Footsteps in the Snow

Author: Charles Lachman
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698147464
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 514

Book Description
NOW A LIFETIME MOVIE CHANNEL DOCUMENTARY It was a shocking true crime that left two families shattered, and became the coldest case in U.S. history. Who really killed little Maria? The question fueled a real-life nightmare in Sycamore, Illinois... 1957. Sycamore, Illinois. Christmas was three weeks away, and seven-year-old Maria Ridulph went out to play. Soon after, a figure emerged out of the falling snow. He was very friendly. Minutes later, Maria vanished, leaving behind an abandoned doll and footsteps in the snow. In April, a spring thaw gave up Maria’s body in a nearby wooded area. The case attracted national attention, including that of the FBI and President Eisenhower. In all, seventy-four men and three women fell under suspicion. But no one was ever charged with the crime. Incredibly, fifty-five years later, the coldest case in the history of American jurisprudence would be reopened. It happened after a seventy-four-year-old former neighbor of the Ridulphs named Eileen Tessier made a stunning deathbed confession to her family about a dark past, and a darker secret they knew nothing about. Two families would be joined by despair and retribution, and in an astounding turn of events, Maria Ridulph’s killer would finally be brought to justice. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS

Footprints in the Snow

Author: Mei Matsuoka
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 9780805087925
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Wolf is feeling offended and indignant: All the wolves he's ever read about are nasty, scary, and greedy! To set the record straight he decides to write a story about a nice wolf. But will his wolfish instincts get the better of him after all? Author/illustrator Mei Matsuoka's simple yet sophisticated art imbues Wolf's story of searching for a friend with wry humor and subtle wit.

Footsteps in the Snow

Author: Carol Matas
Publisher: Markham, Ont. : Scholastic Canada
ISBN: 9780439988353
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
Isobel thinks that she and her family will find their fortune in Canada. But Isobel's mother dies before they even cross the ocean, and other misfortunes follow their every step. Isobel's family and the other Selkirk Settlers are caught in the fur-trading rivalry between the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company and cannot even start to build when they do reach their destination. The harsh climate, and escalating threats against the settlers, make it impossible to start a new life. Only through perserverance and help from the local Cree band are Isobel and her family finally able to put down roots in the Red River Valley. Vetted by historical experts, each book in this series contains maps, numerous period illustrations, and an extensive historical note.

Footprints in the Snow

Author: Mike Upton
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1477214577
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
FOOTSTEPS IN THE SNOW explores the concept of whether Ghosts really do exist? The four stories are all quite different but each deals with the apparent physical manifestation of a being from 'another place'. Ghosts? Maybe? * Jeff is out walking his dog in the snow through some woods when he meets a young girl. Who is she? Why is she there? * Russell takes a career break from his job to write a book but he meets Alice and after a passionate affair their final meeting is bizarre. * Matt and Sarah have renovated an old cottage to create their dream home and all is well until one day out riding he meets a strange man by an old oak tree. * Greg enrols at a Business Management College to attend a four week programme but he soon finds all is not as it seems in the old house. So do ghosts exist and if so can you talk to them? Can they talk to you? Of course I don't know the answer and I doubt whether anyone does, or ever will - but I definitely wouldn't say that they don't exist! So read (and hopefully enjoy) the four stories in this book and then perhaps it will help you to make up your own mind on this interesting question of whether ghosts really exist? And if you get goosebumps or your hair stands on end as you come to the end of each of the tales, well then maybe you might just believe that ghosts do exist. After all you never know do you - they might!!

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Author: Peter Høeg
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1429998539
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 513

Book Description
A Time Best Book of the Year · An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year · A People Best Book of the Year · Winner of the CWA Silver Dagger Award · A Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel First published in 1992, Peter Høeg's Smilla's Sense of Snow instantly became an international sensation. When caustic Smilla Jaspersen discovers that her neighbor--a neglected six-year-old boy, and possibly her only friend--has died in a tragic accident, a peculiar intuition tells her it was murder. Unpredictable to the last page, Smilla's Sense of Snow is one of the most beautifully written and original crime stories of our time, a new classic.

Footsteps in the Snow

Author: Gordon Kell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780951151570
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
"Footsteps in the Snow" was started on day three of the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK. It is a series of devotional impressions written as the author reflected on different Bible verses early each morning.

Footprints in the Snow

Author: Brian Wildsmith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192723116
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 18

Book Description
It's winter and the snow is full of footprints. But who has made them? Is it a bear, a fox, or a squirrel. This is the latest in the What Next Books series, which encourages very young children to listen, look, and work out for themselves what will happen next on the pages.

Islands in the Snow

Author: Mark Horrell
Publisher: Mountain Footsteps Press
ISBN: 1912748010
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 165

Book Description
Two days east of Lukla was a pleasant yak pasture surrounded by high peaks. When Col. Jim Roberts set out to look for it in 1953, he ended up making the first ascent of Mera Peak and sowing the seeds of Himalayan tourism. Mera Peak has become a popular goal for trekkers and novice mountaineers, but few people climb to its true summit, and fewer still travel beyond it to find the secret yak pasture that sparked Roberts’ journey. The yak pasture was the Hongu Valley, a hidden sanctuary of grassland, lakes and glaciers linking Mera Peak with the Everest region and Island Peak to the north. Fifty years after Roberts, Mark Horrell embarked on a trek through Nepal’s Khumbu region to follow in his footsteps, climb the two trekking peaks at either end of the valley, and resolve a long-standing mystery about Mera Peak’s height. Join Mark on a captivating journey through this enchanting region of high mountains and remote valleys.

Footprints in the Snow

Author: G. D. Bakshi
Publisher: Lancer Publishers
ISBN: 9788170622925
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
Life and military exploits of Zorāwara Siṅgha, 1786-1841, general in the army of Gulab Singh, Maharaja of Kashmir.

Wolf in the Snow

Author: Matthew Cordell
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 1250148308
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Winner of the 2018 Caldecott Medal A girl is lost in a snowstorm. A wolf cub is lost, too. How will they find their way home? Paintings rich with feeling tell this satisfying story of friendship and trust. Wolf in the Snow is a book set on a wintry night that will spark imaginations and warm hearts, from Matthew Cordell, author of Trouble Gum and Another Brother.