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Scandalous! : 50 shocking events you should know about (so you can impress your friends) by Hallie Fryd.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: San Francisco : Zest Books, 2012Description: 223 pages : illustrations ; 18 x 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780982732205 (paperback)
  • 0982732201 (paperback)
Other title:
  • Fifty shocking events you should know about
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E 179 .F947 2012
Contents:
1906 : Famous architect Stanford White murdered by ex-lover's rich husband -- 1906 : Writer Upton Sinclair exposes meat industry's nasty underbelly -- 1913 : Native American decathlete Jim Thorpe stripped of Olympic medals -- 1919 : Navy officers enact messy plan to bust gay officers -- 1919 : Gamblers pay Chicago White Sox to throw World Series -- 1920 : Charles Ponzi invents scheme that cons masses out of millions -- 1921 : Silent film star "Fatty" Arbuckle accused of murder -- 1924 : Wealthy Chicago teens Leopold and Loeb kill 14-year-old boy for thrills -- 1925 : Tennessee puts science teacher Scopes on trial for teaching evolution -- 1927 : Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti sentenced to death for political views -- 1932 : World famous pilot Charles Lindbergh's baby is kidnapped and killed -- 1934 : Little Gloria Vanderbilt gets caught in crazy custody battle -- 1938 : Orson Welles' radio show convinced country that aliens were invading -- 1943 : Hollywood star Charlie Chaplin accused of fathering stalker's baby -- 1950 : Small-time communist couple, the Rosenbergs, put to death for espionage -- 1956 : Rock singer Elvis' sexy hip-shaking on TV shocks the nation -- 1957 : Celebrities defend reputations trashed by first gossip mag -- 1958 : Bad boy rock star Jerry Lee Lewis marries his underage cousin -- 1958 : Movie star Lana Turner's daughter murders her mom's boyfriend -- 1959 : Rigged quiz show scandal stuns TV audiences -- 1963 : Harvard professor Timothy Leary fired for his psychedelic drug experiments -- 1968 : Black athletes stage controversial protest at Olympics -- 1969 : Senator Kennedy involved in mysterious death of young woman -- 1970 : National Guard shoots antiwar protestors at Kent State University -- 1972 : Unethical syphilis experiments conducted on black men -- 1974 : President Nixon forced to resign after being connected to crooked scandal -- 1974 : Heiress Patty Hearst abducted and brainwashed by radical political group -- 1977 : Director Roman Polanski gets convicted of rape and flees country -- 1978 : People in extreme religious sect commit mass suicide in Jonestown Massacre -- 1978 : Gay rights activist Harvey Milk assassinated by political rival -- 1980 : Janet Cooke's Pulitzer prize-winning story declared fake -- 1984 : Vanessa Williams steps down as Miss America -- 1984 : Bernhard Goetz shoots unarmed black youth on NYC subway -- 1987 : Televangelist Jim Bakker caught in sex and money scandal -- 1989 : Baseball great Pete Rose banned from the game for gambling -- 1989 : Robert Mapplethorpe's scandalous photos cause big stir -- 1989 : Pop duo Milli Vanilli lip sync their way to a Grammy -- 1990 : Madonna's racy Blond Ambition Tour protested by Catholic Church -- 1991 : Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas charged with sexual harassment -- 1991 : Police beating of Rodney King sparks LA race riots -- 1993 : Pop star Michael Jackson accused of molesting 13-year-old boy -- 1993 : FBI raid on religious sect in Waco, Texas, leaves 75 dead in fire -- 1993 : Hollywood prostitution ring leader Heidi Fleiss gets busted -- 1994 : Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan gets clubbed in the knee in foul play attack -- 1994 : All-star football player OJ Simpson on trial for murdering ex-wife -- 1996 : Rappers Biggie and Tupac murdered amid East-West coast rap rivalry -- 1998 : President Bill Clinton caught in sex scandal with White House intern -- 1998 : DNA tests spark controversy around Jefferson's second family with a slave -- 2000 : Cuba and US in custody battle for five-year-old shipwreck survivor -- 2000 : Tight Gore-Bush election results lead to bitter battle between parties.
Summary: "Do you love a good scandal? This book includes 50 juicy pop culture, political, and entertainment-related scandals complete with photos, event synopses, and a look at why it went down in history and how it continues to influence us today. Other features include famous quotes and a section on where the players are now."--Publisher's description.
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Circulation Circulation DLSU-D HS Learning Resource Center Circulation Circulation E 179 .F947 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 002887 Available 3HSL2014002887
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E 176.2 .G68 1997 First ladies : E 176.2 .G68 1997 First ladies : E 179 .F326 2009 America's prophet : E 179 .F947 2012 Scandalous! : E 179 .W556 2003 What ifs? of American history : E 183 .G798 1993 Great American speeches E 184.A75 .As42 1996 Asian American chronology

Includes index.

