Carlton Jackson: 7 books
Kentucky Maverick
The Life and Adventures of Colonel George M. Chinn
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Colonel George M. Chinn's (1902--1987) life story reads more like fiction than the biography of a Kentucky soldier. A smart and fun-loving character, Chinn attended Centre College and played on the famous "Praying Colonels" football team that won the 1921 national championship. After graduation,...
P.S. I Love You
The Story of the Singing Hilltoppers
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2007
In 1953, the same year that Elvis Presley cut his first demo, Cash Box magazine named the Hilltoppers the top vocal group of the year. Hits such as "Trying" and "P.S. I Love You" raced up the charts and kept the group in Billboard's Top 40. The four fresh-faced singers appeared...
Hattie
The Life of Hattie McDaniel
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 1993
Hattie McDaniel was the first black to ever win an Oscar. She was also the first black woman to ever sing on American radio. In this fresh assessment of her life and career, Carlton Jackson tells the inside story of her working relationships, her personal life, and the many obstacles she faced as...
by Carlton Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 1999
Beginning with the origins of their population in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the author traces the Scotch-Irish development from Lowland Scotland to Northern Ireland to the American colonies.
Arriving in the East, the Scotch-Irish were characterized by other colonists as being...
Joseph Gavi
Young Hero of the Minsk Ghetto
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
Follow the shocking but true story of Joseph Gavi, a small Jewish boy growing up in Minsk, Byelorussia, during the German invasion of WWII. Relive unspeakable horrors surrounding him as he at first struggles to simply survive and then to overcome his brutal oppressors through covert action with the...
Child of the Sit-Downs
The Revolutionary Life of Genora Dollinger
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
ForeWord Magazine 2008 Silver Award Winner for Excellence in Biography!
A biography of a prominent labor reformer and early feminist
Strikes affect entire communities, and in the end they need the communities’ support to succeed. This was exemplified in the legendary 1937 sit-down...
Still Got Game
A Roundball Playbook for Winning at Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Still Got Game is the extraordinary debut release from former professional basketball player, Carlton Moto Greene. This is the true story of a rising stars exceptional skills and self-sabotage. The NBA legend-in-the-making, recruited by the New York Knicks and the Atlanta Hawks, paid a high emotional...