Author : Bill Groneman
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 39,93 MB
Release : 1999-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1461732786
On March 6, 1836 one of the most well-known Americans of his time fought and died in one of America's most celebrated battles. In recent years the fate of David Crockett at the Alamo has become a subject of controversy and debate.
Author : Harold Schechter
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 13,17 MB
Release : 2024-04-02
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 1504094263
An in-the-room account of John Colt’s scandalous nineteenth-century murder trial from “America’s principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers” (Boston Review). In this masterful account, renowned true-crime historian Harold Schechter takes you into the life and crimes of convicted murderer John Caldwell Colt, drawing parallels between John’s rise to notoriety and his brother Samuel Colt’s rise to fame as the inventor of the legendary revolver. With a killing that made headlines around the nation, John Colt became a cultural touchstone whose shocking villainy inspired and provoked such writers as Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, and Herman Melville. Unlike his brother, John lived a nomadic existence, bouncing from one job to another. His one distinction, writing a reference accounting book, would play a part in his fall from grace. For in New York City, on September 17, 1841, John murdered printer Samuel Adams with a hatchet during a heated argument over proceeds from book sales. A media circus ensued, galvanizing the penny press, which printed lurid headlines and gruesome woodcut illustrations. The standing-room-only trial created unforgettable moments in legal history, including such dramatic evidence as Samuel Adams’s decomposed head. The verdict and its aftermath would reverberate throughout the country and beyond, giving John Colt lasting infamy. “[Schechter] leads us through Colt’s trial with such precision that you can smell the cigar smoke in the courtroom. . . . Killer Colt succeeds in making us care about this story now by showing why it mattered to so many people then.” —HistoryNet
Author : Ronald E. Bowers
Publisher :
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 38,26 MB
Release : 2018-07-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781732528154
Mickey Thompson was a true Legend in his time partly because he won over 500 speed and endurance records in auto racing. To others his fame was from being a promoter of Stadium Racing events. He was best known for being the fastest man on wheels when he traveled 406.6 mph in 1960. On March 16, 1988 he and his wife were executed on their driveway for no apparent reason by two young black men who afterwards escaped on bicycles. The nation was shocked at the cold-blooded manner the shootings Years went by with no arrests and investigators shaking their heads that they had no concrete evidence. The TV program America's Most Wanted aired an episode on this old double homicide. After 13 years a person called a TV station stating that he was a friend of a friend who thought he saw something about the shootings. This was enough for an eager detective to check it out. The result was that a witness picked out the photo of Mickey's ex-partner as the person he saw in the area two days before the shootings.This began a long legal process of trying to build a case against this suspect who appeared to have committed the perfect crime. It took 18 years for justice to be served in the KILLING Of A LEGEND.
Author : Marie Lu
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 20,54 MB
Release : 2011-11-29
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 110154595X
"Legend doesn't merely survive the hype, it deserves it." From the New York Times bestselling author of The Young Elites What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem. From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths - until the day June's brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family's survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias's death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets. Full of nonstop action, suspense, and romance, this novel is sure to move readers as much as it thrills.
Author : Bill O'Reilly
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,24 MB
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0805098550
Millions of readers have thrilled to bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard's Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln, page-turning works of nonfiction that have changed the way we read history. The basis for the 2015 television film available on streaming. Now the iconic anchor of The O'Reilly Factor details the events leading up to the murder of the most influential man in history: Jesus of Nazareth. Nearly two thousand years after this beloved and controversial young revolutionary was brutally killed by Roman soldiers, more than 2.2 billion human beings attempt to follow his teachings and believe he is God. Killing Jesus will take readers inside Jesus's life, recounting the seismic political and historical events that made his death inevitable - and changed the world forever.
Author : Chao ZiXiaoManTou
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 17,60 MB
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1649484739
"Wang, do you really want to fight?" "It seems like Dark Night's hands are rubbing against its chest in excitement, and it won't be able to wait any longer." Boss, as long as you give the order, we will kill our way out and kill every single one of those 20,000 warlord knights! " As soon as the topic of war was brought up, Cang Jue could no longer hold himself back.
