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1) The Pardon
Author
Language
English
Description
Murder. With all the picturesque glamour of the 1940s, The Pardon recounts the unlikely true story of Toni Jo Henry. A grisly murder and a series of sensational trials where she pleads her innocence, she was executed in Louisiana, 1942.
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Series
Neighborhood Wars volume 4
Language
English
Description
In a California apartment complex, a woman bashes her neighbor's door with a dumbbell. And in Florida, a neighbor takes exception to workers stepping over the property line to install a French drain.
Author
Series
Investigating American Presidents volume 9
Language
English
Description
Investigate the use of presidential pardons. Start by looking at two general types of pardons in American history: the "justice and mercy" pardon and the "peacefulness" pardon. Then, focus on key questions about the presidential pardon power: Can American presidents pardon co-conspirators for crimes they've committed, thereby frustrating an investigation? Can they pardon themselves?
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xxiv, 280 pages : illustrations , portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Many African Americans of the Civil War era felt a personal connection to Abraham Lincoln. For the first time in their lives, an occupant of the White House seemed concerned about the welfare of their race. Indeed, despite the tremendous injustice and discrimination that they faced, African Americans now had confidence to write to the president and to seek redress of their grievances. Their letters express the dilemmas, doubts, and dreams of both...
Author
Series
Kylar Chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"After the war that cost him so much, Kylar Stern is broken and alone. He's determined not to kill again, but an impending amnesty will pardon the one murderer he can't let walk free. He promises himself this is the last time. One last hit to tie up the loose ends of his old, lost life. But Kylar's best, and maybe only, friend, the High King Logan Gyre, needs him. To protect a fragile peace, Logan's new kingdom, and the king's twin sons, he needs...
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Series
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tad Lincoln was forever getting into trouble. Only President Lincoln was never annoyed--he delighted in his son's antics. Tad was his father's joy and comfort in the midst of a brutal war, a family tragedy, and the toll of holding the nation's highest office. When Tad befriends a turkey who is meant to be Thanksgiving dinner, his plea for his pet to be spared teaches his father a lesson about mercy and starts the tradition of the Thanksgiving turkey...
Author
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Although Tennessee has a rich history of political scandals dating back to the founding of the state, the last fifty years have been a confusing, confounding, and sometimes ludicrous period of ne’er-do-welling. Welcome to Capitol Hill is a guide to the state’s modern history of corruption. From Governor Ray Blanton’s pardon scandals to the FBI investigation that started with now lieutenant governor Randy McNally wearing a wire in the late 1980s...
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