Frank Carlson Library

Chronicling the adventures of an eccentric, resilient and tight-knit family. A remarkable story of unconditional love. A young woman who, influenced by the joyfully wild nature of her deeply dysfunctional father, found the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.

Journalist Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary and their four children lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children's imagination, teaching them how to embrace life fearlessly. Rose Mary painted and wrote and couldn't stand the responsibility of providing...

A personal account of the nation's most famous school integration recounts the author's decision to attend Little Rock's all-white Central High and describes how subsequent events affected her family's beliefs about dedication, perseverance, and sacrifice. When 14-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up to Little Rock Central High School on September 25, 1957, she and eight other black students only wanted to make it to class, but the journey of the "Little...

Discusses why and how walls have been constructed throughout history, around cities, castles, even countries.

An illustrated description of walls around the world--some famous and some not so famous--and their historical and cultural significance, from the Great Wall of China to the Berlin Wall.

When a friendly hedgehog visits the farm, the chickens build an enormous wall to keep out "prickly invaders."

Seamus Donegan and his men follow an ever more scarce herd into the Kiowa and Comanche's sacred hunting ground. Now Donegan and a handful of men must hold off any army of braves in one of the bloodiest battles of the Plains.