Ron Powers: 9 books
Mark Twain
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2005
Ron Powers’s tour de force has been widely acclaimed as the best life and times, filled with Mark Twain’s voice, and as a great American story.
Samuel Clemens, the man known as Mark Twain, invented the American voice and became one of our greatest celebrities. His life mirrored his country's,...
Tom and Huck Don't Live Here Anymore
Childhood and Murder in the Heart of America
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2002
From a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Tom and Huck Don't Live Here Anymore is a powerful, disturbing, and eye-opening dispatch from the homefront that will take its place alongside the works of Antony Lucas, Robert Coles, and Tracy Kidder.
Ron Powers' hometown is Hannibal, Missouri, home of...
No One Cares About Crazy People
The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
* Finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award *** Washington Post Notable Book of the Year * People Magazine Best Book of the Year * Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year *
"Extraordinary and courageous . . . No doubt if everyone were to read this book, the world would...
The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle
Memoir of a WWII Bomber Pilot
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2001
The riveting firsthand account of World War II pilot Robert Morgan, his crew, and the legendary Memphis Belle—written with Ron Powers, cowriter of the #1 New York Times bestseller Flags of Our Fathers.
A powerful chronicle of loyalty, love, and heroism under fire, this is the unforgettable...
by James Bradley, Ron Powers
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2006
**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America
In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory,...
Last Flag Down
The Epic Journey of the Last Confederate Warship
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2007
As the Confederacy felt itself slipping beneath the Union juggernaut in late 1864, the South launched a desperate counteroffensive to shatter the U.S. economy and force a standoff. Its secret weapon? A state-of-the-art raiding ship whose mission was to prowl the world’s oceans and sink the U.S....
Flags of Our Fathers
Heroes of Iwo Jima
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Now abridged for young people, Flags of Our Fathers is the unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history: the raising of the U. S. flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable...
Things I'll Never Say
Stories About Our Secret Selves
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Fifteen top young-adult authors let us in on provocative secrets in a fascinating collection that will have readers talking.
A baby no one knows about. A dangerous hidden identity. Off-limits hookups. A parent whose problems your friends won’t understand. Everyone keeps secrets—from themselves,...
Fenway Park
A Salute to the Coolest, Cruelest, Longest-Running Major League Baseball Stadium in America
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Fenway Park. The name evokes a team and a sport that have become more synonymous with a city's identity than any stadium or arena in the country.
Since opening in the same week of 1912 that the Titanic sank, the park's instantly recognizable confines have seen some of the most dramatic happenings...