Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee
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Languages : en
Pages : 1644
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District of Columbia Appropriations for 1963, Hearings Before ... 87-2, on H.R. 12276
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1644
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1644
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1990
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1990
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District of Columbia Appropriations, 1963
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
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Category : Washington (D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1628
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Category : Washington (D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1628
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Cumulative Index of Congressional Committee Hearings (not Confidential in Character).
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Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 782
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Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 782
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Hearings
Author: United States. Congress Senate
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Languages : en
Pages : 2544
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2544
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Cumulative Index of Congressional Committee Hearings (not Confidential in Character).
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Library
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Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 784
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Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 784
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The Queen
Author: Josh Levin
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 031651327X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 413
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography In this critically acclaimed true crime tale of "welfare queen" Linda Taylor, a Slate editor reveals a "wild, only-in-America story" of political manipulation and murder (Attica Locke, Edgar Award-winning author). On the South Side of Chicago in 1974, Linda Taylor reported a phony burglary, concocting a lie about stolen furs and jewelry. The detective who checked it out soon discovered she was a welfare cheat who drove a Cadillac to collect ill-gotten government checks. And that was just the beginning: Taylor, it turned out, was also a kidnapper, and possibly a murderer. A desperately ill teacher, a combat-traumatized Marine, an elderly woman hungry for companionship -- after Taylor came into their lives, all three ended up dead under suspicious circumstances. But nobody -- not the journalists who touted her story, not the police, and not presidential candidate Ronald Reagan -- seemed to care about anything but her welfare thievery. Growing up in the Jim Crow South, Taylor was made an outcast because of the color of her skin. As she rose to infamy, the press and politicians manipulated her image to demonize poor black women. Part social history, part true-crime investigation, Josh Levin's mesmerizing book, the product of six years of reporting and research, is a fascinating account of American racism, and an exposé of the "welfare queen" myth, one that fueled political debates that reverberate to this day. The Queen tells, for the first time, the fascinating story of what was done to Linda Taylor, what she did to others, and what was done in her name. "In the finest tradition of investigative reporting, Josh Levin exposes how a story that once shaped the nation's conscience was clouded by racism and lies. As he stunningly reveals in this "invaluable work of nonfiction," the deeper truth, the messy truth, tells us something much larger about who we are (David Grann, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon).
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 031651327X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography In this critically acclaimed true crime tale of "welfare queen" Linda Taylor, a Slate editor reveals a "wild, only-in-America story" of political manipulation and murder (Attica Locke, Edgar Award-winning author). On the South Side of Chicago in 1974, Linda Taylor reported a phony burglary, concocting a lie about stolen furs and jewelry. The detective who checked it out soon discovered she was a welfare cheat who drove a Cadillac to collect ill-gotten government checks. And that was just the beginning: Taylor, it turned out, was also a kidnapper, and possibly a murderer. A desperately ill teacher, a combat-traumatized Marine, an elderly woman hungry for companionship -- after Taylor came into their lives, all three ended up dead under suspicious circumstances. But nobody -- not the journalists who touted her story, not the police, and not presidential candidate Ronald Reagan -- seemed to care about anything but her welfare thievery. Growing up in the Jim Crow South, Taylor was made an outcast because of the color of her skin. As she rose to infamy, the press and politicians manipulated her image to demonize poor black women. Part social history, part true-crime investigation, Josh Levin's mesmerizing book, the product of six years of reporting and research, is a fascinating account of American racism, and an exposé of the "welfare queen" myth, one that fueled political debates that reverberate to this day. The Queen tells, for the first time, the fascinating story of what was done to Linda Taylor, what she did to others, and what was done in her name. "In the finest tradition of investigative reporting, Josh Levin exposes how a story that once shaped the nation's conscience was clouded by racism and lies. As he stunningly reveals in this "invaluable work of nonfiction," the deeper truth, the messy truth, tells us something much larger about who we are (David Grann, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon).
Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1452
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1452
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HERINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY SEVENTH CONGRESS
Author: ROBERT O. BYRD
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Languages : en
Pages : 940
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 940
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Highway Transportaion Legislation
Author: National Highway Users Conference. Legislative Reporting Department
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 734
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 734
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