Dreamers and Deceivers: True Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made America
About the Book
Dreamers and Deceivers: True Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made America
Everyone has heard of a "Ponzi scheme," but do you know what Charles Ponzi actually did to make his name synonymous with fraud? Credit for inventing radio usually goes to Marconi or David Sarnoff and RCA --- but if you've never heard of Edwin Armstrong or Lee de Forest, you know only half the story.
You've probably been to a Disney theme park, but did you know that the park Walt believed would change the world was actually EPCOT? He died before his vision for it could ever be realized. History is about so much more than dates and dead guys; it's the greatest story ever told. Now, in this follow-up to his national bestseller MIRACLES AND MASSACRES, Glenn Beck brings 10 more true and untold stories to life.
The people who made America were not always what they seemed. There were entrepreneurs and visionaries whose selflessness propelled us forward, but there were also charlatans and fraudsters whose selfishness nearly derailed us. DREAMERS AND DECEIVERS brings both of these groups to life with stories written to put you right in the middle of the action. You know that Woodrow Wilson was a progressive who dramatically changed America, but did you know that he was also involved in one of the most shocking national deceptions of all time? You know "I Love Lucy," but the true story of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball is much better than anything they produced for television. You've heard of Upton Sinclair, the socialist author who gained famed with THE JUNGLE, but it was a book he wrote two decades later that proved the depths he was willing to go to maintain his reputation
Dreamers and Deceivers: True Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made America
- Publication Date: October 28, 2014
- Genres: History, Nonfiction
- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Threshold Editions
- ISBN-10: 1476783896
- ISBN-13: 9781476783895