John Fox
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Anthropologist John Fox sets off on a worldwide adventure to the farthest reaches of the globe and the deepest recesses of our ancient ast to answer a question inspired by his sports-loving son: "Why do we play ball?" From Mexican jungles to the small-town gridirons of Ohio, from medieval villages and royal courts to modern soccer pitches and baseball parks, The Ball explores the little-known origins of our favorite sports across the centuries, and...
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Hell fer Sartain and Other Stories' is a collection of short stories written by John Fox Jr. He was a New York Times-bestselling author for several years in a row with his novels 'The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come' and 'The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'. Featured titles to be found inside the following publication includes 'On Hell-fer-Sertain Creek', 'Through the Gap', and 'A Trick O' Trade'.
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The Heart of the Hills' is a short dramatic story written by John Fox Jr. The story is a fictionalized version of a real-life feud during the late 19th century between two rural American families of the West Virginia, Hatfield and McCoy, which in this book are renamed Hawn and Honeycutt.
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Many people are aware that Jeb Stuart was a famous cavalry general who rode for the Confederacy. Yet, how did this twenty-nine-year-old former US Army lieutenant become the 1860s version of a media sensation? At the beginning of June 1862, George McClellan s huge Union Army stood poised to decimate the Confederate capital of Richmond. The city faced chaos as thousands of civilians fled. Confederate Army commander Robert E. Lee wanted to launch his...