Shot In The Tower
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Shot In The Tower
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Author : Leonard Sellers
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 1990-12-31
Shot In The Tower written by Leonard Sellers and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-12-31 with History categories.
The number 1 best book about spies in Britain. As listed by Dame Stelle Rimington Ex-Director-General of M.I.5.The first reaction to Leonard Sellers fascinating account of the spies who were executed in the Tower of London during the First World War is likely to be one of amazement at their ineptitude. Not one of them seems to have had any proper training or any idea of how to set about the job. This, of course raises the intriguing question: how many others were there who did know what they were up to and managed to escape detection? However, thanks to the more liberal attitude now prevalent regarding access to hitherto 'sensitive' material and to years of dogged research by Len Sellers, the remarkable, but somehow pathetic, stories of the eleven foreign agents who were caught and subsequently shot in the Tower for espionage can now be told. In these days when a mind-boggling array of equipment is available for the assimilation and transmission of supposedly secret information their antics strike one as little short of farcical, but for their efforts, inspired, it seems, more often by greed than patriotism, these men paid the ultimate price and paid it in the most historic site in Britain.Whether they deserved their fate, or indeed the niche in history which this book gives them, is for the reader to decide. What cannot be denied is that their collected histories make remarkable reading.
A Sniper In The Tower
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Author : Gary M. Lavergne
language : en
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Release Date : 1997
A Sniper In The Tower written by Gary M. Lavergne and has been published by University of North Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
This volume provides an analysis of American Charles Whitman (1941-1966), an American engineering student and former U.S. Marine, who killed seventeen people and wounded thirty-two others in a mass shooting rampage in and around the Tower of the University of Texas in Austin on the afternoon of August 1, 1966. Prior to the shootings at the University of Texas, Whitman had murdered his wife and mother the night before. The author attempts to answer the question "why?" with this historical analysis of the event. Using primary sources and photographs, the author details the significant events in Whitman's life that led to the massacre. The author details the life of Whitman, his relationships with his friends, mother and father, brothers and wife. He writes about the victims and where and what they were doing when they were gunned down. The author describes how civilians used their own guns to shoot back at Whitman and how an air attack from a helicopter was unsuccessful in gunning down the killer, but how Austin police were finally able to end the massacre by sneaking up to the Tower and catching Whitman off guard.
The Shot Tower
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1940
The Shot Tower written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1940 with categories.
The Baltimore shot tower.
The Dubuque Shot Tower
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Author : John Adelmann
language : en
Publisher: Landmarks
Release Date : 2011
The Dubuque Shot Tower written by John Adelmann and has been published by Landmarks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
The George W. Rogers & Co. ShotTower claims the distinction of being Dubuque's most recognizable and enduring landmark. And while it only operated intermittently from 1856 to 1862, the Shot Tower continues to serve as a reminder of America's vibrant entrepreneurial spirit of the mid-1800s. To preserve this local legacy and position it in the larger narrative of our nation's past, students from Central Alternative High School in Dubuque invested a year of research in 2005-6 to tell the story. Their findings, combined with essays contributed by community experts, have been edited by John Adelmann into a first-of-its-kind book that presents a fascinating saga of the Shot Tower that has become greater than the sum of its myths and legends.
Shot Tower
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Author : William Shefski
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-06-10
Shot Tower written by William Shefski and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-10 with categories.
History-mystery. Words in the present speak to you from the past. Shot Tower, a historical fiction set in Civil War Philadelphia, is a coming of age story about Harry, the teenage son of Irish immigrants and his best friend Silas, a black from a Quaker family. When Harry's mother is murdered at her loom, the two boys travel south in search of her killer where they witness the Battle of Port Royal, test the bonds of their friendship, and return to Philadelphia as men. The voice of the new Patrick O'Brian.
Shot Tower
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Shot Tower written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Historic buildings categories.
