Category: History Publisher: The History Press
Pages: 96
Copyright: July 31, 2023
ISBN-13: 9781467154444
Explores the prevalence of misinformation in written Cape Cod history and shoes venerated institutions such as churches and historical societies are skilled in gilding the lily.
Cape Cod,one of the nation's oldest regions, can claim many firsts, but not as many as some want you to believe. Boastfukness, tall tales and plain stretching the truth about history are widely practiced in this tourist mecca. Even esteemed institutions such as churches and historical societies are nimble in the art of gilding the lily. Discover where The Wizard of Oz film really premiered, whether Mercy Otis Warren had a hand in writing the Bill of Rights and who invented the hole in the doughnut. Along the way, you'll find out where the country's oldest Congregational meetinghouse is located and whether "Mad Jacl" was a theiving scoundrel. James Ellis separates fact from fiction.
325 letters my father wrote to my mother during his time in World War II.
Woven together in a timeline of events of three of his brothers, 5 brothers-in-law, and one cousin, all 10 of them were in WWII at the same time.
The history of four terrorist organizations in the Balkan and a general introduction to terrorism and freedom fighting. Also includes essays about religious co-existence in the Balkan and about pathological narcissism as a precursor to terrorism.
