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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The 1946 Battle of Athens and America's Only Modern Armed RebellionThe Battle of Athens stands as the only successful armed rebellion on American soil since the Revolutionary War. In August 1946, approximately three hundred World War II veterans in McMinn County, Tennessee, took up military weapons and besieged their county jail in a six-hour firefight to recover ballot boxes stolen by a corrupt political machine. This meticulously researched account reveals how Sheriff Paul Cantrell and his successor Pat Mansfield had spent a decade transforming law enforcement into organized theft through Tennessee's fee system, which paid deputies for each arrest they made. The machine rigged elections, shot an elderly farmer for attempting to vote, and ignored repeated appeals to federal authorities for intervention. When deputies transported ballot boxes to the jail for secret counting, the veterans raided National Guard armories, armed themselves with Garand rifles and Thompson submachine guns, and laid siege to the building with dynamite and thousands of rounds of ammunition. Despite the violence, no one was killed. The veterans recovered the ballots, confirmed their electoral victory, and briefly established clean government before internal divisions undermined their reforms. This book examines the institutional decay that made armed resistance necessary, the moral reasoning behind the veterans' decision, and the complex legacy of using force to restore democracy. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Mason of the Woods: America's First Crime BossSamuel Mason's transformation from Revolutionary War militia captain to America's first organized crime boss reveals the brutal human costs of early American nation-building. Born in 1739 Virginia, Mason served honorably during the Revolution before economic collapse and crushing debt destroyed his legitimate life in Pennsylvania, forcing him to flee westward as a fugitive. The psychological trauma of frontier warfare, combined with systemic economic failures and weak governmental institutions, pushed Mason toward systematic criminality. Operating from Cave-in-Rock and along the Natchez Trace between 1797 and 1803, he pioneered the application of military organizational principles to criminal enterprise, building a sophisticated gang that terrorized frontier commerce through river piracy and highway robbery. His theatrical violence, including signing crimes in victims' blood and scalping murder victims, established him as the frontier's most feared predator. Mason's eventual betrayal and murder by his own gang members seeking a two-thousand-dollar bounty, followed by the execution and public display of his killers' severed heads, marked a turning point in frontier justice. His story illuminates how war trauma, economic instability, and institutional weakness combined to enable organized criminality during the republic's most vulnerable period, while his family struggled for generations with the burden of inherited infamy.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The 1946 Battle of Athens and America's Only Modern Armed RebellionThe Battle of Athens stands as the only successful armed rebellion on American soil since the Revolutionary War. In August 1946, approximately three hundred World War II veterans in McMinn County, Tennessee, took up military weapons and besieged their county jail in a six-hour firefight to recover ballot boxes stolen by a corrupt political machine. This meticulously researched account reveals how Sheriff Paul Cantrell and his successor Pat Mansfield had spent a decade transforming law enforcement into organized theft through Tennessee's fee system, which paid deputies for each arrest they made. The machine rigged elections, shot an elderly farmer for attempting to vote, and ignored repeated appeals to federal authorities for intervention. When deputies transported ballot boxes to the jail for secret counting, the veterans raided National Guard armories, armed themselves with Garand rifles and Thompson submachine guns, and laid siege to the building with dynamite and thousands of rounds of ammunition. Despite the violence, no one was killed. The veterans recovered the ballots, confirmed their electoral victory, and briefly established clean government before internal divisions undermined their reforms. This book examines the institutional decay that made armed resistance necessary, the moral reasoning behind the veterans' decision, and the complex legacy of using force to restore democracy. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Trailside Killer: David CarpenterThe Trailside Killer: David Carpenter and the Murders That Terrorized Northern California presents a comprehensive examination of one of America's most calculating serial predators. Between 1979 and 1981, David Carpenter stalked hikers on the scenic trails of the San Francisco Bay Area, transforming beloved natural spaces into hunting grounds. This meticulously researched account traces Carpenter's trajectory from an abused child with a severe stutter to a methodical killer whose signature-forcing victims to kneel before execution-revealed the psychological function his crimes served.Drawing on trial transcripts, psychological evaluations, and forensic evidence, this narrative explores how institutional failures repeatedly released a dangerous predator, how early FBI profiling techniques helped identify him, and how survivor Steven Haertle's testimony proved crucial to his capture. The book examines the devastating impact on the Bay Area hiking community, the complex legal proceedings including juror misconduct that reached the California Supreme Court, and the comprehensive psychological assessment that revealed how violence temporarily cured Carpenter's stutter-making his crimes serve a profound neurological function that ensured rehabilitation was impossible.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Mason of the Woods: America's First Crime BossSamuel Mason's transformation from Revolutionary War militia captain to America's first organized crime boss reveals the brutal human costs of early American nation-building. Born in 1739 Virginia, Mason served honorably during the Revolution before economic collapse and crushing debt destroyed his legitimate life in Pennsylvania, forcing him to flee westward as a fugitive. The psychological trauma of frontier warfare, combined with systemic economic failures and weak governmental institutions, pushed Mason toward systematic criminality. Operating from Cave-in-Rock and along the Natchez Trace between 1797 and 1803, he pioneered the application of military organizational principles to criminal enterprise, building a sophisticated gang that terrorized frontier commerce through river piracy and highway robbery. His theatrical violence, including signing crimes in victims' blood and scalping murder victims, established him as the frontier's most feared predator. Mason's eventual betrayal and murder by his own gang members seeking a two-thousand-dollar bounty, followed by the execution and public display of his killers' severed heads, marked a turning point in frontier justice. His story illuminates how war trauma, economic instability, and institutional weakness combined to enable organized criminality during the republic's most vulnerable period, while his family struggled for generations with the burden of inherited infamy. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Trailside Killer: David CarpenterThe Trailside Killer: David Carpenter and the Murders That Terrorized Northern California presents a comprehensive examination of one of America's most calculating serial predators. Between 1979 and 1981, David Carpenter stalked hikers on the scenic trails of the San Francisco Bay Area, transforming beloved natural spaces into hunting grounds. This meticulously researched account traces Carpenter's trajectory from an abused child with a severe stutter to a methodical killer whose signature-forcing victims to kneel before execution-revealed the psychological function his crimes served.Drawing on trial transcripts, psychological evaluations, and forensic evidence, this narrative explores how institutional failures repeatedly released a dangerous predator, how early FBI profiling techniques helped identify him, and how survivor Steven Haertle's testimony proved crucial to his capture. The book examines the devastating impact on the Bay Area hiking community, the complex legal proceedings including juror misconduct that reached the California Supreme Court, and the comprehensive psychological assessment that revealed how violence temporarily cured Carpenter's stutter-making his crimes serve a profound neurological function that ensured rehabilitation was impossible. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. The 1946 Battle of Athens and America's Only Modern Armed Rebellion | Cathal O'Brian | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | SilverBack | EAN 9798233476228 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Mason of the Woods | America's First Crime Boss | Cathal O'Brian | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2025 | SilverBack | EAN 9798232599102 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. The Trailside Killer | David Carpenter | Cathal O'Brian | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | SilverBack | EAN 9798233580697 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.