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The New Encyclopedia of American Scandal

by George Childs Kohn

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Publisher Comments:

This unique collection of scandalous activities and pursuits provides a historic reference to the dark and endlessly fascinating side of American history. Covering people and events-shameful or otherwise-from the 1630s to the present day

Book News Annotation:

This is a revised edition of Encyclopedia of American scandal (1989). It is updated to incorporate the peccadillos of the past decade; and the 455 alphabetical entries add such juicy bits as O.J., the Olympics, Tailhook, the Eric and Lyle Menedez murder trial, and of course Monica. The coverage extends back to the 1630s, and includes Susan B. Anthony's conviction for felonious voting, Joseph McCarthy, and Charles Ponzi.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis:

Covering people and events from the 1630s to the present day, The New Encyclopedia of American Scandal offers more than 455 A-to-Z entries on such topics as dirty politics, white-collar scams, botched cover-ups, tawdry love affairs, and despicable acts of corruption.

The new edition features scandalous names and events of the past ten years, including:
-- The murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and the O.J. Simpson trial
-- Heidi Fleiss
-- Salt Lake City's Olympic Bribery Scandal
-- BCCI (Bank of Credit and Commerce International)
-- John and Lorena Bobbitt
-- The Fisher-Buttafuoco Affair
-- Tonya Harding
-- The Tailhook Scandal
-- Michael Milken
-- The Erik and Lyle Menendez Trial
-- Aldrich Ames
-- The Naval Academy Cheating Scandal.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780816042258
Author:
Kohn, George Childs
Publisher:
Facts on File
Subject:
Reference
Subject:
History
Subject:
Politics and government
Subject:
United States - General
Subject:
Conspiracy & Scandal Investigations
Subject:
Political corruption
Subject:
United States History.
Subject:
Scandals -- United States -- History.
Publication Date:
January 2001
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
464
Dimensions:
1131x883x140 344

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