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Jules Archer (January 27, 1915 – November 13, 2008) was an American author who wrote many volumes of non-fiction history for a general audience and for young adults. Archer attended DeWitt Clinton High School in New York City and the College of the City of New York, where he received a degree in advertising. Archer served four years during World War II with the Army Air Forces in the Pacific theater. He wrote many books on U.S. history, political events, and personalities, including The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDR, and Jungle Fighters: A G.I. War Correspondent's Experiences in the New Guinea Campaign. Archer lived the remainder of his life in Scotts Valley, California. His papers are held by the University of Oregon Libraries. Publications Battlefield President Dwight D. Eisenhower Fighting Journalist Horace Greeley Front-Line General Douglas MacArthur Man of Steel Joseph Stalin, Julian Messner 1965 Twentieth Century Caesar Benito Mussolini Angry Abolitionist William Loyd Garrison, Julian Messner 1969 The Philippines' Fight for Freedom, Crowell-Collier Press 1970, ISBN 978-0-02-705640-2 Treason in America: Disloyalty Versus Dissent, E P Dutton 1971, ISBN 978-0-8015-7932-5 Ho Chi Minh: Legend of Hanoi, Bailey Bros.& Swinfen Ltd 1973, ISBN 978-0-561-00153-1 They Made a Revolution, 1776, 1975 The Plot to Seize the White House, 1973/2007 Mexico and the United States, 1973 The Incredible Sixties: The Stormy Years That Changed America, 1986 Who's Running Your Life?: A Look at Young People's Rights, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1979, ISBN 978-0-15-296058-2 Resistance, 1973 They Had a Dream: The Civil Rights Struggle from Frederick Douglass to Marcus Garvey to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, 1996, Puffin Books, ISBN 0140349545 Winners and Losers: How Elections Work in America, 1984 Mao Tse-Tung, 1972 Breaking Barriers: The Feminist Revolution from Susan B. Anthony to Margaret ..., 1998 You Can't Do That to Me: Famous Fights for Human Rights, 1980, ISBN 0027056007 References. Discover the Jules Archer popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Jules Archer books.
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Mahabharata Stories
No AuthorSelected stories for children from the Mahabharata ranging from how the Mahabharata was written to the Mritasanjivani story, the birth of Devavrata, the palace of Lac, Draupadi's S...
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The Girls Behind The Gunfire
Trisha Ray"Pick up your books Its time to kick some butt." Life can be hard when you're a dork. You're not pretty or popular just intelligent and very bored with the world around you. ...
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The Dictators
Jules Archer & Brianna DuMontHistory has shown that dictators often share similarities in the ways they come to power, hold power, and topple from power. The Dictators is a fascinating presentation of eighteen...
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All of Me
Venita CoelhoLondon, 1854: Castor is discovered locked away in a basement. He has been there for five years, but he hasn't been alone. The Family has kept him company. These are his multiple pe...
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Wild Animals Prohibited
Subimal Misra'Subimal Misra may be the most important Bengali writer alive whom you have never heard of.' The Statesman'Long before Roberto Bolano, Misra had captured the disturbing, enig...
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The High Priestess Never Marries
Sharanya ManivannanA Sri Lankan mermaid laments the Arthurian Fisher King; a woman treks to a cliff in the Nilgiris with honey gatherers of the Irula tribe; a painter fears she will lose her sanity i...
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They Had a Dream
Jules ArcherThe majority of the civil rights movement in the United States occurred in three stages. The first stage began with the slaves in America fighting for their freedom. Frederick Doug...
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They Made a Revolution
Jules Archer & Kathleen KrullThe founding fathers and mothers of the United States were not, as history often makes them out to be, stuffy cardboard figures of virtue and nobility. They Made a Revolution intro...
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37 Bridges and Other Stories
Aamer HusseinA masterful new collection from a leading exponent of the short story.A poem sparks off an epistolary exploration of romance, a television series consumes a writer's curiosity...
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Resistance
Jules Archer & Kathleen KrullIs resistance unAmerican? How far should resistance go? Courage and desperation have sparked instances of resistance since the dawn of civilization. Jesus, Thoreau, Gandhi, and Mar...
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A House Divided
Jules Archer & Allen C. GuelzoA House Divided is an exciting introduction to two of the most fascinating players in the American Civil War. Ulysses S. Grant was gruff and sloppy, the son of a hardworking but un...
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The Unpopular Ones
Jules Archer & Kathleen KrullSlavery is wrong. Women can be doctors. Women can wear pants. These are truths that most Americans today would agree are unambiguous. But there was a time in this country when each...
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Jungle Fighters
Jules Archer & Alex KershawIn the early stages of the Pacific War, General Douglas MacArthur was expected to prevent the Japanese from taking Australia. With limited forces, MacArthur had to be tactical, and...
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M Series
Shashi WarrierSeries BlurbWhy a 'M' series? Much of what makes for a masterful story starts with the letter M... Mysteries, Magic, Monsters! The M series promises to be a marvellous mix of all t...
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But Ira Said
Shreya MathurI can predict question papers. There, I have your attention now. It's true, I can. My name is Ira Bhatt and I've just told you my biggest secret. To be honest, it's not much of a s...
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Taklu And Shroom
Ranjit LalGaurav alias Taklu, 17. Gaurav's happygolucky world is shattered when his beloved German shepherd Rani is ruthlessly gunned down by the prime minister's security. He shaves ...
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To Save the Earth
Jules Archer & Erin PeabodyWith today's climate change, our environmental problems aren’t going away any time soon.To Save the Earth looks at the lives of four extraordinary Americans who fought to save our ...
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Watergate
Jules Archer & Roger StoneWith expert storytelling skills, historian Jules Archer recounts the complete story of Watergate, from that first fateful predawn Saturday morningJune 18, 1972when night watchman F...
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Winners and Losers
Jules Archer & Kathleen KrullWinners and Losers is a timeless exploration of a subject relevant to today’s youth that will inspire young readers to get involved. Jules Archer shares the accessible and entertai...
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The Feminist Revolution
Jules Archer & Naomi WolfToday, feminism is as important as ever. Betty Friedan’s musings, “to take the actions needed to bring women into the mainstream of American society, now; full equality for women, ...
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An Evening in Calcutta
K. A. Abbas & Suresh KohliThe strength of [his] short stories ... lies in the fact that [he] grasped the weaknesses of his characters and their strengths' Mulk Raj Anand 'A man of literature, a journalist ...
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Treason in America
Jules Archer & Brianna DuMontTreason can be defined as “the breach of the allegiance which a person owes to the state under whose protection he lives.” But what exactly does it mean to be guilty of a “breach o...
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Extremists
Jules Archer & Kathleen Krull“Extremism tends to flourish in times of crisis,” writes Jules Archer. It comes in all shapes and sizes and attaches itself to various causes. You can find extremism at the beginni...
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Rage in the Streets
Jules Archer & Kathleen KrullWhy do people riot?From the Boston Massacre in 1770 to the Los Angeles riots of 1992, mob violence in the United States is often sparked by unjust court decisions, unfair taxes, un...