Thomas J. Craughwell (1956–2018)
Auteur de Stealing Lincoln's Body
A propos de l'auteur
Thomas J. Craughwell is the author of Saints Behaving Badly, This Saint Will Change Your Life, and Pope Francis: The Pope from the End of the Earth: Every month he writes a column on patron saints for Catholic diocesan newspapers. He has also written about saints for the Wall Street Journal, St. afficher plus Anthony Messenger, and Catholic Digest and has discussed saints on CNN and EWTN. His book Stealing Lincoln's Body was made into a two-hour documentary on the History Channel. afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de Thomas J. Craughwell
Saints Behaving Badly: The Cutthroats, Crooks, Trollops, Con Men, and Devil-Worshippers Who Became Saints (2006) 224 exemplaires
Thomas Jefferson's Creme Brulee: How a Founding Father and His Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America (2012) 205 exemplaires
Urban Legends: 666 Absolutely True Stories That Happened to a Friend...of a Friendof a Friend (2002) 153 exemplaires
How the Barbarian Invasions Shaped the Modern World: The Vikings, Vandals, Huns, Mongols, Goths, and Tartars who Razed… (2008) 142 exemplaires
Great Books for Every Book Lover: 2002 Great Reading Suggestions for the Discriminating Bibliophile (1998) 128 exemplaires
Alligators in the Sewer and 222 Other Urban Legends: Absolutely True Stories that Happened to a Friend...of a… (1999) 113 exemplaires
The Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in History: How Genghis Khan's Mongols Almost Conquered the World (2010) 87 exemplaires
Failures of the Presidents: From the Whiskey Rebellion and War of 1812 to the Bay of Pigs and War in Iraq (2008) 82 exemplaires
Baby on the Car Roof and 222 Other Urban Legends: Absolutely True Stories That Happened to a Friend of a Friend of a… (1701) 66 exemplaires
The Greatest Brigade: How the Irish Brigade Cleared the Way to Victory in the American Civil War (2011) 64 exemplaires
St. Peter's Bones: How the Relics of the First Pope Were Lost and Found . . . and Then Lost and Found Again (2014) 57 exemplaires
The War Scientists: The Brains Behind Military Technologies of Destruction and Defense (1863) 40 exemplaires
The Wisdom of the Popes: A Collection of Statements of the Popes Since Peter on a Variety of Religious and Social… (1957) 27 exemplaires
Patron Saints: Saints for Every Member of Your Family, Every Profession, Every Ailment, Every Emergency, and Even Every… (2011) 24 exemplaires
The Buck Stops Here: The 28 Toughest Presidential Decisions and How They Changed History (2010) 24 exemplaires
The Failures of the Presidents: From the Whiskey Rebellion and War of 1812 to the Bay of Pigs and War in Iraq (2018) 21 exemplaires
Heroic Catholic Chaplains: Stories of the Brave and Holy men Who Dodged Bullets While Saving Souls (2018) 19 exemplaires
Presidential Payola: The True Stories of Monetary Scandals in the Oval Office that Robbed Taxpayers to Grease Palms,… (2011) 6 exemplaires
Kids Bible Challenge Game 3 exemplaires
Popes Who Resigned: Benedict Xvi and 13 Other Popes Who Retired (or Were Deposed) (2013) 2 exemplaires
Patron Saints by Thomas J. Craughwell (1-Oct-2011) Paperback — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Santos Para Cada Ocasion: 101 de los Santos Patronos Mas Poderosos (Spanish Edition) (2003) 1 exemplaire
Saints with a Past 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1956-06-11
- Date de décès
- 2018-06-13
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Bethel, Connecticut, USA
- Études
- Montclair State University
New York University - Professions
- writer
Membres
Critiques
Stealing Lincoln's body par Thomas J. Craughwell
Interesting, if somewhat workmanlike, account of a lesser known incident in Lincoln arcana
Interesting, but seemed more of a long article, fit for a spread across a couple of issues of Smithsonian magazine, than a book.
Five million visitors crowd into St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York each year. Hundreds of thousands annually pay homage to the Blessed Virgin at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. But Catholic travelers don’t always realize that every state in the Union contains unique shrines, retreat houses, missions and other significant holy places. In 101 Places to Pray Before You Die, you’ll discover the unexpected, the somber, the whimsical and the inspiring spots that, at times, are hidden in plain sight.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 63
- Membres
- 2,854
- Popularité
- #8,987
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 113
- ISBN
- 127
- Langues
- 7
- Favoris
- 1
