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The protest singer : an intimate portrait of Pete Seeger / by Wilkinson, Alec,1952-(CARDINAL)163174;
MARCIVE 07/07/09
Subjects: Biographies.; Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014.; Folk singers;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Moonshine [large print] : a life in pursuit of white liquor / by Wilkinson, Alec,1952-(CARDINAL)163174;
Subjects: Large print books.; Biographies.; Distilling, Illicit; Liquor industry;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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A violent act / by Wilkinson, Alec,1952-(CARDINAL)163174;
Subjects: Biographies.; Case studies.; Gahl, Tom, -1986.; Jackson, Mike Wayne.; Fugitives from justice; Murder victims; Murder; Murderers; Police murders; Police murders; Police spouses;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Moonshine : a life in pursuit of white liquor / by Wilkinson, Alec,1952-(CARDINAL)163174;
Draws a portrait of North Carolina liquor agent Garland Bunting, a man who will do nearly anything, including dancing, preaching, or dressing up as a woman, to get his culprit.
Subjects: Biographies.; Bunting, Garland.; Distilling, Illicit; Liquor industry; North Caroliniana.;
Available copies: 28 / Total copies: 30
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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The ice balloon : S.A. Andrée and the heroic age of arctic exploration / by Wilkinson, Alec,1952-(CARDINAL)163174;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-239).Documents the dramatic 1897 flight of a visionary Swedish explorer who attempted to discover the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon, describing the formidable environmental conditions that challenged his efforts.
Subjects: Biographies.; Andrée, Salomon August, 1854-1897.; 1854-1897.; Explorers; Balloon ascensions;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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The happiest man in the world : an account of the life of Poppa Neutrino / by Wilkinson, Alec,1952-(CARDINAL)163174;
David Pearlman, 74, is a restless and migratory soul, a mariner, a musician, a member of the Explorers Club and a friend of the San Francisco Beats, a former preacher and sign painter, a polymath, a pauper, and a football strategist for the Red Mesa Redskins of the Navajo Nation. When he recovered from a near-fatal illness at 50, he felt so different that he decided he needed a new name, and began calling himself Poppa Neutrino. He believes that each person, to be truly happy, must define his or her three deepest desires and pursue them remorselessly. Inspired by Thor Heyerdahl, Neutrino is the only man ever to build a raft from garbage he found on the streets of New York and sail it across the North Atlantic. Meanwhile, he invented an unstoppable football play, which one coach describes as being as innovative as the forward pass.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Biographies.; Neutrino, Poppa, 1933-2011.; Adventure and adventurers; Eccentrics and eccentricities;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Midnights, a year with the Wellfleet police / by Wilkinson, Alec,1952-compiler.(CARDINAL)163174;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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My mentor : a young man's friendship with William Maxwell / by Wilkinson, Alec,1952-;
Subjects: Biographies.; Maxwell, William, 1908-2000.; Wilkinson, Alec, 1952-; Authors, American; Editors; Mentoring of authors.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Moonshine : a life in pursuit of white liquor / by Wilkinson, Alec,1952-author.(CARDINAL)163174; Powell, Padgett,writer of introduction.(CARDINAL)733705;
"A vivid portrait of legendary liquor agent Gar-land Bunting, an American original who pa-trolled rural North Carolina when moonshiners still patrolled the back-country. For thirty-five years, Gar-land Bunting slid his "sweet potato shape-small at both ends and big in the middle" onto the front seat of his beat-up pickup with the coon dogs in the back to ride around in pursuit of moonshine stills in Halifax County, North Carolina. Bunting was true a one-of-a-kind, a man who would do nearly anything to get his culprit. To best the bootleggers, Bunting passed himself off as an outrageous array of characters, including a door-to-door fish peddler, a preacher, a farmer, a fox hunter, a sawmill worker, and a woman. Articulate, canny, imaginative, and aware-aware even that he's an unusual character-Bunting fills the foreground of Alec Wilkinson's deeply report-ed and elegantly told story. Moonshine is a wonderfully alive portrait of both Bunting and rural North Carolina's costal plain, with its landscape of small farms, woods, and swamps. We meet the people Bunting grew up with, his fellow liquor agents, his cronies, and his shy wife, Colleen. Along the way, we learn the history of moon-shine and how it is made, and accompany Bunting on the stake-out of a small backwoods still. Full of humor, energy, and a deeply haunting quality, the flavors of the past and present are richly inter-mingled in Moonshine. This Nonpareil edition includes a new introduction by acclaimed author Padgett Powell"--
Subjects: Bunting, Garland.; Distilling, Illicit; Liquor industry;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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A divine language : learning algebra, geometry, and calculus at the edge of old age / by Wilkinson, Alec,1952-author.(CARDINAL)163174;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-287).Fall -- Winter -- Spring -- Summer -- Fall again."A spirited, metaphysical exploration into math's deepest mysteries and conundrums at the crux of middle age"--
Subjects: Wilkinson, Alec, 1952-; Mathematics; Math anxiety.; Adult learning.; Older people; Learning, Psychology of.;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 15
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