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1898: Der britische Ingenieur John Patterson (Val Kilmer) reist nach Kenia, um dort mit Hilfe von 3.000 Arbeitern eine Eisenbahnbrücke über den Tsavo-Fluss zu errichten. Die Bauarbeiten schreiten planmäßig voran - bis die Truppe wiederholt von zwei blutrünstigen Löwen angegriffen wird. Mehrere Arbeiter werden von den Raubtieren brutal ermordet. Das Bauprojekt ist in Gefahr! Patterson tut sich mit Großwildjäger Charles Remington (Michael Dougla...

A Free Ballot and a Fair Count" examines the efforts by the Department of Justice to implement the federal legislation passed by Congress in 1870-71 known as the Enforcement Acts. These laws were designed to enforce the voting rights guarantees for African-Americans under the recently ratified Fifteenth Amendment. The Enforcement Acts set forth a range of federally enforceable crimes aimed at combating white southerners' attempts to deny or re...

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When Curt Flood, all-star center fielder for the St Louis Cardinals, refused to be traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1968, he sent shock waves throughout professional baseball that ultimately reached the Supreme Court. This book offers a look at Flood's efforts to shake the foundations of major league baseball.