Lane, Charles

Summary: Chronicles the story of the Reconstruction-era Secret Service and its battle against the KKK's effort to suppress the emancipated African-American vote, sharing particular insights into the career of controversial Secret Service chief, Hiram C. Whitley.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WHITLEY, HIRAM LAN

Lane, Charles

Summary: Following the Civil War, Colfax, Louisiana, was a town, like many, where Negroes and whites mingled uneasily. But on April 13, 1873, a small army of white ex-Confederate soldiers, enraged after attempts by freedmen to assert their new rights, killed more than sixty Negroes who had occupied a courthouse. Now, journalist Charles Lane transforms this nearly forgotten incident into a historical...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.367 LAN

Summary: In the heart of Paris, a kind and eccentric millionairess wills her entire estate to Duchess, her high-society cat. Duchess has three little kittens. A greedy, bumbling butler pulls off the ultimate catnap caper. Now it's up to the rough-and-tumble alley cat, Thomas O'Malley, and his band of swingin' jazz cats to save the day.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ARI

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ARI

Summary: A young artist living in New York, on the fringes of the financial district and its rushing crowds, tries to make a living sketching passers-by on the street. He survives on his meager means and has found refuge in an abandoned building. One night, on the corner of a back alley, he finds a little girl whose father has just been murdered. While struggling to take care of her, he meets a young...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SID

Summary: A con man in the guise of a traveling salesman gets off the train in River City, Iowa. He convinces the town to finance a children's marching band instead of a pool hall. Special features include: 'Right Here in River City' Documentary and Introduction by Shirley Jones.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2010

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MUS RATED G

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS MUS

Crile, George.

Summary: Describes how, after the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, maverick Texas congressman Charlie Wilson persuaded his colleagues to fund the CIA's efforts to arm the mujahideen and recounts the repercussions of that covert operation.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2007

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 958.104 CRI

Stern, Jewel

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dallas Museum of Art 2005

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 745.2 Ste

Contents: Disc 1- Side A. Powder keg (starring Rod Taylor & Dennis Cole, 1971, 93 min.) -- Boot Hill (starring Terence Hill & Bud Spencer, 1969, 97 min.) -- To the last man (starring Randolph Scott, 1941, 70 min.) -- Song of Arizona (starring Roy Rogers, 1946, 68 min.) -- Winds of the wasteland (starring John Wayne & Lane Chandler, 1936, 55 min.).

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: TGG Direct 2009

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN TWE