Detroit was established as a French settlement three-quarters of a century before the founding of this nation. A remote outpost built to protect trapping interests, it grew as agriculture expanded on
ISBN10 : 1613748841 , ISBN13 : 9781613748848
Page Number : 320
Offers a thought-provoking history of the arrest and trial of 11 leaders of the Communist Party--USA in the late 1940s.
ISBN10 : 0813549388 , ISBN13 : 9780813549385
Page Number : 296
On July 20, 1792, the body of John Paul Jones, Father of the American Navy, was buried in the St. Louis Cemetery on the outskirts of Paris. The French Revolution was gathering steam, and soon the unma
ISBN10 : 1613747306 , ISBN13 : 9781613747308
Page Number : 288
As thoroughly examined as the Civil War and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth have been, virtually no attention has been paid to the life of the Union cavalryman who killed Boo
ISBN10 : 1613730217 , ISBN13 : 9781613730218
Page Number : 240
An exposâe of bureaucratic corruption and systemic arson in Detroit traces the author's work with a local fire brigade and his investigations into the daily lives of politicians, police officials, an
ISBN10 : 0143124463 , ISBN13 : 9780143124467
Page Number : 286
“A fascinating political, racial, economic, and cultural tapestry” (Detroit Free Press), a tour de force from David Maraniss about the quintessential American city at the top of its game: Detroit
ISBN10 : 1476748403 , ISBN13 : 9781476748405
Page Number : 464
Offers an in-depth account of the violent strike that plagued Colorado's southern coal district, which in April 1914 culminated in a full-scale battle between armed strikers and the Colorado National
ISBN10 : 081354419X , ISBN13 : 9780813544199
Page Number : 266
Presents a history of the Peace Corp and exposes Washington infighting, presidential influence, and the struggles volunteers faced abroad.
ISBN10 : 0807050490 , ISBN13 : 9780807050491
Page Number : 272
The masterfully told story of twelve volatile days in the life of Chicago, when an aviation disaster, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder transfixed and roiled a ci
ISBN10 : 0307454312 , ISBN13 : 9780307454317
Page Number : 384
“An in-depth and compelling account of diverse Americans living off the grid.” —Los Angeles Times The radical search for the simple life in today’s America. On a frigid April night, a classica
ISBN10 : 1101618051 , ISBN13 : 9781101618059
Page Number : 336