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The Last Act of Love: The Story of My Brother and His Sister

The Last Act of Love: The Story of My Brother and His Sister

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\\'The Last Act of Love: The Story of My Brother and His Sister\\' is a poignant memoir by Cathy Rentzenbrink, exploring the impact of a tragic accident on her family. This moving true story delves into themes of love, loss, and forgiveness, offering a raw and honest portrayal of grief. Rentzenbrink's powerful storytelling and emotional depth make this book a compelling read for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of bereavement and the enduring bonds of family. A must-read for fans of memoirs and heartfelt narratives.
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Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.'The Last Act of Love: The Story of My Brother and His Sister' is a poignant memoir by Cathy Rentzenbrink, exploring the impact of a tragic accident on her family. This moving true story delves into themes of love, loss, and forgiveness, offering a raw and honest portrayal of grief. Rentzenbrink's powerful storytelling and emotional depth make this book a compelling read for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of bereavement and the enduring bonds of family. A must-read for fans of memoirs and heartfelt narratives.
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Volume I The Revolution 1775-1789 P 12810

Sound Of The Liberty Bell

Heroical Reception

Patrick Henry Urges The Virginia Convention To Fight For Liberty

Farmer Amos Barett Speaks For The Ordinary American At War

Abigale Adams Writes A Letter Of Encouragement To Her Husband

Tom Paine Describes His Ideas Of Liberty

Benjamin Franklin Urges The Colonist To Unite

The Alphabet Song

River Highway

The Liberty Song

Patrick Henry's Famous "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" Speach To The Virginia Convention

"Yankee Doodle"

Paul Revere Dramatization Describing The Events Leading To His Legendary Ride

"Chester"

Amos Barrett Describes The Battle At Concord

Lt. John Barker Describes The British Retreat From Concord To Boston

"Battle Of Trenton"

John Adams Describes Difficulties Faced By The Americans

Joseph Warren, An American, Challenges The British With His Life

Abigale Adams Writes To Her Husband, Reporting The Death Of Joseph Warren

John Adams Writes To James Warren, Affirming The Inevitability Of Indendence

A Reading From Tom Paine's "Common Sense"

"Grand Coulee Dam"

Montage Of The Debate Over The Adoption Of The Declaration Of Independence

1776 Finale The Thirteen States Vote On The Declaration Of Independence

"Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier"

"Aftermaths Of War"/"Wall"

A Reading From Tom Paine's "The Crisis"

Henry Knox Writes To His Wife About The Encounter In Trenton

Excerpt From The Journal Of Lt. William Digby Describing General Burgoyne"s Surrender

Mrs. Henry Drinker's Account Of The British Troup's Advance On Philadelphia, September 25, 1777

Pvt. James Sullivan Martin Describes Thanksgiving 1778, At Vally Forge

"Green Mountain Boys"

Excerpt From The Diary Of George Ewing, A Continental Solder/"A Great Man, A Great Country"

Generial Daniel Morgan Writes To Nathanael Greene From A Camp Near Cain Creek, January 19, 1781

"Two Riders"

Colonel St. George Tucker Writes To His Wife From Williamsburg, September 5, 1781 About The Arrival Of French Forces

British Office Describes The Surrender At Yorktown

"North Americay"

"Foreboding Preamble"

George Washington's Letter To John Jay About The Uncertain Future Of The New Federal Government

Richard Henry Lee's Speech On Shay's Rebellion

Debate On The Constitution

The Preamble To The Constitution Of THe United States

Volume II An Empire For Liberty 1789-1849 P 12811

"The American Star"

George Washington's Inaugural Addess

"Statement I"/"For A Free World"

Montage Of Contents Of The Bill Of Rights

Frontier Man's Call

"Roll On, Columbia"; Reading Of The Northwest Ordinance

"The Shanty In The Northwest" Public Reading Of The Northwest Ordinance (Continued)

"The Ox-Team Trail"

"Skyline" Abigail Adams Writes About The White House And Her Delight At Its Beauty

"March And Air" Thomas Jefferson's Inaugeration

Thomas Jefferson Inauguration

President Washington's Farewell Address

Charles Pinckney's Retort To The War Of 1812; "The Battle Of Stonington"

Henry Clay Speaks On The WarOf 1812; "The Patriotic Diggers"

Dolly Madison Describes The Evacuation Of Washington During The War With The British

Reading Of "The Star Spangled Banner"

