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Miracles and massacres : true and untold stories of the making of America /

Title
Miracles and massacres : true and untold stories of the making of America / written & edited by Glenn Beck ; with Kevin Balfe and Hannah Beck.
Author
Beck, Glenn.
Publication
New York : Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts, 2013.

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Additional Authors
  • Balfe, Kevin.
  • Beck, Hannah.
Description
xiii, 290 pages; 24 cm
Summary
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.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-279).
Contents
Jack Jouette, 1781 -- Shay's Rebellion, 1786-1787 -- Virginia Convention, 1788 -- Tripoli/Barbary War, 1801-1805 -- Edison/Westinghouse, 1888 -- Wounded Knee, 1890 -- Easy Eddie and Butch O'Hare, 1920s-1943 -- German saboteurs, 1942-1943 -- Tokyo Rose, 1943-1960s -- Showdown in Athens, Tenn., 1946 -- Hugh Thompson, 1968 -- The 20th hijacker, 2001-2011 -- Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 9781476764740 (hardcover)
  • 1476764743 (hardcover)
  • 9781476764757 (ebk.)
  • 1476764751 (ebk.)
LCCN
2013034043
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library