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Indiana: An Interpretation is arguably the best single book about
Indiana. Originally published in 1947, John Bartlow Martin's work
sparked controversy in Indiana for challenging Hoosiers'
assumptions about their history and how they saw themselves and
their state. Although the book only covers the period from the
Civil War to just after World War II, Martin's interpretation of
the Hoosier character, thought, and way of living is still as
relevant today as when it was first written. A new afterword by
Martin biographer Ray E. Boomhower contextualizes the book for
today's readers and reveals why it has become a modern Indiana
classic.
On April 4, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., arrived in
Indiana to campaign for the Indiana Democratic presidential
primary. As Kennedy boarded his flight from an appearance in Muncie
to Indianapolis, he learned that civil rights leader Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., had been shot outside his hotel in Memphis,
Tennessee. While on the plane, Kennedy heard the news that King had
died. Despite warnings from Indianapolis police that they could not
guarantee Kennedy's safety, and brushing off concerns from his own
staff, Kennedy decided to proceed with plans to address an outdoor
rally to be held in the heart of the city's African American
community. On that cold and windy evening, Kennedy broke the news
of King's death in an impassioned, extemporaneous speech on the
need for compassion in the face of violence. It has proven to be
one of the great speeches in American political history. This
compelling book reveals what brought the politician to Indiana that
day and explores the characters and events of the 1968 Indiana
Democratic presidential primary in which the underdog Kennedy had a
decisive victory.
In the fall of 1943, armed with only his notebooks and pencils,
Time and Life correspondent Robert L. Sherrod leapt from the safety
of a landing craft and waded through neck-deep water and a hail of
bullets to reach the shores of the Tarawa Atoll with the US Marine
Corps. Living shoulder to shoulder with the marines, Sherrod
chronicled combat and the marines' day-to-day struggles as they
leapfrogged across the Central Pacific, battling the Japanese on
Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. While the marines
courageously and doggedly confronted an enemy that at times seemed
invincible, those left behind on the American home front
desperately scanned Sherrod's columns for news of their loved ones.
Following his death in 1994, the Washington Post heralded Sherrod's
reporting as "some of the most vivid accounts of men at war ever
produced by an American journalist." Now, for the first time,
author Ray E. Boomhower tells the story of the journalist in
Dispatches from the Pacific: The World War II Reporting of Robert
L. Sherrod, an intimate account of the war efforts on the Pacific
front.
In the fall of 1943, armed with only his notebooks and pencils,
Time and Life correspondent Robert L. Sherrod leapt from the safety
of a landing craft and waded through neck-deep water and a hail of
bullets to reach the shores of the Tarawa Atoll with the US Marine
Corps. Living shoulder to shoulder with the marines, Sherrod
chronicled combat and the marines' day-to-day struggles as they
leapfrogged across the Central Pacific, battling the Japanese on
Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. While the marines
courageously and doggedly confronted an enemy that at times seemed
invincible, those left behind on the American home front
desperately scanned Sherrod's columns for news of their loved ones.
Following his death in 1994, the Washington Post heralded Sherrod's
reporting as "some of the most vivid accounts of men at war ever
produced by an American journalist." Now, for the first time,
author Ray E. Boomhower tells the story of the journalist in
Dispatches from the Pacific: The World War II Reporting of Robert
L. Sherrod, an intimate account of the war efforts on the Pacific
front.
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Stronger Than Fear (Paperback)
Richard Tregaskis, Moana Tregaskis, Ray E Boomhower
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Invasion Diary (Paperback)
Richard Tregaskis; Introduction by Moana Tregaskis; Afterword by Ray E Boomhower
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Last Plane to Shanghai (Paperback)
Richard Tregaskis; Introduction by Moana Tregaskis; Afterword by Ray E Boomhower
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China Bomb (Paperback)
Richard Tregaskis; Introduction by Moana Tregaskis; Afterword by Ray E Boomhower
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A modern retelling of 20 sensational true crimes, No Place Like
Murder reveals the inside details behind nefarious acts that
shocked the Midwest between 1869 and 1950. The stories chronicle
the misdeeds, examining the perpetrators' mindsets, motives, lives,
apprehensions, and trials, as well as what became of them long
after. True crime author Janis Thornton profiles notorious
murderers such as Frankie Miller, who was fed up when her fiancé
stood her up for another woman. As fans of the song "Frankie and
Johnny" already know, Frankie met her former lover at the door with
a shotgun. Thornton's tales reveal the darker side of life in the
Midwest, including the account of Isabelle Messmer, a plucky young
woman who dreamed of escaping her quiet farm-town life. After she
nearly took down two tough Pittsburgh policemen in 1933, she was
dubbed "Gun Girl" and went on to make headlines from coast to
coast. In 1942, however, after a murder conviction in Texas, she
vowed to do her time and go straight. Full of intrigue and
revelations, No Place Like Murder also features such folks as
Chirka and Rasico, the first two Hoosier men to die in the electric
chair after they brutally murdered their wives in 1913. The two
didn't meet until their fateful last night. An enthralling and
chilling collection, No Place Like Murder is sure to thrill true
crime lovers.
