The Miss Stone Affair: America's First Modern Hostage Crisis
Autor Teresa Carpenteren Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iun 2004
In The Miss Stone Affair, Teresa Carpenter re-creates an event that captured the attention of the world and posed a dilemma for incoming president Theodore Roosevelt. Should he send in the Navy or not? And, if so, send it where? Drawing upon a wealth of contemporary correspondence and documents, Carpenter constructs a narrative that is suspenseful, harrowing, and at times even comical. It is a story for our time.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780743258050
ISBN-10: 0743258053
Pagini: 238
Dimensiuni: 146 x 212 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: Simon&Schuster
ISBN-10: 0743258053
Pagini: 238
Dimensiuni: 146 x 212 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Notă biografică
Teresa Carpenter
Cuprins
CONTENTS
Preface
CHAPTER ONE
Miss Ellen Stone
CHAPTER TWO
Alert
CHAPTER THREE
The Captives
CHAPTER FOUR
Diplomacy
CHAPTER FIVE
Thread and Soap
CHAPTER SIX
Summer Dresses
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Commission
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Revolutionists
CHAPTER NINE
The Baby
CHAPTER TEN
The Gold
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Chase
CHAPTER TWELVE
Persona Non Grata
Afterword
Notes on Sources
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
Preface
CHAPTER ONE
Miss Ellen Stone
CHAPTER TWO
Alert
CHAPTER THREE
The Captives
CHAPTER FOUR
Diplomacy
CHAPTER FIVE
Thread and Soap
CHAPTER SIX
Summer Dresses
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Commission
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Revolutionists
CHAPTER NINE
The Baby
CHAPTER TEN
The Gold
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Chase
CHAPTER TWELVE
Persona Non Grata
Afterword
Notes on Sources
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index