The Life of Mr. Richard Savage, Son of the Earl Rivers
Author: Samuel Johnson
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Published: 1777
Total Pages: 316
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Author: Samuel Johnson
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Published: 1777
Total Pages: 316
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Fintan O'Toole
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2015-03-24
Total Pages: 562
ISBN-13: 1466892692
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA provocative new biography of the man who forged America's alliance with the Iroquois William Johnson was scarcely more than a boy when he left Ireland and his Gaelic, Catholic family to become a Protestant in the service of Britain's North American empire. In New York by 1738, Johnson moved to the frontiers along the Mohawk River, where he established himself as a fur trader and eventually became a landowner with vast estates; served as principal British intermediary with the Iroquois Confederacy; command British, colonial, and Iroquois forces that defeated the French in the battle of Lake George in 1755; and created the first groups of "rangers," who fought like Indians and led the way to the Patriots' victories in the Revolution. As Fintan O'Toole's superbly researched, colorfully dramatic narrative makes clear, the key to Johnson's signal effectiveness was the style in which he lived as a "white savage." Johnson had two wives, one European, one Mohawk; became fluent in Mohawk; and pioneered the use of Indians as active partners in the making of a new America. O'Toole's masterful use of the extraordinary (often hilariously misspelled) documents written by Irish, Dutch, German, French, and Native American participants in Johnson's drama enlivens the account of this heroic figure's legendary career; it also suggests why Johnson's early multiculturalism unraveled, and why the contradictions of his enterprise created a historical dead end.
Author: Jonathan Kellerman
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 1999-05-18
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 0345429397
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis thought-provoking and timely book from a #1 New York Times bestselling novelist and noted child psychologist reveals the factors that often lead to explosive and shocking juvenile violence. “Ethically and morally, kids are works in progress. Throw in psychopathy and you’ve got a soul that will never be complete.” In this powerful, disturbing book, bestselling author and noted child psychologist Jonathan Kellerman shines a penetrating light on antisocial youth—kids who kill without remorse—asserting that “psychopathic tendencies begin very early in life, as young as three, and they endure.” Criticizing our quick impulse to blame violent movies or a “morally bankrupt” society, Kellerman convinces us that it is the kids themselves who need to be examined. Carefully. How do children become cold-blooded killers? Kellerman warns that today’s aggressive bully is tomorrow’s Mafia don, cult leader, or genocidal dictator. Violently psychopathic youths possess an overriding need for power, control, and stimulation, and all display a complete lack of regard for the humanity of others. He examines the origins of psychopathy and the ever-shifting debate between nurture and nature, offering some controversial solutions to dealing with homicidal tendencies in children. As timely as today’s headlines, more gripping than fiction, Savage Spawn is a provocative look at the links between society and biology, children and violence. Kellerman’s sobering message will remain with you long after the last page is turned.
Author: Robert Scott
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
Published: 2002-04-01
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780786014095
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe true account of Benjamin Pedro Gonzales, a diabolical killer who changed his identity to leave a trail of carnage across the U.S., details his capture after been profiled on America's Most Wanted and his determination to wreak havoc on the justice system by pretending that he was insane.
Author: Samuel Johnson
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 53
ISBN-13: 000711169X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLives that Never Grow Old Part of a radical new series -edited by Richard Holmes - that recovers the great classical tradition of English biography. Johnson's book is a biographical masterpiece, still thrilling to read and vividly alive. When he first came to London, young Samuel Johnson was befriended by the flamboyant poet, playwright and blackmailer, Richard Savage. Walking the backstreets at night, he learned Savage's extraordinary story - supposedly persecuted by a 'cruel mother', sentenced to death for a murder in a brothel, appointed Volunteer Poet Laureate to the Queen, and finally broken and outcast. With this moving and intimate account, Johnson created a brilliant black comedy of 18th-century Grub Street which revolutionised English biography by its psychological realism. Yet Savage's destructive charm and delusions of grandeur sometimes even threatened to entangle Johnson himself.
Author: James Boswell
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Published: 1876
Total Pages: 948
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Published: 1887
Total Pages: 570
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Published: 1882
Total Pages: 216
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Published: 1874
Total Pages: 584
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