This second edition of Great American Trials details approximately 360 of the most compelling courtroom battles in American history in two volumes. Volume 1 covers trials from 1637-1949 and Volume 2 covers trials from 1950-2001. Illustrated entries cover trials that were historically and/or legally significant as well as those that gained notoriety and large public interest. Featuring trials from the 1800s to the present, entries cover the principals involved, the crime charged, the verdict and sentence, and the significance and impact of each trial. Features include a bibliography, further reading list and detailed keyword index.

Great American Trials: Trials from 1637-2001

History

Paddock, Lisa Olson

Knappman, Edward W.

Christianson, Stephen G.

Americas

Gale Research, Inc.

An encyclopedic guide to the novelist includes entries on Melville's works and characters, influential events and social issues, friends and family, and journeys.

Herman Melville A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Life and Work (Facts on File Library of American Literature)

Biographies & Memoirs

Rollyson, Carl E.

Arts & Literature

FACTS ON FILE+

Herman Melville A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Life and Work (The Literary A to Z Series)

Reference

Checkmark Books

The Brontes A to Z: The Essential Reference to Their Lives and Works (Literary A to Z)

Alphabetically arranged entries offer information on the Brontèes, covering their novels, poetry, articles, essays, characters, significant events and people, and travels.

Book by Paddock, Lisa Olson, Rollyson, Carl

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

This guide gives students the tools to trace their ancestry, teaching them to collect data, obtain and evaluate documents and sources, use the latest electronic tools for researching, and conduct accounts of historical events in family life.

A Student's Guide to Polish American Genealogy (Oryx American Family Tree Series)

Children's Books

Rollyson, Carl Sokolnicki

Education & Reference

Greenwood

A guide to constructing a Scandinavian American family history utilizing library research.

A Student's Guide to Scandinavian American Genealogy (Oryx American Family Tree Series)

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