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A Most Wicked Conspiracy

Author : Paul Starobin
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781541742291

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A tale of Gilded Age corruption and greed from the frontier of Alaska to America's capital. In the feverish, money-making age of railroad barons, political machines, and gold rushes, corruption was the rule, not the exception. Yet the Republican mogul "Big Alex" McKenzie defied even the era's standard for avarice. Charismatic and shameless, he arrived in the new Alaskan territory intent on controlling gold mines and draining them of their ore. Miners who had rushed to the frozen tundra to strike gold were appalled at his unabashed deviousness. A Most Wicked Conspiracy recounts McKenzie's plot to rob the gold fields. It's a story of how America's political and economic life was in the grip of domineering, self-dealing, seemingly-untouchable party bosses in cahoots with robber barons, Senators and even Presidents. Yet it is also the tale of a righteous resistance of working-class miners, muckraking journalists, and courageous judges who fought to expose a conspiracy and reassert the rule of law. Through a bold set of characters and a captivating narrative, Paul Starobin examines power and rampant corruption during a pivotal time in America, drawing undoubted parallels with present-day politics and society.

Madness Rules the Hour

Author : Paul Starobin
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610396233

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From Lincoln's election to secession from the Union, this compelling history explains how South Carolina was swept into a cultural crisis at the heart of the Civil War. "The tea has been thrown overboard -- the revolution of 1860 has been initiated." -- Charleston Mercury, November 8, 1860 In 1860, Charleston, South Carolina, embodied the combustible spirit of the South. No city was more fervently attached to slavery, and no city was seen by the North as a greater threat to the bonds barely holding together the Union. And so, with Abraham Lincoln's election looming, Charleston's leaders faced a climactic decision: they could submit to abolition -- or they could drive South Carolina out of the Union and hope that the rest of the South would follow. In Madness Rules the Hour, Paul Starobin tells the story of how Charleston succumbed to a fever for war and charts the contagion's relentless progress and bizarre turns. In doing so, he examines the wily propagandists, the ambitious politicians, the gentlemen merchants and their wives and daughters, the compliant pastors, and the white workingmen who waged a violent and exuberant revolution in the name of slavery and Southern independence. They devoured the Mercury, the incendiary newspaper run by a fanatical father and son; made holy the deceased John C. Calhoun; and adopted "Le Marseillaise" as a rebellious anthem. Madness Rules the Hour is a portrait of a culture in crisis and an insightful investigation into the folly that fractured the Union and started the Civil War.

The Crown Conspiracy

Author : Michael J. Sullivan
Publisher : Ridan Publishing
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780979621185

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They killed the king. They pinned it on two men. They chose poorly.#13;#13;There's no ancient evil to defeat, no orphan destined for greatness, just two guys in the wrong place at the wrong time...Royce Melborn, a skilled thief, and his mercenary partner, Hadrian Blackwater make a profitable living carrying out dangerous assignments for conspiring nobles until they become the unwitting scapegoats in a plot to murder the king. Sentenced to death, they have only one way out--and so begins this epic tale of treachery and adventure, sword fighting and magic, myth and legend.#13;#13;AWARDS#13;2009 National Indie Excellence Award Finalist#13;2008 ReaderViews Literary Award Finalist#13;2007 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Finalist#13;Named One of the 2008 Notable Indie Books by Fantasy Book Critic #13;Named Top Five Fantasy of Books of 2009 by Dark Wolf's Fantasy Reviews#13;#13;ABOUT THE SERIES#13;The Crown Conspiracy is book one of the multi-book saga: The Riyria Revelations. Instead of a string of sequels, this six-book fantasy series was conceived as a single epic tale divided into individual novels. While one book may hint at building mysteries and thickening plots, these threads are not essential to reach a satisfying conclusion to the current episode--which has its own beginning, middle, and end. It should be noted that all six were written before the first was released to ensure continuity across a complex plot filled with twists, turns, and page-turning mysteries. Characterization occur across the whole series allowing readers to build friendships with likeable characters that are shaped as events unfold. The Riyria Revelations is written for adults but has no sex and limited violence centered on swordplay and is therefore, appropriate for younger audiences and a movie version based on the novels would garnish a PG-13 rating.

The New-York Conspiracy

Author : Daniel Horsmanden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1810
Category : New York (N.Y.)
ISBN : UOM:39015082167183

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The New York Conspiracy in the Years 1741-2

Author : Daniel Horsmanden
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4066338117014

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In 1741, Manhattan had the second-largest slave population of any city in the Thirteen Colonies after Charleston, South Carolina. As a result The Conspiracy of 1741, also known as the Negro Plot of 1741 broke out in New York. This rebellion is marked as one of the most controversial events in the early American history because most historians disagree as to whether such a plot existed and, if there was one, its scale. This alleged conspiracy served as an excuse for a brutal revenge of the local authorities. The main target were African slaves. As in the Salem witch trials, a few witnesses implicated many other suspects. In the end, over 100 people were hanged, exiled, or burned at the stake.

The New York Conspiracy: A History of the Negro Plot

Author : Daniel Horsmanden
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4064066383213

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The New York Conspiracy: A History of the Negro Plot by Daniel Horsmanden Pdf

In 1741, Manhattan had the second-largest slave population of any city in the Thirteen Colonies after Charleston, South Carolina. As a result The Conspiracy of 1741, also known as the Negro Plot of 1741 broke out in New York. This rebellion is marked as one of the most controversial events in the early American history because most historians disagree as to whether such a plot existed and, if there was one, its scale. This alleged conspiracy served as an excuse for a brutal revenge of the local authorities. The main target were African slaves. As in the Salem witch trials, a few witnesses implicated many other suspects. In the end, over 100 people were hanged, exiled, or burned at the stake.

The New York Conspiracy, Or A History of the Negro Plot, with the Journal of the Proceedings Against the Conspirators at New York in the Years 1741-2. Together with Several Interesting Tables, Containing the Names of the White and Black Persons Arrested on Account of the Conspiracy, the Times of Their Trials, Their Sentences, Their Executions by Burning and Hanging, Names of Those Transported, and Those Discharged. With a Variety of Other Useful and Highly Interesting Matter

Author : Daniel Horsmanden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1810
Category : African American criminals
ISBN : PRNC:32101072360207

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The New York Conspiracy, Or A History of the Negro Plot, with the Journal of the Proceedings Against the Conspirators at New York in the Years 1741-2. Together with Several Interesting Tables, Containing the Names of the White and Black Persons Arrested on Account of the Conspiracy, the Times of Their Trials, Their Sentences, Their Executions by Burning and Hanging, Names of Those Transported, and Those Discharged. With a Variety of Other Useful and Highly Interesting Matter by Daniel Horsmanden Pdf

The History of Scotland

Author : John Struthers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1827
Category : Scotland
ISBN : COLUMBIA:1000162043

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The Scots Magazine

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1022 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1807
Category : English literature
ISBN : NYPL:33433076839749

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...Supplementary List of Marriage Licenses

Author : New York (State)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Registers of births, etc
ISBN : STANFORD:36105048971589

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...Supplementary List of Marriage Licenses by New York (State) Pdf

History Bulletin

Author : New York. State Library (Albany)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : New York (State)
ISBN : HARVARD:32044012582284

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History Bulletin by New York. State Library (Albany) Pdf