Commander Lawrence's Famous Quote

Captain Perry's Famous Quote

"The Battle Of New Orleans"

Stephen Decatur's Toast To The Young Nation

The Presidents March

Extracts From The Presentation Of The Monroe Doctrine To Congress

Onslaught

Montage From "The Original Confessions Of Nat Turner" Describing A Slave Revolt

Sojourner Truth States " Something's Out Of Kilter. . ." From History Of Women's Suffrage

The Lonesome Valley

Reading From Uncle Tom's Cabin "Iron Curtain"

John C. Calhoun Speaks To The Senate On Divisive Issue Of Slavery

Lincoln Speaks During One Of The Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Battle Hymn Of The Republic

Montage From John Brown's Body

John Brown's Body

Brutal Dramatic Theme

Bonnie Blue Flag

Volume III The Promised Land 1849-1860 P 12812

The Fools Of '49

Narration

Narration - California

Ben Holladay's Account Of A Stage Robbery

What Was Your Name In The States

Lorene Suite Sequence (Danish Immigrant Writes To Relatives And Friends In Denmark)

Skada In America

He Lies In The American Land

Doc's Buggy

Brag Talk

Conestoga Wagoner's Complant

The Battle Hymn Of The Republic

A Ship's Doctor Tells About The Wretched Conditions On A Slave Ship

Amazing Grace

Conversation With A Slave From Frederick Law Olmstead's "A Journey In The States"

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Go Down, Moses

Onslaught (Montage For "The Original Confessions Of Nat Turner" Describing A Slave Revolt

Toling Masses (Sojourner Truth States "Something's Out Of Kilter" From "History Of Women's Suffrage")

The Lonesome Valley (Reading From "Uncle Tom's Cabin" By Harriet Beecher Stowe)

Iron Curtain (John C. Calhoun Speaks To The Senate On The Divisive Issue Of Slavery)

Inspiration Point (Lincoln Speaks During One Of The Lincoln-Douglas Debates)

The Battle Hymn Of The Republic

Montage From "John Brown's Body"

John Brown's Body

Brutal Dramatic Theme

Bonnie Blue Flag

Volume IV Civil War - The Burning, Fiery Furnace 1860-1876 P 12813

The Battle Hymn Of The Republic

The Bonnie Blue Flag

The Battle Hymn Of The Republic

Montage Recreates Events At Fort Sumter

Rally 'Round The Cause, Boy's

Mary Livermore Speaks On Recruiting, An Excerpt From The Book "My Story Of The War"

Robert E. Lee Explains To His Sister Why He Chose To Support The Confederacy

Excerpt From Jefferson Davis' Inaugural Address

William Howard Russell Describes The Aftermath Of Bull Run

Reading Of Abraham Lincoln's Letter To Horace Greeley

Reading From Deforest's "Forced Marches" In "The Galaxy"

The Cumberland Crew

Mother Kissed Me In My Dream

Clara Barton Describes The Battlefield Casualties In A Letter To Her Cousin

A Soldier, Charles Blackford, Laments Poor Leadership In Letters To His Mother

Mother Kissed Me In My Dream (Reprise)

Battle Of Shiloh

Reading of The Emancipation Proclamation

Montage Recreates The Battle Of Gettysburg

The Battle Hymn Of The Republic

We Are Coming, Father Abraham

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Grafted Into The Army

Goober Peas

Marching Through Georgia

General Sherman Addresses The People Of Atlanta

Montage Recreating The Events At Appomattox Courthouse

Grant Recalls Lee's Surrender At Appomattox

Eliza Andrews Describes The First Week After Appomattox

Montage Of Lincoln's Assassination

Re-enactment, As Booth Is Surrounded And Killed

Reading Of Walt Whitman's Poem, "When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloomed"

Old Rebel

Montage Of The Impeachment Of President Johnson

Excerpt From "The Centennial Meditation"

Volume V Iron Men And Iron Roads 1860-1890 P 12814

Narration

Montage From "A Thousand Miles Of Mountains"

Narration

Sioux Indians

Andy Adams Account Of A Cattle Drive

Chisholm Trail

Buffalo Skinners

Dee Brown Describes The Indian's Life and Fate Toward The End Of The 19th Century

Dee Brown (Continued)

Dee Brown (Continued)

