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Russell, Francis was born on January 12, 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Leo Spotten Hamburger and Ethel May (Kent) Russell.
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THE EXTRAORDINARY SAGA OF A FAMILY THAT FOR OVER TWO HUNDRED YEARS HAS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF POLITICAL AND INTELLECTUAL POWER IN AMERICA. To imagine the United States without John and Abigail Adams and their descendants would be impossible. The indefatigable Adams family has managed to be close to the heartbeat of America's political and intellectual life across more than two centuries. Adams: An American Dynasty tells the epic story of the Adamses of Massachusetts. From the great political and philosophical contributions of the founding father, John Adams, to the present generation of inheritors of the family legacy who continue to serve the country, the reader follows the dramatic careers of John's stoutly independent son, the diplomat and sixth President, John Quincy Adams; the pre-Civil War "Voice of Honor," Charles Francis Adams; the famous authors, Henry and Brook Adams; and those who have carried on the dynasty's tradition in giving leadershp in many fields of American endeavor,from scholarship and intellectual pursuits to statesmanship and business.
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Among the forgotten or neglected events are: the Plattsburgh (NY) training camp of 1915, the Flu Epidemic of 1918, the World of John Held Jr, Anarchists, Coolidge's Vermont, Boston's John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, James Michael Gurley, Margery Crandon, the Witch of Beacon Hill.
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The Case Of Sacco And Vanzetti, Which Began As The Prosecution For A Brutal Murder, Developed Gradually Into One Of The World's Great Trials. In The End It Was Much More Than A Trial.
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American Heritage Junior Library series of the American Revolution, this volume featuring Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill.
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(On September 9, 1919, an American nightmare came true. Th...)
On September 9, 1919, an American nightmare came true. The entire Boston police force deserted their posts, leaving the city virtually defenseless. Women were raped on street corners, stores were looted, and pedestrians were beaten and robbed while crowds not only looked on but cheered. The police strike and the mayhem that followed made an inconspicuous governor, Calvin Coolidge, known throughout America, turning him into a national hero and, eventually, a president. It also created a monster: for two days, more than 700,000 residents of Boston's urban core were without police protection, and the mob ruled the streets.
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In "The Confident Years," narrative, illustration, and eyewitness commentary unite to tell the complex story of this roiling period between the Civil War and World War I, a period whose major trait was the frank and unblushing worship of power.
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(The Shadow of Blooming Grove. Francis Russell (January 12...)
The Shadow of Blooming Grove. Francis Russell (January 12, 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts - March 20, 1989 in Falmouth, Massachusetts) was an American author specializing in American history and historical figures. Russell is best known for his book on Warren G. Harding, The Shadow of Blooming Grove. He graduated from Bowdoin College, and from Harvard University, A colorful biography of a largely forgotten president and, more importantly, an interesting peek into the mindset of American life and politics during the interregnum between the end of World War I and the true beginning of the roaring '20s.
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History. First edition stated. Black and red cloth covers very nice, spine ends bumped. Dust jacket rubbed, light soil, spine panel sunned. Interior clean and tight, light foxing on the endpapers, top edge dusty.
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(STATED FIRST EDITION. 1986 Harper Row hardcover, Francis ...)
STATED FIRST EDITION. 1986 Harper Row hardcover, Francis Russell (Adams: An American Dynasty). Startling new evidence is revealed that proves once and for all Nicolo Sacco's guilt and Bartolomeo Vanzetti's innocence in the famous 1920 murder case that resulted in the conviction and execution of both men. - Google Books
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Russell, Francis was born on January 12, 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Leo Spotten Hamburger and Ethel May (Kent) Russell.
Student, University Breslau, Germany, 1931-1932;
Bachelor of Arts, Bowdoin College, 1933;
A.M., Harvard University, 1937.
Russell is best known for his book on Warren G. Harding, The Shadow of Blooming Grove. He served in the Canadian Army from 1941 to 1946. He had a daughter from a previous marriage.
His papers are kept at Bowdoin College.
Russell became embroiled in a lawsuit with some of the heirs of Warren Harding around the publication of his 1968 biography of the former president His work on the Sacco-Vanzetti case, the award-winning Tragedy In Dedham: The Story of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case (1962), continued with the 1986 publication of Sacco & Vanzetti: The Case Resolved.
In it, he claimed to solve the case, proposing that only Nicola Sacco was guilty and Bartholomew Vanzetti was innocent.
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Served to captain Canada Army, 1941-1946. Fellow Society of America Historians. Member Goethe Society (director), Black Watch Association, Boston Authors' Club, Dorchester History Society Clubs: Harvard (Boston).
Married Sharon Soong, March 5, 1966 (divorced 1981). 1 child, Sara; married Rosalind Lawson, March 16, 1984.