The Awful Truths: Famous Myths, Hilariously Debunked (Häftad)
avBrian M. Thomsen, James Fallone
ISBN: 9780060836993 - UTGIVEN: 2006-09ho was Mario Puzo's model for the Don Corleone character in The Godfather? Was it Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonanno? The infamous Salvatore Maranzano? No . . . it was Puzo's mother Senator Joseph McCarthy was responsible for the infamous "Hollywood Blacklist," right? Well, actually . . . no, he had noth[...]
The Civil War Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant (Häftad)
avUlysses S. Grant, Brian M. Thomsen, Thomas Fleming
ISBN: 9780765302434 - UTGIVEN: 2004-03Highlights Include: General William Tecumseh Sherman on his infamous march through GeorgiaGeneral George B. McClellan on the battle of Antietam and the legendary lost order that should have tipped him off to Lee's plansGeneral George Armstrong Custer's experience of going straight from studying at W[...]
The Man in the Arena: Selected Writings of Theodore Roosevelt: A Reader (Häftad)
avTheodore Roosevelt, Brian M. Thomsen
ISBN: 9780765306715 - UTGIVEN: 2000-09By the time he was twenty-five the future president of the United States was already a published author. From "The Naval War of 1812 through his four-volume "Winning of the West, Teddy Roosevelt proved himself a master historian...but one must not make the mistake of labeling him a stodgy academic.<[...]
