Desperate Sons: Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and the Secret Bands of Radicals Who Led the Colonies to War (Inbunden)
avLes Standiford
ISBN: 9780061899553 - UTGIVEN: 2012-11A groundbreaking narrative--a historical political thriller--that explores the role of the Sons of Liberty in the American Revolution.More than two hundred years ago, a group of British colonists in America decided that the conditions under which they were governed had become intolerable. Angry and [...]
Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America (Häftad)
avLes Standiford
ISBN: 9780061983917 - UTGIVEN: 201202Before Adam Walsh there were no faces on milk cartons, no Amber Alerts, no federal databases of crimes against children. His abduction and murder--unsolved for more than a quarter of a century--forever changed America. Shocked by Adam's murder and the inability of the police and FBI to find his kill[...]
Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America (Häftad)
avLes Standiford
ISBN: 9781400047680 - UTGIVEN: 2006-06Provides an insightful study of the relationship between two of the founding fathers of American industry--Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick--the Homestead Steel Strike of 1892, and the resulting bloody clash between labor and management that led to the dissolution of their partnership. Reprint. [...]
