<p>The Coves—San Francisco's first organized-crime gang—were Australians: men and women with criminal careers in Australia who had come to the US, mostly illegally, during the gold rush. The Coves had come not to dig for gold but to unleash a crime wave the likes of which America had never seen. Robbery, murder, arson, and extortion were the Coves' stock-in-trade, and it was said that the leader of the gang, Jim Stuart, had killed more men than any man in California. The streets of San Francisco became a battlefield as the Coves and the vigilantes fought for control of the city, with gunfights and lynchings almost daily spectacles as the police stood idly by. Jim Stewart was arrested in Sacramento for killing a sheriff, but escaped to be involved in one the most celebrated cases of mistaken identity in the annals of American crime. When the smoke cleared, the Coves' reign of terror was over.</p>

Australian Desperadoes: The Incredible Story of How Australian Gangsters Terrorised California

History

Smyth, Terry

Americas

Ebury Australia

Napoleon's Australia: The Incredible Story of Bonaparte's Secret Plan to Invade Australia

Military

This text promotes good practice in the care of older people for those intraining and/or working as carers in day care, residential and domiciliary settings. Care of the whole person is emphasized: physical, psychological, social, spiritual and personal care needs are all recognized and put in the context of creative care planning and implementation. Essential knowledge is linked to work-based activities in order to develop the skills required by the effective carer. The book is for those being trained and assessed at NVQ level 3. It is suitable for students of BTEC National social care and health studies courses and City and Guilds Foundation Management for Care scheme. It will also be useful for anyone preparing for a professional care qualification such as the Diploma in Social Work.

Caring for Older People

Cengage Learning Vocational

In the summer of 1865, when a Confederate warship sailed into the port of Melbourne, 42 Australian men secretly enlisted to fight for the South in the American Civil War—this is their story When the notorious raider Shenandoah—scourge of the Yankee merchant fleet—dropped anchor, the fledgling colony of Victoria was taken by surprise, and the Confederates had no way of knowing whether they would be hailed as heroes or hanged as pirates. To the rebels’ surprise, Melbourne took them to its heart. Victorians came in their thousands to visit the ship, and its officers were feted as celebrities. Meanwhile, in defiance of the law against foreign warships recruiting in a neutral port, 42 men were smuggled aboard in dead of night and, once at sea, signed up to join the Confederate Navy. For Australia—not yet a nation—1865 was a watershed year in an age of gold rushes, bushrangers, disputes between rival colonies, and fears of foreign invasion. For war-torn America, it was the turning point in the deadliest conflict in the nation’s history. After the defeat at Gettysburg, the tide had turned against the Confederacy but the South was determined to fight on, and, in the war at sea, the Shenandoah was the last best hope. The Shenandoah's mission was to damage the North’s economy by attacking its commercial fleet, and, under the command of Captain James Waddell, the raider went on to wipe out almost the entire New England whaling fleet. On learning that Robert E. Lee had surrendered, Waddell refused to believe the cause was lost. The Shenandoah continued harrying the Yankee fleet and fired the last shot of the war after capturing, burning, and ransoming 38 Union ships and taking more than 1,000 prisoners. On accepting at last that the war had ended, the Confederates sailed around the world to England and surrendered to the neutral British. Some 120 Australians are known to have fought in the American Civil War, on both sides. Of the 42 men who signed on in Melbourne as petty officers, seamen, and marines, some returned home, others dropped out of sight and one died aboard ship—the last man to die in the service of the Confederacy. This is their story.

Australian Confederates

Captive Fathers, Captive Children: Legacies of the War in the Far East (New Directions in Social and Cultural History)

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Bloomsbury Academic

<p>Caring for older people should be stimulating, creative and rewarding. This fully revised second edition of Caring for Older People takes this approach as its starting-point. The knowledge, practical guidance and ideas provided will enable readers to improve quality of care whether at home, in day care or a residential environment. The book offers a systematic and imaginative approach to care planning based on the author's commitment to the positive aspects of old age. Care of the whole person is emphasised, including physical, psychological, social, cultural, educational, aesthetic and spiritual needs. Covers the knowledge on care of the older person required by students taking a City of Guilds or Edexcel qualification in care.</p>

Caring For Older People

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Cengage Learning'

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