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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Beck, Glenn
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Heroes -- United States.
Villains in popular culture -- United States.
United States -- Biography.
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Dreamers and deceive...
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Dreamers and deceivers : true stories of the heroes and villains who made America / Written & Edited by Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe.
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Beck, Glenn
New York, NY : Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts, 2014.
Subjects
Heroes -- United States.
Villains in popular culture -- United States.
United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781476783895 (hardback) :
1476783896 (hardback)
Description:
xiii, 306 pages ; 24 cm
Edition:
First Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts hardcover edition.
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.
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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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