Rabbit Dance

Report On The Oklahoma Land Rush

Oklahoma

The Cowboy's Lament

The Case For Jesse James

Blackleg Miner

When Kentucky Had No Union Men

The Song Of The Molly Maguires

Mark Twain's Observations On A Growing Nation

Little Brown Church In The Vale

Helen Hunt Jackson's Protest About Treatment Of The Indian's

Dee Brown Describes How Chief Sitting Bull Ended His Days

The Streets Of Laredo

Bent County Bachelor

The Riddle Song

Frederick Jackson Turner Speaks About The Significance Of The Frontier

Semper Fedelis

Volume VI The Gilded Age 1865-1900 P 12815

Eight Hours

Andrew Carnegie Lauds The Spirit Of Capitalism

Excerpt From The Proceedings Which Established The National Grange

Readings From The Preamble To The Knights Of Labor Constitution

Montage Of Sherman Anti-Trust Act

John D. Rockefeller Praises The Attributes Of Big Business

Mary E. Lease Speaks To Farmers About "Populism"

John P. Altgeld Reacts To President Cleveland's Interference In The Pullman Strike

Bryan's "Cross Of Gold" Speech

Reading From The Joint Congressional Resolution On Cuba

Bugle Heralding The Battle Of San Juan

Dewey's Diary Entry Following The Battel Of Manila Bay

Break The News To Mother

Bugle Signalling The Victory At San Juan

Reading From "An Ode In Time Of Hesitation"

President Mckinley's Words On Being Shot

Theodore Roosevelt Speaks On The National Purpose

Hot Time In The Old Time Tonight

A Bird In A Gilded Cage

Reading From Emma Lazarus' Poem, "The New Colossus"

Mary Antin Expresses Her Impressions Of "The Promised Land"

William Dean Howells Describes The Mood Of America

Lord Bryce's Account Of Life In America In The Late Nineteenth Century

Edison Recalls The First Words He Recorded For The Phonograph

Hello Central, Give Me Heaven

Henry Woodfin Grady Describes "The New South"

Booker T. Washington Heralds The Future At Atlanta

Lilting

Montage Of An Immigrant's Recollection Of His Different Jobs

Pittsburgh Town

Working Girl

Jane Adams' Condemnation Of The Plight Of Working Mothers As Recorded In "Twenty Tears At Hull-House"

Mill Mother's Lament

Maple Leaf Rag

Volume VII The Age Of Reform 1900-1917 P 12816

Hallelujah, I'm A Bum

My Maryland

The Preacher And The Slave

Lincoln Steffens Lashes Out At Corruption And Corrupters

Ray Stannard Baker Explains Railroad "Rebates" And The Evil They Create

Banks Of Marble

Eugene V. Debs On Capitalism And Socialism

Mark Hanna Expresses A Skeptical View Of Teddy Roosevelt

Lincoln Steffens Describes Roosevelt As A Man Who Can Make A Difference

Theodore Roosevelt Explains The Meaning Of His "Square Deal"

Medley: Mary's A Grand Old Name/Harrigan/You're A Grand Old Flag

Teddy Roosevelt Account Of The Building Of The Panama Canal

Orville Wright Describes The First Flight Of "Flyer One," Later Known As The "Kitty Hawk"

Medley: Sweet Adeline/Meet Me In St. Louis/In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree

Saturday Night Blues

St. Louis Blues

Reading From The Poem "Miniver Cheevy"

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Everybody's Doing It

1912 Election-Eugene V. Debs Speaks

Get On The Raft With Taft

Taft Speaks

Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight

Thodore Roosevelt Speaks

Wilson-That's All

Wilson On The "Awakened Nation"

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes On The Prospects For Mankind

Jane Adams Describes Her Efforts To Circulate Peace Petitions

Assassination Of Archduke Ferdinand And The Beginning Of World War I

Kaiser's War Message In German

Kaiser's Ultimatum To His Enemies

Description Of A Gas Attack

Wilson's Plea For Neutrality

I Din't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier

Volume VIII World War 1 And The Jazz Age 1919-1928 P 12817

German Warmimg To Atlantic Shipping

Wilson's Declaration Of War

Medley:

Pershing Addresses Men Of The American Expeditionary Force

Marshall Foch Hails America's Entry Into The War

Let's Bury The Hatchet

Germany Asks For Armistice

Pershing's Victory Order

Pack Up Your Toubles

Reading From Hemmingway's "A Farewell To Arms"

Montage:

Daugherty's Views On Harding

Harding's Remarks Before His Inauguration

Harding: The First Election Broadcast In History

Nobody's Sweerheart

Margie

Charleston

Will Rogers' Routine. "Calvin Coolidge Done Nothing"

