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The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century
From renowned true-crime historian Harold Schechter comes the riveting exploration of a notorious New York City murder in the 1890s, the fascinating forensic science of an earlier time, and the grisly court case that became a tabloid spectacle. The wayward son of a revered Civil War general, Roland Molineux enjoyed good looks, status, and fortune–hardly the qualities of a prime suspect in a series of shocking, merciless cyanide killings. Molineux’s subsequent indictment for murder led to two explosive trials and a sex-infused scandal that shocked the nation. Bringing to life Manhattan’s Gilded Age, Schechter captures all the colors of the tumultuous legal proceedings, gathering his own evidence and tackling subjects no one dared address at the time–all in hopes of answering a tantalizing question: What powerfully dark motives could drive the wealthy scion of an eminent New York family to murder? Praise for The Devil's Gentleman: “A heady tale of sin, sex, jealousy and revenge in sepia-toned Manhattan.” –The New York Times“A dark chronicle of ghoulish revenge [and] journalistic sensationalism . . . [a] well-wrought anatomy of a murder and portrait of an age.” –The Wall Street Journal“Schechter peppers his account of one of America’s earliest media circuses with peacock characters and deliciously tawdry details. . . . For scandal sweet tooths, this one’s a beaut.” –Entertainment Weekly“In the hands of an artist and historian as gifted as Schechter, the material becomes a superbly evocative reconstruction of the fascinating period in American life that gave birth to our media-crazed society.” – Bomb magazine “Well told and powerfully written . . . Through newspaper accounts of the day and memoirs of the principals . . . Schechter brings [a crime] to vivid life.” –San Antonio Express-News.
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Clever Girl: Elizabeth Bentley, the Spy Who Ushered in the McCarthy Era
Communists vilified her as a raging neurotic Leftists dismissed her as a confused idealist. Her family pitied her as an exploited lover. Some said she was a traitor, a stooge, a mercenary, and a grandstander To others she was a true American heroine -- fearless, principled, bold, and resolute. Congressional committees loved her. The FBI hailed her as an avenging angel. The Catholics embraced her. But the fact is, more than a half century after she captured the headlines as the "Red Spy Queen," Elizabeth Bentley remains a mystery. New England-born, conservatively raised, and Vassar-educated, Bentley was groomed for a quiet life, a small life, which she explored briefly in the 1920s as a teacher, instructing well-heeled young women on the beauty of Romance languages at an East Coast boarding school. But in her mid-twenties she rejected both past and future and set herself on an entirely new course. In the 1930s she embraced communism and fell in love with an undercover KGB agent who initiated her into the world of espionage. By the time America plunged into World War II, Elizabeth Bentley was directing the operations of the two largest spy rings in America. Eventually, she had eighty people in her secret apparatus, half of them employees of the federal government. Her sources were everywhere: in the departments of Treasury and Commerce, in New Deal agencies, in the top-secret OSS (the precursor to the CIA), on congressional committees, even in the Oval Office. When she defected in 1945 and told her story -- first to the FBI and then at a series of public hearings and trials -- she was catapulted to tabloid fame as the "Red Spy Queen," ushering in, almost single-handedly, theMcCarthy Era. She was the government's star witness, the FBI's most important informer, and the darling of the Catholic anticommunist movement. Her disclosures and accusations put a halt to Russian spying for years and helped to set the tone of American postwar political life. But who was she? A smart, independent woman who made her choices freely, right and wrong, and had the strength of character to see them through? Or was she used and manipulated by others? "Clever Girl is the definitive biography of a conflicted American woman and her controversial legacy. Set against the backdrop of the political drama that defined mid-twentieth century America, it explores the spy case whose explosive domestic and foreign policy repercussions have been debated for decades but not fully revealed -- until now..
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Throne Room: Ushered into the Presence of God
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How I Wrote the New Testament, Ushered in the Renaissance, and Birdied the 17th Hole at Pebble Beach
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Gunship humanitarianism: the Tampa-led reaction has ushered in a series of unprecedented attacks on the judicial and legislative arms of government and ... law.: An article from: Arena Magazine
This digital document is an article from Arena Magazine, published by Arena Printing and Publications Pty. Ltd. on October 1, 2001. The length of the article is 1861 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: Gunship humanitarianism: the Tampa-led reaction has ushered in a series of unprecedented attacks on the judicial and legislative arms of government and on fundamental rights under Australian law. Author: Nehal Bhuta Publication:Arena Magazine (Refereed) Date: October 1, 2001 Publisher: Arena Printing and Publications Pty. Ltd. Page: 49(3) Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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Beyond process improvement: the pathway to process-based management: the quality movement, which gained much momentum in the mid-1980s, ushered in many ... overview): An article from: CMA Management
This digital document is an article from CMA Management, published by Thomson Gale on June 1, 2006. The length of the article is 2211 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: Beyond process improvement: the pathway to process-based management: the quality movement, which gained much momentum in the mid-1980s, ushered in many positive advancements in process improvement. Now, organizations have to step up with more change--integrated improvement. Management accountants should be leading the way.(Company overview) Author: Todd Scaletta Publication:CMA Management (Magazine/Journal) Date: June 1, 2006 Publisher: Thomson Gale Volume: 80 Issue: 4 Page: 22(4) Article Type: Company overview Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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Through a portal; the grounding of the tanker Exxon Valdez ushered in a new era for Alaska's oil industry.: An article from: Alaska Business Monthly
This digital document is an article from Alaska Business Monthly, published by Alaska Business Publishing Company, Inc. on October 1, 1989. The length of the article is 3331 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: Through a portal; the grounding of the tanker Exxon Valdez ushered in a new era for Alaska's oil industry. Author: Ray Tyson Publication:Alaska Business Monthly (Magazine/Journal) Date: October 1, 1989 Publisher: Alaska Business Publishing Company, Inc. Volume: v5 Issue: n10 Page: p38(5) Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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Berry Gordy: America's First Black Music Mogul: the architect of the Motown sound ushered in a new era of music.(Ultimate Wealth Builders): An article from: Black Enterprise
This digital document is an article from Black Enterprise, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2005. The length of the article is 563 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: Berry Gordy: America's First Black Music Mogul: the architect of the Motown sound ushered in a new era of music.(Ultimate Wealth Builders) Author: Kenneth Meeks Publication:Black Enterprise (Magazine/Journal) Date: October 1, 2005 Publisher: Thomson Gale Volume: 36 Issue: 3 Page: 28(1) Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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