Trapped In The Tower
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Author : Mary Schmal
language : en
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Release Date : 2019-09-07
Trapped In The Tower written by Mary Schmal and has been published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-07 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Luke and Garrett befriend Three Leaning Trees, the son of Chief Black Stone of the Nektosha Indian settlement. One evening, the adventurous three boys encounter something sinister in the dark woods. Their adventure continues the next day inside a soaring tower on the banks of Cobblestone Island. While climbing the tower's winding stairs, they are surprised by a bat flying through a broken window and a snake-like form trailing away from a trap door. At the top of the tower, the boys make an important discovery. After their climb back down, they are met with even more surprises! A mysterious sighting on the lake, disappearing objects, a curious chocolate-making machine, and a dangerous shipwreck all add to the adventures. Three Leaning Trees shows Luke and Garrett his father's peace pipe. On Thanksgiving Day in 1884, the boys attend a dimly-lit ceremony inside a Nektosha wigwam. The peace pipe becomes a central object in teaching Luke to be more patient. As he understands that patience is a Fruit of the Spirit, Luke recognizes that Garrett's gentleness is also a gift from God meant for all "Children of the Light." Based on the Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5: 22-23 See how each Fruit of the Spirit is discovered in the lives and adventures of the nine children of the Light. The third book in the series focuses on long-suffering (patience) and gentleness. Nine kids. Nine gifts. Nine blessed. childrenofthelightbooks.com
From A Taller Tower
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Author : Seamus McGraw
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2021-04-20
From A Taller Tower written by Seamus McGraw and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-20 with Social Science categories.
We, as a nation, have become desensitized to the shock and pain in the wake of mass shootings. In the bottomless silence between gunshots, as political stalemate ensures inaction, the killing continues; the dying continues. From a Taller Tower attends to the silence that has left us empty in the aftermath of these atrocities. Veteran journalist Seamus McGraw chronicles the rise of the mass shooter to dismantle the myths we have constructed around the murderers and ourselves. In 1966, America’s first mass shooter, from atop the University of Texas tower, unleashed a new reality: the fear that any of us may be targeted by a killer, and the complicity we bear in granting these murderers the fame or infamy they crave. Addressing individual cases in the epidemic that began in Austin, From a Taller Tower bluntly confronts our obsession with the shooters—and explores the isolation, narcissism, and sense of victimhood that fan their obsessions. Drawing on the experiences of survivors and first responders as well as the knowledge of mental health experts, McGraw challenges the notion of the “good guy with a gun,” the idolization of guns (including his own), and the reliability of traumatized memory. Yet in this terrible history, McGraw reminds us of the humanity that can stop the killing and the dying.
Tower Sniper
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Author : Monte Akers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-07-15
Tower Sniper written by Monte Akers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-15 with categories.
On August 1, 1966, University of Texas engineering student Charles Whitman went to the top of the 307-foot campus tower. Over the next 96 minutes he shot and killed 15 people and wounded 31. Tower Sniper: The Terror of America's First Campus Active Shooter, by Monte Akers, Nathan Akers, and Dr. Roger Friedman, explores the history and personal experience of this seminal tragedy, enriches public memory, and advances our understanding of mass shootings that continue to haunt America.The authors vigilantly examine the details leading up to the event, the shootings, and their half-century legacy in stark detail. In doing so the authors correct various myths that have been part of the public narrative for decades, such as a brain tumor having motivated Whitman's actions, that he intentionally targeted certain victims, and that he attempted to make it appear that multiple snipers were active. Witness interviews, examination of primary sources, and handwriting analysis reveal information overlooked until now, including the factors that actually contributed to Whitman's predatory behavior and how his death and autopsy were mishandled.Employing the expertise of a clinical psychologist who was best friend to one of the shooter's young victims, the book contrasts current understandings of trauma with the approach taken at the time, documents the long-term traumatic legacy of mass shootings, and describes how individuals and communities can successfully cope with traumatic memories. The release of this book coincides with the unveiling of the newly expanded memorial for the victims of this tragedy on the University of Texas campus, August 1, 2016, the 50th Anniversary of the shooting.
Shooting In The Ivory Tower
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Author : Joseph Katz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Shooting In The Ivory Tower written by Joseph Katz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Fiction categories.