This is the story of John Niven, founder of Purity Stores—a chain of grocery stores across California as far south as Fresno and as far north as Yreka. Established in the San Francisco area in 1925, this chain operated most of its stores along the Pacific coastline, many of them in small towns. In John Niven, explore John Niven’s career as he starts with Van Camp Packing Company. From there, he joins Cummins Engines with notable businessmen Clessie Cummins, William G. Irwin, and A...

Northern Appalachia is one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth and home to a broad range of ecological and human cultures. With A Literary Field Guide to Northern Appalachia, editors Todd Davis and Noah Davis recognize and celebrate this diversity and the fact that humans are storytelling creatures who develop relationships with their landscapes at the intersection of art and science.A companion volume to A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia, this gui...

Inget är vad det ser ut att vara Krigshjälten John Puller arbetar inom den amerikanska arméns kriminalpolis och har rykte om sig att vara deras absolut skickligaste utredare. När en familj med militär koppling hittas brutalt mördad i ett avlägset hörn av West Virginia skickas Puller därför omgående dit för att undersöka saken. I sin jakt på sanningen slår Puller sig ihop med ortens kriminalpolis, Sam Cole, en kvinna som i likhet med John har sina egna demoner att kämpa mot. De båda mordutr...