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Reviewed By... Bill Lewis

Classic example of "big" history explained by focusing on the experiences of just a few individuals. Reads like a novel but the scholarship is impressive. Moving...and important.

 

 
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Reviewed By... Bill Lewis

Pulitzer winner Wood delivers a masterpiece in this survey of the early American republic (1789-1815). Smooth, clear writing, comprehensive scholarship, and insights acquired over a lifetime of study.

 

 
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Reviewed By... Alden Graves

During their own reign of terror and brutality, Dr. Marcel Petoit committed crimes that caused even the Nazis to draw back in revulsion. Despite the inevitable comparison with Erik Larson's bestseller, Devil In the White City, this blood-curdling account of a serial killer who operated during the German occupation of Paris stands on its own as a uniquely memorable account of the headlong descent into m... read more>>>

 

 
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Reviewed By... Alden Graves

The Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints was an offshoot of the Mormon religion that was established when the Mormons rejected the practice of polygamy. Prophet's Prey details the sordid -- some might even suggest inevitable -- result. The FLDS degenerated into a sophisticated criminal organization overseen by a man named Warren Jeffs, who manged to accumulate millions of dollars and over eighty ... read more>>>

 

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