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Strom Thurmond's America by Joseph Crespino
azw3 |eng | 2012-09-03 | Author:Joseph Crespino [Crespino, Joseph]

10 ANNUS MIRABILIS (1968) On June 22, 1968, Strom Thurmond endorsed Richard Nixon to be the next president of the United States. The announcement dumbfounded political observers in South Carolina ...
( Category: Legislative Branch August 2,2020 )
Life of an Anarchist by Alexander Berkman
epub |eng | 2010-06-27 | Author:Alexander Berkman

Despite the signs that the Russian Revolution was heading toward a future diametrically opposed to the ideals that inspired it, Berkman—on hearing of the “Red Scare” in the United States ...
( Category: Anarchism August 2,2020 )
None Wounded, None Missing, All Dead: The Story of Elizabeth Bacon Custer by Howard Kazanjian & Chris Enss
azw3 |eng | 2013-09-30 | Author:Howard Kazanjian & Chris Enss [Kazanjian, Howard]

CHAPTER EIGHT Plains Living My husband used to tell me that he believed he was the happiest man on earth, and I cannot help but thinking he was. —ELIZABETH CUSTER, ...
( Category: American Civil War August 2,2020 )
The Private Journal of William Reynolds by William Reynolds
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:William Reynolds

[CHAPTER 13: PORTENTS] [Returning from another exhausting tour of boat duty, we] saw a Ship at anchor close to Rock Island. First thought it must be Captain Belcher—then the Vincennes—but ...
( Category: Women in History August 2,2020 )
Whispers and Shadows by Jerry Apps
epub |eng | 2015-08-14 | Author:Jerry Apps

Pond Magic While men believe in the infinite some ponds will be thought to be bottomless. HENRY DAVID THOREAU We are lucky to have two ponds at Roshara, one entirely ...
( Category: United States August 2,2020 )
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson & Ralph Steadman
mobi |eng | 1998-05-12 | Author:Hunter S. Thompson & Ralph Steadman

I drove straight to the hotel after renting the car. There was still no sign of my attorney, so I decided to check in on my own - if only ...
( Category: Authors August 1,2020 )
Ellis Island Interviews by Peter Coan
epub |eng | | Author:Peter Coan [Coan, Peter]

Heidi Reichmann BORN JUNE 9, 1907 EMIGRATED 1939, AGE 31 PASSAGE ON THE FRANCONIA The older sister to three brothers, she was the daughter of a successful cattle dealer. She ...
( Category: Emigration & Immigration August 1,2020 )
Middletown Pacemakers by Ron Roberson
epub |eng | 2011-09-15 | Author:Ron Roberson

“Pacemaker Special” No.2 sits near completion at our house on South First Street in Trenton. The monster 406 Olds engine ran six Stromberg carburetors on Dad’s homemade log-type manifold. The ...
( Category: Midwest August 1,2020 )
The Golden Lad: The Haunting Story of Quentin and Theodore Roosevelt by Eric Burns
azw3 |eng | 2016-02-14 | Author:Eric Burns [Burns, Eric]

22 NINETEEN-ELEVEN, THE YEAR OF the treaty, was also the year when the Roosevelts celebrated their silver wedding anniversary. Some of the family gathered for the occasion on December 2, ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents August 1,2020 )
Why Coolidge Matters by Charles C. Johnson
epub |eng | 2013-02-28 | Author:Charles C. Johnson

Governor Walsh signed the bill on May 21. Silent Cal never explained the reason he voted for it, but its effect was clear. By passing legislation to censor Birth of ...
( Category: Conservatism & Liberalism August 1,2020 )
Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant (AmazonClassics Edition) by Grant Ulysses S
epub |eng | 2020-07-27 | Author:Grant, Ulysses S. [Grant, Ulysses S.]

CHAPTER 44 BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA—A GALLANT CHARGE—COMPLETE ROUT OF THE ENEMY—PURSUIT OF THE CONFEDERATES—GENERAL BRAGG—REMARKS ON CHATTANOOGA At twelve o’clock at night, when all was quiet, I began to give ...
( Category: American Civil War August 1,2020 )
Alone against Hitler by Jack Bray
epub |eng | 2020-03-12 | Author:Jack Bray

V CONFRONTATION • 8 • Ambush at Berchtesgaden “Perhaps you will wake up one morning in Vienna to find us there—just like a spring storm.” —Adolf Hitler As dawn broke ...
( Category: World War II August 1,2020 )
FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression by Jim Powell
mobi, pdf |eng | 2004-09-28 | Author:Jim Powell

THE “FOUR HORSEMEN OF REACTION” gained support on the Court as FDR increasingly asserted arbitrary power via executive orders, rather than going through the legislative process. The Congressional Research Service ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents August 1,2020 )
Operation Eichmann: The Truth About the Pursuit, Capture and Trial by Zvi Aharoni
mobi |eng | 1996-01-02 | Author:Zvi Aharoni

In the centre of San Fernando, near the main square, we lost the moped when we had to stop because of an endlessly long, enervatingly slow funeral procession. And since ...
( Category: Fascism August 1,2020 )
Beverly Hills Country Club by Earl W. Clark
epub |eng | 2011-10-10 | Author:Earl W. Clark

After leaving the chorus line at New York’s Roxy Theater, Fran Warren became a featured vocalist with the big bands of Art Mooney, Charlie Barnet, and Claude Thornhill. Her recording ...
( Category: Country & Folk July 31,2020 )

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