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The Letter
(Hardcover)
Ralph Arbitelle
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Jump aboard and travel along on this unsettling journey through
trials, convictions, incarcerations and finally that point of no
return. Partner with a desperate father as he decides to take
revenge on the person he holds responsible for a series of crimes
that tear his life apart.
Compare your actions to those of this man and see how they
affect you. What would you do? As I put this together I tried to
figure what I would do and I must admit I was shocked at my
reaction at times. Whatever your final decision I am sure you will
have as many questions at the end as you did in the beginning.
The strange situation that I found myself in was how willing I
was to accept this mans solution. I guess we all see things through
our own filter and in many cases we are able to justify even the
unsavory acts if they are couched in the right set of
circumstances.
Good reading.
On April 15, 1920, five bandits robbed and killed a paymaster and
his guard in a Boston suburb. The police charged Nicola Sacco and
Bartolomeo Vanzetti with the crime. They were local immigrant
workers associated with a detested anarchist group. A year later, a
jury convicted Sacco and Vanzetti of murder during a period of
anti-communist hysteria in America. They were executed after six
years of failed appeals, despite proven misconduct by prosecutors
and the judge and a confessed participant in the crime who swore
that the two Italians were not involved. Worldwide protests
erupted. Millions claimed the two were framed and executed for
their political beliefs.Author Ted Grippo takes the reader through
the trial, disclosing and examining new documents and other
recently discovered evidence supporting a conspiracy to frame Sacco
and Vanzetti. While the debate over their guilt may continue for
some, "With Malice Aforethought" will end the argument for many.* *
* *"A comprehensive history of shocking abuses of the criminal
justice system that resulted in the conviction and execution of
Sacco and Vanzetti." -Greg Jones, former First Assistant US
Attorney"An important story revealing the treatment of Italian
immigrants in 1920s America."-Bill Dal Cerro, President, Italic
Institute of America.
Principles of Interrogation discusses the effective and efficient
application of professional attitudes and procedures in
Interrogation. It places much emphasis on the efficient planning of
Interrogation for the achievement of maximum best possible results,
focusing on National Security Issues.
Brushes with Death: The Blood of Jesus is an autobiographical novel
detailing several dangerous encounters that the author experienced
living a life of crime. The story also references the author's
inner struggle of dealing with his conscience and his moral values
as he battles the paradigm of doing wrong when he knows to do
right. The book also alludes to the main character's faith and how
it kept him safe during his waywardness. The reader travels with
Slick, the protagonist as he tryies to resist temptation of money,
drugs, women, gambling, guns, alcohol, sex, prison and more. The
394 page novel is factual and based on truel events. Names and some
situations have been distorted to protect the innocent and the
guilty. This book serves as a deterrent to those youth who are not
yet enthralled in but are considering a life of crime. It also
serves as encouragement to those still entwined in a life of crime
and violence to digress from their actions. The book is in no way a
promotion of like activities. The author hopes that his experiences
will shed light on the destructiveness of drug dealing and give
those who have no knowledge an inside perspective on the who's,
what's, when's, where's, why's, and how's of street living. It is
sophisticated but yet real; explicit but not trashy.
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF LYNCHING Published by the NAACP in 1919 to
promote awareness of lynching in the United States, this seminal
study provides information on the lynchings of 3,224
African-Americans between 1889 and 1918. With a new introduction by
noted slave historian, Paul Finkelman. "The book reprinted here is
one of the most comprehensive studies of lynching in U.S. history.
The NAACP data shows that most lynchings were not about interracial
sex-the great paranoia of the southern white Americans. Many blacks
were lynched because they had allegedly committed murders. However,
many of these "murderers" were never tried and the evidence against
them was speculative at best. But other blacks were lynched for no
apparent reason, or for some minor transgression of social and
racial rules-as understood by whites-such as 'inflammatory
language, ' 'insulting remarks to a white woman, ' 'being
disreputable, ' or just 'race prejudice.' This last cause-racial
prejudice-was indeed at the root of almost all lynchings of
African-Americans." -- Paul Finkelman, Introduction CONTENTS
Summation of the Facts Disclosed in Tables The Story of One Hundred
Lynchings Appendix I-Analyses of Number of Persons Lynched Appendix
II-Chronological List of Persons Lynched in United States 1889 to
1918, Inclusive, Arranged by State
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The Enigma
(Hardcover)
James Clemon, Gilles Monif
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R612
R556
Discovery Miles 5 560
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"The Family Debt" is a tribute to the author's father, Giacomo
"Jack" Bianco. He was a man who lived his life with passion for his
family, a man who worked hard at everything he did. His unselfish
nature was exposed year after year, experience after experience.
