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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “a parker burroughs”
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  • Washington County Murder & Mayhem

    Historic Crimes of Southwestern Pennsylvania

    by A Parker Burroughs ...
    Explore the chilling history behind some of southwestern Pennsylvania's most horrifying murders.In 1907, a young girl was found dead in the Lyric Theatre, leaving behind an unwanted pregnancy and an abusive lover. On an otherwise quiet morning in 1891, a cartful of nitroglycerin exploded. The remains of the driver had to be gathered in a peck basket. The Cannonball Express lived up to its name in ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • True Murder Mysteries of Southwestern Pennsylvania

    by A. Parker Burroughs ...
    Series series Murder & Mayhem
    Historical true crime stories from the southwestern corner of the Keystone State, reaching as far back as 1795.In the southwest corner of Pennsylvania, beyond the picturesque scenes of the Monongahela River Valley, there are long-forgotten mysteries of scandal and murder. Amid the hardship of life on the frontier of Washington County in 1795, young Isabel Stewart was found dead, and her killer ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Washington County Chronicles

    Historic Tales from Southwestern Pennsylvania

    by Harriet Branton ...
    Series series American Chronicles
    Abolitionists, rebels and innovators have all tracked across the pages of Washington County history. Their stories and more were chronicled by beloved local historian Harriet Branton, who introduced readers of the "Washington Observer-Reporter "to the history hidden in plain sight. In the earliest tales, European settlers clashed with the Shawanese and Delaware Indians, and fiery local lawyer" ... Read more

    $17.96 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Washington's Spies

    The Story of America's First Spy Ring

    by Alexander Rose ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Turn: Washington’s Spies, now an original series on AMCBased on remarkable new research, acclaimed historian Alexander Rose brings to life the true story of the spy ring that helped America win the Revolutionary War. For the first time, Rose takes us beyond the battlefront and deep into the shadowy underworld of double agents and triple crosses, covert operations and ... Read more

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  • Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

    The True Story of New York City's Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation

    by Brad Ricca ...
    Nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime!This is the shocking and amazing true story of the first female U.S. District Attorney and traveling detective who found missing 18-year-old Ruth Cruger when the entire NYPD had given up.Mrs. Sherlock Holmes tells the true story of Grace Humiston, the lawyer, detective, and first woman U.S. District Attorney who turned her back on New York society ... Read more

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  • A People's History of the Civil War

    Struggles for the Meaning of Freedom

    by David Williams ...
    "Does for the Civil War period what Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States did for the study of American history in general." — Library JournalHistorian David Williams has written the first account of the American Civil War as viewed though the eyes of ordinary people—foot soldiers, slaves, women, prisoners of war, draft resisters, Native Americans, and others. Richly illustrated ... Read more

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  • The Whisky King

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  • Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots

    by David Fisher ...
    Series series Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies
    THE NEW YORK TIMES**#1** BESTSELLERThe must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historical docudrama, Legends and Lies: The Patriots is an exciting and eye-opening look at the Revolutionary War through the lives of its leaders.The American Revolution was neither inevitable nor a unanimous cause. It pitted neighbors against each other, as loyalists and colonial rebels faced off for their lives and ... Read more

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  • The Man with the Sawed-Off Leg and Other Tales of a New York City Block

    by Daniel J. Wakin ...
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  • The American Revolution

    An Intimate History

    by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, The Roosevelts, and others: a richly illustrated, human-centered history of America’s founding struggle—expanding on the landmark, six-part PBS series“From a small spark kindled in America, a flame has arisen not to be extinguished.” —Thomas PaineIn defeating the British Empire and giving ... Read more

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