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"Phantom of Fear"

2014-01-10 History
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Release : 2014-01-10
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis "Phantom of Fear" by : Robert Lynn Fuller

Download or read book "Phantom of Fear" written by Robert Lynn Fuller. This book was released on 2014-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March 1933, in one of his first acts as president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared a bank holiday throughout the United States. Considered by many to be a bold step to curb the mounting bank crisis, the decree closed banks in all 48 states and overseas territories, putting money out of reach of citizens, businesses and all levels of government. This narrative history recounts and explains the economic, financial and political backgrounds of the banking panic, arguing that the holiday was not only unnecessary but actually damaging to the economy. The holiday did, however, provide Roosevelt with the momentum to push through a series of historic reforms that remade the federal government. This revisionist work not only reveals the circumstances around the panic but debunks numerous myths that have clung to it ever since.

Fall of the Phantom Lord

2013-02-13 Sports & Recreation
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Release : 2013-02-13
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Synopsis Fall of the Phantom Lord by : Andrew Todhunter

Download or read book Fall of the Phantom Lord written by Andrew Todhunter. This book was released on 2013-02-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1989, while attempting a new route on a difficult overhanging rock face, climber Dan Osman fell. Again and again, protected by the rope, he fell. He decided then that it would not be in climbing but in falling that he would embrace his fear--bathe in it, as he says, and move beyond it. A captivating exploration of the daredevil world of rock climbing, as well as a thoughtful meditation on the role of risk and fear in the author's own life. In the tradition of the wildly popular man-versus-nature genre that has launched several bestsellers, Andrew Todhunter follows the lives of world-class climber Dan Osman and his coterie of friends as he explores the extremes of risk on the unyielding surface of the rock. Climbing sheer rock faces of hundreds or thousands of feet is more a religion than a sport, demanding dedication, patience, mental and physical strength, grace, and a kind of obsession with detail that is crucial just to survive. Its artists are modern-day ascetics who often sacrifice nine-to-five jobs, material goods, and the safety of everyday life to pit themselves and their moral resoluteness against an utterly unforgiving opponent. In the course of the two years chronicled in Fall of the Phantom Lord, the author also undertakes a journey of his own as he begins to weigh the relative value of extreme sports and the risk of sudden death. By the end of the book, as he ponders joining Osman on a dangerous fall from a high bridge to feel what Osman experiences, Todhunter comes to a new understanding of risk taking and the role it has in his life, and in the lives of these climbers. Beautifully written, Fall of the Phantom Lord offers a fascinating look at a world few people know. It will surely take its place alongside Into Thin Air and The Perfect Storm as a classic of adventure literature.

Fear on the Phantom Special

2019-10-24 Fiction
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Release : 2019-10-24
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis Fear on the Phantom Special by : Edward Marston

Download or read book Fear on the Phantom Special written by Edward Marston. This book was released on 2019-10-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Halloween 1861. A special train with two carriages steams across the Lake District at night on its way to a place notorious for its record of supernatural incidents. Most of those on board have been fortified by alcohol so the mood is boisterous. Lighting inside the carriages is poor and without warning, the lamp goes out in the last compartment of the second carriage, plunging it into darkness. When the special reaches the end of its journey, the passengers pour out on to the station platform. There are almost sixty of them in all, laughing and jostling. The prevailing excitement is shattered by a cry - a dead body has been discovered in the seats. This will prove to be a very puzzling new case for the Railway Detective.

The Phantom of Fear

1948 Faith
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Release : 1948
Genre : Faith
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Book Synopsis The Phantom of Fear by : John Gotch Ridley

Download or read book The Phantom of Fear written by John Gotch Ridley. This book was released on 1948. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

28 Phantoms of Fear

1987 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 1987
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Synopsis 28 Phantoms of Fear by : Robin Waterfield

Download or read book 28 Phantoms of Fear written by Robin Waterfield. This book was released on 1987. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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