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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
epub, azw3 |eng | 1790-01-01 | Author:Benjamin Franklin [Franklin, Benjamin]

Chief Events in Franklin's Life * Ending, as it does, with the year 1757, the autobiography leaves important facts un-recorded. It has seemed advisable, therefore, to detail the chief events ...
( Category: American Revolution March 26,2014 )
The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty by Kitty Kelley
epub |eng | 2004-09-13 | Author:Kitty Kelley [Kelley, Kitty]

CHAPTER NINETEEN George Herbert Walker Bush wanted the White House more than anything else in the world. “I mean, like, hasn’t, uh, everybody dreamed about becoming President someday?” he asked ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 26,2014 )
The Publisher by Alan Brinkley
epub |eng | 2010-04-20 | Author:Alan Brinkley [Brinkley, Alan]

At the same time that Luce was immersed in the Willkie campaign, he was also working quietly to persuade Roosevelt to take a more aggressive stance toward the war. The ...
( Category: United States March 26,2014 )
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
epub |eng | | Author:Benjamin Franklin

* * * XI INTEREST IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS I began now to turn my thoughts a little to public affairs, beginning, however, with small matters. The city watch was one ...
( Category: American Revolution March 26,2014 )
An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Double Life of General James Wilkinson by Andro Linklater
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-09-28 | Author:Andro Linklater [Linklater, Andro]

20 AGENT 13 REBORN NEW ORLEANS WAS WHERE JAMES WILKINSON had first transferred his loyalties to Spain. Two years later, it was where he had returned to negotiate his transition ...
( Category: American Revolution March 26,2014 )
The Pirates Laffite by William C. Davis
epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:William C. Davis [Davis, William C.]

SEVENTEEN Deadly Friends 1817–1818 Slight are the outward signs of evil thought, Within—within—'twas there the spirit wrought! Love shows all changes—Hate, Ambition, Guile, Betray no further than the bitter smile. ...
( Category: United States March 26,2014 )
The Patriarch by David Nasaw
epub |eng | 2012-11-13 | Author:David Nasaw [Nasaw, David]

Twenty-four THE WORST OF TIMES Kennedy tried to keep his spirits up, tried to control his rage, tried to look on the positive side. His family and fortune were intact, ...
( Category: Diplomacy March 26,2014 )
Fatal Vision by Joe McGinniss
epub, mobi |eng | 1989-12-15 | Author:Joe McGinniss [McGinniss, Joe]

"And I stepped into the bathroom, and I—you know, I really can't put that in there. You know, it's put in—in narratives. It's put into testimony. "So now, you know, ...
( Category: Murder & Mayhem March 26,2014 )
Crime Beat by Michael Connelly
epub |eng | 2006-05-08 | Author:Michael Connelly [Connelly, Michael]

Change in Plan After that, Toru Sakai decided to change the plan and carry out the killing in the basement, Meier said. “He brought out a knife and asked me ...
( Category: Murder & Mayhem March 26,2014 )
The Murder of the Century by Paul Collins
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-06-13 | Author:Paul Collins [Collins, Paul]

AS THE COURTHOUSE EMPTIED OUT, Journal pigeon posts fluttered past the windows—the first four pages of tonight’s issue would be devoted to the case, shoving aside every other national and ...
( Category: American Revolution March 26,2014 )
Hellhound on His Trail by Hampton Sides
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-04-27 | Author:Hampton Sides [Sides, Hampton]

AT THE LORRAINE Motel, a stunned and deeply sleep-deprived Ralph Abernathy started off the morning by giving a brief press conference in the motel parking lot, just below the now-infamous ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 26,2014 )
The Kennedy Men : 1901-1963 by Laurence Leamer
epub |eng | 2002-10-15 | Author:Laurence Leamer [Leamer, Laurence]

Jack knew that this would be a close election, but after listening to Vice President Richard Nixon give his acceptance speech on July 28 at the Stockyards Amphitheater in Chicago, ...
( Category: Rich & Famous March 26,2014 )
History Buff's Guide to the Presidents by Flagel Thomas R
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Flagel, Thomas R. [Flagel, Thomas R.]

He ran for office as an ardent anticommunist, and his inaugural address affirmed his oath to fight Marxism anytime, anywhere. After the fiasco of the Bay of Pigs, however, Kennedy ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 26,2014 )
A. Lincoln by Ronald C. White Jr
epub, azw3, mobi, pdf |eng | 2009-03-25 | Author:Ronald C. White, Jr. [White, Ronald C.]

A People’s Contest / 419 Elmer Ellsworth, almost like a son to Abraham Lincoln, was the first Union officer to die in the Civil War. This illustration depicts the deed ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 26,2014 )
In the Arena by Richard Nixon
epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Richard Nixon [Nixon, Richard]

21 POWER When we met with Mao Tse-tung in Beijing in 1972, Henry Kissinger remarked that he had assigned Mao’s writings to his classes at Harvard. With typical self-deprecation, Mao ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 26,2014 )

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