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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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Heroes, Biography, Villains in popular culture, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2014-11-16, New York Times bestseller, United states, biography, Politics and government, Inventors, Businesspeople, CelebritiesPlaces
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Dreamers and Deceivers: True Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made America
2015, Simon & Schuster
in English
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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
audio cd
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Dreamers and Deceivers: True Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made America
2014, Simon & Schuster, Limited
in English
1476787158 9781476787152
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Dreamers and deceivers: true stories of the heroes and villains who made America
2014, Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts
in English
- First Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts hardcover edition.
1476783896 9781476783895
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Book Details
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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