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Dreamers and deceivers : true stories of the heroes and villains who made America / written & edited by Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe.

Beck, Glenn, (author,, editor.). Balfe, Kevin, (author.).

Summary:

"Glenn Beck provides stories of the people who [in his view] built America and the people who sought to destroy it"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 1476783896
ISBN: 9781476783895
ISBN: 9781476783901
ISBN: 147678390X
Physical Description: xiii, 306 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts edition
Publisher: New York : Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Grover Cleveland : the mysterious case of the disappearing president -- "I did not kill Armstrong" : the war of wills in the early days of radio -- Woodrow Wilson : a masterful stroke of deception -- Streets of gold : Charles Ponzi and the American scheme -- He loved Lucy: the tragic genius of Desi Arnaz, the inventor of the rerun -- The muckracker : how a lost letter revealed Upton Sinclair's deception -- Alan Turing : how the father of the computer saved the world for democracy -- The spy who turned to a pumpkin : Alger Hiss and the liberal establishment that defended a traitor -- The City of Tomorrow : Walt Disney's last and lost dream -- "Make it great, John" : how Steve Jobs and John Lasseter changed history at Pixar.