At age ninety-five, Judge Edward Dimock, patriarch of his family and the man who defended accused Soviet spy Alger Hiss in the famous 1950 Cold War “trial of the century,” is writing his memoir at his fabled Catskill retreat, Hermitage, with its glorious Italian Renaissance ceiling. Judge Dimock is consumed with doubts about the troubling secrets he’s kept to himself for over fifty years—secrets that might change both American history and the lives of his entire family. Was his client guilty of spying for Stalin or not? And if guilty, did Hiss’s crimes go far beyond his perjury conviction—a verdict that divided the country for a generation? Dimock enlists his grandson, George Altmann, a brilliant Princeton astrophysicist, in the quest for truth. Reluctantly, George finds himself drawn into the web of deceit that has ravaged his family, his curiosity sparked by a string of clues found in the Judge’s unpublished memoir and in nine pencil sketches of accused Soviet agents pinned to an old corkboard in his grandfather’s abandoned office. Even more dismaying, the drawings are by George’s paternal grandfather and namesake, a once-famous painter who covered the Hiss trial as a courtroom artist for the Herald Tribune, only to die in uncertain circumstances in a fall from Woodstock’s Fishkill Bridge on Christmas Eve 1949. Many of the suspected spies also died from ambiguous falls (a KGB specialty) or disappeared behind the Iron Curtain—and were conveniently unable to testify in the Hiss trial. George begins to realize the immensity of what is at stake: deceptive entanglements that will indeed alter the accepted history of the Cold War—and how he understands his own unhappy Woodstock childhood, growing up in the shadow of a rumored suicide and the infidelities of an alcoholic father, a roadie with The Band. In Gods of Deception, acclaimed novelist David Adams Cleveland has created a multiverse all its own: a thrilling tale of espionage, a family saga, a stirring love story, and a meditation on time and memory, astrophysics and art, taking the reader on an unforgettable journey into the troubled human heart as well as the past—a past that is ever present, where the gods of deception await our distant call.
The best of international bestselling author David Adam's writings. Adam demonstrates a unique blend of modern concerns with a distinctively Celtic approach.
The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, provides a comprehensive review of Cleveland, Ohio, over its 200-year history. it contains more than 2000 entries, 150 photographs, maps, and charts. Interpretive essays explore the major facets of the communityÕs history, including the environment, rock ÔnÔ roll, womenÕs history, funerals and funerary practices, aviation, The aerospace industry, and ethnic and race relations. Some 1800 shorter entries cover every type of organization and event that was prominent in the cityÕs history; there are factual accounts of such noted organizations as the Cleveland Orchestra, As well as lesser-known groups such as the Ivan Cankar Dramatic Society, which was established by the cityÕs Slovenian community.
TheTwoAdams.net A Spiritual Book . . . For Spiritual People The Two Adams is a book that reveals the blessings of God that were lost through Adam's sin in the garden and the regaining of those losses through the overwhelming victorious life of the Second Adam-Jesus Christ. This is a spiritual book. It is written for spiritual people-those whom God, by his Holy Spirit, is drawing unto himself in these last days. This book is about consequences. Consequences from the first man's disobedience and consequences from the Second Man's obedience. Unfortunately, most believers today are living under the judgment that came through the first man's choosing to sin, while few truly enjoy living under the restored blessings of God which were provided for us through the Last Man's choice of obedience to his Father's will. For those who love God with all their heart, soul, body, mind, and strength; for those who are struggling to live in all that God has provided through his Son; for those who are desperate to go deeper in their spiritual walk and come to enjoy a life of intimacy with their heavenly Father; by God's grace-and his grace alone-this book will be a breath of spiritual fresh air.
In the 1960s, Cleveland suffered through racial violence, spiking crime rates, and a shrinking tax base, as the city lost jobs and population. Rats infested an expanding and decaying ghetto, Lake Erie appeared to be dying, and dangerous air pollution hung over the city. Such was the urban crisis in the "Mistake on the Lake." When the Cuyahoga River caught fire in the summer of 1969, the city was at its nadir, polluted and impoverished, struggling to set a new course. The burning river became the emblem of all that was wrong with the urban environment in Cleveland and in all of industrial America.Carl Stokes, the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city, had come into office in Cleveland a year earlier with energy and ideas. He surrounded himself with a talented staff, and his administration set new policies to combat pollution, improve housing, provide recreational opportunities, and spark downtown development. In Where the River Burned, David Stradling and Richard Stradling describe Cleveland's nascent transition from polluted industrial city to viable service city during the Stokes administration.The story culminates with the first Earth Day in 1970, when broad citizen engagement marked a new commitment to the creation of a cleaner, more healthful and appealing city. Although concerned primarily with addressing poverty and inequality, Stokes understood that the transition from industrial city to service city required massive investments in the urban landscape. Stokes adopted ecological thinking that emphasized the connectedness of social and environmental problems and the need for regional solutions. He served two terms as mayor, but during his four years in office Cleveland's progress fell well short of his administration’s goals. Although he was acutely aware of the persistent racial and political boundaries that held back his city, Stokes was in many ways ahead of his time in his vision for Cleveland and a more livable urban America.
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