The Dead End Kids of Port Richmond, Philadelphia
Author: Edward Chrzanowski
Publisher:
Published: 2001-08-07
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781403306432
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Edward Chrzanowski
Publisher:
Published: 2001-08-07
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781403306432
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2009-07-29
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 0309142393
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Scores of talented and dedicated people serve the forensic science community, performing vitally important work. However, they are often constrained by lack of adequate resources, sound policies, and national support. It is clear that change and advancements, both systematic and scientific, are needed in a number of forensic science disciplines to ensure the reliability of work, establish enforceable standards, and promote best practices with consistent application. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward provides a detailed plan for addressing these needs and suggests the creation of a new government entity, the National Institute of Forensic Science, to establish and enforce standards within the forensic science community. The benefits of improving and regulating the forensic science disciplines are clear: assisting law enforcement officials, enhancing homeland security, and reducing the risk of wrongful conviction and exoneration. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States gives a full account of what is needed to advance the forensic science disciplines, including upgrading of systems and organizational structures, better training, widespread adoption of uniform and enforceable best practices, and mandatory certification and accreditation programs. While this book provides an essential call-to-action for congress and policy makers, it also serves as a vital tool for law enforcement agencies, criminal prosecutors and attorneys, and forensic science educators.
Author: Steve Sheinkin
Publisher: Flash Point
Published: 2010-11-09
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781429951357
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Most people know that Benedict Arnold was America's first, most notorious traitor. Few know that he was also one of its greatest war heroes. This accessible biography introduces young readers to the real Arnold: reckless, heroic, and driven. Packed with first-person accounts, astonishing battle scenes, and surprising twists, this is a gripping and true adventure tale. The Notorious Benedict Arnold is the winner of the 2011 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Nonfiction.
Author: John Ernest
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2009-11-30
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 0807888850
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →It is the most celebrated escape in the history of American slavery. Henry Brown had himself sealed in a three-foot-by-two-foot box and shipped from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia, a twenty-seven-hour journey to freedom. In Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself, Brown not only tells the story of his famed escape, but also recounts his later life as a black man making his way through white American and British culture. Most important, he paints a revealing portrait of the reality of slavery, of the wife and children sold away from him, the home to which he could not return, and his rejection of the slaveholders' religion--painful episodes that fueled his desire for freedom. This edition comprises the most complete and faithful representation of Brown's life, fully annotated for the first time. John Ernest also provides an insightful introduction that places Brown's life in its historical setting and illuminates the challenges Brown faced in an often threatening world, both before and after his legendary escape.
Author: Chris Gibbons
Publisher: Bookbaby
Published: 2020-09-08
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9781098315856
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The stories of Philadelphia writer Chris Gibbons often convey the harrowing experiences of America's war veterans, the thrilling wonders of space exploration, and his poignant memories of growing up during the turbulent decades of the 1960's and 1970's. In this collection of 78 of his published essays across a broad range of topics, be prepared to traverse the battlefields of America's wars, rocket across the Solar System, and travel back in time to experience the heartache, joy, and triumph often encountered on the journey of life.
Author: Mickey Friedman
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2009-01-29
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 0252033965
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The searing memoir of an American communist family
Author: Mary C. Gillett
Publisher:
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Appendices include laws and legislation concerning the Army Medical Department. Maps include those of territories and frontiers and Continental Army hospital locations. Illustrations are chiefly portraits.
Author: Corcoran Gallery of Art
Publisher: Lucia Marquand
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781555953614
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.