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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"From the birth of the Republican Party to the Confederacy's first convention, the Underground Railroad to the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War reveals the amazing and often little known stories behind the battle lines of America's bloodiest war and debunks the myths that surround its greatest figures, including Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln,...
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Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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"How did Davy Crockett save President Jackson's life--only to end up dying at the Alamo? Was the Lone Ranger based on a real lawman--and was he an African American? What amazing detective work led to the capture of Black Bart, the 'gentleman bandit' and one of the West's most famous stagecoach robbers? Did Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid really die in a hail of bullets in South America? Generations of Americans have grown up on TV shows, movies,...
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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The American Revolution was not inevitable, nor was it a unanimous cause. It pitted neighbors against one another, as loyalists and colonial rebels faced off for their lives and futures. Through the remarkable lives of the first Americans, this book reveals the contentious arguments that turned friends into foes and the land into a war zone. From the riots over a child's murder that led to the Boston Massacre, to the Continental Army's first victory...
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Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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A fascinating, eye-opening look at the truth behind the western legends everyone thought they knew. Included are the ten legends featured in Bill O'Reilly's 'Legends and Lies' docuseries; from Kit Carson to Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok to Doc Holliday, accompanied by two bonus chapters on Daniel Boone and Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley.
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Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
When England entered WWII in 1939, legendary magician Jasper Maskelyne cajoled his way into the Camouflage Section and created a new type of warfare: applying the techniques of popular magic to the battlefield. This is the fact-based story of the illusion that won the war in the desert
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