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Lamar's Gamble

Author : Billy O'Connor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781948901765
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Lamar's Gamble written by Billy O'Connor and published by . This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1957 the United States was still in the midst of a post-World War II euphoria. General Dwight Eisenhower, leader of the allied troops in the war was a popular bi-partisan President. Returning veterans were getting reestablished in civilian life. Baby boomers and the economy were well: booming. Sports were all the rage. Baseball, boxing and horse racing ruled the roost but soon they all would have another sport to content with, football. Within 15 years, football would leave them all in the dust. Looking back and wondering what the lords of football did so right, Lamar's Gamble tells the story of those men, and how the foresight of one exceptional man, Lamar Hunt, forged a merger between the growing National Football League and his own upstart American Football League. Lamar Hunt didn't know what he was getting into when he tried to buy into the more established NFL in 1957. Lamar's Gamble: A Tale of the AFL-NFL Merger is a story rife with gamblers, and hard drinkers who were womanizers, racists, misogynists and maybe -- just maybe - even murderers. Many team owners were in it for the money, and there was plenty of that to go around. Lamar Hunt persevered against the wishes of his father: oil barron, H.L Hunt, and the skepticism of the media who labeled Lamar Hunt and the other AFL co-owners, The Losers Club. Still, Lamar Hunt persevered. Just how he did it, well, that is our story.

The History of Texas

Author :
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118617738
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book The History of Texas written by and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of Texas is fully revised and updated in this fifth edition to reflect the latest scholarship in its coverage of Texas history from the pre-Columbian era to the present. Fully revised to reflect the most recent scholarly findings Offers extensive coverage of twentieth-century Texas history Includes an overview of Texas history up to the Election of 2012 Provides online resources for students and instructors, including a test bank, maps, presentation slides, and more

The Slave-Trader's Letter-Book

Author : Jim Jordan
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820351954
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Slave-Trader's Letter-Book written by Jim Jordan and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-lost letters tell the story of an illegal slave shipment, a desperate Savannah businessman, and the lead-up to the Civil War. In 1858 Savannah businessman Charles Lamar, in violation of U.S. law, organized the shipment of hundreds of Africans on the luxury yacht Wanderer to Jekyll Island, Georgia. The four hundred survivors of the Middle Passage were sold into bondage. This was the first successful documented slave landing in the United States in about four decades, and it shocked a nation already on the path to civil war. Nearly thirty years later, the North American Review published excerpts from thirty of Lamar’s letters, reportedly taken from his letter book, which describe his criminal activities. However, the authenticity of the letters was in doubt until very recently. In the twenty-first century, researcher Jim Jordan found a cache of private papers belonging to Charles Lamar’s father, stored for decades in an attic in New Jersey. Among the documents was Charles Lamar’s letter book—confirming him as the author. The first part of this book recounts the flamboyant and reckless life of Lamar himself, including involvement in southern secession, the slave trade, and a plot to overthrow the government of Cuba. A portrait emerges at odds with Lamar's previous image as a savvy entrepreneur and principled rebel. Instead, we see a man who was often broke and whose volatility sabotaged him at every turn. His involvement in the slave trade was driven more by financial desperation than southern defiance. The second part presents the “Slave-Trader's Letter-Book.” Together with annotations, these seventy long-lost letters shed light on the lead-up to the Civil War from the remarkable perspective of a troubled, and troubling, figure.

The Miracle of St. Anthony

Author : Adrian Wojnarowski
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440626936
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book The Miracle of St. Anthony written by Adrian Wojnarowski and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-01-19 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a city mired in endless decay, where the youth suffer through all the horrors of urban blight, hope comes in a most unassuming form: a tiny brick schoolhouse run by two Felician nuns where a singular basketball genius takes teenagers from the mean streets of Jersey City and turns them into champions on the hardcourt. Coach Bob Hurley had been working miracles at St. Anthony High School for over thirty years, winning state and national championships and offering his players rescue from their surroundings through college scholarships, when he met his most dysfunctional team yet. In The Miracle of St. Anthony Adrian Wojnarowski follows Hurley through a gripping and heartrending season as he struggles to lead a troubled team to glory through his unparalleled understanding of the game and his ceaseless determination to see no more children lost to these streets. In The Miracle of St. Anthony, acclaimed sports journalist Adrian Wojnarowski follows Hurley through a gripping and heartrending season, as he struggles to lead a troubled team to glory through his unparalleled understanding of the game and his ceaseless determination to see no more children lost to the city streets.

