Mcfarland: 2486 books
The Nixon White House Redecoration and Acquisition Program
An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
A positive legacy of the troubled Nixon administration—and one virtually unknown to the American public—is the extensive acquisition of valuable art and antiques for the White House and the redecoration of the executive mansion by Pat Nixon. With the help of an aggressive curator, Clement Conger,...
The Defining Years of the Dutch East Indies, 1942-1949
Survivors' Accounts of Japanese Invasion and Enslavement of Europeans and the Revolution That Created Free Indonesia
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
Following their invasion of Java on March 1, 1942, the Japanese began a process of Japanization of the archipelago, banning every remnant of Dutch rule. Over the next three years, more than 100,000 Dutch citizens were shipped to Japanese internment camps and more than four million romushas, forced...
by Bruce Nichols
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
This book is a thorough study of all known guerrilla operations in Civil War Missouri during 1863, the middle year of the war. This work explores the tactics with which each side attempted to gain advantage, with regional differences as influenced by the personalities of local commanders. An enormous...
by David Meyers, Elise Meyers Walker
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
In the late 19th century Ohio was reeling from a wave of lynchings and other acts of racially motivated mob violence. Many of these acts were attributed to well-known and respected men and women yet few of them were ever prosecuted—some were even lauded for taking the law into their own hands. In...
The Trunk Dripped Blood
Five Sensational Murder Cases of the Early 20th Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
A trunk dripping blood, discovered at a railway station in Stockton in 1906, launched one of the most famous murder investigations in California history—still debated by crime historians. In 1913, the dismembered body of a young pregnant woman, found in the East River, was traced back to her killer...
Police Violence in America, 1869-1920
256 Incidents Involving Death or Injury
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Police violence is not a new phenomenon. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, police officers in America assaulted or killed many ordinary citizens, often during improper detainments or arrests where no threat existed or no crime had been committed. Based on hundreds of newspaper accounts from...
Legal Executions in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri
A Comprehensive Registry, 1866-1965
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
In the five state region of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri, 1027 men and women are known to have been legally hanged, gassed or electrocuted for capital crimes during the century after the Civil War. Drawing on thousands of hours of research, this comprehensive record covers each execution...
Pass Receiving in Early Pro Football
A History to the 1960s
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Big television contracts in the 1960s created the Super Bowl, as well as the 1970 merger of the National Football League with the pass-oriented American Football League. Since then, professional football has been America’s most popular televised team sport, developing into a wide-open passing game...
James F. Jaquess
Scholar, Soldier and Private Agent for President Lincoln
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2013
Tall, handsome and charismatic, James Jaquess impressed men and charmed ladies who knew him as a preacher, a college president or colonel of an Illinois regiment. In 1864 he and James Gilmore talked to Jefferson Davis about terms of peace. Lincoln recognized his many abilities and invited Jaquess...
by M. Andrew Holowchak
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
Much of the scholarship on Thomas Jefferson characterizes him as a consummate immoralist. Yet he had a keen interest in morality and most of his reading—when he was not immersed in politics—was for moral study. Jefferson once told his physician, Vine Utley, that he seldom went to sleep without...
Sherlock and Transmedia Fandom
Essays on the BBC Series
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
The critically-acclaimed BBC television series Sherlock (2010– ) re-envisions Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective for the digital age, joining participants in the active traditions of Sherlockians/Holmesians and fans from other communities, including science fiction, media, and anime. This collection...
Wheeler & Woolsey
The Vaudeville Comic Duo and Their Films, 1929-1937
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
During the Depression years, the comedy team of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey were second only to Laurel and Hardy at the box office. Each of their over 20 comedies are analyzed in detail here; full filmographic data, production notes, plot synopses, and critical commentary are provided. The research is supplemented by an interview with Bert Wheeler.
The Mossad
Six Landmark Missions of the Israeli Intelligence Agency, 1960-1990
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
This book describes the clandestine missions that were defining moments in the evolution of the Mossad, including its pursuit of the Black September terrorists who murdered Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games, its acquisition on the high seas of yellowcake uranium for Israel's undeclared nuclear...
New York City 1964
A Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
Five seminal events occurred in New York City in the pivotal year 1964: the “British Invasion,” the arrival of the Beatles in February; the murder of Kitty Genovese in Queens in March; the World’s Fair that ran in Queens between April and October; the “race riots” in Brooklyn and Harlem...