title: The First Ward III: Murderers, Scoundrels and Ragamuffins (Volume 3)
author:  Richard Sullivan 
description: Richard Sullivans broad range of life experience as well as his diverse interests is reflected in the variety of his published books: two award-winning Hawaii guidebooks, an Oahu eBook, three novels, a fitness book and a how-to book on the subject of genealogy. He lives in a little house with the wild Pacific hurtling boulders through the air at him on the front side and an erupting volcano at the back. He claims he got more out of high school than he ever did university. He likes people well enough but prefers dogs. To keep things in perspective he likes to read the one- and two-star readers' reviews on Amazon.com for classics like Gone With The Wind, To Kill A Mockingbird, and Tom Sawyer. In his early life he was nearly killed multiple times, and thus considers every day following his 30th birthday a gift. Although having lived in Hollywood for 35 years and being related to Gregory Peck, the desire for celebrity never blossomed within him, but even more improbable, he has never slept with anyone famous.
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  These Little Ones
  
  
  I. THE THREE MOTHERS
  
  II. JOHN OF THE ISLAND
  
  III. THE ASHPITS
  
  IV. HOW JAKE WENT HOME
  
  V. THE DOG-DREAM
  
  VI. THE CRIMINAL.
  
  VII. THE LEFT-HANDED SWORD
  
  VIII. THOR AND THE HAMMER
  
  IX. THE LITTLE CHAP
  
  X. LUCY
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # These Little Ones
  
  
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  * I. THE THREE MOTHERS
  
  
  * II. JOHN OF THE ISLAND
  
  
  * III. THE ASHPITS
  
  
  * IV. HOW JAKE WENT HOME
  
  
  * V. THE DOG-DREAM
  
  
  * VI. THE CRIMINAL.
  
  
  * VII. THE LEFT-HANDED SWORD
  
  
  * VIII. THOR AND THE HAMMER
  
  
  * IX. THE LITTLE CHAP
  
  
  * X. LUCY
  
  
  
  
  
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  ### I. THE THREE MOTHERS
  
  
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