Jim Rasenberger: 3 books
The Brilliant Disaster
JFK, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
A “balanced, engrossing account” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) of the Bay of Pigs crisis drawing on long-hidden CIA documents and delivering the vivid truth of five pivotal days in April 1961.
At the heart of the Bay of Pigs crisis stood President John F. Kennedy, and journalist Jim...
America, 1908
The Dawn of Flight, the Race to the Pole, the Invention of the Model T and the Making of a Modern Nation
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2006
“An entertaining survey” (Publishers Weekly) through the highs and lows of a spectacular, pivotal year in American history—1908.
A captivating look at a bygone era through the lens of a single, surprisingly momentous American year one century ago. 1908 was the year Henry Ford launched...
High Steel
The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline, 1881 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
A powerful first-hand account of the many generations and ethnic groups of men who have built America's skyscrapers.
From the early days of steel construction in Chicago, through the great boom years of New York city ironwork, and up through the present, High Steel follows the trajectory of...