Download or read book The Graceland Gang written by Stephen G. Yanoff and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-10-02 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mysterious death of a colleague leads Adam Gold, a claims investigator, to the discovery of a treasure trove of never-before-heard songs by the world's most popular recording artist. The King of Rock n' Roll himself -- Elvis Presley. Gold will soon learn that there are many people who are willing to die -- or kill -- to get their hands on the tapes. The list will include religious fanatics, crooked cops, the mafia, and even his own employers.
Download or read book Ogemaw County written by and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ogemaw County, which got its name from the Chippewa chief Ke-ke-to, was organized in 1840, and in 1870, the first permanent population arrived along with the railroads. The white pines brought lumbermen as early as 1863, but by 1890, the pines were gone and only hardwoods remained. Today the county boasts 119 lakes among its forests, artesian wells, and the Rifle River, which begins in Devoe Lake and is favored by outdoor recreationists. The Smiley water tower greets travelers as they arrive here, the last stop for food and gasoline in a vacationer's journey "up north." Step back in time to visit Karcher's and Gould's Drug Stores, the dairy bar, the marl plant, and the Monoghan, Richland, and West Branch Hotels. Remember trout festivals past and the Ogemaw County Fair, as well as Ogemaw's residents who danced holes in their shoes at the Graceland Ballroom with members of Detroit's infamous Purple Gang.
Download or read book Detroit s Infamous Purple Gang written by Paul R. Kavieff and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detroit's Infamous Purple Gang is a photographic history of one of the most notorious organized crime groups of the 20th century. The photographs chronologically follow the evolution of the Purples from their days as a juvenile street gang through their rise to power and eventual self-destruction. Using rare police department mug shots and group photographs, the book transports readers through the dark side of Prohibition-era Detroit history. Detroit had a gold rush atmosphere and a thriving black market during the 1920s that attracted gangsters and unsavory characters from all over the country.
Download or read book Turbulent Times written by Stephen G. Yanoff and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this magnificent new book, Stephen G. Yanoff offers a fresh and compelling portrait of William Henry Seward, one of the most important Americans of the nineteenth century. Seward, best known for the purchase of Alaska, also served as governor of New York, United States senator, and Lincoln’s secretary of state during the Civil War. Exhaustively researched, drawing on hundreds of sources, TURBULENT TIMES sheds new light on this complex historical figure and the crucial role he played in shaping the fate of our nation. Most enlightening, the William Henry Seward who comes into focus in this superb narrative is a person of great intellect and curiosity, comfortable with ambiguity in his personal and private life.
Download or read book WONDER OF THE WEST written by Stephen G. Yanoff and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2024-05-09 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating, epic biography, award-winning historian Stephen G. Yanoff vividly narrates the adventurous life-journey of John Charles Frémont, the most celebrated American explorer and mapper of his time. This is history on a grand scale -- a book about discovery and exploration, but also about human character, virtue, ambition, love, and sacrifice. Above all, WONDER OF THE WEST is an enthralling, often surprising story of one of the most courageous and important Americans of the 19th century -- an illegitimate child who rose to become “The Conqueror of California,” Civil War general, two-time Republican presidential candidate, pathfinder of the West, and husband to the extraordinary Jessie Benton Frémont. “WONDER OF THE WEST is a lucid and compelling biography... John C. Frémont's life is one every American should know well, and it has not been told better than by Mr. Yanoff.” - Renegade Reviews
Download or read book Gone Before Glory written by Stephen G. Yanoff and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning historian Stephen G. Yanoff illuminates William McKinley’s remarkable life and tragic death in this highly acclaimed work, as the small-town lawyer and Civil War officer rises from obscurity to reach the highest office in the land. GONE BEFORE GLORY brilliantly charts the turbulent beginning of the twentieth century, and the anarchist activity which led to President McKinley’s assassination. Though the story of the McKinley administration has been told many times, this is the rare version that conveys the true motivations of the participants and reveals the interconnected paths that led to the tragic death of the 25th President of the United States. A spellbinding tale of immense importance for those who enjoy American history. Thoroughly researched and brilliantly written by a born storyteller. -- Renegade Reviews
Download or read book Capone Island written by Stephen G. Yanoff and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-04-17 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A harrowing search for the long-lost treasure of America’s most infamous gangster—Al Capone—ensnares insurance investigator Adam Gold, pulling him into the web of a vicious Miami mobster and a confrontation with Cuban spies. A hair-raising climax in the Florida Everglades will have readers wondering whether to laugh or cry in their headlong rush to see how it all ends.
Download or read book The Pirate Path written by Stephen G. Yanoff and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While excavating a vacant lot in Lower Manhattan, workers unearth a 300-year-old skeleton and some coins that might be part of a pirate treasure. The discovery halts the construction of a skyscraper, drawing the ire of corrupt politicians, greedy developers, and the mafia. It also attracts the attention of a mysterious young woman who claims to be a descendant of a famous pirate... a woman who is willing to do whatever it takes to get her hands on the treasure.
