Paul F. Caranci
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English
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On a frigid day in 1843, Amasa Sprague, a wealthy Yankee mill owner, left his mansion to check on his cattle. On the way, he was accosted and beaten beyond recognition, and his body was left facedown in the snow. What followed was a trial marked by judicial bias, witness perjury and societal bigotry that resulted in the conviction of twenty-nine-year-old Irish-Catholic John Gordon. He was sentenced to hang. Despite overwhelming evidence that the trial...
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2012.
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English
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In 1765, settlers to the west of Providence petitioned to form their own township. Their prayers were answered, and North Providence, Rhode Island, was born. While it sheltered religious dissenters, North Providence was also the sparking point of the Industrial Revolution - native sons and industrialists Samuel Slater and Zachariah Allen reinvented the cotton industry and altered the course of the nation. In this history of North Providence, author...
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Stillwater River Publications
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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It has been said that political corruption is as old as government itself. Yet despite its timeless nature and its devastating impact on society, political corruption remains an elusive term that is difficult to define. In order to fully grasp its impact on government and society as a whole, it is critical to first have at least a cursory understanding of what corruption is and how it is measured. Using several infamous instances of corruption in...
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Stillwater River Publications
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"It was an explosive case of political corruption that rocked a small town, an entire state and drew headlines across the nation. Three sitting councilmen had been arrested and accused of executing a scheme to extort bribes. And once the dust settled, as many as ten officials were caught up in a scandal that swirled around nearly everyone in the suburban New England town that some called, "the most corrupt town in America." Yet had it not been for...
7) The essential guide to running for local office: how to plan, organize and win your next election
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Stillwater River Publications
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Publisher
Stillwater River Publications
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Everyone, it seems, missed the most obvious signs. A childhood filled with poverty, neglect, drugs, pornog-raphy, physical, mental, and sexual abuse, will invaria-bly lead to an adulthood full of greed, lust and vio-lence. No one, however, could have predicted the terror that Reginald and Jonathan Carr, two brothers in Kansas, would inflict on seven unsuspecting men and women over nine days in December 2000. The brother's crime spree included assault,...
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KDP Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"In 1970, a young infantryman’s platoon encountered an ambush in the jungles of Vietnam. Six members of his unit were trapped behind enemy lines, facing certain death if they were not rescued. Specialist 4 Philip Salois and a fellow grunt were determined to rescue their six comrades. Phil asked God to protect him and see him through this ordeal unharmed in return for a promise to do anything God wanted of him afterwards, not an uncommon promise...
