BROCK, DAVID

Killing the Messenger the Right

New York: Twelve, 2015. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1455533769. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, library stamp on bottom page edges, no other markings. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Ex-Library; 6.25 X 1 X 9.25 inches; 320 pages; "In this incisive, personal account, Brock disarms the major tentacles of the Republican Leviathan: the Koch Brothers, the Clinton haters, and the Fox Noise Machine. With the acumen of a seasoned political player, Brock takes readers inside his Democratic war rooms and their 24/7 battles with right-wing forces for control of the story lines and messages that will decide the 2016 election. And he chronicles his own evolution from lead Clinton attack-dog to one of Hillary Clinton's fiercest defenders as he knocks down the conservative case against her.". Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 21145

Catalogue: History::United States

Keywords: 1455533769 hilary clinton republican Politics History::USA Political Science

CARR, CYNTHIA

Our Town a Heartland Lynching, a Haunted Town, and the Hidden History of White America

New York: Crown, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0517705060. Remainder dot on bottom page edges, some creasing to head and tail of DJ spine.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped, B&W illustrations and photos.; 6.25 X 1.75 X 9.5 inches; 501 pages; "The brutal lynching of two young black men in Marion, Indiana, on August 7, 1930, cast a shadow over the town that still lingers. It is only one event in the long and complicated history of race relations in Marion, a history much ignored and considered by many to be best forgotten. But the lynching cannot be forgotten. It is too much a part of the fabric of Marion, too much ingrained even now in the minds of those who live there. In Our Town journalist Cynthia Carr explores the issues of race, loyalty, and memory in America through the lens of a specific hate crime that occurred in Marion but could have happened anywhere.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21130

Catalogue: History::United States

Keywords: 0517705060 lynching Marion, Indiana History::USA Law & True Crime

ELY, GLEN SAMPLE

The Texas Frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail, 1858–1861

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2016. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0806152214. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, 1 1/2" tape-repaired tear top of DJ spine. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 10.1 X 8.4 X 1.4 inches; 440 pages; "This is the story of the antebellum frontier in Texas, from the Red River to El Paso, a raw and primitive country punctuated by chaos, lawlessness, and violence. During this time, the federal government and the State of Texas often worked at cross-purposes, their confused and contradictory policies leaving settlers on their own to deal with vigilantes, lynchings, raiding American Indians, and Anglo-American outlaws. Before the Civil War, the Texas frontier was a sectional transition zone where southern ideology clashed with western perspectives and where diverse cultures with differing worldviews collided. This is also the tale of the Butterfield Overland Mail, which carried passengers and mail west from St. Louis to San Francisco through Texas. While it operated, the transcontinental mail line intersected and influenced much of the region's frontier history. Through meticulous research, including visits to all the sites he describes, Glen Sample Ely uncovers the fascinating story of the Butterfield Overland Mail in Texas.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20702

Catalogue: History::United States::Texas

Keywords: 0806152214 texas overland mail History::USA

MACMILLAN, MARGARET

Nixon in China the Week That Changed the World

Toronto: Penguin Books Canada, Limited, 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670044768. Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 6.5 X 1.25 X 9.25 inches; 395 pages; "In February 1972, Richard Nixon became the first American president to visit China. His historic one-hour meeting with Mao Zedong ended the breach between the United States and China, which had lasted since the Communist victory in 1949. Just as significantly, the visit changed the face of international relations from a bipolar Cold War to a three-sided struggle involving the Soviet Union, China, and the United States. Drawing on newly available material and interviews with all major survivors, MacMillan re-examines that fateful week. ". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21034

Catalogue: History::United States::China

Keywords: 0670044768 Richard Nixon China Mao Tse Tung History::USA ASIA

SCOTT, JAMES C.

Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0300182910. Mark on front page edges, DJ is lightly shelf soiled. Underlining of text in first section of book. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 312 pages; 'Scott explores why we avoided sedentism and plow agriculture, the advantages of mobile subsistence, the unforeseeable disease epidemics arising from crowding plants, animals, and grain, and why all early states are based on millets and cereal grains and unfree labor. He also discusses the “barbarians” who long evaded state control, as a way of understanding continuing tension between states and nonsubject peoples". Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 21436

Catalogue: History::United States

Keywords: 0300182910 Agricultural Sciences Social Sciences Social Science Agriculture & Farming