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Thirteen-year-old Kaleb has always looked up to his older stepbrother, Luke, in snowboarding and everything else, so when Luke is wounded in Afghanistan Kaleb is devastated--and to honor his brother he is set on competing on the difficult slopestyle course.

A Memphis DJ hires Bull Ingram to find Ramblin' John Hastur, a bluesman whose dark music is broadcast on a phantom radio station and who can make men insane and the dead rise. The music fills Bull with rage and sends him in search of the bluesman who sold his soul to the devil. However, during the search, Bull finds something worse than the devil and Hell.

Provides an overview of the World War I, military battles, American involvement, heroism, war weapons, military uniforms and its effects on American mainland during that period.

The story of the war in Vietnam, told in text and pictures, examines the history of wars in United States, traces the United States involvement from the early 1960s through 1975, discusses the causes and effects, leaders, major battles, military uniforms, guerrilla warfare, aerial bombing and weaponry and provides some activity sheets for children.

Explores the at times conflicting and ambivalent responses of Americans to veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and compares these responses with past views of veterans of wars such as World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Also reflects on living during a time when America is between peace and war, and discusses ways that America can better support its returning troops.

"Webb puts his music career on hold while he searches for the truth about his grandfather's role in the Vietnam War"--Provided by publisher.

Byron Aldridge's charmed life as the heir apparent to a Pennsylvania timber empire is shattered when he is sent to France to fight in World War I, and when he returns home, he must find a way to cope with his disturbing memories and his family's expectations.