02279cam a2200385u 4500 857141314 20190501190131.0 ta 140205s2013 nyu b 000 0deng 2013034043 9781476764740 (hbk.) 1476764743 (hbk.) 9781476764757 (ebk.) 1476764751 (ebk.) (OCoLC)857141314 n-us--- 973 23 973 .B3882m Beck, Glenn 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 First Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts hardcover edition New York : Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts, 2013 xiii, 290 pages ; 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier 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 United States History Anecdotes United States Biography Anecdotes Balfe, Kevin, author Beck, Hannah, author 15 9760 9760 0 0 ABELJ abelj NF 2016-10-27 0 973 BECK 34395 2016-10-27 27.00 2016-10-27 BOOK