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Bloody History of America Kieron Connolly

Bloody History of America By Kieron Connolly

Bloody History of America by Kieron Connolly


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Extensively researched and illustrated with 180 photos and artworks, Bloody History of America is a lively and fascinating account of the darker side of the story of the United States.

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Bloody History of America: Revolution, Race and War by Kieron Connolly

'America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.' - Abraham Lincoln
Is the story of the United States that of George Washington, John Adams and Barack Obama? Or of slave rebel Nat Turner, of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King? Or Sitting Bull and Al Capone? Or Marilyn Monroe, James Dean and OJ Simpson?
Of course, it is the story of all these, of both civil war and world war, of gold rush and dust bowl, of the Pilgrim Fathers and religious cults, of Prohibition and the Mafia, of the Salem Witch Trials and the McCarthy-era witch-hunts.
From the Iroquois and early European settlers to the Revolutionary War and Civil War, from slavery to segregation, from the frontier to the Reservations, Bloody History of America is a chronological examination of the United States through politics, labour, big business, crime and culture. Featuring such varied characters as Thomas Jefferson and John Brown, Bugsy Siegel and J P Morgan, Calamity Jane, Chuck Berry and Bonnie & Clyde, it tells the story of the first 'new nation', the first major colony to revolt successfully against colonial rule, and how it became the world's most powerful country.
Extensively researched and illustrated with 180 colour and black-&-white artworks and illustrations, Bloody History of America is a lively and fascinating account of the darker side of the story of the United States.

About Kieron Connolly

Kieron Connolly is a graduate in history from Edinburgh University and in film from the National Film & Television School. An author and journalist, he has written for the Mail on Sunday, the Daily Mail and The Times. His books include Dark History of Hollywood, Abandoned Places, Abandoned Civilizations, Abandoned Castles, and Bloody History of America. He lives in London.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

A NEW WORLD

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

THE CONSTITUTION

GOING WEST

THE CIVIL WAR

CAPITALISM AND THE CLOSING FRONTIER

THE NEW AGE

WORLD WAR II

THE EARLY COLD WAR

DISILLUSIONMENT AND REVIVAL

FALLEN HEROES AND FALSE PROPHETS

THE NEW MILLENNIUM

Bibliography
Index

Additional information

GOR010168723
9781782744979
1782744975
Bloody History of America: Revolution, Race and War by Kieron Connolly
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Amber Books Ltd
20170614
224
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