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Everyone who was alive remembers where they were the day John F.
Kennedy was shot; but that's just a brief moment in time. What
shaped the country-and even the world-wasn't that brief moment...it
was how we rebuilt. This book follows the 30 days following the
death of John F. Kennedy died-it shows how a nation came together,
endured, and became stronger in the wake of horrific tragedy.
HistoryCaps is an imprint of BookCaps Study Guides. With each book,
a brief period of history is recapped. We publish a wide array of
topics (from baseball and music to science and philosophy), so
check our growing catalogue regularly to see our newest books.
Fiction often imitates real-life. That was certainly the case for
Oscar Wilde. This book is part biography, part critical study. It
examines all of Wilde's published and unpublished work to see what
was happening in her life that she might have used as inspiration
for her fiction. HistoryCaps is an imprint of BookCaps Study
Guides. With each book, a brief period of history is recapped. We
publish a wide array of topics (from baseball and music to science
and philosophy), so check our growing catalogue regularly to see
our newest books.
They live in secret and their lives are fascinating. Howard
Brinkley takes you inside the history of spying in this bundled
anthology of three of his top-selling histories. The following
books are bundled together at a discounted price in this anthology:
*Spies of the American Revolution *Spies of the Civil War *Russian
Espionage
The amount of attention focused on Apollo 11 was enormous. Sending
a man to the Moon was not simply an American achievement, but an
achievement for the entire world. By Apollo 17, the space race was
over and the fascination with the Apollo mission was not as great.
Though the mission is not the most covered mission, it is one of
the most important-what its experiments proved paved the way for
space missions to come. HistoryCaps is an imprint of BookCaps Study
Guides. With each book, a brief period of history is recapped. We
publish a wide array of topics (from baseball and music to science
and philosophy), so check our growing catalogue regularly to see
our newest books.
Never has the world come as close to the catastrophic destruction
that nearly came to pass in October 1962. The United States and the
Soviet Union, uneasy allies in World War II but Cold War rivals
after the defeat of Germany, squared off over the discovery of
Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. This launched 13 days of tense
negotiations between the two nations, as both President John F.
Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev prepared for the
possibility of nuclear war. While neither man wanted a war and
understood the potential consequences, the situation was not merely
in their hands. Khrushchev faced pressure from Soviets to take a
hardline stance against the U.S., while Kennedy faced the real
possibility of a military coup if he did not follow the strong
recommendations of his military advisors to destroy the missiles.
As Attorney General Robert Kennedy said, "The 10 or 12 people who
participated in all these discussions were bright and energetic
people. We had perhaps amongst the most able in the country and if
any one of a half a dozen of them were president, the world would
have been very likely plunged into catastrophic war." Read more
about the history of this short crisis in this book. HistoryCaps is
an imprint of BookCaps Study Guides. With each book, a brief period
of history is recapped. We publish a wide array of topics (from
baseball and music to science and philosophy), so check our growing
catalogue regularly to see our newest books.
Few famous humans came into the world under such humble
circumstances as Abraham Lincoln on February 12, 1809. But it may
very well be that the humble and unassuming life he lived actually
served to shape him into the solid, moral, honest, decent,
hard-working adult that he became. What were those circumstances,
the formula so to speak, that molded this future president? This
biography looks at the childhood and young adulthood of Abraham
Lincoln.
Over 3,000 dead. Buildings shaken to the ground. A city, surrounded
by water, burnt to the ground. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906
was one of the most destructive natural disasters the world has
ever known. In the aftermath of the Earthquake, authorities learned
the hard way that the city was vastly unprepared for any disaster.
Find out what happened and how the city was repaired in this
fascinating book. HistoryCaps is an imprint of BookCaps Study
Guides; with dozens of books published every month, there's sure to
be something just for you Visit our website to find out more.
James Burbage founded the Lord Chamberlain's Men in 1594, during
the reign of Elizabeth I of England. Its most famous member was, of
course, William Shakespeare, he's only a small part of the
companies fascinating story. This varied company of actors and
writers lived and worked around London, plying their craft.
Although it was a beneficial time to be in the arts, Elizabethan
England did provide its own dangers and pitfalls. The actors played
their parts on the stage, but they had just as many demanding roles
to play in their lives. The competition was fierce and brutal, and
often the troupes were used as political tools of the warring
aristocracy. Playhouses, and acting troupes, rose and fell at the
whim of the rich and powerful. This book gives insight in the times
and politics of one of the greatest acting companies.
In 1820, a sperm whale attacked and sunk the Whaleship Essex. 2000
miles off the coast of South America, the crew knew it would be a
true feat to survive and make it to shore--any shore. It's story
became legendary; Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote about it; Edgar Allen
Poe incorporated details of it in his only novel; and, most
notoriously of them all, it served as the inspiration for Herman
Melville's Moby Dick. This account retraces the history of one of
the most famous shipwrecks of all time.
Spires Treason Conspiracy The American Civil War? Civil War spying
had all the ingredients of a modern spy movie--just replaces
gadgets with Saber's and Colt's. This book looks at the incredible
history of espionage in the Civil War. With a gripping narrative
this book will read more like a John le Carre spy novel than a
history book. HistoryCaps is an imprint of BookCaps Study Guides.
With each book, a brief period of history is recapped. We publish a
wide array of topics (from baseball and music to science and
philosophy), so check our growing catalogue regularly to see our
newest books.
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