Rescuing the World: The Life and Times of Leo
Cherne
Leo Cherne demonstrated
that one person can make a world-wide political and humanitarian difference. A
biography of one of America's leading humanitarians who, as an advisor to nine
presidents, also had a lasting effect on American foreign policy. Leo Cherne’s
life brimmed with paradox and improbability. Born in the Bronx into a poor,
immigrant, secular-Jewish family, Cherne rose to the pinnacle of economic and
political power in WASP America. With his business thriving, Cherne devoted his
time and talents to humanitarian causes, particularly rescuing political
refugees. When Cherne died in January 1999, his memorial service was attended by
Henry A. Kissinger, Liv Ullmann, Henry Denker, and many other prominent
Americans. As Elie Wiesel said in his tribute, Cherne “gave homes to the
homeless and hopes to the hopeless.”
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The Saintly Scoundrel: The Life and Times of Dr. John Cook
Bennett
"John Cook Bennett, 1840s Renaissance
man, was a scientist, a religious leader, and a flimflam man extraordinaire.
Tomato promoter (when the crimson orbs were thought dangerous), diploma seller,
self-taught military genius, confidant and then intractable detractor of Mormon
founder Joseph Smith--this biography bursts with the ingenuity, verbiage, and
gall of the man. --Mike
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Livingston and the Tomato. By A. W. Livingston
with a Foreword and Appendix
by Andrew F. Smith.
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