Yardbird non-fiction books
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Wows, or The Long Lost Friend Folklore |
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| "The
long-suppressed, reviled and revered Pennsylvania-German folk-healing
classic. First published by the author in 1820. With an up-to-date
introduction." Second Yardbird printing. 70 pages. 0-9620251-5-1
/ Pbk. / acid-free paper / $15 OUT OF STOCK |
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Helping Hands
Nonfiction
by William Keisling
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"For hundreds of years American politicians have relied on a peculiar institution -- political patronage -- to place family and supporters in government jobs. In 1990 an obscure United States Supreme Court decision outlawed most patronage. Pennsylvania politicians elected to ignore the decision, and kept hiring friends and family into government agencies like the Pennsylvania turnpike. State employees responded by filing several federal lawsuits to stop the practice.
In Helping Hands, writer William Keisling relates what happened when he was asked to serve as an expert witness in one of these suits brought by a turnpike employee. You don't have to look too far to realize the stakes are high for the continuance of political patronage. 142 pages. 1-882611-10-1/Pbk, / acid-free paper / $11.95
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Four Steps
Nonfiction
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| "An
unauthorized biography of former U.S. Attorney General Richard Thornburgh.
Maybe Four Steps first appeared in Pennsylvania twenty-five days
before Thornburgh lost his bid to a senate seat. Rather than working
toward a justice system that would serve as a model of fairness,
Keisling writes, Thornburgh devoted his energies to denigrating
the American justice system into an enforcement arm of a political
party." 151 pages. 0-9620251-8-6/Cloth; acid-free paper / $16.95
-51-7-8 / Pbk, / acid-free paper / $9.95 OUT OF STOCK |
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"Shortly
before midnight, young Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan
Luna vanishes from his desk in the federal courthouse in downtown
Baltimore. Without explanation he mysteriously drives away from
his office in the courthouse, away from his life, embarking on
a wildly improbable midnight ride.
"The next morning, shortly before
dawn, Luna’s body is found face
down in a cold stream outside of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He’s been stabbed
thirty-six times, once for every thousand dollars missing from a courthouse safe.
His car idles beside him at the side of the murmuring creek. He’s seventy
miles from his office, at the far end of a midnight ride that carried him across
four states.
"In The Midnight Ride of Jonathan Luna,
writer William Keisling reconstructs the last hours in the life of an American
public servant. It’s a shocking, true-life, murder mystery whodunit that
you’ll never forget." 515 pages / 1-882611-18-7 / Pbk. / acid-free
paper / $20.00 Read more >>
TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK Fourth printing in progress. Backorder your copy now!
Now also available in ebook edition! Click here to read about and order ebook.
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All Fall Down
Nonfiction |
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| "In
We All Fall Down, writer William Keisling tells the story of the
impeachment of Pennsylvania state Supreme Court Justice Rolf Larsen,
a once-popular Pittsburgh jurist. Keisling's account suggests that
Larsen's impeachment was a blemish on democracy that should concern
all Americans. Keisling describes the breakdown of nearly every democratic
institution in the state that cradled American democracy." 336
pages. 1-882611-08-X / Cloth / acid-free paper / $24.00 IN
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When
the Levee Breaks
Nonfiction
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"An anonymous letter entices writer William
Keisling to consider the once-idealized Pennsylvania turnpike.
At America's first superhighway he finds lawbreaking, inside dealing
and patronage run amok. The trail of bad or non-existent ethics
and loose money leads him to Pennsylvania's state legislature,
where lucrative turnpike deals are cut in return for legalized
kickbacks. His examination of these deals takes him to the troubled
state supreme court, where a resulting turnpike case received special
treatment." 183 pages. 1-882611-01-2 / Pbk. / acid-free paper
/ $11.95 IN STOCK |
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The
Sins of Our Fathers
By William
Keisling |
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| "A
fascinating, compelling account of Pennsylvania Treasurer R. Budd
Dwyer's public suicide and the historical corruption of Pennsylvania's
capital city." 104 pages. 0-9620251-0-0/ Pbk. / $7.95 PAPER EDITION OUT OF STOCK Available in ebook edition for instant download! Click here to read about and order ebook. |
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