Download or read book Ransom on the Rhone written by Stephen G. Yanoff and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-01-21 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theft of a priceless Gobelin tapestry drags insurance investigator, Adam Gold, into the murky and violent world of international artnapping - and a life or death struggle with the Corsican mafia. In an effort to retrieve the tapesty, Gold will also become embroiled in the recovery of artwork stolen by the Nazis during World War II. A deadly confrontation will ensue, culminating in a startling and unforgettable climax. Like no other author in his genre, Yanoff reinvents the clever mystery with each new novel. RANSOM ON THE RHONE is a literate, plausible, suspenseful tale that keeps you turning pages well past bedtime. The book is well written and exciting from start to finish, with a slick final twist... wickedly clever! Renegade Reviews
Download or read book Dead Ending written by Stephen G. Yanoff and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2023-04-07 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exciting new mystery, Adam Gold, America’s foremost insurance investigator, is forced to match wits with a psychotic antiques dealer who claims to own two priceless Alamo artifacts -- Davy Crockett’s rifle and the sword of Colonel William B. Travis. An action-packed investigation leads to a nerve-wracking confrontation with the Mexican Mafia and MS-13 before a memorable climax on the “Highway to Hell,” which runs through the infamous killing fields of South Texas. DEAD ENDING is a superbly crafted, page-turning mystery with strong characters, exciting action, and plenty of twists and deceptions. Easily one of the best mystery books of the year. -- Renegade Reviews
Download or read book Historic Tales of Michigan Up North written by D. Laurence Rogers and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Centuries ago, Europeans desperate for gold and a route to the East found a lush, green paradise populated by native tribes in the New World. Despite a clash of cultures, cooperation created the fur trade that dominated early Michigan history. Subsequent violence and disease all but wiped out the native population. Later, intrepid residents crossed the frozen Straits of Mackinac on foot and then built the famous Mackinac Bridge. The land nurtured Charlton Heston and Ernest Hemingway in their youths and spawned the assassin of President William McKinley. Northern Michigan also bore witness to the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, one of the worst shipwrecks in Great Lakes history, and to the bizarre kidnapping of Gayle Cook, an ill-fated attempt to save the Perry Hotel in Petoskey from bankruptcy. Author and storyteller Dave Rogers recounts these and other historical tales from Up North." --
Download or read book The Purple Gang written by Paul R. Kavieff and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Prohibition Era allowed the sinister practices of the black market to gain a foothold in American commerce. When legal trade was no longer allowed to supply American consumers with the alcohol so desperately desired, the consumer turned to those who could supply that booty. And so in Detroit, a city perfectly positioned to receive contraband from neighboring Canada, a group of young men grew in power and profile to become one of the nation's most notorious gangs of organized crime. The Purple Gang, as they came to be called, quickly rose to power and wealth. Alcohol, gambling, drugs, and extortion were only some of the methods they used to make money in a hurry. Most of the men were the offspring of recent immigrants: Eastern European Jews who were hard-working and honest. But the desire for riches and a fast, easy way of life inspired ruthless and devious tactics to gain power and control of illicit ventures at a pivotal time in U.S. history. Nothing was beyond the young gang members. They extended their criminal reach to include kidnapping, arson, and racketeering. For twenty years they ruled Detroit's underworld with a vengeance. They fed off other criminal associations like ravenous parasites. When bootleggers smuggled liquor from Canada, The Purple Gang did not stop short of hijacking the contraband for their own profit. When necessary, they collaborated with other infamous crime groups like Al Capone's in Chicago and New York's Arnold Rothstein and Lucky Luciano. When they neared the end of their dynasty, the gang was so ruthless as to start murdering its own members. Among the legendary leaders of The Purple Gang were Abe Axler, the four Bernstein Brothers Abe, Joe, Ray, and Isadore, and the bloodthirsty thug Harry Millman. When the Gang put a contract out on Millman's life they imported killers from Murder Inc. Law enforcement was powerless against the high-profile tactics of the gang. The "Purples" were fearless, and with strongarm tactics and bribery stretching from the local to the federal level, they were truly untouchable. Here is the untold story of one of America's most powerful and infamous groups of thugs and mobsters. During the chaos of the Prohibition Era these men rose to the highest ranks of organized crime and then shattered it all with bloodthirsty greediness and murderous betrayal. The book is grapically illustrated with 32 pages of photographs depicting the gangsters from their life on the streets to their bloody demise. - Jacket flap.
Download or read book A Run for the Money written by Stephen G. Yanoff and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-05-14 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theft of a priceless Civil War artifact drags insurance investigator, Adam Gold, into the dark and dangerous world of brazen grave robbers. While pursuing the robbers, Gold will encounter a scheming Southern belle with a dark family secret, and become entangled in the Gullah culture of South Carolina. A riveting pursuit will lead to a showdown with a vicious psychopath who specializes in the murder of Thoroughbred horses -- and a memorable climax that readers will never forget.
Download or read book America s Music Makers written by John Behrens and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Press Gang written by Godfrey Cheshire and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 857 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dialogue about cinema's legacy and best directors through essays by three of the best long-form critics out there, collected from the legendary NYPress for the first time. Comprising of the kind of long-form criticism that is all too rare these days, the weekly film columns in the NYPress included polemics, reviews, interviews, festival reports and features. A far cry from what is often derisively termed the "consumer report" mode of criticism, Cheshire, Seitz and White were passionately engaged with the film culture of both their own time, and what had come before. They constituted three distinctly different voices: equally accomplished, yet notably individual, perspectives on cinema. Their distinctive tastes and approaches were often positioned in direct dialogue with each other, a constant critical conversation that frequently saw each writer directly challenging his colleagues. Dialogue is important in criticism, and here you can find a healthy example of it existing under one proverbial roof. This three-way dialogue between Cheshire, Seitz and White assesses the 1990s in cinema, along with pieces on New York's vibrant repertory scene that allow us to read the authors' takes on directors such as Hitchcock, Lean, Kubrick, Welles, Fassbinder and Bresson; as well as topics such as the legacy of Star Wars, film noir, early film projection in New York City, the New York Film Critics Circle, Sundance, the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the emerging cinema of Iran and Taiwan.
Download or read book Michigan History written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
