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Book Bat Masterson

Download or read book Bat Masterson written by Robert K. DeArment and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The colorful figures of the western American frontier, the Indian fighters, the mountain men, the outlaws, and the lawmen, have been romanticized for more than a hundred years by writers who found it easier to invent history than the research it. "Bat" Masterson was one such character who cast a long shadow across the pages of western history as it has been routinely depicted. "A legend in his own time," he was called in a television series produced in the 1960's. A legend he has become—one firmly fixed in the popular imagination. But in his own time W.B. Masterson was a man, a less-than-perfect creature subject to the same temptations and vices as his fellows, albeit one who, through circumstance and inclination, led an exciting life in an exciting time and place. As buffalo hunter, army scout, peace officer, professional gambler, sportsman, promoter, and newspaperman, Masterson's career was stormy and eventful. Surprising to many readers will be the account of Masterson's career after his peace officer days, during his employment as a sports writer and columnist. The gun-toting western peace officer reputed to have killed more men than Billy the Kid (not so, says DeArment) spent his last years happily in New York City, writing for a nationally known newspaper. This book, the product of more than twenty years of research, separates fact from fiction to extricate the story of his life from the legend that has enmeshed it. It is the most complete biography of Bat Masterson ever written.

Book Weapon of Choice

Download or read book Weapon of Choice written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this book is to share Army special operations soldier stories with the general American public to show them what various elements accomplished during the war to drive the Taliban from power and to destroy al-Qaeda and Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan as part of the global war on terrorism. The purpose of the book is not to resolve Army special operations doctrinal issues, to clarify or update military definitions, or to be the 'definitive' history of the continuing unconventional war in Afghanistan. The purpose is to demonstrate how the war to drive the Taliban from power, help the Afghan people, and assist the Afghan Interim Authority (AIA) rebuild the country afterward was successfully accomplished by majors, captains, warrant officers, and sergeants on tactical teams and aircrews at the lowest levels ... This historical project is not intended to be the definitive study of the war in Afghanistan. It is a 'snapshot' of the war from 11 September 2001 until the middle of May 2002"--Page xv.

Book The Kefauver Committee Report on Organized Crime

Download or read book The Kefauver Committee Report on Organized Crime written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Register and Manual   State of Connecticut

Download or read book Register and Manual State of Connecticut written by Connecticut. Secretary of the State and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Report on Transactions in Securities of the City of New York

Download or read book Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Report on Transactions in Securities of the City of New York written by Finance U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking (and Urban Affairs) and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Armies of the Streets

    Book Details:
  • Author : Adrian Cook
  • Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
  • Release : 2014-07-15
  • ISBN : 0813162556
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book The Armies of the Streets written by Adrian Cook and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 1863 New York City experienced widespread rioting unparalleled in the history of the nation. Here for the first time is a scholarly analysis of the Draft Riots, dealing with motives and with the reasons for the recurring civil disorders in nineteenth-century New York: the appalling living conditions, the corruption of the civic government, and the geographical and economic factors that led up to the social upheaval.

Book Evidences of Progress Among Colored People

Download or read book Evidences of Progress Among Colored People written by G. F. Richings and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Old Pike

Download or read book The Old Pike written by Thomas Brownfield Searight and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Commemorative Joint Meeting of the Congress of the United States

Download or read book Commemorative Joint Meeting of the Congress of the United States written by United States. Congress and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2003 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the transcripts of a ceremonial meeting at held at Federal Hall, New York, New York, on September 6, 2002, including statements by members of Congress on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This meeting was held, by special resolution of Congress, in remembrance of the victims and the heroes of September 11, 2001, and in recognition of the courage and the spirit of the City of New York.

Book Catalogue of the Public Documents of the     Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from     to

Download or read book Catalogue of the Public Documents of the Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from to written by United States. Superintendent of Documents and published by . This book was released on with total page 2868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A History of Lake County  Illinois

Download or read book A History of Lake County Illinois written by John J. Halsey and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases

Download or read book Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases written by Hugo Adam Bedau and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Columbia Pictures

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bernard F. Dick
  • Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
  • Release : 2021-10-19
  • ISBN : 0813196132
  • Pages : 315 pages

Download or read book Columbia Pictures written by Bernard F. Dick and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on previously untapped archival materials including letters, interviews, and more, Bernard F. Dick traces the history of Columbia Pictures, from its beginnings as the CBC Film Sales Company, through the regimes of Harry Cohn and his successors, and ending with a vivid portrait of today's corporate Hollywood. The book offers unique perspectives on the careers of Rita Hayworth and Judy Holliday, a discussion of Columbia's unique brands of screwball comedy and film noir, and analyses of such classics as The Awful Truth, Born Yesterday, and From Here to Eternity. Following the author's highly readable studio chronicle are fourteen original essays by leading film scholars that follow Columbia's emergence from Poverty Row status to world class, and the stars, films, genres, writers, producers, and directors responsible for its transformation. A new essay on Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood rounds out the collection and brings this seminal studio history into the 21st century. Amply illustrated with film stills and photos of stars and studio heads, Columbia Pictures is the first book to integrate history with criticism of a single studio, and is ideal for film lovers and scholars alike.

Book Imperial Hearst

Download or read book Imperial Hearst written by Ferdinand Lundberg and published by ibooks. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hearst’s journalistic ethics were probably never more clearly exposed than during the national election campaign of 1936. It is true that eighty per cent of the newspapers in the United States spread slanders and calumnies against the President. But the Hearst organs pulled all the stops and thundered vilification with all the resources at their command. The President was portrayed as a lunatic, a wastrel arid a cartoonist’s version of a frothing Communist. Picture and text described him and his advisers as dangerously radical, malicious and altogether feeble-minded. The Hearst press did not hesitate to attribute the source of Roosevelt’s social legislation to Moscow. Nor did consistency deter Hearst from charging plagiarism from Hitler and Mussolini. His newspapers shouted denunciation and abuse. Sound familiar? This work is the only complete exposition of the financial, political and social results of the career of William Randolph Hearst.

Book Commemorative Joint Meeting of the Congress of the United States in Remembrance of the Victims and Heroes of September 11  2001  Federal Hall  New York  NY  Friday  September 6  2002

Download or read book Commemorative Joint Meeting of the Congress of the United States in Remembrance of the Victims and Heroes of September 11 2001 Federal Hall New York NY Friday September 6 2002 written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serial Set version distributed to all depository libraries. Shipping list no.: 2003-0044-S.

Book Native Americans and the Christian Right

Download or read book Native Americans and the Christian Right written by Andrea Smith and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVArgues that previous accounts of religious and political activism in the Native American community fail to account for the variety of positions held by this community./div

Book Gun Violence in America

Download or read book Gun Violence in America written by Alexander DeConde and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2003 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth analysis of the folklore surrounding gun use and the state of the debate in today's political climate.