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The Last Trade

By: James Conway

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James Conway has written the corporate thriller for our age, an age when the power of new media and the hunger of Wall Street converge to form a deadly entity capable of bringing the global economy to its knees. Drew Havens made a killing for the Rising Fund, which, thanks to his prognostications, was the only hedge operation to anticipate and capitalize on the mortgage crisis of 2008. Havens sees things others can’t, from the collapse of the American real estate market to the multibillion-dollar rise of his ruthless and charismatic boss. Havens is rich beyond his dreams, but his work has cost him his marriage. And now it may cost him his life. It starts with the brutal murder of his young protégé and, over the course of six days, six other brokers around the world, each killed after executing a trade linked to the Rising Fund. And as the violence escalates to an international level, Havens frantically tries to construct a model that will reveal the catastrophic event that only he can see coming—and confirm that his boss and the Rising Fund are at the center of it.

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0451239636

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9780451239631

Murder & Mayhem in Washtenaw County

By: James Thomas Mann

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Murder & Mayhem in Washtenaw County

By: James Thomas Mann

Washtenaw County has enjoyed low crime rates, but extraordinary criminal acts occasionally pierced its calm and quiet. A strange bank robbery at Dexter in 1894 and the 1897 murder of James Richards raised concerns. In 1937, the McHenry family suffered a terrible tragedy but found room in their hearts to forgive. After the murder of Eleanor Farver in 1970, detectives searching for suspect John Edward Burns probed his background, seeking clues to where he fled. They discovered John Edward Burns never existed. Attorney Peter Kensler was shockingly murdered in front of his home near Manchester with two shotgun blasts to the face. The case has never been solved. Local historian James Thomas Mann leads a tour into some of the darkest corners of Washtenaw County's past.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439676399

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9781439676394

Strikeout

Baseball, Broadway and the Brotherhood in the 19th Century

By: James Hawking

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Strikeout

Baseball, Broadway and the Brotherhood in the 19th Century

By: James Hawking

John WardNpitcher turned shortstop, author, lawyer, and president of the first union for professional athletesNwas married to the glamorous Helen Dauvray, a child star who re-invented herself on the Paris stage and as a wealthy producer on Broadway. This unique historical novel moves deftly between the field and the stands at actual games, turns to Ward's tangled personal life and describes the events that led to the formation of the Players League.

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Sunstone Press

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0865348642

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9780865348646

Mickey Rooney

A Show Business Life

By: James A. MacEachern

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Mickey Rooney

A Show Business Life

By: James A. MacEachern

Mickey Rooney was one of Hollywood's most prolific and long-lived stars, with film credits spanning the silent and CGI eras. Despite his Broadway acclaim and gift for character acting, he is remembered mainly for his comedies and tumultuous personal life. Most biographies have focused on these, neglecting his long and varied career, which was marked by sharp declines and meteoric comebacks. Drawing on interviews with coworkers, this book reveals Rooney as a skilled actor who settled for less in an industry that relegated him to lesser roles, and built a body of work admired by audiences and actors alike.

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McFarland

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0786496398

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Draw

The Greatest Gunfights of the American West

By: James Reasoner

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The Greatest Gunfights of the American West

By: James Reasoner

Known for his ability to make history come vividly to life, Reasoner strips away the dime novel legends and Hollywood myths to show us how the gunfighters of the Old West really lived, killed, and were killed. Praised for his “well-researched” (Booklist) and “lively, suspenseful” (Publishers Weekly) novels, James Reasoner now proves that truth can be even more exciting than fiction. Among the true stories he brings us: • Doc Holliday’s Last Gunfight • The Last Bloody Ride of the Dalton Gang • The End of the Notorious John Wesley Hardin • Wild Bill’s Tragic Mistake • The End of an Earp • Turkey Creek Canyon Shoot-out • Gunfight at Stone Corral • The Doolin Bunch vs. the U.S. Marshals • Rourke’s Bad Luck Robbery • Shoot-out at the Tuttle Dance Hall • Wichita’s New Year’s Day Gunfight • Bat Masterson and the Battle of the Plaza • The Sam Bass Gang’s Luck Runs Out • The Long Branch Saloon’s Spectacular Fray • Ben Thompson’s Christmas Day Shooting • The Man Who Killed the Man Who Killed Jesse James • and more! These are the shoot-outs and showdowns that gave the Wild West its name, recounted here with gritty accuracy, colorful detail, and all the drama of life—and death—on the frontier.

