American Treasures
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2016
St Martin's Press (Verlag)
978-1-250-06574-2 (ISBN)
St Martin's Press (Verlag)
978-1-250-06574-2 (ISBN)
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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 historic artifacts at will, Japan bristled to the East, the Axis was rapidly closing in. So, FDR set about hiding the country's valuables on the train speeding away from Neal sat four plain-wrapped cases containing the documentary history of American democracy: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Gettysburg Address, and more, guarded by a battery of agents and bound for safekeeping in the nation's most impenetrable hiding place. American Treasures charts the-little-known journeys of these American crown jewels. From the risky and audacious adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the modern Fourth of July celebrations, American Treasures shows how the ideas captured in these documents underscore the nation's strengths and hopes, and embody its fundamental values of liberty and equality.
Stephen Puleo weaves exciting stories of freedom under fire-from the Declaration and Constitution smuggling out of Washington days before the British burned the capital in 1814, to their covert relocation during WWII-crafting a sweeping history of a nation united to preserve its definition of democracy.
Stephen Puleo weaves exciting stories of freedom under fire-from the Declaration and Constitution smuggling out of Washington days before the British burned the capital in 1814, to their covert relocation during WWII-crafting a sweeping history of a nation united to preserve its definition of democracy.
STEPHEN PULEO is the author of several books, including Dark Tide (Beacon, 2003); Due to Enemy Action (Lyons Press, 2005); and The Caning (Westholme, 2012). Formerly an award-winning newspaper reporter, he is a contributor to American History magazine, among other publications. He holds a master's degree in history and has taught history at Suffolk University in Boston. He resides in Massachusetts with his wife, Kate.
Erscheinungsdatum | 07.09.2016 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 154 x 230 mm |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 1-250-06574-7 / 1250065747 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-250-06574-2 / 9781250065742 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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