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Author : Philip Vail
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (132 download)
Download or read book The Great American Rascal written by Philip Vail and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip Vail (pseud.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (958 download)
Download or read book The Great American Rascal written by Philip Vail (pseud.) and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip Vail
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (777 download)
Download or read book The Turbulent Life of Aaron Burr written by Philip Vail and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : PHILIP AUTOR VAIL
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (777 download)
Download or read book THE TURBULENT LIFE OF AARON BURR : THE GREAT AMERICAN RASCAL written by PHILIP AUTOR VAIL and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Noel B Gerson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781800550957
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (59 download)
Download or read book The Great American Rascal written by Noel B Gerson and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On July 11th, 1804, Aaron Burr faced and killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. These two men have received new interest following the success of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical, Hamilton, but who was the real Aaron Burr? Noel B. Gerson uncovers the rise of a man who lost his father at the age of one, entered Princeton as a sophomore at thirteen, took part in Colonel Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec, became a national hero for saving an entire brigade from capture during the New York Campaign, and after the war rose to become a leading figure in New York politics, becoming vice-president in 1800 before the infamous duel occurred four years later. Yet, the story of Aaron Burr does not end there. Gerson goes on to expose the rest of his long and turbulent life, providing insight into the western conspiracy, the trial for treason, and his struggle to return to America after four years of self-imposed exile in Europe. This book is an engrossing biography of one of the most notorious figures in the history of the United States. It is an ideal read for those who wish to find out more about a person who could have been one of the greatest of Americans, in an age of giants, but whose personal flaws ultimately led to his demise. "Very interesting reading... it runs with the speed of a novel and the vividness of phrase of an acute commentator... Meant to be read... and boy, is it readable!" - Bestsellers "The extraordinary vitality and charm of Burr come through in this swift-moving and wholly admirable book." - Christian Science Monitor "Moves faster than most historical novels because Burr was quicker and more unbelievable than most fictional heroes... an enjoyable, lively account of a fascinating figure." - Mankind Magazine "An absorbing biography of the Revolutionary war hero... the author portrays Burr as a brilliant man with an overwhelming ego and charm to match - a con man, forger, sharpshooting bully mistrusted by Washington and Jefferson, yet able to rise to high office in a career that occasionally suggests some modern parallels." - Publishers Weekly
Author : Philip Vail
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book The Great American Rascal written by Philip Vail and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses Burr's ambitions and achievements as well as illuminating the misfortunes in his personal relationships and political career.
Author : Greg Steinmetz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982107413
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)
Download or read book American Rascal written by Greg Steinmetz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping, “rollicking” (John Carreyrou, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Blood) biography of Jay Gould, the greatest of the 19th-century robber barons, whose brilliance, greed, and bare-knuckled tactics made him richer than Rockefeller and led Wall Street to institute its first financial reforms. Had Jay Gould put his name on a university or concert hall, he would undoubtedly have been a household name today. The son of a poor farmer whose early life was marked by tragedy, Gould saw money as the means to give his family a better life…even if, to do so, he had to pull a fast one on everyone else. After entering Wall Street at the age of twenty-four, he quickly became notorious when he paralyzed the economy and nearly toppled President Ulysses S. Grant in the Black Friday market collapse of 1869 in an attempt to corner the market on gold—an event that remains among the darkest days in Wall Street history. Through clever financial maneuvers, he gained control over one of every six miles of the country’s rapidly expanding network for railroad tracks—coming close to creating the first truly transcontinental railroad and making himself one of the richest men in America. American Rascal shows Gould’s complex, quirky character. He was at once praised for his brilliance by Rockefeller and Vanderbilt and condemned for forever destroying American business values by Mark Twain. He lived a colorful life, trading jokes with Thomas Edison, figuring Thomas Nast’s best sketches, paying Boss Tweed’s bail, and commuting to work in a 200-foot yacht. Gould thrived in an expanding, industrial economy in which authorities tolerated inside trading and stock price manipulation because they believed regulation would stifle the progress. But by taking these practices to new levels, Gould showed how unbridled capitalism was, in fact, dangerous for the American economy. This “gripping biography” (Fortune) explores how Gould’s audacious exploitation of economic freedom triggered the first public demands for financial reforms—a call that still resonates today.
Author : Sterling North
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0142402524
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (424 download)
Download or read book Rascal (Puffin Modern Classics) written by Sterling North and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-09-23 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rascal is only a baby when young Sterling brings him home. He and the mischievous raccoon are best friends for a perfect year of adventure—until the spring day when everything suddenly changes. A Newbery Honor Book
Author : Rascal
Publisher : Troll Communications
ISBN 13 : 9780816733057
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (33 download)
Download or read book Oregon's Journey written by Rascal and published by Troll Communications. This book was released on 1993 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the circus bear, Oregon, decides that he wants to go home to the big forest, he enlists the help of a dwarf named Duke. With very little money and no luggage at all, the two set out into the night. A beautifully illustrated cross-country odyssey that vividly portrays the meaning of friendship. Full color.
