Willard Allison Heaps
Personal Information
Description
There is no description yet, we will add it soon.
Books
Superstition
Wandering workers
Examines, chiefly through interviews with migrant workers, their problems of employment, housing, and child welfare and education.
The wall of shame
Discusses the events leading to the building of the twenty-eight mile wall dividing Berlin since 1961 and recounts many of the attempts to cross it.
Birthstones
On a dark and moonless planet, mutations have left women as little more than wombs, while men can teleport but have limited control over the ability. When aliens come to plunder this world's resources, the already harsh environment degrades exponentially. Will the Galactic Federation find this world in time to help the natives restore their women and save their civilization?
Riots, U.S.A., 1765-1965
Discusses the causes and possible results of thirteen major riots that have occurred in the United States from the Stamp Act Riots of 1764 to the riots in Harlem and Watts in 1964 and 1965.
Long journeys
Describes the causes and events of ten historic journeys which tested the endurance and courage of those who undertook them.
The story of Ellis Island
A record of the years that Ellis Island served as the immigrants' introduction to America, describing what many Europeans felt and saw upon arrival and the procedures on the island before immigrants were allowed to enter New York.
Assassination
Describes some of history's most famous assassinations including those of Jean-Paul Marat, Nicholas II, Mahatma Gandhi, and Trujillo, and discusses the characteristics and philosophy of this special kind of murder.
Riots, U.S.A
Discusses the causes and possible results of fifteen major riots that have occurred in the United States from the Stamp Act Riots of 1765 to the Columbia University Riots of 1968.
Juvenile justice
Examines the juvenile crime problem in the United States and follows, step-by-step, what happens to a juvenile offender from his arrest through the court hearing and confinement.