Author: Bill Yenne
Publisher: Regnery History
ISBN: 9781621574972
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The aftershocks of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor were felt keenly all over America—the war in Europe had hit home. But nowhere was American life more immediately disrupted than on the West Coast, where people lived in certain fear of more Japanese attacks. From that day until the end of the war, a dizzying mix of battle preparedness and rampant paranoia swept the states. Japanese immigrants were herded into internment camps. Factories were camouflaged to look like small towns. The Rose Bowl was moved to North Carolina. Airport runways were so well hidden even American pilots couldn't find them. There was panic on the Pacific coast: the Japanese were coming.
Panic on the Pacific
Author: Bill Yenne
Publisher: Regnery History
ISBN: 9781621574972
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The aftershocks of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor were felt keenly all over America—the war in Europe had hit home. But nowhere was American life more immediately disrupted than on the West Coast, where people lived in certain fear of more Japanese attacks. From that day until the end of the war, a dizzying mix of battle preparedness and rampant paranoia swept the states. Japanese immigrants were herded into internment camps. Factories were camouflaged to look like small towns. The Rose Bowl was moved to North Carolina. Airport runways were so well hidden even American pilots couldn't find them. There was panic on the Pacific coast: the Japanese were coming.
Publisher: Regnery History
ISBN: 9781621574972
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The aftershocks of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor were felt keenly all over America—the war in Europe had hit home. But nowhere was American life more immediately disrupted than on the West Coast, where people lived in certain fear of more Japanese attacks. From that day until the end of the war, a dizzying mix of battle preparedness and rampant paranoia swept the states. Japanese immigrants were herded into internment camps. Factories were camouflaged to look like small towns. The Rose Bowl was moved to North Carolina. Airport runways were so well hidden even American pilots couldn't find them. There was panic on the Pacific coast: the Japanese were coming.
Panic on the Pacific
Author: Bill Yenne
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1621575543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1621575543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!
The San Francisco and Pacific Druggist
Jay Cooke's Gamble
Author: M. John Lubetkin
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806182059
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
In 1869, Jay Cooke, the brilliant but idiosyncratic American banker, decided to finance the Northern Pacific, a transcontinental railroad planned from Duluth, Minnesota, to Seattle. M. John Lubetkin tells how Cooke’s gamble reignited war with the Sioux, rescued George Armstrong Custer from obscurity, created Yellowstone Park, pushed frontier settlement four hundred miles westward, and triggered the Panic of 1873. Staking his reputation and wealth on the Northern Pacific, Cooke was soon whipsawed by the railroad’s mismanagement, questionable contracts, and construction problems. Financier J. P. Morgan undermined him, and the Crédit Mobilier scandal ended congressional support. When railroad surveyors and army escorts ignored Sioux chief Sitting Bull’s warning not to enter the Yellowstone Valley, Indian attacks—combined with alcoholic commanders—led to embarrassing setbacks on the field, in the nation’s press, and among investors. Lubetkin’s suspenseful narrative describes events played out from Wall Street to the Yellowstone and vividly portrays the soldiers, engineers, businessmen, politicians, and Native Americans who tried to build or block the Northern Pacific.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806182059
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
In 1869, Jay Cooke, the brilliant but idiosyncratic American banker, decided to finance the Northern Pacific, a transcontinental railroad planned from Duluth, Minnesota, to Seattle. M. John Lubetkin tells how Cooke’s gamble reignited war with the Sioux, rescued George Armstrong Custer from obscurity, created Yellowstone Park, pushed frontier settlement four hundred miles westward, and triggered the Panic of 1873. Staking his reputation and wealth on the Northern Pacific, Cooke was soon whipsawed by the railroad’s mismanagement, questionable contracts, and construction problems. Financier J. P. Morgan undermined him, and the Crédit Mobilier scandal ended congressional support. When railroad surveyors and army escorts ignored Sioux chief Sitting Bull’s warning not to enter the Yellowstone Valley, Indian attacks—combined with alcoholic commanders—led to embarrassing setbacks on the field, in the nation’s press, and among investors. Lubetkin’s suspenseful narrative describes events played out from Wall Street to the Yellowstone and vividly portrays the soldiers, engineers, businessmen, politicians, and Native Americans who tried to build or block the Northern Pacific.
Panic on Wall Street
Author: Robert Sobel
Publisher: Beard Books
ISBN: 9781893122468
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Publisher: Beard Books
ISBN: 9781893122468
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Pacific Coast Architect
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
American Panic
Author: Mark Stein
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1137279028
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The best-selling author of How the States Got Their Shapes explores the history and consequences of American political panic events ranging from the Salem Witch Trials to the Tea Party demonstrations to reveal how and why our society has repeatedly succumbed to induced hype and propaganda. 35,000 first printing.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1137279028
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The best-selling author of How the States Got Their Shapes explores the history and consequences of American political panic events ranging from the Salem Witch Trials to the Tea Party demonstrations to reveal how and why our society has repeatedly succumbed to induced hype and propaganda. 35,000 first printing.
This Deep Panic
Author: Lisa Stowe
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781080426904
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Myth and reality clash when a catastrophic earthquake hits the Pacific Northwest and creatures from legends are released. Finally free, they hunger for flesh, for souls, for life.Now, the people who call the Northwest home fight to survive the ravages of a shifting earth and the horrors it disgorged.Curtis Jonason, a scientist, had nothing but his work for company and nothing to fear but his imagination -- until the quake strikes.Anya Lindgren, devastated by personal loss, chose to isolate herself and grieve - until the quake strikes.Sharon Driscoll, middle-aged and angry, seeks death on her terms - until the quake strikes. And Ethan Reynolds, an environmental science teacher, picked a bad day to take high school students on a hike.Now on paths far different than anticipated, they struggle through the ravaged forest to outlive the ancient hunt. Not all will survive. And no one will escape unscathed.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781080426904
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Myth and reality clash when a catastrophic earthquake hits the Pacific Northwest and creatures from legends are released. Finally free, they hunger for flesh, for souls, for life.Now, the people who call the Northwest home fight to survive the ravages of a shifting earth and the horrors it disgorged.Curtis Jonason, a scientist, had nothing but his work for company and nothing to fear but his imagination -- until the quake strikes.Anya Lindgren, devastated by personal loss, chose to isolate herself and grieve - until the quake strikes.Sharon Driscoll, middle-aged and angry, seeks death on her terms - until the quake strikes. And Ethan Reynolds, an environmental science teacher, picked a bad day to take high school students on a hike.Now on paths far different than anticipated, they struggle through the ravaged forest to outlive the ancient hunt. Not all will survive. And no one will escape unscathed.
Digest of Education Statistics
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Contains information on a variety of subjects within the field of education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges, enrollments, teachers, graduates, educational attainment, finances, Federal funds for education, libraries, international education, and research and development.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Contains information on a variety of subjects within the field of education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges, enrollments, teachers, graduates, educational attainment, finances, Federal funds for education, libraries, international education, and research and development.
The Panic Virus
Author: Seth Mnookin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439158657
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
A searing account of how vaccine opponents have used the media to spread their message of panic, despite no scientific evidence to support them.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439158657
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
A searing account of how vaccine opponents have used the media to spread their message of panic, despite no scientific evidence to support them.