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The Grand Duke from Boys Ranch /

As a boy in Houston, Bill Sarpalius, his brothers, and their mother lived an itinerant life. Bill dug food out of trashcans, and he and his brothers moved from one school to the next. They squatted in a vacant home while their mother, affectionately called "Honey," battled alcoholism and s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sarpalius, Bill, 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Eugenia and Hugh M. Stewart '26 series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cal Farley's Boys Ranch
  • Abandoned
  • Cal Farley
  • A schooling
  • The rodeo
  • Homeless
  • Tascosa
  • Back to school
  • Growing up
  • Farming my future
  • Future Farmers of America
  • The free world
  • Politics
  • Honey
  • A new road to travel
  • A new road to travel
  • The primary
  • The general election
  • Am I in over my head
  • My first session
  • Fighting mad
  • The painful road to national politics
  • Finding my father and saving the FFA
  • A walking miracle
  • Agony even in victory
  • From slot machines to Congress
  • What does He have planned for me?
  • The Lithuanian dream
  • International politics
  • The fall of the Soviet Union
  • The fighting the Soviet Empire
  • The First Lady comes to Boys Ranch
  • Voting for war
  • Losing what you love
  • Grand Duke.