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From the bestselling author of the American in Paris mysteries featuring Julia Child’s fictional best friend, and the Phyllida Bright mysteries featuring Agatha Christie’s fictional housekeeper, this captivating mystery stars resourceful Adam Quinn, President Lincoln’s new aide, as war—and murder--test his skills like never before . . . April 13, 1861: Rebel troops are across the Potomac River, only 800 feet from the White House and President Lincoln—but a murderer is even closer . . . As the Civil War begins, an invasion of Washington, D.C., seems imminent. Lincoln’s trusted aide, Adam Speed Quinn, and Quinn’s old friend, Senator Jim Lane, hastily assemble a motley crew of jus...
From the bestselling author of the American in Paris mysteries featuring Julia Child’s fictional best friend, and the Phyllida Bright mysteries featuring Agatha Christie’s fictional housekeeper, this intriguing mystery stars quick-witted Adam Quinn, President Lincoln’s newly hired aide, on a momentous day . . . March 4, 1861: On the day of Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration gala, the last thing anyone wants is a hitch in the proceedings—let alone murder. But when the worst happens, fortunately, Mr. Lincoln has his resourceful aide by his side . . . When a man is found stabbed to death only yards from the new president, Lincoln dispatches his trusted aide Adam Quinn to discreetly invest...
Nearly every life form found among North American flowering plants is represented in Arizona. This amazing diversity is partly explained by the fact that the altitudinal range extends from a few feet above sea level to approximately 12,000 feet at the summit of the San Francisco Peaks. The life zone range from Arctic-Alpine on these peaks to Lower Sonoran in the southwest and Subtropical in the extreme south. The main objective of this book is to provide means for identifying the approximately 3438 species of flowering plants, ferns, and fern-allies growing without cultivation in Arizona. Keys for identification of the families, genera, and species are provided. Under each species the author...
Contains scientific contributions from the Missouri Botanical Garden and, from 1914-69, the Graduate Laboratory of the Henry Shaw School of Botany of Washington University. Now it accepts research articles from the international botanical community, with an emphasis on systematic botany and taxonomy.
To which is prefixed a concise history of English and American Short horns, compiled from the best authorities.