Books by "George Lewis Smyth"
8 books found
The Economic History of Ireland from the Union to the Famine
by George O'Brien
1921 · London : Longmans, Green
Mud Puddles and Mockingbird Feathers Camelia Ledbetter has lived in Fort Walton Beach for over a hundred years across the Sound from Okaloosa Island that she fears more than anything else. Her heart and mind should be filled with rage, but her vigilant faith and determination shield her from the disaster that occurred seventy-five years ago, and the loneliness of her empty bed and a hatred of the war that tore her life apart. The La Mancha may never be the same after the three four-year-old ‘soldiers’ invade it. Their innocence will lead them to the ultimate danger for all three of them, for the psychotic killer is still on ‘campus’ as the Prof calls the place. Twists of fate, both in the war and on Okaloosa Island, create a maze that the boys and Miss Camelia struggle through. The Sky is Crying Miss Camelia Ledbetter’s story ends with Mud Puddles and Mockingbird Feathers, but her Great Grandson, Zathan, has a dream where she tells him that Evil is on its way to Chanticleer Lane, the street where she lived for over a hundred years. Enter, Elmer Carter, his wife Balance, and their daughter, Bunny Jo. Elmer, a conniving schemer and vicious alcoholic, will get what he wants by any means—scams or bloody violence.
When Launie Sandersons trial abruptly ends with bloodshed, and two mighty explosions rip through the Sound, costing millions of dollars, the Prof and his friends at the La Mancha start to believe that this season will be worse than the previous two. Two daring and unexpected rescues are made from the explosions which will lead to two deathsone with pure sadistic pleasure, and one with final consent. One resident of the La Mancha is not so certain the drug running on Okaloosa Island is over, which leads to a surprise death and a grisly murder. JC Blevins, the Florida State police sergeant, is about to throw in the towel as nothing fits together, and clues are tightly hidden from him. There is romance and humor in the air as the relationship between Ester Haynes and JC grows; her three-year-old, Little Mitch, thinks its yucky! A stranger is nosing around Ollies grave and asking the wrong questions. The Prof is visited by a character who scares the daylights out hima character who cannot possibly be walking the beach or sitting on the low perimeter wall in front of Jonathan L. The only certainty is that the mighty Gulf will continue nudging at the beach, or back off, and really thrash it.
Second Catalogue of the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore, Including the Additions Made Since 1882
by Johns Hopkins University. Peabody Institute. Library, George Peabody Library
1904
Mud Puddles and Mockingbird Feathers
by George D. King
The antics of three little boys create a fun-filled story of imagination and innocence as they roam their way through the everyday life of the La Mancha on Okaloosa Island. Across the Sound from the island, the horrors of war and memories of all the sorrows and lost love she has endured create a tragedy for Miss Camelia Ledbetter. Miss Camelia Ledbetter has lived on her little street in Fort Walton Beach way back when it was Walton’s Landing, and she walked barefooted down to the landing to meet the mail boat that came down the Sound twice a week from Pensacola. Her memories take her even further back when her people eked out their living from the bay and pine forest trying to avoid the Spanish or other belligerent tribes. Her good eyesight and hearing, along with her sharp mind and curiosity, have shielded her from the disaster that broke her heart seventy-five years ago. Her heart and mind should be filled with rage, but a vigilant faith and determination protected her from the loneliness of an empty bed and a hatred of the war that tore her life apart. Three little boys fill her days with delight and tomfoolery, and memories shared by the spirit of her great-grandad fill her nights and alone times. She lives across the Sound from Okaloosa Island, where murder and illegal activities have filled the daily paper she reads. She is worried to let the boys visit the Prof who lives at the La Mancha on the island but accepts what she cannot control. The La Mancha may never be the same after the three four-year-old “soldiers” invade it. Their innocence will lead them to the ultimate danger for all three of them, for the psychotic killer is still on “campus,” as the Prof calls the place. Twists of fate, both in the war and on Okaloosa Island, create a maze that the boys and Miss Camelia struggle through.