Dreamers and Deceivers True Stories of the Heroes and Villiams Who
Made America
By Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe
Date
Review Posted: December 8, 2014
Author: Glenn Beck
Release
Date: 2014
CCCCC (A
case could be made that I would only review the best of the best because if
while reading a book it does not hold my interest, I would not finish it and
therefore would not review it.)
Format:
"Historical Fiction" written in a novel format to make it
interesting with each chapter being self-contained meaning you don't have to
read one chapter before another.
Historical Fiction is historical fact made interesting by drawing word
pictures of what may or probably
happened but the story remains true.
Reason
For Reading THIS book: I heard about the book while listening to the
radio. I researched its subject matter
and found it to be interesting and I was not disappointed.
Number
Of Times I Have Read This Book: Once
Brief
Summary of Content:
Each chapter reads like a short
story about people in American history who you may or may not know a lot
about. For example most people are well
aware that Woodrow Wilson was the President of the United States but were you
aware of a remarkable deception he played on not only America but the entire
world. My favorite story involves Alan
Turing who frankly I had never heard of before.
His story is truly unbelievable and he single-handedly may have helped
to win World War II and yet his name, for most people, would be a mystery until
now. It is a great story of perseverance
and dedication and even though he could be considered as one of the saviors of
free-thinking people throughout the world, his death was truly sad and totally
unnecessary. It is a valuable lesson for
all of us as are all the stories in this book.
President
Grover Cleveland: The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing
President
Howard
Armstrong: "I Did Not Kill Armstrong": The War of Wills in the Early Days of Radio
President
Woodrow Wilson: A Masterful Stroke of Deception
Charles
Ponzi: Streets of Gold: Charles Ponzi and the American Scheme
Desi
Arnaz and Lucille Ball: He Loved Lucy: The Tragic Genius of Desi Arnaz, the Inventor
of the Rerun
Upton
Sinclair: The Muckraker: How a Lost Letter Revealed Upton Sinclair's
Decption
Alan
Turing: How the Father of the Computer Saved the
World for Democracy
Alger
Hiss: The Spy Who Turned to a Pumpkin: Alger Hiss and the Liberal Establishment That
Defended a Traitor
Walt
Disney: The City of Tomorrow: Walt Disney's Last and Lost Dream
Steve
Jobs: Make It Great, John": How Steve Jobs and John Lasseter Changed
History at Pixar
Who
Should Read the Book? If
you are interested in history and everyone should be, then this book is for
everyone to read.
Final
Test: Would I read the book again? ABSOLUTELY! Would I give it as a gift? ABSOLUTELY!
