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The Bascom Affair began on January 27, 1861, when Tonto Apache parties raided the ranch of John Ward at Sonoita Creek, stealing several head of livestock and kidnapping Ward's 12-year-old stepson Felix Ward. [1] Ward reported the raid to the nearby military authority, Lt. Col. Morrison, the commandant of Fort Buchanan, Arizona, who directed Lt ...
ISBN. 978-0618592067. Preceded by. The Perfect Mile. Followed by. Hunting Eichmann. Red Mutiny: Eleven Fateful Days on the Battleship Potemkin is a 2007 book by American writer Neal Bascomb. [ 1] It was released on May 17, 2007 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The book focuses on the events of the Battleship Potemkin uprising.
Neal Bascomb (born 1971) is an American journalist and author. He is known for his books on popular history. Early life and education.
The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It (2004) by Neal Bascomb is a non-fiction book about three runners and their attempts to become the first man to run a mile under four minutes and their first subsequent head-to-head competition. The runners are Englishman Roger Bannister, American Wes Santee ...
The Mouse That Roared. The Mouse That Roared is a 1955 satirical novel by Irish writer Leonard Wibberley, which launched a series of satirical books about an imaginary country in Europe called the Duchy of Grand Fenwick. Wibberley used the premise to make commentaries about modern politics and world situations, including the nuclear arms race ...
The Perfect Mile. Higher: A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City is the debut non-fiction book by American journalist Neal Bascomb. The book was initially published by Doubleday on 21 October 2003. [ 1][ 2] The book focuses on the race among the Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, and 40 Wall Street to win the title of the ...
ISBN. 978-0-307-58889-0. OCLC. 641997964. The New Cool: A Visionary Teacher, His FIRST Robotics Team, and the Ultimate Battle of Smarts is a 2011 non-fiction narrative book by American writer Neal Bascomb. It follows four FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) teams through the course of the 2009 season. Its main subject, however, is Team 1717 and ...
Ruth Henshaw Bascom. Ruth Henshaw Bascom, also known as Aunt Ruth (December 15, 1772 – February 16, 1848), was an American folk artist who produced over 1,400 portraits. She was the daughter of Colonel William Henshaw and Phebe Swan of Leicester, Massachusetts, and a schoolteacher from 1791 to 1801. Bascom married first, at about 32 years of ...