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The little-known story of a major catastrophe in a 1960s African American community: A “commendable, if unsettling, account.” —Richard Kluger, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Simple Justice On the cold Saturday morning of January 16, 1965, a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker carrying thirty-one thousand gallons of jet fuel crashed into a congested African American neighborhood in Wichita, Kansas. When the fire and destruction finally subsided, forty-seven people—mostly African American children—were dead or injured, homes were completely destroyed and numerous families were splintered. As shocking as it may sound, the event was seemingly omitted from the historical record for nearly fifty years. Now, historian D. W. Carter examines the myths and realities of the crash while providing new insights about the horrific four-minute flight that forever changed the history of Kansas. Includes photographs

A study of stratigraphy and structure of Cenozoic sedimentary rocks in part of the Salinas Valley, California.

"In the years between 1795 and 1830, the vital southwestern quadrant of the young republic, encompassing the modern-day states between South Carolina and Louisiana, witnessed nearly unceasing conflict. Many of the disputes resulted from the United States pushing aside a hundred thousand Indians as well as overtaking the final vestiges of Spanish, French, and British presence in a wilderness Americans sought for its abundant pastureland, fertile soil, and forest products. Out of the expansion of the frontier to the Mississippi River emnerged leaders such as Andrew Jackson, policies like Indian Removal, and a willingness to let adventurous settlers open up a new territories as a part of the Manifest Destiny of a growing country. As this volume makes clear, an understanding of the history of the Old Southwest is important because events there foretold the nation's transcontinental expansion"--Bookjacket.

Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson was born on March 3, 1923, in the small community of Deep Gap, North Carolina. His life was shaped by the rugged hills of Appalachia, where traditional American music filled the air. From these humble beginnings, he would rise to become one of the most celebrated guitarists and singers of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music, earning seven Grammy Awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. A Childhood Shaped by Resilience Doc's life was marked by adversity from the start. An eye infection robbed him of his sight before his second birthday, but he never let blindness define him. Instead, his world was illuminated by music. At the Governor Morehead School for the blind in Raleigh, he began to explore his talents. Doc's first guitar was a Sears Silvertone, purchased with money he earned chopping wood with his brother. While his brother bought a suit, Doc invested in his future as a musician. Soon, he was playing Carter Family classics and Jimmie Rodgers tunes on street corners with his brother Linny. His natural ability and dedication transformed him into a proficient guitarist, both on acoustic and electric instruments.