Montage Of American Customs And Radio In The 1920's

Yes, Sir, That's My Baby

Reading From Sinclair Lewis' "Main Street"

Darrow And Bryan Debate

Lindberg Takes Off In The Spirit Of St. Louis

President Coolidge Honors Lindberg

Vanzetti Describes His And Sacco's "Triumph"

Two Good Men

La Cumparsita

A Party At Gatsby's (From The Great Gatsby)

Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend

Volume IX The Great Depression and The New Deal 1928-1940 P 12818

Herbert Hoover

Stock Market Crash

Frederick Lewis Allen Describes The Crash

Brother, Can You Spare A Dime

Newspaper Reporter Describes March Of Bonus Marchers In Washington

Dusty Old Dust

Iowa County Lawyer Describes Plight Of Dustbowl Farmers

Will Rogers And Eddie Cantor Comment On The Depression

No Depression In Heaven

Robert Trout's Account Of F.D.R.'s Victory Of 1932

F.D.R.'s First Inaugural Speech

Senator George Norris Reflects On The Promise Of The T.V.A.

We're In The Money

Eleanor Roosevelt's Description Of Her First Days In The White House

Eleanor Roosevelt's Story Of Her Husband's Reaction To Her Prison Visits

"One-Third Of A Nation" Speech By Franklin D. Roosevelt

Sing Me A Song Of Social Signifiance

John L. Lewis On Rights Of Labor

Montage: F.D.R.'s Campaign Speeches

Row, Row, Row With Roosevelt

You're The Top

Montage: Radio Broadcast

War Montage:

F.D.R. Quarantine Speech

Montage:

Chamberline Announces Britain Is At War

Churchill's First Speech As Prime Minster

F.D.R.'s Speech "Arsenal Of Democracy"

F.D.R.'s Speech "The Four Freedoms"

F.D.R.'s Speech "Rendzvous With Destiny"

Drawing Of The First Lottery Number

Account Of Japanese Attack On Pearl Harbor

F.D.R.'s War Message To Congress

This Is The Army, Mr. Jones

Volume X America In Global War 1941-1945 P 12819

Caissons Go Rolling Along

Halls Of Montezuma

Army Air Corps Song

General Wainwright's Statement Of surrender

Participant's Account Of The "Bataan Death March"

Edward R. Murrow Reports On The Africa Campaign

Lili Marlene

Edward R. Murrow Recalls The First Berlin Air-raid

D-Day Montage:

John McBain's Report On The Liberation Of Paris

La Marseillaise

Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition

Ernie Pyle describes The Life Of A Front-line G.I.

General MacArthur's remarks On His Return To The Philippines

Reports On The Fighting In Iwo Jima

But A Victory Bond

Over Here

Montage Of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Death:

Montage Of The End Of The War:

Atomic Bomb Montage:

V-J Day Montage:

Beer Barrel Polka

Volume XI America Enters The Atomic Age 1945-1960 P 12820

Atomic Bomb Test Countdown

Cold War Montage:

Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech

President Truman's Explanation Of The "Truman Doctrine"

The Marshall Plan

Good Bait

Take The 'A' Train

The Berlin Airlift

Hiss-Chamber Hearings

1948 Election Montage:

Happy Days Are Here Again

Rock 'N Roll Riff

Ernest Gross, U.S. Representative To The United Nations, Describes North Korean Aggression

Korea Montage:

Montage: Controversy Involving General MacArthur:

Runaround Sue

Blue Suede Shoes

Montage Involving Senator McCarthy:

This Land Is Your Land

Civil Rights Montage:

Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen

Volume XII Our Times . . . To Be Continued 1960- P 12821

The Times, They Are A-changin'

John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Speech

People Get Ready

Missile Crisis Montage:

Civil Rights Montage:

We Shall Overcome

Montage Of President John F. Kennedy's Assassination:

Lyndon B. Johnson And Walter Cronkite Disputing The Authorship Of The "Tonkin Gulf" Resolution

1968 Election Montage:

Eulogy To Robert Kennedy Delivered By Edward Kennedy

Turn, Turn, Turn

Farmer Max Yasgur Addresses Crowd At Woodstock

Hold Your Head Up

Space Exploration Montage:

Spinning Wheel

Pease Demonstration Montage:

Watergate Montage: (1972-1974)

Gerald Ford's Inaugural Speech

America The Beautiful

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