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Great Events From History. Modern Scandals

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editor, Carl L. Bankston III
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Book, Salem Press, 2009
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Topics include such widely know scandals as the Teapot Dome scandal, 1919 ‘Black Sox’ World Series, Watergate, the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, the death of Princess Diana, Enron, the Tour de France doping scandal, and the 2007 subprime mortgage industry collapse.Organization and format: The essays in this set are 3-5 pages in length and are arranged chronologically. The top matter of each essay offers a brief summary of its event’s importance, the subject category or categories to which the event belongs - from agriculture to women’s issues; and a list of Key Figures including name, vital years, regnal dates and terms of office, and brief descriptors of their roles.The body of each essay is divided by subheads into a chronological Summary of Event and an assessment of the event’s historical Impact. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Scandals · History · 20th century · 21st century · United States · History, Modern · Anecdotes · Bankston, Carl L. 1952-
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King George : What Was His Problem? : Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn’t Tell You About The American Revolution

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by Steve Sheinkin ; illustrated by Tim Robinson
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Book, 1st Roaring Brook Press ed, Roaring Brook Press, 2008
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This isn?t one of them.? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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United States · History · Revolution, 1775-1783 · Juvenile literature · Anecdotes · Juvenile literature · Sheinkin, Steve · Robinson, Tim, 1963- · Sheinkin, Steve
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CHILD LIT (LOWER) 973.3 Sh54k 2008 AVAILABLE

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A Treasury Of Foolishly Forgotten Americans : Pirates, Skinflints, Patriots, And Other Colorful Characters Stuck In The Footnotes Of History

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Michael Farquhar
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Book, Penguin Books, 2008
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A lively, compulsively browsable collection of neglected notables?from the bestselling author of A Treasury of Royal Scandals ?History,? In A Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans, Michael Farquhar has scoured the annals and rescued thirty of the most intriguing, unusual, and yes, memorable Americans from obscurity. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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United States · History · Anecdotes · Biography · Farquhar, Michael
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A Treasury Of Great American Scandals : Tantalizing True Tales Of Historic Misbehavior By The Founding Fathers And Others Who Let Freedom Swing

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Michael Farquhar
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Book, Penguin Books, 2003
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Following on the heels of his national bestseller A Treasury of Royal Scandals, Michael Farquhar turns his attention to matters a little closer to home with A Treasury of Great American Scandals. and stories about insanity, death, and disturbing postmortems are all here, as are disagreeable marriages, vile habits, and, of course, sex: good sex, bad sex, and good-bad sex too. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Scandals · United States · History · Anecdotes · Founding Fathers of the United States · Biography · Statesmen · Politicians · Politics and government · Farquhar, Michael
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Listening Is An Act Of Love : A Celebration Of American Life From The StoryCorps Project

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edited and with an introduction by Dave Isay
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Book, Penguin Press, 2007
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From more than ten thousand interviews, StoryCorps-the largest oral history project in the nation’s history-presents a tapestry of American stories, told by the people who lived them to the people they love. In Listening Is an Act of Love, StoryCorps founder and legendary radio producer Dave Isay selects some of the most remarkable stories from the already vast collection and arranges them thematically into a moving portrait of American life. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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StoryCorps (Project) · National characteristics, American · Anecdotes · Interviews · United States · Oral history · Social life and customs · 1945-1970 · 1971- · History · 1945- · Biography · Isay, David · StoryCorps (Project)
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(LOWER LEVEL) E169.Z8 L49 2007 AVAILABLE

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Haunted Baseball : Ghosts, Curses, Legends, And Eerie Events

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Mickey Bradley and Dan Gordon
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Book, Lyons Press, 2007
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A collection of “otherworldly” stories collected from baseball (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Baseball · United States · Anecdotes · History · Baseball players · Supernatural · Anecdotes. · sears · History. · Bradley, Mickey · Gordon, Dan, 1965-
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The Culture Of Calamity : Disaster And The Making Of Modern America

