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Cape Cod, one of the nation's oldest regions, can claim many firsts, but not as many as some want you to believe. Boastfulness, tall tales and plain stretching the truth about history is widely practiced in this tourist mecca. Even esteemed institutions such as churches and historical societies are nimble in the art of gilding the lily. Discover where The Wizard of Oz film really premiered, whether Mercy Otis Warren had a hand in writing the B...

Cape Cod, one of the nation's oldest regions, can claim many firsts, but not as many as some want you to believe. Boastfulness, tall tales and plain stretching the truth about history is widely practiced in this tourist mecca. Even esteemed institutions such as churches and historical societies are nimble in the art of gilding the lily. Discover where The Wizard of Oz film really premiered, whether Mercy Otis Warren had a hand in writing the B...

The colourful Captain John "Mad Jack” Percival was a legend in his time. Known as a seaman of uncommon ability and fearlessness, he led such an extraordinary life. This book draws from unpublished journals, letters, and logs to provide previously unknown details about his adventures and the formative years of the US Navy.

West Barnstable is unique among historic colonial Cape Cod hamlets. A quartet born in the little village in a fifty-six-year span in the eighteenth century marked this village on the map forever. James Otis Jr., the Patriot, " led the intellectual revolution and helped shape American independence. His sister, Mercy Otis Warren, broke free of the defined roles for women of her time to become a significant political activist, dramatist, poet and...

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Mit einem genialen Kunstgriff verwandelt Ellis die Geschichte der „Gründerväter" Amerikas (John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison und George Washington) in ein biographisches Kaleidoskop. Er schildert sechs außergewöhnliche Augenblicke, in denen die Lebensläufe dieser Männer sich kreuzten und Geschichte machten. Ein Duell mit tödlichen Folgen, ein geheimes Dinner, bei dem über die künftig...