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Book Synopsis John the Painter by : Jessica Warner
Download or read book John the Painter written by Jessica Warner and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A terrorist for America? With brilliant forensic historical research Jessica Warner unearths the unknown story of the first British terrorist to commit acts of terror for America. James Aitken, alias James Boswell, alias James Hill, alias James Hinde was born in Edinburgh in 1752, one of twelve children. His father died when he was young and he was sent to Heriot's School. He trained as a house painter but couldn't find work and tramped the country looking for jobs, housebreaking and pick-pocketing. Along the way he became an impassioned supporter of the American Revolution. A two-year spell in America - where again he couldn't find work and was refused by the army - didn't dampen his ardour. As terrorists always do, he decided to strike where it would hurt most - in the naval dockyards. They were vital to keep British naval supremacy. No ships = no navy. His first act of terror was to burn down Portsmouth Dockyard in December 1776 but luckily he only managed to destroy the Rope House. Bristol was next, where he set some fires. As always with terrorists, the country was terrified and the newspapers full of scare stories. Was he acting alone? Or part of a gang? And who were his American masters? At the height of the scare, George III was being briefed daily and offered a personal reward. Habeas corpus was suspended. In the end, the huge rewards offered for information led to his capture and inevitable execution.
Book Synopsis A Painter of Our Time by : John Berger
Download or read book A Painter of Our Time written by John Berger and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-07-13 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From John Berger, the Booker Prize-winning author of G., A Painter of Our Time is at once a gripping intellectual and moral detective story and a book whose aesthetic insights make it a companion piece to Berger's great works of art criticism. The year is 1956. Soviet tanks are rolling into Budapest. In London, an expatriate Hungarian painter named Janos Lavin has disappeared following a triumphant one-man show at a fashionable gallery. Where has he gone? Why has he gone? The only clues may lie in the diary, written in Hungarian, that Lavin has left behind in his studio. With uncanny understanding, John Berger has written oneo f hte most convincing portraits of a painter in modern literature, a revelation of art and exile.
Book Synopsis John the Painter by : John the Painter
Download or read book John the Painter written by John the Painter and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Life of James Aitken Commonly Called John the Painter ... who was Tried on ... the 7th Day of March, 1777, and Convicted of Setting Fire to His Majesty's Dock-yard, at Portsmouth ... The Second Edition by : James Aitken
Download or read book The Life of James Aitken Commonly Called John the Painter ... who was Tried on ... the 7th Day of March, 1777, and Convicted of Setting Fire to His Majesty's Dock-yard, at Portsmouth ... The Second Edition written by James Aitken and published by . This book was released on 1777 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The trial of James Hill, alias, John the painter, for wilfully and maliciously setting fire to the rope-house, Portsmouth, taken in short-hand by a gentleman at the trial by : James Aitken
Download or read book The trial of James Hill, alias, John the painter, for wilfully and maliciously setting fire to the rope-house, Portsmouth, taken in short-hand by a gentleman at the trial written by James Aitken and published by . This book was released on 1777 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Painter written by Peter Heller and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the national bestselling author of The River and The Dog Stars comes a "carefully composed story about one man’s downward turning life in the American West” (The Boston Globe). After having shot a man in a Santa Fe bar, the famous artist Jim Stegner served his time and has since struggled to manage the dark impulses that sometimes overtake him. Now he lives a quiet life ... until the day that he comes across a hunting guide beating a small horse, and a brutal act of new violence rips his quiet life right open. Pursued by men dead set on retribution, Jim is left with no choice but to return to New Mexico and the high-profile life he left behind, where he’ll reckon with past deeds and the dark shadows in his own heart. Look for Peter Heller's new novel, The Last Ranger, coming soon!
Book Synopsis John the Painter's Ghost: how He Appeared on the Night of His Execution to Lord Temple; and how His Lordship Did Communicate the Same at Full Court, to the Astonishment of All Present: ... by :
Download or read book John the Painter's Ghost: how He Appeared on the Night of His Execution to Lord Temple; and how His Lordship Did Communicate the Same at Full Court, to the Astonishment of All Present: ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1777 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis John the Painter by : William Bell Clark
Download or read book John the Painter written by William Bell Clark and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Incendiary written by Jessica Warner and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2011-03-11 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1776 and 1777, during the American Revolution, a young Scot known only as John the Painter took his war to England by committing acts of terror in the dockyards of the mighty British navy. This is the first full-length biography of that brilliant but disturbed young man. His story offers chilling parallels to the present – and insights into why certain young men are driven to commit unspeakable crimes. Warner has written a book of history that reads like a picaresque novel, but always with a modern twist. Its hero travels to France and receives the blessing of the American envoy there. King George III offers a reward for his capture. Bow Street Runners are sent out inpursuit. Newspapers print sensational stories. A bill to suspend habeas corpus is rushed through Parliament and American privateers – the unlawful combatants of their day – are held without being charged. The Incendiary takes readers on a fascinating journey from Europe to colonial America and finally to the gallows at Portsmouth. In this atmospheric and deftly researched tale of a young man who tried to bring down a superpower, Warner has crafted a popular history with contemporary implications.
Download or read book John the Painter written by Jon Potter and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History and Important Discoveries of John the Painter by : James Aitken
Download or read book The History and Important Discoveries of John the Painter written by James Aitken and published by . This book was released on 1777 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Camoupedia written by Roy R. Behrens and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedic sourcebook for camouflage enthusiasts in all research areas who want to explore the history and development of camouflage (artistic, biological and military) since the 19th century. Richly illustrated with historic photographs, diagrams and drawings. Includes subject timeline, bibliography and index.
Book Synopsis John Trumbull by : Stuart A P Murray
Download or read book John Trumbull written by Stuart A P Murray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Trumbull's sweeping historical paintings of battle scenes of the American Revolution hang in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., for all to see. This patriot-artist painted lifelike portraits of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, and he traveled around the country to capture realistic likenesses of the other Founding Fathers who drafted the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Pore over the landmark work left by this brilliant artist and become acquainted with a man who, despite great adversity, was determined to portray in lush detail the first stirrings of the nation that would become America. The inscription on John Trumbull's memorial fittingly reads: "To his country he gave his sword and pencil."
Download or read book The Dog Stars written by Peter Heller and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of The River: In this "end-of-the-world novel more like a rapturous beginning" (San Francisco Chronicle), Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows. His gripping story is "an ode to friendship between two men...the strong bond between a human and a dog, and a reminder of what is worth living for" (Minneapolis Star-Tribune). Hig's wife is gone, his friends are dead, and he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, Jasper, and a mercurial, gun-toting misanthrope named Bangley. But when a random transmission beams through the radio of his 1956 Cessna, the voice ignites a hope deep inside him that a better life exists outside their tightly controlled perimeter. Risking everything, he flies past his point of no return and follows its static-broken trail, only to find something that is both better and worse than anything he could ever hope for.
Book Synopsis A Short Account of the Motives which Determined the Man Called John the Painter; and a Justification of His Conduct; Written by Himself, Etc by : James Aitken
Download or read book A Short Account of the Motives which Determined the Man Called John the Painter; and a Justification of His Conduct; Written by Himself, Etc written by James Aitken and published by . This book was released on 1777 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors by :
Download or read book A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors written by and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period to the Year 1783, with Notes and Other Illustrations by :
Download or read book A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period to the Year 1783, with Notes and Other Illustrations written by and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
