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001 2007026997
003 DLC
005 20080604154121.0
008 070709s2008 nyu b 000 0deng
010 $a 2007026997
020 $a9780143113058
020 $a0143113054
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn155755445
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040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
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050 00 $aE179$b.F29 2008
082 00 $a973$222
100 1 $aFarquhar, Michael.
245 12 $aA treasury of foolishly forgotten Americans :$bpirates, skinflints, patriots, and other colorful characters stuck in the footnotes of history /$cMichael Farquhar.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bPenguin Books,$c2008.
300 $axi, 257 p. ;$c21 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-256).
505 0 $aJohn Billington : Mayflower murderer -- Mary Dyer : Quaker martyr -- Anne Bonny : pirate of the Caribbean -- Tom Quick : "The Indian Slayer" -- Mary Jemison : "The White Woman of the Genesee" -- William Dawes : the other midnight rider -- James T. Callender : muckraker for the First Amendment -- John Ledyard : the explorer who dreamed of walking the world -- Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte : royal American -- Stephen Pleasonton : the clerk who saved the Constitution (and the Declaration of Independence, too) -- Richard Mentor Johnson : the Veep who killed Tecumseh -- Zilpha Elaw : an unlikely evangelist -- Edwin Forrest : American idol -- Rose O'Neal Greenhow : a spy of grand dame proportions -- Clement Vallandigham : Copperhead -- Mary Surratt : the mother of conspirators? -- Tunis Campbell : pillar of Reconstruction -- Sarah Winnemucca : "Paiute Princess" -- Alexander "Boss" Shepherd : the man who made Washington "worthy of the nation" -- Isaac C. Parker : "The Hanging Judge" -- Hetty Green : "The Witch of Wall Street" -- Oliver Curtis Perry : outlaw of the East -- Anna Jarvis : the mother of Mother's Day -- William J. Burns : "America's Sherlock Holmes" -- Gaston B. Means : American scoundrel -- Louise Arner Boyd : the socialite who conquered the Arctic wilderness -- Beulah Louise Henry : "Lady Edison" -- Guy Gabaldon : "The Pied Piper of Saipan" -- Elizabeth Bentley : "Red Spy Queen" -- Dick Fosbury : father of the flop.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$vAnecdotes.
651 0 $aUnited States$vBiography$vAnecdotes.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2007026997-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2007026997-d.html