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This is the story of a self-educated, charismatic, gifted leader who overcame personal tragedy in childhood and was elected the youngest mayor of a major city in the United States at age twenty-six. It is the story of a reformer who possessed a genius for politics. James K. McGuire (1868–1923) was elected mayor of Syracuse three times as a Democrat in a Republican bastion. As a candidate for governor in 1898, he nearly derailed the rise of Theodore Roosevelt. His ideas and positions informed the candidacy of William Jennings Bryan in his quest for the presidency and the platform of the Democratic Party in those elections. Fahey narrates McGuire’s remarkable rise to become a major figure ...
Reowned criminalist Lincoln Rhyme is pitted against Amelia Sachs, his own brilliant protegee, as they disagree on the analysis of a crime they began working together.
The "Golden Apple" of the title is Westchester County, NY, where O'Shaughnessy broadcasts from community radio station WVOX. The collection of his commentaries, profiles, vignettes, tributes, speeches, and interviews rounds up famous personalities like Mario Cuomo, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Hillary Clinton, Cardinal O'Connor, and George Plimpton as well as the "townies" who inhabit the wealthy suburb outside New York City. Three sections of bandw snapshots show some of the prominent characters involved. c. Book News Inc.
Compelling stories of fatherhood from the popular NPR radio show From the popular radio series This I Believe comes this touching and thought-provoking compilation of original essays on one of the most fundamental of human relationships-fatherhood. It is a relationship filled with joy and heartbreak, love and anger, lessons learned, and opportunities missed. The stories in this collection are engaging and meaningful. Some are reverential and loving; some are sad and clouded by yearning, loss, and regret: You'll read reflections from expectant and new dads, full of optimism, as well as from longtime parents who, through the distance of time, are able to reflect on their successes and failures...
Edward McGuire was born at Ardfert near Tralee, County Kerry, in 1720. He immigrated to America, landing at Philadelphia and went to to Virginia where he purchased a grant of 346 acres on the Wappacomo in 1747. He married 1) Susannah Wheeler of Prince George's County, and 2) Millicent Dobie, daughter of Samuel Dobie. He had eight children. He died in 1806.
An exhaustive survey of the genetic predecessors of Ruth A Noble of Troy, NY.
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