A modern retelling of 20 sensational true crimes, No Place Like
Murder reveals the inside details behind nefarious acts that
shocked the Midwest between 1869 and 1950. The stories chronicle
the misdeeds, examining the perpetrators' mindsets, motives, lives,
apprehensions, and trials, as well as what became of them long
after. True crime author Janis Thornton profiles notorious
murderers such as Frankie Miller, who was fed up when her fiancé
stood her up for another woman. As fans of the song "Frankie and
Johnny" already know, Frankie met her former lover at the door with
a shotgun. Thornton's tales reveal the darker side of life in the
Midwest, including the account of Isabelle Messmer, a plucky young
woman who dreamed of escaping her quiet farm-town life. After she
nearly took down two tough Pittsburgh policemen in 1933, she was
dubbed "Gun Girl" and went on to make headlines from coast to
coast. In 1942, however, after a murder conviction in Texas, she
vowed to do her time and go straight. Full of intrigue and
revelations, No Place Like Murder also features such folks as
Chirka and Rasico, the first two Hoosier men to die in the electric
chair after they brutally murdered their wives in 1913. The two
didn't meet until their fateful last night. An enthralling and
chilling collection, No Place Like Murder is sure to thrill true
crime lovers.
During the 1940s and 1950s, one name, John Bartlow Martin,
dominated the pages of the "big slicks," the Saturday Evening Post,
LIFE, Harper's, Look, and Collier's. A former reporter for the
Indianapolis Times, Martin was one of a handful of freelance
writers able to survive solely on this writing. Over a career that
spanned nearly fifty years, his peers lauded him as "the best
living reporter," the "ablest crime reporter in America," and "one
of America's premier seekers of fact." His deep and abiding concern
for the working class, perhaps a result of his upbringing, set him
apart from other reporters. Martin was a key speechwriter and
adviser to the presidential campaigns of many prominent Democrats
from 1950 into the 1970s, including those of Adlai Stevenson, John
F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey,
and George McGovern. He served as U.S. ambassador to the Dominican
Republic during the Kennedy administration and earned a small
measure of fame when FCC Chairman Newton Minow introduced his
description of television as "a vast wasteland" into the nation's
vocabulary.
On April 4, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., arrived in
Indiana to campaign for the Indiana Democratic presidential
primary. As Kennedy prepared to fly from an appearance in Muncie to
Indianapolis, he learned that civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., had been shot outside his hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.
Before his plane landed in Indianapolis, Kennedy heard the news
that King had died. Despite warnings from Indianapolis police that
they could not guarantee his safety, and brushing off concerns from
his own staff, Kennedy decided to proceed with plans to address an
outdoor rally to be held in the heart of the city's African
American community. On that cold and windy evening, Kennedy broke
the news of King's death in an impassioned, extemporaneous speech
on the need for compassion in the face of violence. It has proven
to be one of the great speeches in American political history.
Marking the 40th anniversary of Kennedy's Indianapolis speech,
this book explains what brought the politician to Indiana that day,
and explores the characters and events of the 1968 Indiana
Democratic presidential primary in which Kennedy, who was an
underdog, had a decisive victory.
In the late summer of 1942, more than ten thousand members of the
First Marine Division held a tenuous toehold on the Pacific island
of Guadalcanal. As American marines battled Japanese forces for
control of the island, they were joined by war correspondent
Richard Tregaskis. Only one of two civilian reporters to land and
stay with the marines, Tregaskis's notebook captured the daily and
nightly terrors faced by American forces in one of World War II's
most legendary battles--and it served as the premise for his
bestselling book, Guadalcanal Diary. One of the most distinguished
combat reporters to cover World War II, Tregaskis later reported on
Cold War conflicts in Korea and Vietnam. In 1964 the Overseas Press
Club recognized his first-person reporting under hazardous
circumstances by awarding him its George Polk Award for his book
Vietnam Diary. Boomhower's riveting book is the first to tell
Tregaskis's gripping life story, concentrating on his intrepid
reporting experiences during World War II and his fascination with
war and its effect on the men who fought it.
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