the true story of one man, two cows and the feeding of a nation
Lovenheim, Peter
2002
The author shares the story of what happens in the lives of farm animals, from conception to possible consumption, through his observations of twin calves he purchased from the dairy farm where they were born, and provides insights into the dairy and beef industries.
Panic mounts in the sleepy little town of Aurelius, New York, after three young girls vanish, one after another, and soon it seems that no one is immune from suspicion.
In 1783, orphaned fourteen-year-old Livy and her cousin Ephraim are taken in by a woodsman and his family, including a young Seneca man who changes Livy's attitudes toward the Indians she was raised to hate and fear.
Describes the discovery and study of the African burial site found in Manhattan in 1991, while excavating for a new building, and what it reveals about the lives of African-American people in Colonial times.