Author : Miles Harvey
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316463582
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)
Download or read book The King of Confidence written by Miles Harvey and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "unputdownable" (Dave Eggers, National Book award finalist) story of the most infamous American con man you've never heard of: James Strang, self-proclaimed divine king of earth, heaven, and an island in Lake Michigan, "perfect for fans of The Devil in the White City" (Kirkus) A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Longlisted for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist for the Midland Authors Annual Literary Award A Michigan Notable Book A CrimeReads Best True Crime Book of the Year "A masterpiece." —Nathaniel Philbrick In the summer of 1843, James Strang, a charismatic young lawyer and avowed atheist, vanished from a rural town in New York. Months later he reappeared on the Midwestern frontier and converted to a burgeoning religious movement known as Mormonism. In the wake of the murder of the sect's leader, Joseph Smith, Strang unveiled a letter purportedly from the prophet naming him successor, and persuaded hundreds of fellow converts to follow him to an island in Lake Michigan, where he declared himself a divine king. From this stronghold he controlled a fourth of the state of Michigan, establishing a pirate colony where he practiced plural marriage and perpetrated thefts, corruption, and frauds of all kinds. Eventually, having run afoul of powerful enemies, including the American president, Strang was assassinated, an event that was frontpage news across the country. The King of Confidence tells this fascinating but largely forgotten story. Centering his narrative on this charlatan's turbulent twelve years in power, Miles Harvey gets to the root of a timeless American original: the Confidence Man. Full of adventure, bad behavior, and insight into a crucial period of antebellum history, The King of Confidence brings us a compulsively readable account of one of the country's boldest con men and the boisterous era that allowed him to thrive.
Author : Ivan Doig
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439124949
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Dancing at the Rascal Fair written by Ivan Doig and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The central volume in Ivan Doig's acclaimed Montana trilogy, Dancing at the Rascal Fair is an authentic saga of the American experience at the turn of this century and a passionate, portrayal of the immigrants who dared to try new lives in the imposing Rocky Mountains. Ivan Doig's supple tale of landseekers unfolds into a fateful contest of the heart between Anna Ramsay and Angus McCaskill, walled apart by their obligations as they and their stormy kith and kin vie to tame the brutal, beautiful Two Medicine country.
Author : Sid Fleischman
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Chancy and the Grand Rascal written by Sid Fleischman and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nancy Isenberg
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110120236X
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Fallen Founder written by Nancy Isenberg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-05-10 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of White Trash and The Problem of Democracy, a controversial challenge to the views of the Founding Fathers offered by Ron Chernow and David McCullough Lin-Manuel Miranda's play "Hamilton" has reignited interest in the founding fathers; and it features Aaron Burr among its vibrant cast of characters. With Fallen Founder, Nancy Isenberg plumbs rare and obscure sources to shed new light on everyone's favorite founding villain. The Aaron Burr whom we meet through Isenberg's eye-opening biography is a feminist, an Enlightenment figure on par with Jefferson, a patriot, and—most importantly—a man with powerful enemies in an age of vitriolic political fighting. Revealing the gritty reality of eighteenth-century America, Fallen Founder is the authoritative restoration of a figure who ran afoul of history and a much-needed antidote to the hagiography of the revolutionary era.
Author : Gerhart Hauptmann
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Atlantis written by Gerhart Hauptmann and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Leroy Edson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book "The Great American Ass" written by Charles Leroy Edson and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is an authentic autobiography of a descendant of a Puritan family ... The names in this book have been made deliberately and purposely fictitious. This autobiography is presented solely for its interest and value as a strange and moving human document."--Publishers' Note.
Author : John Sedgwick
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698193903
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)
Download or read book War of Two written by John Sedgwick and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative and penetrating investigation into the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, whose infamous duel left the Founding Father dead and turned a sitting Vice President into a fugitive. In the summer of 1804, two of America’s most eminent statesmen squared off, pistols raised, on a bluff along the Hudson River. Why would two such men risk not only their lives but the stability of the young country they helped forge? In War of Two, John Sedgwick explores the long-standing conflict between Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and Vice President Aaron Burr. Matching each other’s ambition and skill as lawyers in New York, they later battled for power along political fault lines that would decide—and define—the future of the United States. A series of letters between Burr and Hamilton suggests the duel was fought over an unflattering comment made at a dinner party. But another letter, written by Hamilton the night before the event, provides critical insight into his true motivation. It was addressed to former Speaker of the House Theodore Sedgwick, a trusted friend of both men, and the author’s own ancestor. John Sedgwick suggests that Hamilton saw Burr not merely as a personal rival but as a threat to the nation. It was a fear that would prove justified after Hamilton’s death... INCLUDES COLOR IMAGES AND ILLUSTRATIONS
Author : Jack Beatty
Publisher : Da Capo
ISBN 13 : 9780306810022
Total Pages : 571 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Rascal King written by Jack Beatty and published by Da Capo. This book was released on 2000 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the twice-jailed "champion of the people," shameless grafter, and New Deal pioneer describes how Curley helped transform U.S. governance from a politics of deference to a politics of serving human need. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.
