The New Encyclopedia of American Scandal (Facts on File Library of American History) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816044201 ISBN 13: 9780816044207

Publisher: Checkmark Books, 2001

Synopsis

Includes persons and incidents from the worlds of politics, business, sports, religion, the arts, show business, and the military which have resulted in special historical significance.

About this title

From Library Journal:

For the purposes of this book, editor Kohn (The Dictionary of Historic Documents) has defined a scandal as "a grave loss of or injury to reputation resulting from actual or apparent breach or violation of morality, ethics, propriety, or law." Entries span from the 1600s to the present and range from the false accusation of dishonesty against Isaac Allerton (1630) to Watergate (1972) to John and Lorena Bobbitt (1993) and Thomas Capano (1998). Whitewater is cross-referenced to an article titled "Bill Clinton: Impeached U.S. President," while President Clinton's sexual escapades are discussed in the entry "Bill Clinton: Slick Willie's Womanizing and Lying." There is no cross reference from Travelgate to Vince Foster; nor is there an entry for Hillary Clinton. Some topics, including Karen Silkwood, Lizzie Borden, and Claus Von Bulow, are included simply because they are still of interest to readers and meet the book's broad definition of scandal. The information is brief (from a column to two pages) but accurate. A few photos are interspersed throughout the text, as in most Facts On File publications. This affordable and useful title is recommended for public and academic libraries. (Bibliography and index not seen.)DLaurie Selwyn, San Antonio P.L., TX
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review:

"The country's most notorious, shocking, and dreadful scandals have been assembled into an easy-to-use reference volume." Wilson Library Bulletin; "Informational and entertaining." School Library Journal; "Sure to interest the casual reader, but also has a place on the reference shelves." Booklist; "Well written...Recommended." Library Journal"

About this edition

• Publisher: Checkmark Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0816044201
• ISBN 13: 9780816044207
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 455
• Editor: Kohn George C.