(Izdošanas datums: 14-Nov-2023, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Chicago Review Press, ISBN-13: 9781641607872)
Truman and Picasso were contemporaries and were both shaped by and shapers of the great events of the twentieth century--the man who painted GUERNICA and the man who authorized the use of atomic bombs against civilians. But in most ways, they couldn...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Sep-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Island Press, ISBN-13: 9781642833652)
In the nineteenth century, Manhattans streets were so choked with pedestrians, horses, vehicles, and vendors that a trip from City Hall to Central Park could take hours. Alfred Beach had the perfect solution: build a giant pneumatic tube underneath...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 14-Nov-2023, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Chicago Review Press, ISBN-13: 9781641607872)
Truman and Picasso were contemporaries and were both shaped by and shapers of the great events of the twentieth century--the man who painted GUERNICA and the man who authorized the use of atomic bombs against civilians. But in most ways, they couldn...Lasīt vairāk
On June 19, 1953, Harry Truman got up early, packed the trunk of his Chrysler New Yorker, and did something no other former president has done before or since: he hit the road. No Secret Service protection. No traveling press. Just Harry and his chil...Lasīt vairāk
On June 19, 1953, Harry Truman got up early, packed the trunk of his Chrysler New Yorker, and did something no other former president has done before or since: he hit the road. No Secret Service protection. No traveling press. Just Harry and his chil...Lasīt vairāk
A powerful story, skillfully told. Booklist A new portrait of Robert Kennedy, a politician who, for all his faults, had the uncommon courage to stand up to a president from his own party and shine a light on Americas...Lasīt vairāk
Abe Lincoln did not split rails in Tampa, and George Washingtons cherry tree might not have been cut in Miami-Dade, but in Key West, the famous Harry S. Truman sign--The Buck Stops Here--still resides on the former presidents Florida White House...Lasīt vairāk
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In the winter of 1967-68, Robert F. Kennedy, then a US Senator from New York, ventured deep into the heart of Appalachia. As acting chairman of a Senate subcommittee on poverty, RFK went to eastern Kentucky to gauge the progress of the War on Poverty...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 03-Mar-2020, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Chicago Review Press, ISBN-13: 9781641600590)
In early 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy ventured deep into the heart of eastern Kentucky to gauge the progress of President Lyndon Johnson&;s War on Poverty. Kennedy, already considering challenging Johnson for the Democratic president...Lasīt vairāk
In early 1861, as he prepared to move into the White House, Abraham Lincoln dreaded telling his two youngest sons, that the familys beloved pet...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Apr-2015, Hardback, Izdevniecība: A Cappella Books, ISBN-13: 9781556522222)
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In early 1861, as he prepared to leave his home in Springfield, Illinois, to move into the White House, Abraham Lincoln faced many momentous tasks, b...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Apr-2014, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Chicago Review Press, ISBN-13: 9781613743973)
Strange as it sounds, during the 1870s and 1880s, Americas most popular spectator sport wasnt baseball, football, or horse racing--it was competitive walking. Inside sold-out arenas, competitors walked around dirt tracks almost nonstop for six str...Lasīt vairāk
