Roy W Parker

Cumberland County: A Brief History

The Art of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Game

The Glory That Was Texas: Quanah Parker Roy Bean the High Plains Kings Rancho and Other Texas Topics

The Glory That Was Texas tells of Charlie Goodnight and the first inhabitants of the Panhandle, badman John Wesley Hardin, John Pershing's expedition into Northern Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa, and so much more. Author biography: Nobody could write and talk about the Texas past like the late Ju...

A Wake-up Call: Vietnam 1968

In the early 1960’s I had become a teenager, but while other boys my age were interested in girls, I developed an infatuation for war. It was my dream to find glory in combat. I read more than 200 books within a years’ time on war and was fascinated by it. I built plastic models of warplanes and nav...

Whatever that Means - Vietnam 1968

Follow a young man from South Texas on his journey through the horrors of combat in America's most controversial war. I know many veterans do not wish to recall the horrors of war, but I believe that remaining silent is a disservice to the young people of this country, especially those who will one ...

Cumberland County: A Brief History

Settled primarily by Scot Highlanders in the years just before the American Revolution, Cumberland County has played a key role in the political, commercial, and military life of North Carolina. From the brutal internal war between Whigs and Tories in the American Revolution, to the punishing invasi...

Uprooted: The Shipment of Poor Children to Canada, 1867-1917

This book explores the economic, religious, political and personal forces that led to some 80,000 British children being sent to Canada between 1867 and 1915. How did this come about? What were the motives and methods of the people involved? Why did it come to an end? What effects did it have on the...

Change and Continuity in Children's Services

Drawing on a lifetime of research in the history of child welfare, Roy Parker’s collection of twelve new and revised essays explores the political, economic, legal, and ideological aspects of child care and children’s services since the mid-1850s. Parker examines how the services for some of society...

Roy Parker, Uprooted: The Shipment of Poor Children to Canada, 1867-1917.(Book review): An article from: Labour/Le Travail

This digital document is an article from Labour/Le Travail, published by Canadian Committee on Labour History on September 22, 2009. The length of the article is 1059 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available imme...

The Art of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Game

Enter the realm of dragons, warriors, wizards, and other wonders in this splendid collection of fantasy art. The Art of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Game features the art of Clyde Caldwell, Jeff Easley, Larry Elmore, Fred Fields, Keith Parkinson, and many other well-known fantasy artists.

Roy Parker

Roy William Parker (February 29, 1896 May 17, 1954) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. After serving in the United States Navy during World War I,...