Author : Yasuo Uchida
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 38,59 MB
Release : 2012-01-10
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1462903355
Murder and mayhem are coupled with Japanese folklore and fable in this riveting tale of suspense. When the body of one of Nagano Prefecture's most prominent businessmen is found propped against a tree on Poison Plain, home of the legendary Demoness Maple, Inspector Takemura finds himself searching for the killer with the help and hindrance of an esteemed Tokyo professor and a beautiful university student. As the bodies begin to multiply in the sleepy mountain town of Togakushi, the three learn that the resemblance of the murders to those of regional folklore is more than a coincidence. This novel based on Japanese legend and written by famed author Yasuo Uchida will mesmerize mystery buffs as well as those interested in the culture and folklore of Japan.
Author : Duane 'Keefe D' Davis
Publisher : KingDoMedia
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 17,92 MB
Release : 2019-05-05
Category : True Crime
ISBN :
The infamous Suge Knight, former Death Row Records CEO, and Keffe D are the only living eyewitnesses to the deadly confrontation on the Las Vegas strip between the occupants of our two vehicles. A violent confrontation that led to the deaths of two of Hip-Hop's biggest stars (Tupac Shakur & Christopher 'Notorious B.I.G.' Wallace) and changed Hip-Hop history forever. There's a strict code on the streets. One that real street players live, kill, and die by. Compton Street Legend reveals the street-level code violations and the explosive consequences when the powerful worlds of the streets, entertainment, and corrupt law enforcement collide. More than twenty years after the premature deaths of Tupac and Biggie there have been numerous TV specials, documentaries, books, magazine and newspaper, and social media dedicated to the subject. But at the end of the day, none of the private investigators, retired police officers, informants, Hip-Hop heads, actors, or academics that have weighed in on the topic truly know what happened and the reasons behind it, because none of them were there. Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, a native of Compton, California, admittedly lived most of his life as a gangster; a real gangster that did the shit that real gangsters do. He rose up the gang-banging ranks to become a shot-caller for the notorious Southside Compton Crips, while running a multi-million dollar, multi-state drug empire. Keffe D has been a central figure in both the Tupac Shakur and Biggie murders for the past 20 years. COMPTON STREET LEGEND will add valuable information about two of the biggest "unsolved" crimes in American history. It will serve as the missing piece of the puzzle that Hip-Hop Fans have been waiting for. On the surface, COMPTON STREET LEGEND will look like a story based on violence and hate, it is actually a story about Love, Family, Brotherhood, Loyalty, Trust, and Honor. It's time to set the story straight. Fasten your seatbelts.
Author : Andrew Lane
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 47,44 MB
Release : 2010-06-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0330532707
Death Cloud is the first in the Young Sherlock Holmes series in which the iconic detective is reimagined as a brilliant, troubled and engaging teenager – creating unputdownable detective adventures that remain true to the spirit of the original books. The year is 1868, and Sherlock Holmes is fourteen. His life is that of a perfectly ordinary army officer’s son: boarding school, good manners, a classical education – the backbone of the British Empire. But all that is about to change. With his father suddenly posted to India, and his mother mysteriously ‘unwell’, Sherlock is sent to stay with his eccentric uncle and aunt in their vast house in Hampshire. So begins a summer that leads Sherlock to uncover his first murder, a kidnap, corruption and a brilliantly sinister villain of exquisitely malign intent . . . Sherlock Holmes. Think you know him? Think again. Continue the investigative adventures with Andrew Lane's Red Leech and Black Ice.
Author : David Fisher
Publisher : Henry Holt
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 45,52 MB
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1250109841
"From the birth of the Republican Party to the Confederacy's first convention, the Underground Railroad to the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, [this book examines] the often little known stories behind the battle lines of America's bloodiest war and debunks the myths that surround its greatest figures"--Amazon.com.
