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- A good American family : the red scare and my father / by Maraniss, David,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A personal story of the author's father's involvement in HUAC that offers a rich portrait of McCarthy era America"--- Subjects: Maraniss, David; Maraniss, Elliott, 1918-2004.; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.; Anti-communist movements;
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- Path lit by lightning : the life of Jim Thorpe / by Maraniss, David,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, was an All-American football player at the Carlisle Indian School, in the first class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and played major league baseball for the New York Giants. But despite his colossal skills, Thorpe's life was a struggle against the odds. As a member of the Sac and Fox Nation, he encountered duplicitous authorities who turned away from him when their reputations were at risk. At Carlisle, he dealt with the racist assimilationist philosophy Kill the Indian, Save the Man. His gold medals were unfairly rescinded because he had played minor league baseball. His later life was troubled by alcohol, broken marriages, and financial distress. But for all his travails, Thorpe did not succumb. The man survived, complications and all, and so did the myth.- Subjects: Biographies.; Thorpe, Jim, 1887-1953.; Athletes ; Football players ; Indian athletes ;
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- Barack Obama [sound recording] / by Maraniss, David.;
Read by the author.- Subjects: Obama, Barack; Obama, Barack; Obama, Barack; Audiobooks.; Presidents;
- © p2012., Simon & Schuster Audio,
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