This is a fascinating story of World War II. I was spellbound as the author tells the story of the Gremlin Special's crash and the subsequent rescue of the survivors. The way that medical care was brought the the plane crash victims and the method of extraction from the jungle were fascinating...
This is a remarkable account of what transpired on the night of September 11/12 at the diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, where Ambassador Stevens, State Department communicator Sean Smith, security specialist Tyrone Woods and security specialist Glen Doherty were killed during attacks by Li...
It was a time when anything seemed possible–instant wealth, glittering fame, fabulous luxury–and for a run of magical weeks in the spring and summer of 1920, Charles Ponzi made it all come true. Promising to double investors’ money in three months, the dapper, charming Ponzi raised the “rob Peter...
Mary Grozier CHAPTER ELEVEN “LIKE STEALING CANDY FROM A BABY” Day after day throughout June, furniture dealer Joseph Daniels had watched streams of people troop down Hanover Street, walk past his store, and climb the stairs next door to the North End branch of the Securities Exchange Company. Sev...
Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, the trio was supposed to deliver a forty-eight-foot, twin-engine A-20 attack bomber from Newfoundland to England, with a fuel stop in Greenland. Flying over water two hours after they left Newfoundland, the Canadians ran into thick fog and misfortune. Firs...