Books by Brian Hicks and Complete Book Reviews
Brian Hicks, Author . Ballantine $25.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-345-46391-3
On December 4, 1872, a small merchant ship, the Mary Celeste
, was discovered floating without a crew. Members of another vessel, the Dei Gratia
, boarded her and saw no trace of struggle, no serious weather damage or any other trouble that would...
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Brian Hicks, Author . Free Press $25 (345p) ISBN 978-0-7432-8008-2
The Morro Castle,
a luxurious cruise ship, inexplicably caught fire on September 8, 1934, off the New Jersey coast on its way back from Havana. The blaze spread so quickly that many lifeboats were burned, and at least 134 passengers (out of 318)...
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Brian Hicks, Grove, $26 (400p) ISBN 978-0-8021-1963-6
Hicks (Raising the Hunley) revisits U.S. treachery and deceit toward Native Americans in his study of John Ross, the Cherokee chief who for 20 years led his people in defense of their lands. As the population of the fledgling U.S. grew, so too did...
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Brian Hicks, Author, Schuyler Kropf, Author, Schuyler Kropf, Joint Author Ballantine Books $25 (320p) ISBN 978-0-345-44771-5
Civil War Miscellany The legendary Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley was the first successful underwater warship that is, the first to sink an enemy ship. As chronicled in Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost...
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