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0425191931

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3000 Facts about Actors

By: James Egan

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3000 Facts about Actors

By: James Egan

Benedict Cumberbatch was kidnapped while in South Africa. He convinced the kidnappers to let him go by pretending to be brain-damaged. Brad Pitt has a condition that prevents him from recognising faces. Michael Fassbender's character in Prometheus is based on David Bowie. Tom Cruise's real name is Thomas Mapother IV. Tom Hardy comes up with characters by watching reality tv shows. Morgan Freeman is a private pilot. During interviews with Robert De Niro, journalists are forbidden to talk to about wine. Until Jack Nicholson was 37, he thought his mother was his sister and his grandmother was his mother. Alan Rickman was 42 when he starred in his first movie. Robin Williams was voted the Least Likely to Succeed while he was in high school.

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1326701134

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The Triumph of Ethnic Progressivism

urban political culture in Boston, 1900-1925

By: James J. CONNOLLY,James J Connolly

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The Triumph of Ethnic Progressivism

urban political culture in Boston, 1900-1925

By: James J. CONNOLLY,James J Connolly

Progressivism, James Connolly shows us, was a language and style of political action available to a wide range of individuals and groups. A diverse array of political and civic figures used it to present themselves as leaders of a communal response to the growing power of illicit interests and to the problems of urban-industrial life. In showing that the several reform visions that arose in Boston included not only the progressivism of the city's business leaders but also a series of ethnic progressivisms, Connolly offers a new approach to urban public life in the early twentieth century.

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Harvard University Press

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0674029844

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9780674029842

Stolen Faith

A forbidden love. A stolen child. A divided family

By: James McVeigh

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Stolen Faith

A forbidden love. A stolen child. A divided family

By: James McVeigh

Belfast, 1944: American soldier James McCann meets the beautiful and impetuous Rose Rafferty. They fall in love, but their romance is forbidden – and war separates them. Boston, present day: James's children are celebrating his life when they find a wartime letter that changes everything. They have a half-sister, born in an Irish mother and baby home, stolen by the nuns and exported to the US. Their search for justice will cross oceans and generations. It will uncover secrets and lies, revealing the abuse of the most innocent in society by the most powerful. It will pit them against Church and State and shine a light into the darkest corners of Irish history.

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The O'Brien Press Ltd

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1788493524

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A Vagarious Life

By: James Huston

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A Vagarious Life

By: James Huston

Approaching eighty years of age, James Sharksburg-O'Rourke Caldwell records the events of his Vagarious Life. About his mother who was too busy cultivating her sexual affairs to take care of James and his sister Theresa. About mentally retarded Theresa who spent all her time listening to the radio, her gaze fixed intently on the orange light of the dial. About the men who stayed in his mother's bed and whom James and Theresa called uncles. About his Jewish father who departed the family on James' first birthday. About his three marriages and many children. About his less than glorious service in the United States Navy. About the academic degrees he attained based solely on the influence of his father-in-law with the college. About his love of the poetry of Edgar A. Guest, who James claims was America's greatest poet. About his various sexual affairs with men as well as women. About the suicides of his mother and first wife, Laura. About the psychiatrist James consults with for many years, Dr. Simon, who becomes squeamish when any sexual topic comes up.

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iUniverse

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0595394019

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9780595394012

Cold Secrets

A Swamp Yankee Mystery

By: James Y. Bartlett

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Cold Secrets

A Swamp Yankee Mystery

By: James Y. Bartlett

Julius Haddock is mad as hell and he’s gonna do something about it! In Glitter Girl, Book One of the Swamp Yankee mysteries, Julius Haddock, the former chief of police of Little Penwick, Rhode Island, was in jail, thanks to a corrupt District Attorney and a few bent judges. Now, after some good police work by his son Gus Haddock, the new chief of police, he’s out. And free. Julius wants revenge, but he’s going to get it on his own schedule. In the meantime, armed with his new private investigator’s license, Julius decides to take another look at one of Little Penwick’s coldest cases: the thirty-year-old murder of Donna Dixon, a seventeen year old who was abducted and killed while riding her bike to work at her summer job. But as he starts to look into what happened to Donna thirty years ago, Julius Haddock finds that everyone seems to have some secrets from that long-ago time. And he even finds a few secrets in Little Penwick that are fresh and brand new. But nobody doubts that Julius Haddock can figure out what happened. He’s a Swamp Yankee, after all. Proud, determined and relentless.

