Author: Laura James Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN: 9781402760693 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 324
Book Description
A beautiful and ruthless lady from Ohio, Zeo Zoe Wilkins made her living as a gold digger, marrying a series of wealthy older men. She hired attorney Jesse James, Jr. to provide legal muscle to extract money from an ex-husband. On the night of March 15, 1924, she was brutally murdered in her Kansas City home. Deftly mixing historical conjecture with forensic fact, the author follows the opportunistic, eccentric, and troubled lives of Wilkins and James, while making a convincing case that their mutual avarice led to a murderous confrontation that bloody night.
Author: C.R. Pennell Publisher: NYU Press ISBN: 0814766781 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 379
Book Description
Historians of piracy examine piracy in the Caribbean and Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and East Asia, asking whether pirates were outlaws or counterculture social bandits. They demonstrate that pirate ships were often microcosms of democracy, and that crews of pirate vessels knew that majority rule, racial equality, and equitable division of spoils were crucial for their survival. The book includes bandw historical illustrations. Pennell teaches Middle Eastern history at the University of Melbourne. c. Book News Inc.
Author: Larry Feign Publisher: ISBN: 9789627866541 Category : Languages : en Pages : 436
Book Description
Historical novel based on the life of the 19th century Chinese prostitute who became the most powerful pirate in history. The first time her story has been fully told in any language.
Author: Kevin Rushby Publisher: Constable ISBN: 9781841195681 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 324
Book Description
They murdered more than a million travellers without spilling a drop of blood. They were inspired by religious fanaticism, yet came from many faiths. Their weapon was the handkerchief, their sacrament sugar, and their goddess Kali. They were the thugs.
Author: Laura James
Author: C.R. Pennell
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Author: Larry Feign
Author: Kevin Rushby
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Author: Carole Marsh
Author: Carole Marsh
Author: Carole Marsh