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Captain "Hell Roaring" Mike Healy

From American Slave to Arctic Hero

By: Dennis L. Noble,Truman R. Strobridge

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Captain "Hell Roaring" Mike Healy

From American Slave to Arctic Hero

By: Dennis L. Noble,Truman R. Strobridge

One of the Coast Guard’s great heroes and the secret he kept hidden "This is a book of adventure that tells how one man shaped the Alaskan frontier at a crucial time in American history."--Vincent William Patton, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, retired "Diligent research and precise writing reveal the realities of race relations in nineteenth-century America, as well as the dangers, loneliness, and complex relationships of life at sea in that era."--Bernard C. Nalty, author of Strength for the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military In the late 1880s, many lives in northern and western maritime Alaska rested in the capable hands of Michael A. Healy (1839-1904), through his service to the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service. Healy arrested lawbreakers, put down mutinies aboard merchant ships, fought the smuggling of illegal liquor and firearms, rescued shipwrecked sailors from a harsh and unforgiving environment, brought medical aid to isolated villages, prevented the wholesale slaughter of marine wildlife, and explored unknown waters and lands. Captain Healy's dramatic feats in the far north were so widely reported that a New York newspaper once declared him the "most famous man in America." But Healy hid a secret that contributed to his legacy as a lonely, tragic figure. In 1896, Healy was brought to trial on charges ranging from conduct unbecoming an officer to endangerment of his vessel for reason of intoxication. As punishment, he was put ashore on half pay with no command and dropped to the bottom of the Captain's list. Eventually, he again rose to his former high position in the service by the time of his death in 1904. Sixty-seven years later, in 1971, the U.S. Coast Guard learned that Healy was born a slave in Georgia who ran away to sea at age fifteen and spent the rest of his life passing for white. This is the rare biography that encompasses both sea adventure and the height of human achievement against all odds.

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358

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University Press of Florida

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ISBN 10

081306323X

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9780813063232

Off the Record

The Private Papers of Harry S. Truman

By: Harry S. Truman

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The Private Papers of Harry S. Truman

By: Harry S. Truman

Gathered for the first time, Truman's private papers--diaries, letters, and memoranda--cover the period from his occupancy of the White House in 1945 to shortly before his death in 1972. Students and scholars will find valuable material on major events of the Truman years, from the Potsdam Conference to the Korean War."--Publishers website.

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496

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University of Missouri Press

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0826211194

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9780826211194

Where the Buck Stops

The Personal and Private Writings of Harry S. Truman

By: Harry S. Truman,Margaret Truman

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Where the Buck Stops

The Personal and Private Writings of Harry S. Truman

By: Harry S. Truman,Margaret Truman

Offers the late president's candid reflections on his office and leadership, his predecessors, politics and government in America, and his ever-controversial decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan.

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388

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Grand Central Pub

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ISBN 10

0446514942

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9780446514941

The Quotable Truman

By: Harry S. Truman,David Gallen

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The Quotable Truman

By: Harry S. Truman,David Gallen

Passages drawn from thousands of pages of Truman interview transcripts reveal the outspoken president's thoughts on subjects ranging from the two-party system and the presidency to Geronimo and James K. Polk

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182

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Carroll & Graf Pub

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0786701331

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9780786701339

Dear Harry, Love Bess

Bess Truman's Letters to Harry Truman, 1919-1943

By: Clifton Truman Daniel,Bess Wallace Truman

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Dear Harry, Love Bess

Bess Truman's Letters to Harry Truman, 1919-1943

By: Clifton Truman Daniel,Bess Wallace Truman

Bess Truman thought her business was hers and nobody else's, so she destroyed her half of the more than 2,600 letters she and Harry exchanged during their courtship and marriage. While making an inventory of the Truman home in the 1980s, archivists discovered 184 letters Bess had missed. Her grandson Clifton Truman Daniel shares them here, along with portions of Harry's responses, family photographs, and stories. These letters provide new insight into the lives and personalities of Bess and Harry Truman during the formative years of his political life.

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271

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Truman State Univ Press

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193550326X

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9781935503262

Dear Bess

The Letters from Harry to Bess Truman, 1910-1959

By: Harry S. Truman

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Dear Bess

The Letters from Harry to Bess Truman, 1910-1959

By: Harry S. Truman

This correspondence, which encompasses Truman's courtship of his wife, his service in the senate, his presidency, and after, reveals not only the character of Truman's mind but also a shrewd observer's view of American politics.

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614

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University of Missouri Press

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0826212034

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9780826212030

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Captain "Hell Roaring" Mike Healy

Captain "Hell Roaring" Mike Healy

Off the Record

Off the Record

Where the Buck Stops

Where the Buck Stops

The Quotable Truman

The Quotable Truman

Dear Harry, Love Bess

Dear Harry, Love Bess

Dear Bess

Dear Bess

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