Miracles and massacres : true and untold stories of the making of America written and edited by Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe and Hannah Beck ; writers: James Best, Jack Henderson, David Pietrusza, Anthony J. Tata, Jason Wright ; contributors, researchers & editors: Keith Malinak, Kevin Smith, Martha Weeks
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TextPublisher: New York : Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts, 2013Edition: First Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts hardcover editionDescription: xiii, 290 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781476764740 (hbk.); 1476764743 (hbk.); 9781476764757 (ebk.); 1476764751 (ebk.)Subject(s): United States -- History -- Anecdotes | United States -- Biography -- AnecdotesDDC classification: 973 | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | 973 BECK (Browse shelf) | Available | 34395 |
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| 972.9106 Cuba Cuba | 973/.049 SMIT How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America / | 973 Amer American historical documents, 1000-1904 | 973 BECK Miracles and massacres : | 973 BECK Broke : | 973 BELL Frontier family life | 973 DERS Chutzpah |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-279)
Jack Jouette : the ride that saved America -- Shays' Rebellion : a loud and solemn lesson -- The Virginia Convention : compromising for the Constitution -- The Barbary Wars : a steep price for peace -- Edison vs. Westinghouse : an epic struggle for power -- The Battle of Wounded Knee : medals of dishonor -- Easy Eddie & the hard road to redemption -- The saboteurs : in a time a war, the laws are silent -- Who is Tokyo Rose? -- The Battle of Athens : repeated petitions, repeated injuries -- The My Lai Massacre : a light in the darkness -- The missing 9/11 terrorist : the power of everyday heroes
History is about so much more than memorizing facts. It is, as more than half of the word suggests, about the story. And, told in the right way, it is the greatest one ever written: Good and evil, triumph and tragedy, despicable acts of barbarism and courageous acts of heroism
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