Matt Bondurant Livres

In the wake of the 1900 Galveston hurricane, three lives converge despite persecution from the Ku Klux Klan, a bare-knuckle boxing match gone wrong, and the recovery efforts of the American Red Cross. Based on a true story The hurricane of 1900, America's worst natural disaster, left the island city of Galveston in ruins. Thousands perished, including all ninety-three children at the Sisters of the Incarnate Word orphanage--except six-year-old Hester, who miraculously survived. Oleander City is the tale of this little girl and the volatile collision between the American Red Cross, the Ku Klux Klan, and one of the most famous boxing matches in American history. The bout, organized to raise money for the recovery effort, featured the enigmatic veteran Chrysanthemum Joe Choynski, the most successful Jewish boxer in America, and Jack Johnson, a young hometown hero known as the Galveston Giant. The storied battle forged a bond between the two legendary fighters and put Johnson on the path to become the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. Meanwhile, Clara Barton and the Red Cross minister to the sick and hungry as mounted vigilantes use the chaotic situation to settle old scores. After witnessing a terrible crime, Hester finds sanctuary with the ladies of the Red Cross, in a heartrending convergence of these historic figures.

A film tie-in edition and a gripping tale of brotherhood, greed and murder in a Prohibition county.

"A psychologist in suburban Cleveland, Dustin is drifting through his forties when he hears the news: his adopted brother Rusty is being released from prison. Thirty years ago, Rusty received a life sentence for the massacre of Dustin's parents, aunt, and uncle. The trial came to epitomize the 1980s hysteria over Satanic cults; despite the lack of physical evidence, the jury believed the outlandish accusations Dustin and his cousin made against Rusty. Now, after DNA analysis has overturned the conviction, Dustin braces for a reckoning"--Dust jacket flap.

A suspenseful novel about a young American couple--Elly and Fred--who win a pub on the southern most tip of Ireland and discover the body of an eccentric villager Elly knows floating in the sea. Was it a suicide?

Podnázev: Román podle skutečného příběhu. Román podle skutečné události líčí příběh autorova dědečka Jacka Bonduranta, který se ve 30. letech minulého století v americké Virginii za prohibice zapletl do nezákonného pálení a pašování whisky. Třicátá léta přinesla USA ekonomickou krizi a navíc suchá období ničila úrodu tabáku, hlavního zdroje obživy farmářů, takže v zoufalství sahali po jiných možnostech, jak vydělat peníze. Bratři Bondurantovi byli jedni z nich, a postupně se tak dostávali do řady konfliktů s místními policisty, které nakonec vyvrcholily přestřelkou, při níž byli dva z bratrů postřeleni. Celá tato událost se dostala k soudu a je známa jako Great Moonshine Conspiracy Trial (velký proces týkající se komplotu proti pašerákům lihovin)

Eine spannende Geschichte über Verführung und Verschwörung im alten Ägypten: Walter Rothschild will die Stele von Paser ins British Museum bringen, doch sie verschwindet und erscheint als ägyptische Göttin. Auf der Suche nach dem verschwundenen Papyrus und Erin entdeckt Walter einen geheimen Bund.