Ashton John: 41 books
Looking Back
A Journey Through the Pages of the Keowee Courier for the Years 1950–1955
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
This book chronicles the day-to-day life in Oconee County, South Carolina, especially Walhalla and surrounding areas, from 1950 to 1955, as reported in the Keowee Courier, a small weekly newspaper located in Walhalla. Theres a lot about local government in action, local sports, the ever-continuing...
by John Ashton Hester
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
Did you know that a West Union native served as General Dwight D. Eisenhower's adjutant during World War II? Or that a Walhalla man had a U.S. Navy ship named in his honor after he was killed in action? Or that a Tamassee man flew in a bombing mission over Germany in a plane piloted by famous actor...
Looking Back
A Journey Through the Pages of the Keowee Courier with Feature Stories Along with Highlights for the Years 1963–1965
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
This book consists of two sections: first, feature stories about various local area people and events taken from old issues of the Keowee Courier; and second, week-to-week highlights from the years 19631965 as reported in the Courier. It is the authors hope that these stories and reports will bring...
by John Ashton
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
There is much and curious food for reflection, in the tendency that mankind has ever shown to sympathise with the daring and ingenious depredators who relieve the rich of their superfluity, which may possibly be owing to the romantic adventures and hair-breadth escapes which the robbers, in their career,...
by John Ashton
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
'From the surnames of some of the most ancient families in the town of Brighthelmston, the phrase and pronunciation of the old natives, and some peculiar customs there, it has, with great probability, been conjectured, that the town had, at some distant period, received a colony of Flemings. This might...
by John Ashton
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Curiously enough, it has never been practically settled whence the ancestors of Napoleon Bonaparte came. He, himself, cared little for the pride of birth, and when, during his Consulate, they manufactured for him a genealogy descending from a line of kings, he laughed at it, and said that his patent...
Curious Creatures in Zoology
Illustrated Legends and Myths from Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2018
Rather than a work of science, this richly illustrated volume offers fare for the imagination with its fascinatingly odd menagerie. Historical accounts of centaurs, unicorns, and lesser-known fantastical creatures provide abundant amusement.
by John Ashton
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Christmas is the most famous holiday of the year, and the word itself evokes images of Santa Claus, reindeer, snow, Christmas trees, egg nog and more. At the same time, it represents Christianity's most important event, the birth of the baby Jesus. Instantly, well known Christmas carols ring in your...
by John Ashton Williams
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
Rudy, a boy disabled by polio, is condemned to be kitchen help in Adolf Hitler's Berlin bunker during the last eleven days of World War II. With Karoline, a servant girl, he struggles to survive the insanity of the Nazis and the collapse of the Third Reich. When the Nightingale Sings will Rudy find the courage to never give up?
by John Ashton
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
The Dawn of the 19th Century in England is an overview of social history in England during the 19th century. A table of contents is included.
by John Ashton
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
The day on which Jesus Christ died is plainly distinguishable, but the day of His birth is open to very much question, and, literally, is only conjectural; so that the 25th December must be taken purely as the day on which His birth is celebrated, and not as His absolute natal day. In this matter...
by John Ashton
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
The History of Gambling in England is a fascinating history of gaming. A table of contents is included.
Looking Back
A Journey Through the Pages of the Keowee Courier for the Years 1889, 1899, 1909, 1949, 1989 and 1999
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2019
This book consists of six sections highlighting the years 1889, 1899, 1909, 1949, 1989, and 1999. It is the eighth book in the Looking Back series, with each highlighting different years and containing different news, feature, and sports stories. It is the author’s hope that these books will bring...