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Gun Barons

The Weapons That Transformed America and the Men Who Invented Them

By: John Bainbridge, Jr.

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Gun Barons

The Weapons That Transformed America and the Men Who Invented Them

By: John Bainbridge, Jr.

John Bainbridge, Jr.'s Gun Barons is a narrative history of six charismatic and idiosyncratic men who changed the course of American history through the invention and refinement of repeating weapons. Love them or hate them, guns are woven deeply into the American soul. Names like Colt, Smith & Wesson, Winchester, and Remington are legendary. Yet few people are aware of the roles these men played at a crucial time in United States history, from westward expansion in the 1840s, through the Civil War, and into the dawn of the Gilded Age. Through personal drive and fueled by bloodshed, they helped propel the young country into the forefront of the world's industrial powers. Their creations helped save a nation divided, while planting seeds that would divide the country again a century later. Their inventions embodied an intoxicating thread of American individualism—part fiction, part reality—that remains the foundation of modern gun culture. They promoted guns not only for the soldier, but for the Everyman, and also made themselves wealthy beyond their most fevered dreams. Gun Barons captures how their bold inventiveness dwelled in the psyche of an entire people, not just in the minds of men who made firearm fortunes. Whether we revere these larger-than-life men or vilify them, they helped forge the American character.

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St. Martin's Press

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American Gunfight

The Plot to Kill President Truman--and the Shoot-out That Stopped It

By: Stephen Hunter,John Bainbridge

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American Gunfight

The Plot to Kill President Truman--and the Shoot-out That Stopped It

By: Stephen Hunter,John Bainbridge

November 1, 1950 -- an unseasonably hot afternoon in sleepy Washington, D.C. At 2:00 P.M. at his temporary residence in Blair House, President Harry Truman takes a nap. At 2:20 P.M., two Puerto Rican natives approach from different directions. Oscar Collazo, a respected metal polisher and family man, and Griselio Torresola, an unemployed salesman, don't look dangerous, not in their new suits and hats, not in their calm, purposeful demeanor, not in their slow, unexcited approach. What the three White House policemen and one Secret Service agent guarding the president cannot guess is that under each man's coat is a 9mm German automatic pistol and in each head, a dream of assassin's glory.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743260694

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American Gunfight

The Plot to Kill President Truman--and the Shoot-out That Stopped It

By: Stephen Hunter,John Bainbridge

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The Plot to Kill President Truman--and the Shoot-out That Stopped It

By: Stephen Hunter,John Bainbridge

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Gun Barons

The Weapons That Transformed America and the Men Who Invented Them

By: John Bainbridge, Jr.

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The Weapons That Transformed America and the Men Who Invented Them

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Highlander

No Ordinary School 1932–1962

By: John M. Glen

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Highlander

No Ordinary School 1932–1962

By: John M. Glen

and racial justice during a critical era in southern and Appalachian history. This volume is the first comprehensive examination of that extraordinary—and often controversial—institution. Founded in 1932 by Myles Horton and Don West near Monteagle, Tennessee, this adult education center was both a vital resource for southern radicals and a catalyst for several major movements for social change. During its thirty-year history it served as a community folk school, as a training center for southern labor and Farmers' Union members, and as a meeting place for black and white civil rights activists. As a result of the civil rights involvement, the state of Tennessee revoked the charter of the original institution in 1962. At the heart of Horton's philosophy and the Highlander program was a belief in the power of education to effect profound changes in society. By working with the knowledge the poor of Appalachia and the South had gained from their experiences, Horton and his staff expected to enable them to take control of their own lives and to solve their own problems. John M. Glen's authoritative study is more than the story of a singular school in Tennessee. It is a biography of Myles Horton, co-founder and long-time educational director of the school, whose social theories shaped its character. It is an analysis of the application of a particular idea of adult education to the problems of the South and of Appalachia. And it affords valuable insights into the history of the southern labor and the civil rights movements and of the individuals and institutions involved in them over the past five decades.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813186234

