American Gunfight
 Amazon.com Review: On November 1, 1950, two Puerto Rican nationalists, Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola, nearly assassinated President Harry Truman. If this historical fact surprises you, you're not alone. American Gunfight, a new account by suspense [... more]
$11.99
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Turn Away Thy Son: Little Rock, the Crisis That Shocked ...
A MISSED OPPORTUNITY: I am impressed with the depth of research, and I think Ms. Jacoway writes rather well. Given the extensive research, this book COULD HAVE have stood as the definitive study of the Little Rock Central High School episode. (Several [... more]
$17.99
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Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63
Amazon.com Review: An award-winning biography of Martin Luther King Jr., a history of the civil rights movement, and a portrait of an era, Taylor Branch's Parting the Waters begins slowly but soon catches the listener in a tumult of unforgettable events. [... more]
$17.99
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A Matter of Justice: Eisenhower and the Beginning of the ...
deeds rathger than oratory: David Nichols' work on Eisenhower's support for the cause of civil rights, as the blurbs on the back cover indicate, advances the historical record. Eisenhower's view was that the best way to advance the cause of civil rights [... more]
$17.99
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Red Moon Rising
Authenticity and "Truthiness": A fast-paced treatment of the Soviet Union's launch of the first artificial Earth satellite and the American response, but the narrative bogs down frequently as the author stops to fill in background information [... more]
$14.95
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Blacklisted By History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe ...
Objectivity is important: The author is obviously biased in his work and overlooks several of McCarthy's many flaws. McCarthy's methods were questionable particularly smearing those who disagreed with him. His lack of being a team player created a [... more]
$29.95
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Alger Hiss's Looking-Glass Wars: The Covert Life of a ...
Why Did He Lie?: Those who believe that that human understanding progresses over time may take comfort in the fact that for all but the most ideologically besotted and intellectually corrupt the question of Alger Hiss's guilt is no longer of much [... more]
$15.25
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A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey: 1957 - The Space Race Begins
When Space Was New....: The early history of the space race will probably seem a bit alien and strange for younger persons who know or remember only NASA's failures (amid some continuing triumphs). For anyone old enough to remember staring with wonder at [... more]
$17.99
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Dark Noon
Tragic and Harrowing: In this season of great storms, and with the first anniversary of the Asian tsunami approaching, we have repeatedly been reminded of both our mortality and vulnerability in the face of nature's sometimes unpredictable, and certainly [... more]
$14.95
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Blacklisted By History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe ...
Objectivity is important: The author is obviously biased in his work and overlooks several of McCarthy's many flaws. McCarthy's methods were questionable particularly smearing those who disagreed with him. His lack of being a team player created a [... more]
$17.95
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Two Tankers Down: The Greatest Small-Boat Rescue in U.S. ...
Two Tankers Down a Great Read: "Two Tankers Down" is the third book about the T-2 tanker disasters of February 1952, and the only one that delves into the break-up and rescue of the crew of the Fort Mercer. Robert Frump (who wrote "Until [... more]
$16.95
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Ike's Final Battle: The Road to Little Rock and the ...
Author: Kasey S. Pipes Binding: Kindle Edition Dewey Decimal Number: 323.119607309045 Format: Kindle Book Number Of Pages: 332 Publication Date: 2007-02-28 [... more]
$9.99
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