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Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman are two men whose
backgrounds were very dissimilar but whose achievements proved to
be roughly comparable--both became President of the United States.
It is, for example, ironic that the wealthy Roosevelt is best known
for his social programs and that Truman, who came from modest
circumstances in the Middle West, achieved his greatest success in
foreign affairs. This study demonstrates, with some flair, the
variety and the breadth of the American experience and provides, in
part, a credible basis for the existence of an American Dream.
A Desperate Ruse reveals that Watson's true motive for writing A
Study in Scarlet was a much more urgent one than his stated wish
broadcast the talent of his friend. The publication of the journal
was p part of a desperate plan - a plan to save the life of the man
he was writing about - Sherlock Holmes.
They all wanted something. The Colorado Governor wanted another
term. The Virginia Governor wanted a seat in the U, S, Senate. A
new Yorker wanted to join her fiance to begin a new life in West
Virginia. A young lawyer wanted to bring peace to his dying
mother.A college student wanted desperately to be loved.But a
brutal murder and the law put an end to all that.Still a journalist
wanting a story worthy of a Pulitzer discovered he was at the right
place at the right time.
Things just aren't going Dr. David Brahms's way. The Chief of
Surgery at Northwestern University Hospital is hell-bent on
sabotaging his surgical training. A homicide detective is trying to
finger him for a murder that he didn't commit. And the girl of his
dreams is suddenly avoiding him. But these are only the beginning
of his problems.
The faculty f a prestigious university English department is
shocked when the newly appointed chairman declares that
"best-selling" is the true attribute of literary excellence. He
invites the authors of mysteries and thrillers that line the
drugstore shelves to be honored at the university. They come, they
are honored and they are murdered in a manner consistent with their
writing styles.
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