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Kevin Rozario
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Book, University of Chicago Press, 2007
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Turn on the news and it looks as if we live in a time and place unusually consumed by the specter of disaster. Beginning with the Puritan view of disaster as God?s instrument of correction, Rozario explores how catastrophic events frequently inspired positive reactions. Terror alerts and duct tape represent the cynical politician?s attitude about 9/11, but Rozario focuses on how the attacks registered in the popular imagination?how responses to genuine calamity were mediated by the hyperreal thrills of movies; (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Disasters · United States · History · Social aspects · Psychological aspects · National characteristics, American · Civilization · Social conditions · Anecdotes · Rozario, Kevin
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(LOWER LEVEL) E179 .R9 2007 AVAILABLE

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Booknotes : Stories From American History

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Brian Lamb
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Book, Penguin Books, 2002
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American history is shaped by great and small events, and in recent years a generation of writers has brought these events to life. They have shared these stories with the viewers of the long-running C-SPAN author-interview program Booknotes, and here some of the best have been collected for readers to savor. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Authors, American · 20th century · Interviews · United States · History · Anecdotes · Lamb, Brian, 1941-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E178.6 .B645 2002 AVAILABLE

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Booknotes : On American Character

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[compiled by] Brian Lamb
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Book, 1st ed, PublicAffairs, 2004
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The bestselling Booknotes series celebrates C-SPAN’s 25th anniversary with a new collection examining our country and its character. Over the past fifteen years, Brian Lamb, the CEO of C-SPAN and host of Booknotes, has interviewed 765 authors on the program, and these deep and wide-ranging interviews have been the basis for three bestselling Booknotes books. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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National characteristics, American · Anecdotes · Authors, American · 20th century · Interviews · United States · Civilization · History · Politics and government · Biography · Lamb, Brian, 1941-
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Seven Fires : The Urban Infernos That Reshaped America

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Peter Charles Hoffer
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Book, 1st ed, PublicAffairs, 2006
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This resonant and fascinating book by a renowned historian examines how seven fires shaped the larger course of American history. Told through gripping narrative chronicles of the catastrophic events, memorable portraits of historic figures, and incisive, thought-provoking analysis, Seven Fires reveals a nation and a people at its best and worst and illustrates how disasters teach lessons that, if we grasp them, can help us better our society. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Fires · United States · History · Anecdotes · Cities and towns · History, Local · Hoffer, Peter Charles, 1944-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E179 .H79 2006 AVAILABLE

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Imperfect Presidents : Tales Of Misadventure And Triumph

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Jim Cullen
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Book, 1st ed, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
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In this clever portrait of the American presidency, Jim Cullen takes ten presidents down from their pedestals by examining key missteps in their careers–and how they transcended them. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Presidents · United States · Biography · Anecdotes · History · Errors · Political aspects · Fallibility · Character · Politics and government · Cullen, Jim, 1962-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E176.1 .C945 2007 AVAILABLE

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Journeys For Freedom : A New Look At America’s Story

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Susan Buckley and Elspeth Leacock ; illustrations by Rodica Prato
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Book, Houghton Mifflin, 2006
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Each dynamic spread in Journeys for Freedom maps a factual account of real people pursuing freedom?and creating America’s story. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Liberty · History · Anecdotes · Juvenile literature · United States · Biography · Maps for children · Buckley, Susan Washburn · Leacock, Elspeth · Prato, Rodica
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I Wish I’d Been There : Twenty Historians Bring To Life Dramatic Events That Changed America

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edited by Byron Hollinshead
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Book, 1st ed, Doubleday, 2006
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Twenty distinguished American historians vividly reimagine twenty events of great drama and significance in our country?s past. This is the thought-provoking question that editor Byron Hollinshead posed to twenty of our finest interpreters of American history with the invitation to write a personal essay answering it. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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United States · History · Anecdotes · Hollinshead, Byron
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Last Dance : Behind The Scenes At The Final Four

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John Feinstein
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Little, Brown, 2006
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- Table of contents
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NCAA Basketball Tournament · History · Anecdotes · Basketball · Tournaments · United States · Feinstein, John
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(LOWER LEVEL) GV885.49.N37 F45 2006 AVAILABLE

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Sleeping Alongside The Road : Recollections By Patrons And The Owners Of Motels In That Era When Motels Were Americans’ First Choice

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Mark Okrant
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Book, 1st ed, Oak Manor Publishing, 2006
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Motels · Anecdotes · United States · History · Tourism · PSU FACULTY PUBLICATIONS · Okrant, Mark J
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