Begged, Borrowed, & Stolen: True Tales of Thievery from America's Past

by Jan Bridgeford-Smith

Overview

Begged, Borrowed, & Stolen is a collection of true stories detailing the different icons, historical documents, art, patents, ideas, and more that have been stolen throughout US history. Drawing upon years of research and an extensive collection of photographs, the author sheds light on how land, art and treasures, ideas, and even bodies and elections were stolen from right under our noses!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493052318
Publisher:	Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date:	06/01/2021
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Jan Bridgeford-Smith’s ​ passion is history with a twist. She looks for off-the-grid stories from America's past—that is, stories about famous or obscure people and places where an unfamiliar detail or unexpected anecdote is tucked into the tale. In 2008, her first feature-length magazine article appeared in the regional publication, Life in the Finger Lakes. Since then, her words and photos have been published in Plank Road Magazine, History Channel Magazine, History Magazine, American History Magazine, and America’s Civil War. Recently, she secured an assignment from Smithsonian Air&Space. She lives in Freeville, NY.

Table of Contents

Begged

Skeleton Seizure Kennewick Man 3

Snatching Secrets James Armistead Lafayette 15

Stolen Land and Golden Greed John Sutter 22

Schillinger v. United States: Cast in Concrete 33

The War of the Currents Edison Tesla Westinghouse 45

Stolen Storylines Ben-Hur 70

Borrowed

A Pretentious Pettifogger Ferdinand Waldo Demara, Jr 85

The Art World's Talented Trickster Paul Jordan-Smith 103

A Patriot Pulled from the Grave Thomas Paine 114

The Case of the Nabbed Notebooks Walt Whitman 128

A Case of Body Snatching Most Foul John Scott Harrison 136

Stolen

From Chump to Chastiser Frank Norfleet 153

Explosive Secrets Klaus Fuchs 170

Dubious Dealings Henry Wallace Harry Truman 183

Passing Intelligence Frederick Joubert Duquesne 208

Sources 231

Index 241