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9780813186238

Darwin Day in America

How Our Politics and Culture Have Been Dehumanized in the Name of Science

By: John G. West

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Darwin Day in America

How Our Politics and Culture Have Been Dehumanized in the Name of Science

By: John G. West

At the dawn of the last century, leading scientists and politicians giddily predicted that science—especially Darwinian biology—would supply solutions to all the intractable problems of American society, from crime to poverty to sexual maladjustment. Instead, politics and culture were dehumanized as scientific experts began treating human beings as little more than animals or machines. In criminal justice, these experts denied the existence of free will and proposed replacing punishment with invasive “cures” such as the lobotomy. In welfare, they proposed eliminating the poor by sterilizing those deemed biologically unfit. In business, they urged the selection of workers based on racist theories of human evolution and the development of advertising methods to more effectively manipulate consumer behavior. In sex education, they advocated creating a new sexual morality based on “normal mammalian behavior” without regard to longstanding ethical and religious imperatives. Based on extensive research with primary sources and archival materials, John G. West’s captivating Darwin Day in America tells the story of how American public policy has been corrupted by scientistic ideology. Marshaling fascinating anecdotes and damning quotations, West’s narrative explores the far-reaching consequences for society when scientists and politicians deny the essential differences between human beings and the rest of nature. It also exposes the disastrous results that ensue when experts claiming to speak for science turn out to be wrong. West concludes with a powerful plea for the restoration of democratic accountability in an age of experts.

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Open Road Media

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1497635721

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9781497635722

Naval Order of the U.S.

By: John C. Rice, Jr.

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Naval Order of the U.S.

By: John C. Rice, Jr.

The origins and history of the Naval Order of the U.S.

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Turner Publishing Company

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1563118734

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DEAD AGAIN

By: John Burrows

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DEAD AGAIN

By: John Burrows

When Cobb's friend dies by suicide the police say that it is an open and shut case, but Cobb is far from satisfied. He follows his nose and a few psychic intuitions, and what was a simple suicide turns into a series of devilish crimes. Cobb tears himself away from his university lecturing and follows a very dangerous course to put all the clues together. He ends up asking himself the question "how can a dead man have committed these crimes?" It is a very traumatic time in Cobb's life. Not only does he escape death by a hair's breadth, he finds himself having a passionate but loving relationship with a younger woman

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Lulu.com

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1291806261

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Colonial New Jersey

By: John T. Cunningham

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Colonial New Jersey

By: John T. Cunningham

Traces the history of New Jersey from its discovery in 1498 to the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

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Thomas Nelson Publishers

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084077110X

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Black Or White

A Novel

By: John Aubrey Anderson

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Black Or White

A Novel

By: John Aubrey Anderson

On the shores of Cat Lake, in the midst of the most defined era of segregation in American history, a spitfire seven-year old white girl and spiritual eleven-year-old black boy live each day as best friends. Despite the idyllic scenery and their youthful innocence, forces of darkness trouble the girl and ultimately lead these children to make choices you will never forget. Auther John Aubrey Anderson weaves a gripping tale of warmth, humor, and profound eternal truth.

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B&H Publishing Group

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0805431683

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9780805431681

Heritage Conservation in the United States

Enhancing the Presence of the Past

By: John H. Sprinkle, Jr.

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Heritage Conservation in the United States

Enhancing the Presence of the Past

By: John H. Sprinkle, Jr.

Heritage Conservation in the United States begins to trace the growth of the American historic preservation movement over the last 50 years, viewed from the context of the civil rights and environmental movements. The first generation of the New Preservation (1966-1991) was characterized by the establishment of the bureaucratic structures that continue to shape the practice of heritage conservation in the United States. The National Register of Historic Places began with less than a thousand historic properties and grew to over 50,000 listings. Official recognition programs expanded, causing sites that would never have been considered as either significant or physically representative in 1966 now being regularly considered as part of a historic preservation planning process. The book uses the story of how sites associated with African American history came to be officially recognized and valued, and how that process challenged the conventions and criteria that governed American preservation practice. This book is designed for the historic preservation community and students engaged in the study of historic preservation.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000642003

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9781000642001

Book's by John Bainbridge, Jr.

Gun Barons

Gun Barons

American Gunfight

American Gunfight

American Gunfight

American Gunfight

Gun Barons

Gun Barons

Highlander

Highlander

Darwin Day in America

Darwin Day in America

Naval Order of the U.S.

Naval Order of the U.S.

DEAD AGAIN

DEAD AGAIN

Colonial New Jersey

Colonial New Jersey

Black Or White

Black Or White

Heritage Conservation in the United States

Heritage Conservation in the United States

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