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Garrett Peck is a freelance journalist who has written mostly within the alcohol industry trade circles. Based in Washington, D.C., he leads a Temperance Tour of historic sites for the movement that led to Prohibition.

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Date de naissance
20th Century
Sexe
male
Nationalité
USA
Lieu de naissance
California, USA
Lieux de résidence
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Études
Virginia Military Institute
George Washington University

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This book comes in three parts: before, during, and after WWI It is in the after part that it excels. The before and during are rather mundane breaking very little new ground. For me, the after part is very much new. and for that, I give a high rating. Sadly, there is so much of the Great War that was repeated 20 years later. Prior to WWI, wars came and went a fair frequency but with very little resolution. The make-up of states changed, morphed, began, and ended. WWI took the "nice" out of the definition of war. WWI was tragic. An unusual fact, however, is that it was essentially fought on the ground of one of the victors and with very little of it fought on the ground of the loser. One could jump to the conclusion that fact produced the very bad settlement.… (plus d'informations)
 
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DeaconBernie | Jan 29, 2019 |
I love reading stories about DC and its history, so when I spotted this title I knew that it would be something that would interest me. I'm not very familiar with the life of Walt Whitman, so everything I read between the pages was new information. There was so much packed into this small book, historical photos, fascinating stories and a few stanzas of Whitman poetry.
Really enjoyed it.
 
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Iambookish | Dec 14, 2016 |

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Œuvres
11
Aussi par
2
Membres
149
Popularité
#139,413
Évaluation
4.2
Critiques
2
ISBN
22

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