Search results for ""Author Paul Aron""
John Wiley & Sons Inc More Unsolved Mysteries of American History
Praise for Unsolved Mysteries of American History "The facts are presented clearly and concisely, and the answers have been thoroughly researched using the most up-to-date sources."—Newark Star Ledger "Everything that would make a great detective story. It has intellectual twists and turns, alleyways and dead ends; it has politics, espionage, intrigue, murder, cowardice, greed, courage, battles, liars, and frauds." - New Strait Times"Stimulating and pleasurable, fair and objective . . . recommended for both the history buff and the fan of true-life mysteries."-Kirkus ReviewsPraise for Unsolved Mysteries of History"Draws intelligently and entertainingly on respected-and disputed-primary volumes. . . . Reading a chapter aloud to a group would almost guarantee a lively evening."-Baltimore Sun"Unerring good sense and . . . well-paced prose." -Petersburg Monitor"Solid speculation . . . full of clever advice." -Associated Press"Aron's latest offering proves again that history can be fun and as strange, at least, as fiction." -Booklist
£22.49
Rowman & Littlefield American Stories: Washington’s Cherry Tree, Lincoln’s Log Cabin, and Other Tales—True and Not-So-True—and How They Spread Throughout the Land
American Stories follows the evolution of our founding stories and myths and how they spread far and wide throughout our history. The story of the cherry tree, for example, tells us nothing about George Washington’s actual childhood, but surely it tells us something about what Americans wanted in the father of their country—an incorruptible leader of the people. Along the same lines, the story of Betsy Ross’s flag tells us nothing about how the Stars and Stripes came to be, but does tell us something about what Americans wanted in a founding mother—it is no coincidence that the Ross story, featuring a traditional woman’s role of sewing at home, was first told in 1870, one year after Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony challenged these roles by founding the National Woman Suffrage Association.There’s another reason these stories spread, and that provides another reason to follow their evolution. From Dodge City to Deadwood, and from Bunker Hill to San Juan Hill and beyond, these stories all have one thing in common: they are all a lot of fun to read.
£19.38
Librarie Philosophique J. Vrin Bruxelles, Convergence Des Arts 1880-1914
£57.69
