimes changing history.
Subjects: Biographies.; Presidents' spouses;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 14
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Tales from the North and the South : twenty-four remarkable people and events of the Civil War / by Casstevens, Frances Harding.(CARDINAL)178722;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-362) and index.James J. Andrews and the great locomotive chase : (the Andrews Raid): a civilian who risked his life and lost -- Private Jesse Virgil Dobbins : patriotic hero or murdering traitor? -- Captain Dan Ellis : the slippery "Old Red Fox" of East Tennessee -- General William Jackson Palmer : an officer and a gentleman sometimes equal a hero -- Colonel Thomas Rose : architect of the Libby tunnel -- Colonel Robert Gould Shaw : "greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" John 15:13 -- Mrs. Susie Baker King Taylor : among noble women, courage has no color -- Brigadier General John Basil Turchin and Nadine Turchin : the "Mad Cossack" and his courageous wife -- Miss Elizabeth Van Lew : "Crazy Bet," the disguise of a master spy -- Dr. Mary E. Walker : slightly ahead of her time, but time has proven her correct -- Brigadier General Edward A. Wild : Beelzebub or avenging archangel? -- Colonel Powell T. Wyman : somewhat tarnished, but still a hero -- Brigadier General James J. Archer : a "Little Gamecock" or a "god of war" -- Captain Robert Carson Duvall : winner of first naval battle of the War between the States -- Captain E.W. Fuller : escape of Confederate prisoners from the Maple Leaf -- Sergeant Richard Rowland Kirkland : "the angel of Marye's Heights" or the "Southern Samaritan" -- Colonel Hector McAllister McKethan : from Big Bethel to Fort Fisher -- Lieutenant Robert Winship Stedman : once, twice, three times a hero -- Colonel M. Jefferson Thompson : a blundering Falstaff or the "Swamp Fox of the Confederacy" or a "military renaissance man -- Captain Sally Louisa Tompkins : the angel of Richmond -- Brigadier General Stand Watie : a Cherokee who fought with the Confederate Army -- Captain Reuben Everett Wilson : unreconciled faithful soldier or a cold-blooded murderer? -- Colonel John Reynolds Winston : a long, cold journey home -- Colonel Richard Thomas Zarvona : the spymaster, a.k.a. the "French Lady" -- Participants in the great locomotive chase -- Federal prisoners who escaped through the Libby Prison tunnel -- Confederate officers onboard the Maple Leaf -- Congressional Medal of Honor and Confederate Roll of Honor."This book examines 24 outstanding participants in the American Civil War from both sides of the conflict, concentrating on many lesser-known personalities who nevertheless accomplished or took part in extraordinary battles, escapes and events. These stories, many previously untold, represent a wide range of unique Civil War personalities and events"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Anecdotes.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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