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Yeoman House

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1736393030

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The Nature of Political Philosophy

And Other Studies and Commentaries

By: Schall Sj James V.,James V. Schall

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The Nature of Political Philosophy

And Other Studies and Commentaries

By: Schall Sj James V.,James V. Schall

In his final collection of essays, Father Schall explores the life of faith across a dazzling array of subjects, from Martin Luther to bioethics. With his characteristic patience, brilliance, and careful tenacity, Father Schall interrogates profoundly what it means to try to be a citizen of the Kingdom of God in the city of Man. Never shying away from controversy, across 14 articles and 4 book reviews Father Schall investigates the critical themes of his life and scholarship: reason and revelation; the nature of modernity; literature and salvation; metaphysics and politics; and much more. Whether the reader is new to Father Schall or a longtime student, this posthumously-published collection of essays offers a profound meditation on the nature of political philosophy, and particularly what it would mean for Catholicism to offer a political philosophy. From such fundamental considerations, Schall explores ethical, literary and legal themes, displaying his typical breadth and depth of engagement with all that is real. Ultimately, Father Schall leads one on a Socratic enterprise, an education whereby one comes to question for oneself basic assumptions, and to dig deeper into the first principles as they are recalled in the orders of knowledge and being. While Father Schall has passed on to his reward, this collection of essays helps ensure that his lessons continue to guide, challenge and enrich students for generations to come.

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CUA Press

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0813235758

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White Cliffs of Dover...

A Story of Irish Immigrants

By: James E. Woolam

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White Cliffs of Dover...

A Story of Irish Immigrants

By: James E. Woolam

THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER ... A story of Irish Immigrants THE SETTING - Ireland, England, Dover (and the world-famous White Cliffs of Dover) The English Channel, The Normandy Coast of France, Europe during World War II THE CENTRAL LOCATION - Folkestone, an English seaside community and the White Cliffs of Dover PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS - Michael Matthew Magee and his wife, Catherine Colleen Kelly, known to everyone simply as CC THE STORY - The lives of a young couple and their journey through a long marriage and life A life filled with success and failure, highs and lows, great adventures and mundane daily life. Disappointments and wonderful surprises. In other words The Circle of Life that we all experience. THE TIME FRAME - The story begins in Ireland in the 1840’s, through the Great Depression, World War II, and into the early part of the 21st Century. *** *** ***

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1728330742

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The Notorious John Morrissey

How a Bare-Knuckle Brawler Became a Congressman and Founded Saratoga Race Course

By: James C. Nicholson

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The Notorious John Morrissey

How a Bare-Knuckle Brawler Became a Congressman and Founded Saratoga Race Course

By: James C. Nicholson

An Irish immigrant, a collection agent for crime bosses, a professional boxer, and a prodigious gambler, John Morrissey was -- if nothing else -- an unlikely candidate to become one of the most important figures in the history of Thoroughbred racing. As a young man, he worked as a political heavy in New York before going to San Francisco in search of fortune at the height of the Gold Rush. After returning to the east coast, he was hired by Tammany Hall and was soon locked in a deadly rivalry with William Poole, better known as "Bill the Butcher." As time went on, Morrissey parlayed his youthful exploits into a remarkably successful career as a businessman and politician. After establishing a gambling house in Saratoga Springs, the hard-nosed entrepreneur organized the first Thoroughbred race meet at what would become Saratoga Race Course in 1863. Morrissey went on to be elected to two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and two terms in the New York State Senate. In The Notorious John Morrissey, James C. Nicholson explores the improbable life of the man who brought Thoroughbred racing back to prominence in the United States. Though few of his contemporaries did more to develop the commercialization of sports in America, Morrissey's colorful background has prevented him from getting the attention he deserves. This entertaining and long-overdue biography finally does justice to his astounding rags-to-riches story while exploring an intriguing chapter in the history of horse racing.

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University Press of Kentucky

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081316754X

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9780813167541

After Dark

By: James Leck

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After Dark

By: James Leck

Fifteen-year-old slacker Charlie Harker is stuck in the sleepy town of Rolling Hills for the summer, helping his mom renovate his great-grandfather’s creaky old inn. It’s not entirely dull, thanks to Charlie’s new neighbor Miles Van Helsing, who insists there’s paranormal activity happening in Rolling Hills. Charlie chalks it up to Miles being the town nutcase. But many townspeople are falling prey to a mysterious illness, and wisecracking Charlie quickly gets wise: there’s something sinister going on in Rolling Hills.

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1771385960

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Critical Mass

Four Decades of Essays, Reviews, Hand Grenades, and Hurrahs

By: James Wolcott

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Critical Mass

Four Decades of Essays, Reviews, Hand Grenades, and Hurrahs

By: James Wolcott

James Wolcott’s career as a critic has been unmatched, from his early Seventies dispatches for The Village Voice to the literary coverage made him equally feared and famous to his must-read reports on the cultural weather for Vanity Fair. Bringing together his best work from across the decades, this collection shows Wolcott as connoisseur, intrepid reporter, memoirist, and necessary naysayer. We begin with “O.K. Corral Revisited,” Wolcott’s career-launching account of the famed Norman Mailer–Gore Vidal dust-off on the original Dick Cavett Show. He goes on to consider (or reconsider) the towering figures of our culture, among them Lena Dunham Patti Smith, Johnny Carson, Woody Allen, and John Cheever. And we witness his legendary takedowns, which have entered into the literary lore of our time. In an age where a great deal of back scratching and softball pitching pass for criticism, Critical Mass offers a bracing taste of the real thing.