The History of Texas

Author : Robert A. Calvert
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119581435
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book The History of Texas written by Robert A. Calvert and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive, best-illustrated survey of the Lone Star State—the new, updated edition of the classic text The History of Texas offers a sweeping exploration of the Lone Star State, covering its history from the pre-Columbian period, to the era of Spanish control, to nineteenth century watershed events, through the 1900s and into the new millennium. This engaging, student-friendly textbook looks at how people of diverse politics, identity, class, ethnicity, and race shaped the state’s past and continue to influence its present. Recent knowledge on the political, social, and cultural history of Texas provides insights on the celebrated figures, unsung heroes, and ordinary people of the state’s past. The sixth edition of this classic text has been revised and updated to reflect the latest scholarship in all fields of Texas history, among them New Indian History and cultural and gender studies. The text offers fresh perspectives on Texas history, including discussions of the Progressive Era, the Great Depression, the Second World War and post-war modernization, and the state’s transition during the 1960s and into the 1980s. Revised chapters provide wide-ranging coverage of Texas in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including recent statewide and national elections and political debates. This textbook: Connects events in post-World War II Texas to the larger U.S. historical narrative Offers substantial coverage of events occurring from 1900 to 2018 Uses a chronological approach to divide chapters into easily identifiable eras Includes engaging illustrations, maps, and tables, an appendix, and inclusive lists of recommended readings Features online resources for students and instructors, including a test bank, maps, presentation slides, and more Effectively organized to better meet the needs of instructors, The History of Texas is the ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in Texas history at colleges and universities across both the state and the nation.

Montana: A Cultural Medley

Author : Robert R. Swartout, Jr.
Publisher : Farcountry Press
ISBN 13 : 1560376120
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Montana: A Cultural Medley written by Robert R. Swartout, Jr. and published by Farcountry Press. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The whole is greater than the sum of the parts when Montana historian Robert Swartout gathers the fascinating stories of the state’s surprisingly diverse ethnic groups into this thought-provoking collection of essays. Fourteen chapters showcase an African American nightclub in Great Falls, a Japanese American war hero, the founding of a Metís community, Jewish merchants, and Dutch settlement in the Gallatin Valley, as well as stories of Irish, Scots, Chinese, Finns, Mexican Americans, European war brides, and more.

Lamar Hunt

Author : Michael MacCambridge
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1449423396
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Lamar Hunt written by Michael MacCambridge and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive and official biography of one of the 20th century's most important and beloved sporting figure, Lamar Hunt, who revolutionized three different sports--pro football, tennis, and soccer--winding up in the Hall of Fame of each.

Overturned

Author : Lamar Giles
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545812518
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book Overturned written by Lamar Giles and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Especially murder. Nikki Tate is infamous, even by Las Vegas standards. Her dad is sitting on death row, convicted of killing his best friend in a gambling dispute turned ugly. And for five years, he's maintained his innocence. But Nikki wants no part of that. She's been working on Operation Escape Vegas: playing in illegal card games so she can save up enough money to get out come graduation day.Then her dad's murder conviction is overturned. The new evidence seems to come out of nowhere and Nikki's life becomes a mess when he's released from prison. Because the dad who comes home is not the dad she remembers. And he's desperately obsessed with finding out who framed him-and why.As her dad digs into the seedy underbelly of Vegas, the past threatens everything and Nikki is drawn into his deadly hunt for the truth. But in the city of sin, some sinners will do anything to keep their secrets, and Nikki soon finds herself playing for the biggest gamble ever-her life.

