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Author : Steve Greif
Release : 2015-03-01
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Book Synopsis U.S. History Detective by : Steve Greif
Download or read book U.S. History Detective written by Steve Greif. This book was released on 2015-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steve Greif
Release : 2015-08-01
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Book Synopsis U.S. History Detective by : Steve Greif
Download or read book U.S. History Detective written by Steve Greif. This book was released on 2015-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John De Gree
Release : 2014-01-06
Genre : Critical thinking in children
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Book Synopsis World History Detective Level 1 by : John De Gree
Download or read book World History Detective Level 1 written by John De Gree. This book was released on 2014-01-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : LeRoy Lad Panek
Release : 2015-01-24
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis The Origins of the American Detective Story by : LeRoy Lad Panek
Download or read book The Origins of the American Detective Story written by LeRoy Lad Panek. This book was released on 2015-01-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edgar Allan Poe essentially invented the detective story in 1841 with Murders in the Rue Morgue. In the years that followed, however, detective fiction in America saw no significant progress as a literary genre. Much to the dismay of moral crusaders like Anthony Comstock, dime novels and other sensationalist publications satisfied the public's hunger for a yarn. Things changed as the century waned, and eventually the detective was reborn as a figure of American literature. In part these changes were due to a combination of social conditions, including the rise and decline of the police as an institution; the parallel development of private detectives; the birth of the crusading newspaper reporter; and the beginnings of forensic science. Influential, too, was the new role model offered by a wildly popular British import named Sherlock Holmes. Focusing on the late 19th century and early 20th, this volume covers the formative years of American detective fiction. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author : Charles Lane
Release : 2019-04-09
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Freedom's Detective by : Charles Lane
Download or read book Freedom's Detective written by Charles Lane. This book was released on 2019-04-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is a powerful, vitally important story, and Lane brings it to life with not only vast amounts of research but with a remarkable gift for storytelling that makes the pages fly by.” —Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt and Hero of the Empire Freedom’s Detective reveals the untold story of the Reconstruction-era United States Secret Service and their battle against the Ku Klux Klan, through the career of its controversial chief, Hiram C. Whitley In the years following the Civil War, a new battle began. Newly freed African American men had gained their voting rights and would soon have a chance to transform Southern politics. Former Confederates and other white supremacists mobilized to stop them. Thus, the KKK was born. After the first political assassination carried out by the Klan, Washington power brokers looked for help in breaking the growing movement. They found it in Hiram C. Whitley. He became head of the Secret Service, which had previously focused on catching counterfeiters and was at the time the government’s only intelligence organization. Whitley and his agents led the covert war against the nascent KKK and were the first to use undercover work in mass crime—what we now call terrorism—investigations. Like many spymasters before and since, Whitley also had a dark side. His penchant for skulduggery and dirty tricks ultimately led to his involvement in a conspiracy that would bring an end to his career and transform the Secret Service. Populated by intriguing historical characters—from President Grant to brave Southerners, both black and white, who stood up to the Klan—and told in a brisk narrative style, Freedom’s Detective reveals the story of this complex hero and his central role in a long-lost chapter of American history.
