02387cam a2200397u  4500001001100000005001700011007000300028008004100031010001500072020002500087020002200112020002500134020002200159035002100181043001200202082001200214092001700226100001600243245031300259250006600572260006100638300002900699336002100728337002500749338002300774504005600797505060600853520028201459651003801741651004001779700002601819700002601845961000701871999001501878952009601893857141314 20190501190131.0ta140205s2013    nyu      b    000 0deng    a2013034043  a9781476764740 (hbk.)  a1476764743 (hbk.)  a9781476764757 (ebk.)  a1476764751 (ebk.)  a(OCoLC)857141314  an-us---00a973223  a973b.B3882m1 aBeck, Glenn10aMiracles and massacres :btrue and untold stories of the making of America cwritten 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  aFirst Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts hardcover edition  aNew York :bThreshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts,c2013  axiii, 290 pages ;c24 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 261-279)0 aJack 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  aHistory 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 0aUnited StatesxHistoryvAnecdotes 0aUnited StatesvBiographyvAnecdotes1 aBalfe, Kevin,eauthor1 aBeck, Hannah,eauthorwlt15  c9760d9760  4070aABELJbabeljcNFd2016-10-27l0o973 BECKp34395r2016-10-27v27.00w2016-10-27yBOOK