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Anchor

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0767930630

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Victory On The Potomac

The Goldwater-nichols Act Unifies The Pentagon

By: James R. Locher

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Victory On The Potomac

The Goldwater-nichols Act Unifies The Pentagon

By: James R. Locher

War is waged not only on battlefields. In the mid-1980s a high-stakes political struggle to redesign the relationships among the president, secretary of defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and warfighting commanders in the field resulted in the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986. Author James R. Locher III played a key role in the congressional effort to repair a dysfunctional military whose interservice squabbling had cost American taxpayers billions of dollars and put the lives of thousands of servicemen and women at risk. Victory on this front helped make possible the military successes the United States has enjoyed since the passage of the bill and to prepare it for the challenges it must still face.Victory on the Potomac provides the first detailed history of how Congress unified the Pentagon and does so with the benefit of an insider's view. In a fast-paced account that reads like a novel, Locher follows the bill through congressional committee to final passage, making clear that the process is neither abstract nor automatic. His vivid descriptions bring to life the amazing cast of this real-life drama, from the straight-shooting chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Barry Goldwater, to the peevishly stubborn secretary of defense, Caspear Weinberger.Locher's analysis of political maneuvering and bureaucratic infighting will fascinate anyone who has an interest in how government works, and his understanding of the stakes in military reorganization will make clear why this legislative victory meant so much to American military capability. James R. Locher III, a graduate of West Point and Harvard Business School began his career in Washington as an executive trainee in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He has worked in the White House, the Pentagon, and the Senate. During the period covered by this book, he was a staff member for the Senate Committee on Armed Services. Since then, he has served as an assistant secretary of defense in the first Bush and the early Clinton administrations. Currently, he works as a consultant and lecturer on defense matters.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1585443980

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9781585443987

Ireland: The Struggle for Power

From the Dark Ages to the Jacobites

By: Jeffrey James

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Ireland: The Struggle for Power

From the Dark Ages to the Jacobites

By: Jeffrey James

A fascinating saga of invasion, resistance and colonisation

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445662477

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9781445662473

1000 Facts about Actors Vol. 3

By: James Egan

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1000 Facts about Actors Vol. 3

By: James Egan

Arnold Schwarzenegger's father fought with the Nazis. Danny DeVito was the first choice to play the title character in the 1993 film, Super Mario Bros. Although Fred Astaire is most well-known for his tap-dancing, a lot of people don't know that the sound of his tap-dancing was dubbed in. Carrie Fisher was paid to fix plot holes in dozens of movies. Charlie Sheen debuted in a film with George Clooney that has never been released. Haley Joel Osment was nearly cast in the title role in the Harry Potter series when the films were going to be directed by Steven Spielberg. Michael J. Fox's middle name is... Andrew. Both of Jack Black's parents are rocket scientists. Matthew Broderick was involved in a car crash that killed somebody.

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1326793306

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Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea

By: James E. Hoare

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Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea

By: James E. Hoare

South Korea (Republic of Korea) is the more successful of the two Koreas in both economic and political terms. Even the Asian economic crisis of 1997–1998, which hit badly, was weathered successfully, and when the next crisis came along in 2007, South Korea coped better than many other countries. This economic strength, taken with the steady progress of democratization since 1987, indicates that when the peninsula is eventually reunified, as one day it probably will be, a new unified Korea will follow the South Korea model rather than that of North Korea. This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Republic of Korea.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538119765

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Footprints in New York

Tracing the Lives of Four Centuries of New Yorkers

By: James Nevius,Michelle Nevius

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Footprints in New York

Tracing the Lives of Four Centuries of New Yorkers

By: James Nevius,Michelle Nevius

NYC tour guides and authors James and Michelle Nevius explore the lives of 20 iconic New Yorkers—from Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant to Alexander Hamilton, park architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux to JP Morgan and John D. Rockefeller, Jr.—and use them to guide the reader through four centuries of the city’s story. Beginning with the oldest standing building in the city, , a 1652 farmhouse in Brooklyn, and journeying all the way to the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, the book follows in the footsteps of these iconic New Yorkers. The authors tell the stories of everyone from slave traders and long-forgotten politicians to the movers and shakers of Gilded Age society and the Greenwich Village folk scene. One part history and one part personal narrative, Footprints in New York creates a different way of looking at the past, exploring new connections and forgotten chapters in the story of America’s greatest metropolis. Visit www.footprintsinny.com for more.

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1493008404

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