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Beck, Glenn.
Miracles and massacres :
true and untold stories of the making of America /
written & edited by Glenn Beck ; with Kevin Balfe and Hannah Beck.
New York :
Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts,
2013.
xiii, 290 pages ;
24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-279).
Jack Jouette : the ride that saved America -- Shay's Rebellion : a loud and solemn lesson -- The Virginia Convention : compromising for the Constitution -- The Barbary War : a steep price for peace -- Edison vs. Westinghouse : an epic struggle for power -- The Battle of Wounded Knee : medals of dishonor -- Easy Eddie & the hard road to redemption -- The saboteurs : in a time of war, the laws are silent -- Who is Tokyo Rose? -- The Battle of Athens : repeated petitions, repeated injuries -- The My Lai Massacre : a light in the darkness -- The missing 9/11 terrorist : the power of everyday heroes -- About the writing of this book -- Our fading history.
History is about so much more than memorizing facts. It is, as more than half of the word suggests, about the story. And, told in the right way, it is the greatest one ever written: Good and evil, triumph and tragedy, despicable acts of barbarism and courageous acts of heroism.
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Anecdotes.
Biography
Anecdotes.
History.
United States
History
Anecdotes.
United States
Biography
Anecdotes.
United States.
Balfe, Kevin.
Beck, Hannah.
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