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Dreamers and Deceivers
True Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made America
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Dreamers and Deceivers is an astonishing book. Although these are factual accounts from our past, it does not read like a history book. Rather the author, Glenn Beck, has presented each story as a miniature novel based in fact. Using this technique Beck has created a work which is not only easy to read, but a pleasure to read as well. His insights into the various 'characters' and their personalities lend a realism to the reading which draws you into the story. Rather than a dry set of facts, Dreamers and Deceivers gives you enough information about each person to allow you to imagine what they might have been like, while revealing their often hidden histories.
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Dreamers and Deceivers
True Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made America
Summary and Analysis
By Summary Station
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Analysis
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Chapter 1
This book begins with an expose of Grover Cleveland who was known for being an honest politician during his presidency in the 1880's. Although he was generally an honest president as well, there happened to be an incident during which he disappeared aboard a friend's yacht for four days and lied about the reason for his absence.
Moving on to the next story, we learn about Edwin Howard Armstrong, also known as The Major, who is just about to jump from the 13th floor of a New York City apartment block at the end of January 1954. He had left a note that calculated the odds of his body being smashed upon impact with the ground below. He took the time to dress in attire which people would recognize him in for identification purposes and then moved over to the window. This part of the book does not tell whether or not Armstrong actually jumped. First, we are told the race to discover, decode and understand the new phenomenon of radio would be run by Armstrong, David Sarnoff and Lee de Forest.
Abruptly, the narrative jumps back in time some forty eight years as we join a much younger Armstrong being chastised by his mother for not