Thomas J Craughwell

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1) Stealing Lincoln's body

Author

Craughwell, Thomas J

Publisher

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press

Pub. Date

2007

Language

English

Formats

Book - Regular Print, eBook

2) The greatest brigade: how the Irish Brigade cleared the way to victory in the American Civil War

Author

Craughwell, Thomas J

Publisher

Fair Winds Press

Pub. Date

2011

Language

English

Formats

Book - Regular Print, eBook

3) Thomas Jefferson's crème brûlée: how a Founding Father and his slave James Hemings introduced French cuisine to America

Author

Craughwell, Thomas J

Publisher

Quirk Books

Pub. Date

[2012]

Language

English

Description

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In 1784, Thomas Jefferson struck a deal with one of his slaves, James Hemings. The founding father was traveling to Paris and wanted to bring James along to master the art of French cooking. In exchange for James's cooperation, Jefferson would grant his freedom. Thus began one of the strangest partnerships in United States history. As Hemings apprenticed under master French chefs, Jefferson studied the cultivation of French crops so they might be...

4) The buck stops here: the 28 toughest presidential decisions and how they changed history

Author

Craughwell, Thomas J

Publisher

Fair Winds Press

Pub. Date

2010

Language

English

5) Failures of the presidents: from the Whiskey Rebellion and War of 1812 to the Bay of Pigs and war in Iraq

Author

Craughwell, Thomas J

Publisher

Fair Winds Press

Pub. Date

c2008

Language

English

6) The rise and fall of the second largest empire in history: how Genghis Khan's Mongols almost conquered the world

Author

Craughwell, Thomas J

Publisher

Fair Winds Press

Pub. Date

2010

Language

English

7) Presidential payola: the true stories of monetary scandals in the Oval Office that robbed tax payers to grease palms, stuff pockets, and pay for undue influence from Teapot Dome to Halliburton

Author

Craughwell, Thomas J

Publisher

Fair Winds Press

Pub. Date

2011

Language

English

8) Alligators in the sewer and 222 other urban legends

Author

Craughwell, Thomas J

Publisher

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers

Pub. Date

1999

Language

English

9) How the barbarian invasions shaped the modern world: the Vikings, Vandals, Huns, Mongols, Goths, and Tartars who razed the old world and formed the new

Author

Craughwell, Thomas J

Publisher

Fair Winds Press

Pub. Date

2008

Language

English

10) The War Scientists: the brains behind military technologies of destruction and defense

Author

Craughwell, Thomas J

Publisher

Metro Books

Pub. Date

2011

Language

English