Adventure

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 694 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adventure written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rigsby Relatives and Related Families, Shephard, Foster, Lawson

Author : Margie Milner Boyd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Rigsby Relatives and Related Families, Shephard, Foster, Lawson written by Margie Milner Boyd and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lamar Local Protection Project, Arkansas River

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Lamar Local Protection Project, Arkansas River written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Forbidden Bookshelf Presents Dan E. Moldea

Author : Dan E. Moldea
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504056515
Total Pages : 894 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Forbidden Bookshelf Presents Dan E. Moldea written by Dan E. Moldea and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three exposés of corruption—behind the NFL, the Teamsters and Jimmy Hoffa, and Ronald Reagan—from an investigative reporter who “never relents” (The Washington Post). Interference: A shocking exposé of widespread corruption and mob influence throughout the National Football League—on the field, in the owners’ boxes, and in the corporate suites. “[A] true and terrifying picture of a business whose movers and shakers seem to have more connections to gambling and the mob than to touchdowns and Super Bowls.” —Keith Olbermann The Hoffa Wars: The definitive portrait of the powerful, corruption-ridden Teamsters union and its legendary president, Jimmy Hoffa—organizer, gangster, convict, and conspirator—whose disappearance in 1975 remains one of the great unsolved mysteries. “Mr. Moldea’s view of [the Hoffa] wars, which reached its greatest intensity when Robert Kennedy was Attorney General, may explain not only Mr. Hoffa’s disappearance, but the assassination of John Kennedy as well.” —The Wall Street Journal Dark Victory: A “smoldering indictment” of the corrupt influences that rescued Ronald Reagan’s acting career, made him millions (resulting in a federal grand jury hearing), backed his political career, and shaped his presidency (Library Journal). “[Moldea] has, through sheer tenacity, amassed an avalanche of ominous and unnerving facts. [Dark Victory is] a book about power, ego, and the American way.” —Los Angeles Times

The Love Genes

Author : Claudia J. Severin
Publisher : Pella Road Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book The Love Genes written by Claudia J. Severin and published by Pella Road Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-15 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The DNA didn’t lie. Somebody did. I always knew where I came from. The Schulz family tree was populated with conscientious, hard-working moral citizens. So why were these so-called cousins claiming my ancestors had secret babies one hundred years ago? I had to prove these allegations were false to protect my family’s name. Even if it meant traveling hundreds of miles to interrogate unknown relatives. Even if it meant finding a heart-stopping man who might be the perfect combination of genetic material from all our common pedigrees. His DNA would solve the mystery. His love would steal my heart. Part Historical and part Contemporary Romance, the Love Genes bridges the gap between generations born in two centuries using the science of DNA testing to reveal past assignations.

Post Office Appropriation Bill, 1918

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Post Roads
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Post Office Appropriation Bill, 1918 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tentative Tippie Tabulations

Author : Josephine Carroll Moore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Tentative Tippie Tabulations written by Josephine Carroll Moore and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Descendants of Christian Tippie, who was born about 1706 and emigrated with his family in 1736 to New Jersey or Pennsylvania from the German Palatinate. His descendants settled in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Oklahoma and elsewhere.

Turning the Tables on Gambling

Author : Dr. Gregory L. Jantz
Publisher : Shaw Books
ISBN 13 : 0307779904
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Turning the Tables on Gambling written by Dr. Gregory L. Jantz and published by Shaw Books. This book was released on 2011-05-11 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t Gamble with Your Future. Nearly two-thirds of the adult population in the United States gambled in the past year. For some, this represented a casual bet or a whimsical wager on winning the lottery. But for a significant and growing portion of the population, gambling isn’t recreation–it’s life. Many believe that Christians are unlikely to become enslaved by gambling. Yet research indicates that Christians are drawn to gambling at the same rate as others. In Turning the Tables on Gambling, you’ll explore the answers to questions such as: • What is my risk of becoming addicted to gambling? • Is playing the lottery or making a casual wager harmless? • At what point does gambling become destructive? • If gambling is a problem for me or someone I know, what can I do? With solid insight, personal anecdotes, and practical help, Dr. Gregory Jantz describes why people of all ages and backgrounds are lured into gambling and how freedom form this destructive behavior can be found. INCLUDES GAMBLING PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE!

Spes Alit Agricolam

Author : Stephen Frederick Tillman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Spes Alit Agricolam written by Stephen Frederick Tillman and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: