Clara at the Door with a Revolver: The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder That Shocked Toronto 9780774890632, 9780774890618, 9780774890625

Clara at the Door with a Revolver 9780774890632, 9780774890618, 9780774890625

In the autumnal darkness of October 6, 1894, an unseen figure slipped through the streets of Parkdale, rang the doorbell

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Turn Away Thy Son: Little Rock, The Crisis that Shocked the Nation 2006041334, 1416548289, 9781416548287

“This is a mesmerizing and brave book, a story with complicated layers and meaning for all Americans, a heroic saga of p

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A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door 9781620974957

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Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation 9781439169834

In this revealing social history, one remarkable White House dinner shines a powerful light on race, politics, and the l

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Death on the Devil's Teeth: The Strange Murder That Shocked Suburban New Jersey 9781625851574, 2015937834, 9781626196285, 162585157X

Rumors, witchcraft, and murder in this true crime account of one of New Jersey's most notorious cold cases--from tw

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The Room with the Little Door 9781538070451

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Murder at the Corners 9781681790886

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Mrs. Mattingly's Miracle: The Prince, the Widow, and the Cure That Shocked Washington City 9780300171709

In 1824 in Washington, D.C., Ann Mattingly, widowed sister of the city's mayor, was miraculously cured of a ravagin

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Reading Machiavelli: Scandalous Books, Suspect Engagements, and the Virtue of Populist Politics 9780691187914, 9780691183503

To what extent was Machiavelli a “Machiavellian”? Was he an amoral adviser of tyranny or a stalwart partisan of liberty?

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The Kent State Massacre: The History and Legacy of the Shootings That Shocked America

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the events in Kent State *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes

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