1906 : Famous architect Stanford White murdered by ex-lover's rich husband -- 1906 : Writer Upton Sinclair exposes meat industry's nasty underbelly -- 1913 : Native American decathlete Jim Thorpe stripped of Olympic medals -- 1919 : Navy officers enact messy plan to bust gay officers -- 1919 : Gamblers pay Chicago White Sox to throw World Series -- 1920 : Charles Ponzi invents scheme that cons masses out of millions -- 1921 : Silent film star "Fatty" Arbuckle accused of murder -- 1924 : Wealthy Chicago teens Leopold and Loeb kill 14-year-old boy for thrills -- 1925 : Tennessee puts science teacher Scopes on trial for teaching evolution -- 1927 : Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti sentenced to death for political views -- 1932 : World famous pilot Charles Lindbergh's baby is kidnapped and killed -- 1934 : Little Gloria Vanderbilt gets caught in crazy custody battle -- 1938 : Orson Welles' radio show convinced country that aliens were invading -- 1943 : Hollywood star Charlie Chaplin accused of fathering stalker's baby -- 1950 : Small-time communist couple, the Rosenbergs, put to death for espionage -- 1956 : Rock singer Elvis' sexy hip-shaking on TV shocks the nation -- 1957 : Celebrities defend reputations trashed by first gossip mag -- 1958 : Bad boy rock star Jerry Lee Lewis marries his underage cousin -- 1958 : Movie star Lana Turner's daughter murders her mom's boyfriend -- 1959 : Rigged quiz show scandal stuns TV audiences -- 1963 : Harvard professor Timothy Leary fired for his psychedelic drug experiments -- 1968 : Black athletes stage controversial protest at Olympics -- 1969 : Senator Kennedy involved in mysterious death of young woman -- 1970 : National Guard shoots antiwar protestors at Kent State University -- 1972 : Unethical syphilis experiments conducted on black men -- 1974 : President Nixon forced to resign after being connected to crooked scandal -- 1974 : Heiress Patty Hearst abducted and brainwashed by radical political group -- 1977 : Director Roman Polanski gets convicted of rape and flees country -- 1978 : People in extreme religious sect commit mass suicide in Jonestown Massacre -- 1978 : Gay rights activist Harvey Milk assassinated by political rival -- 1980 : Janet Cooke's Pulitzer prize-winning story declared fake -- 1984 : Vanessa Williams steps down as Miss America -- 1984 : Bernhard Goetz shoots unarmed black youth on NYC subway -- 1987 : Televangelist Jim Bakker caught in sex and money scandal -- 1989 : Baseball great Pete Rose banned from the game for gambling -- 1989 : Robert Mapplethorpe's scandalous photos cause big stir -- 1989 : Pop duo Milli Vanilli lip sync their way to a Grammy -- 1990 : Madonna's racy Blond Ambition Tour protested by Catholic Church -- 1991 : Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas charged with sexual harassment -- 1991 : Police beating of Rodney King sparks LA race riots -- 1993 : Pop star Michael Jackson accused of molesting 13-year-old boy -- 1993 : FBI raid on religious sect in Waco, Texas, leaves 75 dead in fire -- 1993 : Hollywood prostitution ring leader Heidi Fleiss gets busted -- 1994 : Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan gets clubbed in the knee in foul play attack -- 1994 : All-star football player OJ Simpson on trial for murdering ex-wife -- 1996 : Rappers Biggie and Tupac murdered amid East-West coast rap rivalry -- 1998 : President Bill Clinton caught in sex scandal with White House intern -- 1998 : DNA tests spark controversy around Jefferson's second family with a slave -- 2000 : Cuba and US in custody battle for five-year-old shipwreck survivor -- 2000 : Tight Gore-Bush election results lead to bitter battle between parties.

"Do you love a good scandal? This book includes 50 juicy pop culture, political, and entertainment-related scandals complete with photos, event synopses, and a look at why it went down in history and how it continues to influence us today. Other features include famous quotes and a section on where the players are now."--Publisher's description.

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