Boss
Boss

Author: Charles Osborne

Publisher: del Monte Publishing Company

Published: 2018-04-06

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9780692064719

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The story of S.F.B. Morse, founder of Pebble Beach, California, an icon of the good life in his time. He was a big fish in a small pond, and he made that pond even more beautiful. He dominated the Monterey Peninsula for 50 years and his vision was the basis for the creation of one of the most attractive pieces of real estate in the world.

The Telegraph in America
The Telegraph in America

Author: James D. Reid

Publisher:

Published: 1879

Total Pages: 920

ISBN-13:

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Here is an often cited panoramic history of the telegraph which discusses the principal telegraph firms and the key persons within them. Throughout his work, Reid stresses the business and economic aspects of marketing this remarkable scientific invention. The importance of The Telegraph in America as a classic reference in the field is under-scored by the fact that the author was active in telegraphy throughout the period he discusses. He thus had a personal knowledge of persons and events under examination.

Pebble Beach
Pebble Beach

Author: Hotelling Neal Dost Joanne

Publisher: Triumph Books

Published: 2012-03

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1617497150

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Pebble Beach is the most storied golf venue in the world. Nearly every legendary golfer of the past 100 years has played there. Great champions have been crowned and have lost there; hollywood movies have been filmed there; U.S. presidents and royalty from around the world have visited and played on its legendary fairways. And yet from the beginning, it has been a golf paradise open for everyone to enjoy. Award-winning writer/historian Neal Hotelling brings to life countless tales of past championships as well as the underlying history of the truly spectacular meeting of land and s.

The Paranoid Style in American Politics
The Paranoid Style in American Politics

Author: Richard Hofstadter

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2008-06-10

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 0307388441

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This timely reissue of Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence American electoral politics offers an invaluable perspective on contemporary domestic affairs.In The Paranoid Style in American Politics, acclaimed historian Richard Hofstadter examines the competing forces in American political discourse and how fringe groups can influence — and derail — the larger agendas of a political party. He investigates the politics of the irrational, shedding light on how the behavior of individuals can seem out of proportion with actual political issues, and how such behavior impacts larger groups. With such other classic essays as “Free Silver and the Mind of 'Coin' Harvey” and “What Happened to the Antitrust Movement?, ” The Paranoid Style in American Politics remains both a seminal text of political history and a vital analysis of the ways in which political groups function in the United States.