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The Mob and Me by John Partington Arlene Violet
epub |eng | 2010-07-15 | Author:John Partington, Arlene Violet

10 #xa0; RUNNING UP STOCKS Back in the Wild West, when an old-time outlaw was asked why he robbed banks, he replied: “That’s where the money is.” The mob quickly ...
( Category: United States March 14,2020 )
Commodore Paul Jones by Cyrus Townsend Brady
epub |eng | 2016-08-26 | Author:Cyrus Townsend Brady [Brady, Cyrus Townsend]

"Serapis, Wednesday, October 20, 1779. "Captain Pearson. "Sir: As you have not been prevented from corresponding with your friends, and particularly with the English ambassador at The Hague, I could ...
( Category: Historical March 14,2020 )
The Mountain Meadows Massacre by Juanita Brooks
epub |eng | 2012-09-06 | Author:Juanita Brooks [Brooks, Juanita]

The arrival of John D. Lee at Mountain Meadows on the day of his execution. John D. Lee seated on his coffin, awaiting execution. Now, there was no lack of ...
( Category: Murder & Mayhem March 14,2020 )
Radio Free Dixie by Timothy B. Tyson
epub |eng | 2010-03-13 | Author:Timothy B. Tyson

8: Cuba Libre When Fidel Castro came to Harlem and lived at the Hotel Theresa for several days in the autumn of 1960, he met with Nikita Khrushchev of the ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 14,2020 )
Lincoln on Law, Leadership, and Life by Jonathan White
epub, pdf |eng | 2014-03-13 | Author:Jonathan White

Fortunately, filing systems have improved over the past century and a half. Nevertheless, and despite these shortcomings, Lincoln proved a diligent advocate for his clients. He was always well prepared ...
( Category: American Civil War March 14,2020 )
101 Things You Didn't Know About Lincoln by Brian Thornton
epub |eng | 2006-07-15 | Author:Brian Thornton

53 Lincoln’s shifting views on abolitionism Lincoln continued to put the Union above all else, even as his own personal views on slavery became more convicted. “If slavery isn’t a ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 14,2020 )
The Constitution of Athens by Aristotle
epub |eng | 2015-11-23 | Author:Aristotle [Aristotle]

CHAP. XXX.: The constitution as proposed for the future. Those who were appointed, then, drew up these measures. And after their ratification the five thousand chose a hundred out of ...
( Category: History & Theory March 14,2020 )
The Battle of Berlin 1945 by Tony Le Tissier
epub |eng | 2013-04-22 | Author:Tony Le Tissier [Tissier, Tony Le]

In fact, as we know, Wenck’s army had yet to make a start and Steiner’s seven battalions had already been routed. Late that evening Hitler made some command decisions that ...
( Category: Engineering March 14,2020 )
The Raising of a President by Doug Wead
epub |eng | 2005-07-15 | Author:Doug Wead

Seventeen George and Barbara Bush: Raising a President I was gone all the time, busy with my job It was Barbara who really raised him. 1 —George H. W. Bush ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 14,2020 )
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party by Daniel James Brown
epub |eng | 2009-04-17 | Author:Daniel James Brown [Brown, Daniel James]

10 THE HEART ON THE MOUNTAIN The first order of business on the morning of December 27 was to make a fire. Under the blankets, William Eddy poured some black ...
( Category: United States March 14,2020 )
LETITIA BALDRIGE’S New Manners for New Times by Letitia Baldrige
epub |eng | | Author:Letitia Baldrige

( Category: Historical March 14,2020 )
Walking Broad by Bruce Buschel
epub |eng | 2007-07-15 | Author:Bruce Buschel

9 DON’T SHRED THE LETTUCE Poplar Street to Vine Street NORTH Broad is dirty with three types of chains—fast food, gas stations, and pharmacies. At Broad and Poplar, a McDonald’s ...
( Category: United States March 14,2020 )
A Social History of England, 1500–1750 by Wrightson Keith
epub |eng | 2017-02-07 | Author:Wrightson, Keith

( Category: Historical Study & Educational Resources March 14,2020 )
American Phoenix by Sarah S. Kilborne
epub |eng | | Author:Sarah S. Kilborne

Chapter Eleven Five days after the flood, on Thursday, May 21, volunteer laborers arrived in Skinnerville for the first time—more than 150 men from the Boston & Albany Railroad. When ...
( Category: United States March 14,2020 )
The Song and The Silence by Yvette Johnson
epub |eng | | Author:Yvette Johnson

A Moralist The night Mississippi: A Self-Portrait aired marked the culmination of one of Frank De Felitta’s most ambitious projects. Almost an entire year had passed between the evening when ...
( Category: Discrimination & Racism March 14,2020 )

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