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Bailey, James Anthony 1847-1906 Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor) 1810-1891 Kidnapping Florida Case studies Miami (Fla.) Pictorial works Miami Beach (Fla.) Pictorial works Murder Investigation Florida Case studies Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows. Ringling, John 1866-1936 United States Walsh, AdamStandiford, Les.
Summary: Relates the full, twenty-seven-year story behind the abduction and murder of Adam Walsh, the six-year-old son of "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh, as well as the decades-long search for the boy's elusive killer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 STAStandiford, Les.
Summary: Examines the relationship between two of the founding fathers of American industry--Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick--and the Homestead Steel Strike of 1892, which led to the dissolution of their partnership.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 StandifordCopies Available at Interlochen
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Summary: When Henry Flagler arrived at the island of Palm Beach in April 1893 it was a dense tangle of Palmetto brush and mangroves. Within a year he had built the Royal Poinciana Hotel, and two years later what was to become the legendary Breakers. Now Palm Beach has become synonymous with exclusivity, a fabled landscape intertwined with the colorful lives of its famous protagonists. Standiford brings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.9 STAStandiford, Les.
Summary: One July day in 1981, Reve Walsh allowed her six-year-old son Adam to try out a video game near a store's entrance while she shopped for lamps. When she returned Adam was gone. The shock of Adam's murder, and the inability of the police to find his killer, altered American innocence. Bringing Adam Home is the definitive account of this horrifying crime as well as a riveting story of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 364.1523 STAStandiford, Les.
Summary: With warmth, wit, and good cheer, Standiford shows how the unlikely success of "A Christmas Carol" revitalized Charles Dickens's languishing career and revived the celebration of the near-forgotten Christmas holiday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.8 STAStandiford, Les
Summary: "Millions have sat under the "big top," watching as trapeze artists glide and clowns entertain, but few know the captivating stories behind the men who shaped the circus. Battle for the Big Top is the untold story of the battles of the three circus kings--James Bailey, P.T. Barnum, and John Ringling-all vying for control of the vastly profitable and widely influential American Circus. New York...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.3092 STACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Entertain StandifordStandiford, Les.
Summary: Before Adam Walsh there were no faces on milk cartons, no Amber Alerts, no National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, no federal databases of crimes against children, no pedophile registry. His 1981 abduction and murder—unsolved for over a quarter of a century—forever changed America. One sunny July morning in 1981, RevÉ Walsh and her six-year-old son Adam stopped by the local Sears to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins US 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: Light Flight Publications 1997