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Author Aron, Paul, 1956 September 15-

Title Unsolved mysteries of American history : an eye-opening journey through 500 years of discoveries, disappearances, and baffling events / Paul Aron.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : J. Wiley, c1997.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973 Ar67u 1997    ---  Available
Description xii, 225 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents When did the first people arrive in America? -- Did Leif Ericsson discover America? -- Why did the Anasazi abandon their cities? -- Where did Columbus land? -- How did Cortes conquer the Aztecs? -- What happened to the lost colony of Roanoke? -- Did Pocahontas save John Smith? -- What caused the Salem witch-hunt? -- Was Daniel Boone a traitor? -- Why did Benedict Arnold turn traitor? -- Was Sally Hemings the mistress of Thomas Jefferson? -- Was Meriwether Lewis murdered? -- Was Rachel Jackson a bigamist? -- How did Davy Crockett die? -- Why did Lee order Pickett's charge? -- Who was to blame for Wounded Knee? -- What destroyed the Maine? -- Were Sacco and Vanzetti guilty? -- Who kidnapped the Lindbergh baby? -- Did Babe Ruth call his shot? -- Was Amelia Earhart a spy? -- Who was to blame for Pearl Harbor? -- Why did Truman drop the bomb? -- Were the Rosenbergs guilty? -- Who killed JFK? -- What happened at the Gulf of Tonkin? -- Who killed Malcolm X? -- Who was to blame for the Kent State killings? -- What did Nixon know about Watergate? -- What did Reagan know about Iran-Contra?
Subject United States -- History.
America -- History.
ISBN 0471153699 (alk. paper)

 
    
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