David Von Drehle: 4 books
Among the Lowest of the Dead
The Culture of Capital Punishment
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2010
Thorough and unbiased, Among the Lowest of the Dead is a gripping narrative that provides an unprecedented journalistic look into the actual workings of the capital punishment system.
"Has all the tension of the best true crime stories . . . This is journalism at its best."
--Library...
Triangle
The Fire That Changed America
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2004
Triangle is a poignantly detailed account of the 1911 disaster that horrified the country and changed the course of twentieth-century politics and labor relations
On March 25, 1911, as workers were getting ready to leave for the day, a fire broke out in the Triangle shirtwaist factory in New...
Rise to Greatness
Abraham Lincoln and America's Most Perilous Year
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
The electrifying story of Abraham Lincoln's rise to greatness during the most perilous year in our nation's history
As 1862 dawned, the American republic was at death's door. The federal government appeared overwhelmed, the U.S. Treasury was broke, and the Union's top general was gravely ill....
by David Von Drehle, The Editors of TIME
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
John F. Kennedy spent less than three years in the Oval Office, and it has been more than five decades since his assassination. Yet in public opinion polls, he is consistently rated one of the country's top presidents. JFK entered the White House at a time of mounting global and domestic tensions...