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1) The book of Charlie: wisdom from the remarkable American life of a 109-year-old man

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Von Drehle, David

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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"When a veteran Washington journalist moved to Kansas, he met a new neighbor who was more than a century old. Little did he know that he was beginning a long friendship -- and a profound lesson in the meaning of life. Charlie White was no ordinary neighbor. Born before radio, Charlie lived long enough to use a smartphone. When a shocking tragedy interrupted his idyllic boyhood, Charlie mastered survival strategies that reflect thousands of years of...

2) Triangle: the fire that changed America

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Von Drehle, David

Pub. Date

[2003]

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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This "outstanding history" of the 1911 disaster that changed the course of 20th-century politics and labor relations "is social history at its best" (Kevin Baker, The New York Times Book Review ). New York City, 1911 . As the workday was about to end, a fire broke out in the Triangle shirtwaist factory of Greenwich Village. Within minutes it consumed the building's upper three stories. Firemen were powerless to rescue those trapped inside: their ladders...