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Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 339 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
John Sedgwick recounts the decade-long fight between General William J. Palmer, the Civil War hero leading the "little family" of his Rio Grande, coming down from Denver, hoping to showcase the majesty of the Rockies, and William Barstow Strong, the hard-nosed manager of the corporate-minded Santa Fe, venturing west from Kansas. What begins as an accidental rivalry when the two lines cross in Colorado soon evolves into an all-out battle as each man...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 487 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This sweeping American epic reveals the story of the century-long blood feud between two rival Cherokee chiefs from the early years of the United States. Dramatic, far-reaching, and unforgettable, this book paints a portrait of these two inspirational leaders who worked together to lift their people to the height of culture and learning as the most civilized tribe in the nation, and then drop them to the depths of ruin and despair as they turned against...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 455 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 'War of Two,' John Sedgwick explores the long-standing conflict between Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and Vice President Aaron Burr. A study in contrasts from birth, they had been compatriots, colleagues, and even friends. But above all they were rivals. After matching each other's ambition and skill as lawyers in New York, they later battled for power along political fault lines that would not only decide the future of the United States...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
June 23, 2011. The news of notorious gangster Whitey Bulger's capture--after sixteen years on the FBI's Most Wanted list--swept the nation. But for Thomas J. Foley, a former Massachusetts state police colonel and the investigator who sparked Bulger's flight from Boston, the moment was bittersweet. The FBI may have caught Bulger, but as Foley had painfully discovered almost two decades before, they were also responsible for his escape. It had been...