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Real Lace: America's Irish Rich; Buried Alive: Janis Joplin; the Plundered Past; the Imperial Presidency (newsweek condensed books)
Real Lace America's Irish Rich Buried Alive Janis Joplin the Plundered Past the Imperial Presidency - newsweek condensed books Author:Stephen Birmingham, Myra Friedman, Karl E. Meyer, Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger 4 captivating stories are presented for your enjoyment. Real Lace is a charming & fasinating story of the Irish imigrants to America. It chronicles the growth of their political power, strugles to cling to the old ways, the battle with the Irish Curse `alcohol' and their drive to succeed. It gives a good social history of `Irishtocracy--the McDo... more »nnells, Murrays, Kennedy's, etc.
Buried Alive is a biogrphy of the singer Janis Joplin.
Plundered Past is a documented account of startling revelation of the worldwide destruction of our civilized past and an indictment of the network of museums, dealers, tomb-robbers, police and scholars who have taken part in the process.
The Imperial Presidency is a brillant and compelling story of the expansion and abuse of presidential power, an alluminating book the traces the history of that uneasy balance between the White House and Congress from George Washington to Richard Nixon.« less