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Dreamers and deceivers

true stories of the heroes and villains who made America

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An edition of Dreamers and deceivers (2014)

Dreamers and deceivers

true stories of the heroes and villains who made America

First Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts hardcover edition.
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The people who made America were entrepreneurs and visionaries whose selflessness propelled us forward... and charlatans and fraudsters whose selfishness nearly derailed us. Beck brings both of these groups to life with stories written to put you right in the middle of the action.

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Pages
306

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Dreamers and Deceivers: True and Untold Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made America
Oct 28, 2014, Simon & Schuster Audio
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Dreamers and deceivers: true stories of the heroes and villains who made America
2014
in English - First Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts hardcover edition.
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Dreamers and Deceivers: True Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made America
2014, Simon & Schuster, Limited
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Table of Contents

Grover Cleveland: the mysterious case of the disappearing president
"I did not kill Armstrong": the war of wills in the early days of radio
Woodrow Wilson: a masterful stroke of deception
Streets of gold: Charles Ponzi and the American scheme
He loved Lucy: the tragic genius of Desi Arnaz, the inventor of the rerun
The muckracker: how a lost letter revealed Upton Sinclair's deception
Alan Turing: how the father of the computer saved the world for democracy
The spy who turned to a pumpkin: Alger Hiss and the liberal establishment that defended a traitor
The city of tomorrow: Walt Disney's last and lost dream
"Make it great, John": how Steve Jobs and John Lasseter changed history at Pixar
Appendix: Letter from Upton Sinclair.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-306).

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Library of Congress
E176 .B384 2014, E176.B384 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 306 pages
Number of pages
306

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Open Library
OL27168351M
Internet Archive
dreamersdeceiver0000beck
ISBN 10
1476783896
ISBN 13
9781476783895
LCCN
2014032810
OCLC/WorldCat
889666508

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