Stephen Puleo: 4 books
Due to Enemy Action
The True World War II Story of the USS Eagle 56
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Due to Enemy Action tells for the first time a World War II story that spans generations and straddles two centuries, a story that begins with the dramatic Battle of the Atlantic in the 1940s and doesn't conclude until an emotional Purple Heart ceremony in 2002. Based on previously classified government...
A City So Grand
The Rise of an American Metropolis: Boston 1850-1900
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
Once upon a time, "Boston Town" was an insulated New England township. But the community was destined for greatness. Between 1850 and 1900, Boston underwent a stunning metamorphosis to emerge as one of the world's great metropolises-one that achieved national and international prominence...
American Treasures
The Secret Efforts to Save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
On December 26, 1941, Secret Service Agent Harry E. Neal stood on a platform at Washington's Union Station, watching a train chug off into the dark and feeling at once relieved and inexorably anxious. These were dire times: as Hitler's armies plowed across Europe, seizing or destroying the Continent's...
Dark Tide
The Great Molasses Flood of 1919
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
Around noon on January 15, 1919, a group of firefighters was playing cards in Boston's North End when they heard a tremendous crash. It was like roaring surf, one of them said later. Like a runaway two-horse team smashing through a fence, said another. A third firefighter jumped up from his chair...