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The Irishman

Frank Sheeran and closing the case on Jimmy Hoffa
2016
Provides an account of the life and activities of late Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran, based on taped interviews with Sheeran, one of only two non-Italians to appear on the FBI's La Cosa Nostra list, discussing his childhood, World War II service, and work as a hustler, hitman, and head of the Teamsters local in Wilmington, Delaware.

The making of the President, 1960

1967
Provides a chronological account of the 1960 Presidential campaign discussing candidates, parties, issues, political conventions, and the election's outcome.

A gift of music

?mile Benoit & his fiddle
2010
An illustrated account of the life of composer and violinist ?mile Benoit, telling of his lifelong love of music which he was finally able to express when his father made him a violin.

Watergate

Presents a collection of thirteen controversial essays that debate the events surrounding the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon, and discusses the efforts to impeach him, Ford's decision to pardon him, and the legacy of Watergate.
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Rosa

A brief illustrated account of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, and the subsequent bus boycott by the black community.

Richard Nixon

rise and fall of a president
1991
Traces the life and political career of the thirty-seventh president, from his student days, through the Watergate scandal which cost him the presidency, to his retirement and new career as a writer.

The selling of the President

1988
Discusses the role of advertising in the presidential campaign of 1968, going behind the scenes to reveal how Richard Nixon was packaged and sold to the American public.

All the President's men

1976
The investigation and report of the burglary at Watergate that climaxed with President Nixon's resignation.

Crossing Hoffa

a Teamster's story
2007
The author chronicles the efforts made by his father to clean up corruption among the leaders of his Teamster's Local 544 during the early 1960s and the threats against his life by Jimmy Hoffa.

Omaha blues

a memory loop
2005
The author recalls the memories of his youth and the history of his family, his parent's troubled marriage, and his father's political involvement within the Civil Rights movement in the South.

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