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Edward J Renehan, Jr.
The 1830 murder of wealthy slaver Joseph White shook all of Salem, Massachusetts. Soon the crime drew national attention when it was discovered that two of the conspirators came from…
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Edward Renehan
Jack Kerouac’s ON THE ROAD endures as a benchmark in postwar American Letters and an eternal rite of passage for youth. But how many of these young readers actually get…
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One of the most famous moments of the Sixties - and one which continues to this day to be grossly misconstrued, mistold, and loaded with undeserved meaning - is the…
Recruited to help find his notorious war criminal uncle, Jurgen Enkert confronts his family’s dark past … and an even more sinister present. Excellent, fast-paced, and engaging. - Charles Scribner…
This vivid biography portrays a complex, brilliant, often contradictory, and ultimately fascinating man. His life-both as a record of himself and as a reflection of his times-makes for a good…
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Now filmed as The Mercy starring Colin Firth & Rachel Weisz Windcheck Magazine (Nov/Dec 2016): Absorbing and insightful … utterly unforgettable.
Practical Sailor (Jan 2017): Adds a new depth of…
Excellent, a truly enjoyable and informative read.- STEVE BUSCEMI, actor/director Edward Renehan does a great job of shining a light into this dark episode of American history.- BILLY…
Edward J. Renehan
Cornelius Vanderbilt made his initial fortune building ferry cargo routes for sailing vessels. Then he moved into steamboats and railroads. With the New York Central, Vanderbilt established the nation’s first…
Acclaimed biographer Edward J. Renehan, Jr. , combines lively anecdotes with the rich social tapestry of the Gilded Age to paint the portrait of the most talented financial buccaneer of…
Edward J Renehan
This is true crime at its most enthralling-prepare to be transported. -Terri Cheney, New York Times bestselling author of Manic
The 1830 murder of wealthy slaver Joseph White shook all…
John Burroughs
Henry James described John Burroughs as a more humorous, more available, and more sociable Thoreau. Burroughs’s close friend and mentor Walt Whitman called him an Audubon of prose. Throughout his…
Jack London
A lifelong waterman, Jack London (1876-1916) left behind a rich store in bold and beautiful prose depicting life upon the sea, under sail, and in step with wild, often perilous…
Classic works by naturalist John Burroughs on his beloved Catskill region.
Jay Gould
A classic history of Delaware County and the border wars written by none other than prominent Gilded Age Robber Baron Jay Gould.
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Nathaniel Parker Willis
Chronicles the creation of a picturesque home and landscape on the Hudson River by one of the nineteenth century’s leading authors.
Harold Donaldson Eberlein
A classic guide to the history and architecture of the historic manors and homes of the Hudson River Valley
Edwin Brockholst Livingston
The complete history of one of New York State's-and the nation's-founding families.
Edward J. Renehan Jr.
In his The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table, Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote: “The world’s great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.” The Rev…
Edward J. Renehan, Jr.
John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry was one of the events which sparked the US Civil War. This study looks at the group of Northern aristocrats who covertly aided Brown…
In May 1869, the US railroad network unified when the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads came together in Promontory, Utah. This book discusses the important milestone in the expansion…
In Paris, during the spring, summer, and autumn of 1782, three remarkable Americans led the representation of the United States in negotiations that brought an end to the American Revolutionary…
In 1823, President James Monroe expressed his opinion to Congress that European powers should not be permitted to interfere in the affairs of the sovereign states of the Americas. However…
The Lion’s Pride tells the full story of Theodore Roosevelt and his family in World War I. It is both a group biography and a study of the Rooseveltian notion…
Edward J. Jr. Renehan
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