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020 _a9781476764740 (hbk.)
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100 1 _aBeck, Glenn
245 1 0 _aMiracles 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
250 _aFirst Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts hardcover edition
260 _aNew York :
_bThreshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts,
_c2013
300 _axiii, 290 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 261-279)
505 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
520 _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
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_vAnecdotes
651 0 _aUnited States
_vBiography
_vAnecdotes
700 1 _aBalfe, Kevin,
_eauthor
700 1 _aBeck, Hannah,
_eauthor
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