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1) A season in the sun: the rise of Mickey Mantle

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[2018]

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The story of Mickey Mantle's magnificent 1956 season Mickey Mantle was the ideal batter for the atomic age, capable of hitting a baseball harder and farther than any other player in history. He was also the perfect idol for postwar America, a wholesome hero from the heartland. In A Season in the Sun, acclaimed historians Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith recount the defining moment of Mantle's legendary career: 1956, when he overcame a host of injuries...

2) Blood Brothers: the fatal friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X

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Roberts, Randy

Pub. Date

[2016]

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The first book to bring to life the influential friendship between Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali. In 1962, no one believed that the obnoxious Cassius Clay would ever become the heavyweight champion of the world. But Malcolm X saw the potential in Clay, not just for boxing greatness, but as a means of spreading the Nation of Islam's radical message. Malcolm secretly molded Clay into Muhammad Ali--a patriotic boxing star in public, and a radical reformer...

3) John Wayne: American

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Roberts, Randy

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A critical biography of John Wayne and his importance both in the United States and abroad as the personification of all that was decent, heroic, and distinctly American. Based on interviews and archival research.

4) Jack Dempsey, the Manassa mauler

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Roberts, Randy

Pub. Date

2003

5) A line in the sand: the Alamo in blood and memory

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Roberts, Randy

Pub. Date

[2001]

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A re-creation of the 1836 battle of the Alamo debunks common myths about the conflict and its participants, draws on source material to present a full account of the battle, and examines the impact of the Alamo on American history and myth.

6) My Lai: a brief history with documents

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Olson, James Stuart

Series

Bedford series in history and culture

Pub. Date

c1998

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"America never fully recovered from or forgot the grim day in 1968 when the soldiers of Charlie Company killed almost four hundred Vietnamese civilians at My Lai. Introducing readers to the most controversial event of the Vietnam War, this brief history examines the massacre and its cover-up and discusses the ramifications that the ensuing investigation had for the public, policymakers, and the antiwar movement. Eight topical chapters reprint 68 primary...