Giacomo was undoubtedly a family man who never let his family down;
no matter the cost.
Never asking questions, he simply chose to rise to the occasion
time after time to preserve the integrity of his family and to
protect his personal and business interests. He didn't make
excuses, he simply delivered what was required, when it was
required.
Then suddenly one day the core of the family was taken forever;
his life was extinguished. Over time, more questions surfaced, but
unfortunately no answers or explanations. Did he know how steep the
price would be to protect his family?
The detectives and investigators, they were simply told to
"shelve the investigation." This happened only three days after
this horrible murder, a file never to be opened again. Almost forty
years later the same questions still pierce the silence once filled
by a father's voice. His family's thoughts are finally revealed and
shared for the first time.
"Having written about New Mexico history for more than forty
years," explains the author, "it was perhaps inevitable that in
time I should publish a few articles on Billy the Kid. After all,
he is the one figure from this state's past whose name is known
around the world. The Kid's career, although astonishingly short,
nonetheless, left an indelible mark in the annals of the Old West.
And his name, William H. Bonney, alias Billy the Kid, seems locked
forever into the consciousness of the starry-eyed public. "Upon
request," the author continues, "I was able to assemble a
collection of my varied writings pertaining to some of Billy's real
or imagined deeds. Each section opens a small window on an aspect
of his tumultuous life, or casts light upon others whose fortunes
intersected with his. In this book, I have stalked Billy in an
erratic rather than a systematic way, taking pleasure merely in
adding a few new and unusual fragments to his biography. I trust
that readers who have a fascination with the history and legend of
Billy the Kid will find in these pages something of interest and
value. As Eugene Cunningham wrote more than seventy years ago, 'in
our imagination the Kid still lives--the Kid still rides.'" Marc
Simmons is a professional author and historian who has published
more than forty books on New Mexico and the American Southwest. His
popular "Trail Dust" column is syndicated in several regional
newspapers. In 1993, King Juan Carlos of Spain admitted him to the
knightly Order of Isabel la Catolica for his contributions to
Spanish colonial history.
While in Trauma Room 1, Dallas, Texas, Aubrey Rike found himself at
the center of an unparalleled time in history, and in doing so,
assumed the unscripted yet essential role of providing selfless and
heartfelt assistance to Jacqueline Kennedy.The emotional incident
Aubrey shares is at times heartbreaking, and brings unashamed tears
to his eyes as he relates those private moments with Mrs. Kennedy.
Now a poignant memory, Aubrey s experience also reveals some less
than admirable dynamics demonstrated as the result of the death of
an extraordinary leader. Sherry Fiester, Editor
The May 1927 issue of True Detective magazine dealt with the
shooting of Tommy Evans and subsequent investigation of the case in
the Old 23rd District of Henry County, Tennessee. The True
Detective article read in part, "They told me of the existence of a
'whiskey ring, ' in which it was estimated that seventy-five
percent of the population ... was alleged to have been engaged in
this illicit whiskey business. And it was contended that (Tommy
Evans), a respectable and law-abiding citizen, member of the
minority faction in the moonshine domain, had openly defied the
moonshiners - had became a crusader against them - and died a
martyr to the cause of his convictions. Thus the motive for the
assassination of (Evans) was apparent." The magazine article quoted
a Paris, Tenn., minister, J.H. Buchanan, as saying that, "There are
twelve men in this immediate section ready to stand for
'four-square for the right, ' and there are twenty-five men over
there, and I might be able to name them, who are banded together to
protect and promulgate the liquor interests. The remaining citizens
in this district are in the middle of the road - either in sympathy
with the devil's gang, or they lack the courage to say where they
stand." It was amid such a climate that this book is set. South of
the Mouth of Sandy focuses on the Evans family that settled near
the confluence of the Big Sandy and Tennessee rivers during the
middle part of the 19th century. It traces the ancestry of Tommy
Evans and tells the story of his death on a dirt road and the trial
of his killer.
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