Snow, Richard

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Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy’s Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation

Recommended for fans of David Grann’s The Wager or Nathaniel Philbrick’s In the Heart of the Sea.
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Disney’s Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World

Much has already been written about Disney’s theme parks, but Snow’s readable business history explores the work and innovation that went into launching the park.
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Iron Dawn: The Monitor, the Merrimack, and the Civil War Sea Battle That Changed History

Not always easy to read, this overview of an important confrontation doesn't advance understanding of the battle beyond other recent contributions but offers an adequate introduction for general readers and may be useful for libraries adding works on the Battle of Hampton Roads to their collections. [See Prepub Alert, 5/2/16.]
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I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford and the Most Important Car Ever Made

This excellent biography is recommended for libraries with popular biography and business collections. ["Although not groundbreaking, Snow's readable biography would be a good fit for young adults and newcomers to the Ford legacy," read the somewhat less enthusiastic review of the Scribner hc, LJ 3/1/13.—Ed.]
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I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford

Although not groundbreaking, Snow's readable biography would be a good fit for young adults and newcomers to the Ford legacy. [Also forthcoming: The Quotable Henry Ford (Univ. Press of Florida. Mar. 2013. ed. by Michele Wehrwein Albion.—Ed.]
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