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Author : Howard Fast
Release : 1956
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Book Synopsis The Winston affair by : Howard Fast
Download or read book The Winston affair written by Howard Fast. This book was released on 1956. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Howard Fast
Release : 2011-12-13
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 299/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Winston Affair by : Howard Fast
Download or read book The Winston Affair written by Howard Fast. This book was released on 2011-12-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVDIVDuring the Second World War, a military lawyer is embroiled in the toughest case of his career when he must defend a fellow murderous officer /divDIVIn the midst of World War II, Captain Barney Adams’s superiors call on him with a very unusual request. A troubled US army lieutenant has confessed to murdering a British officer, and Captain Adams has been assigned as his defense attorney. Military court officials want the cleanest possible trial for the lieutenant, and they believe that Captain Adams, a war hero and distinguished lawyer, is the best man for the job. But when Adams begins to investigate the murder, he finds that this seemingly open-and-shut case is actually much more complicated. Before long he is absorbed in a dramatic struggle for a fair trial against the most overwhelming odds./divDIV /divDIVThrilling and thought-provoking, The Winston Affair is a powerful portrait of a man torn between the wishes of his superiors and the call for justice./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the author’s estate./div/div
Author : Jim Wright
Release : 2002-07-25
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Synopsis Fixin to Git by : Jim Wright
Download or read book Fixin to Git written by Jim Wright. This book was released on 2002-07-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past twenty years, big-time stock-car racing has become America’s fastest growing spectator sport. Winston Cup races draw larger audiences—at the tracks and on television—than any other sport, and drivers like Dale Jarrett, Jeff Gordon, and Mark Martin have become cultural icons whose endorsements command millions. What accounts for NASCAR’s surging popularity? For years a “closeted” NASCAR fan, Professor Jim Wright took advantage of a sabbatical in 1999 to attend stock-car races at seven of the Winston Cup’s legendary venues: Daytona, Indianapolis, Darlington, Charlotte, Richmond, Atlanta, and Talladega. The “Fixin’ to Git Road Tour” resulted in this book—not just a travelogue of Wright’s year at the races, but a fan’s valentine to the spectacle, the pageantry, and the subculture of Winston Cup racing. Wright busts the myth that NASCAR is a Southern sport and takes on critics who claim that there’s nothing to racing but “drive fast, turn left,” revealing the skill, mental acuity, and physical stamina required by drivers and their crews. Mostly, though, he captures the experience of loyal NASCAR fans like himself, describing the drama in the grandstands—and in the bars, restaurants, parking lots, juke joints, motels, and campgrounds where race fans congregate. He conveys the rich, erotic sensory overload—the sights, the sounds, the smells, the feel—of weekends at the Winston Cup race tracks.
Author : Howard Louis Conard
Release : 1901
Genre : Missouri
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Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri by : Howard Louis Conard
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri written by Howard Louis Conard. This book was released on 1901. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeanne Winston Adler
Release : 2011-03-01
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Affair of the Veiled Murderess by : Jeanne Winston Adler
Download or read book The Affair of the Veiled Murderess written by Jeanne Winston Adler. This book was released on 2011-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Troy, New York, 1853. Two Irish immigrants—a man and a woman—die shortly after drinking beer poured by a neighbor. Was it poisoned? And if so, was their slayer the beautiful mistress of an important Democratic politician? Many Trojans soon answer yes to both questions, but others question the guilt of the glamorous accused. Rumored to be the once-respectable Miss Charlotte Wood, a former student at Emma Willard's elite Troy Female Seminary and the runaway wife of a British lord, her identity remains in doubt, and the air of mystery is only heightened by her decision to remain hidden behind a veil during her trial, which earns her the nickname "The Veiled Murderess." As the affair widens to include the antebellum social and political worlds of Troy and Albany, the blossoming scandal threatens important people on both sides of the Atlantic. Drawing on newspapers, court documents, and other records of the time, Jeanne Winston Adler attempts to come to an understanding of the truth behind the strange affair of the veiled murderess. In the process, she addresses a number of topics important to our understanding of nineteenth-century life in New York State, including the changing roles of women, the marginal position of the Irish, and the contentious political firmament of the time.
