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Chappaquiddick: The Real Story
Published in Hardcover by St. Martin's Press (1993)
Authors: James E. T. Lange and Katherine DeWitt
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A Wrong Turn Leads to a Dead End
James Lange is a practicing lawyer (drunk driving and accident cases) and a former investigator. Katherine DeWitt is a writer and editor. They claim other writers on this topic lacked legal knowledge and knew nothing of forensic science (p.ix). The writers were jurors who applied common sense and general knowledge to a problem. The authors research led them to a theory previously buried.

Joe Kennedy Sr. was not a common bootlegger during Prohibition (p.3); he made another fortune by holding import licenses for Scotch whiskies. He had made several fortunes in banking, shipbuilding, and stock brokering earlier. Like some other bankers, he supported FDR in 1932 and was given the Ambassadorship to Great Britain. Kennedy's defeatist attitude killed his political career, but his sons were ready to be all they could be. Pages 6-8 summarize Ted Kennedy's life. Ted did well as a Senator; he was a team player. Like most Senators and Congressmen, he worked in his car while someone else drove. Ted relied on other people's talents (p.10). Chapter 2 tells of Mary Jo Kopechne. No one has ever proven any irregularities in her life (p.18). The July 1969 party was at Chappaquiddick so Teddy couldn't miss it (p.20). Mary Jo didn't feel well and asked Ted to drive her to her motel. Ted made a wrong turn and ended up on the wooden bridge.

After Ted returned to Hyannis Port he was examined by a doctor (p.47). The retrograde amnesia and current confusion was diagnosed as a concussion, acute cervical strain. Ted still walked around in a daze on Monday (p.51). Ted and Joan attended Mary Jo's funeral on Tuesday. On Friday Ted plead guilty to leaving the scene of an accident. Ted's candidacy for a higher office was the other victim of this accident.

Chapter 5 discusses various theories about this event. Retrograde amnesia always occurs with a concussion, and explains anyone's loss of memory (p.73). Page 117 suggests they did not report the accident immediately because of Ted's confused mental state. A tearful, emotional Ted would have ended his career. This is as good a theory as any (p.123), and avoids multiplying suppositions. Chapter 7 discusses the rumors of Ted's guilt. There was nothing wrong with a closed inquest because Mass. always did it that way (p.159). This can prevent prejudicial pre-trial publicity. Pages 160-2 explain why Ted Kennedy did NOT "get away with it".

Ted Kennedy has continued to get re-elected Senator, but has no chance for higher office. This is described as due to a "flaw in judgment". Would a drunkard and adulterer make a good President? The authors imply "no" but the history books (or the present?) suggest at least a "maybe". They ask if Nixon deserved to be hounded out of office for a "third-rate burglary" (p.166)? Yes, if "Watergate" was a cover story for the attempted assassination of George Wallace.

Edgartown was the locale for filming "Jaws" in 1974. Did the Dyke Bridge appear in a background shot of the pond? Martha's Vineyard was in the news again in 1999 when JFK Jr, his wife, and sister-in-law perished in a plane crash. We later found out JFK Jr intended to get elected Senator of NY.


The De Soto Chronicles: The Expedition of Hernando De Soto to North America in 1539-1543
Published in Hardcover by Univ of Alabama Pr (Txt) (1993)
Authors: Lawrence A. Clayton, Edward C. Moore, and Vernon James Knight
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Volume II: De Soto chronicle La Florida is second to Diaz
This work is a complete collection of chronicles for the De Soto expedition into La Florida (which is most of the south-east USA). Due to the fact that this work comprises two volumes of almost 600 pages each, I have so far only read volume II which is the complete account "La Florida" by Garcilaso de la Vega. Following others (including the Narvaez expedition that de Vaca relates) De Soto went into Florida to find gold and eventually settle the new land. Garcilaso used one captain from the expedition as his source and is a great storyteller, claiming his abhorrence of exaggerating the contents, much of it is told with the heroic chivalry and noble virtue of the times, whether speaking of Spaniards or Indians, and always some purposeful enthusiasm. If all you know of De Soto is that he was the first to see the Mississippi, that doesn't begin to say anything about what happens during the expedition, and even to the way those who were on it considered it afterwards. It shows also the real nature of the natives, showing great differences in their treatment of the Spanish, their use of slavery, and the brutatilty they showed towards other tribes. (Not as placid as Las Casas would have you believe). Also describing the native cultures and life-styles to some degree. All wonderful and interesting stories. The volumes contain some maps and black and white illustrations. Volume I contains all the other existant accounts including the more historical one by the Gentleman of Elvas. Well worth the price.


American Pragmatism : Peirce, James, and Dewey
Published in Hardcover by Greenwood Publishing Group (1985)
Author: Edward C. Moore
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Edward Kennedy and the Camelot legacy
Published in Unknown Binding by Norton ()
Author: James MacGregor Burns
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The Governors of Virginia, 1860-1978
Published in Hardcover by University Press of Virginia (1982)
Authors: James Tice Moore and Edward Younger
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The Johns connections : with references to Ayer, Benjamin, Browder, Cadwalader, Calhoun, Davis, Edwards, Emmanuel, Evans, Griffin, Harry, Hughes, Humphrey, James, Janeway, Jenkins, John, Jones, Lewis, Loftin, Lovelace, Miles, Moore, Morgan, Nunn, Oliver, Owen, Prichard, Pouncey, Rhys/Rhees, Rice, Richards, Roberts, Rogers, Sides/Seitz, Thomas, Townsend, Welsch, Wild, Williams, Wilson, Woodley, and many other related families
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Author: Helen Sides Dye
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The Penis Inserts of Southeast Asia: An Annotated Bibliography With an Overview and Comparative Perspectives
Published in Paperback by U C Regents (1989)
Authors: Donald E. Brown, James Edwards, Ruth Moore, and Judith B. Balderston
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Student Assessment in Calculus: A Report of the Nsf Working Group on Assessment in Calculus (Maa Notes, No 43)
Published in Paperback by The Mathematical Association of America (1997)
Authors: Alan H. Schoenfeld, Edward L. Dubinsky, Andrew M. Gleason, Del Harnisch, James Kaput, Edward Kifer, Lawrence C. Moore, Rogers Newman, Jane Swafford, and Nsf Working Group on Assessment in calculus
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