Cecil C Kuhne
Author
Series
Publisher
The Countryman Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In 1869, Civil War veteran and amputee Major John Wesley Powell led an expedition down the uncharted Colorado River through the then-nameless Grand Canyon. This is the story of what started as a geological survey, but ended in danger, chaos, and blood. The men were inexperienced and ill-equipped, and they faced unimaginable peril. Along the way there was death, mutiny, and abject terror, but Powell persevered and produced a masterwork of adventure...
Author
Publisher
Knox Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A thin, balding, and reclusive middle-aged Russian by the name of Rudolf Ivanovich Abel was one of the Soviet Union's most renowned spies during the Cold War of the 1950s ... until his cover was blown by an incompetent colleague who wanted to defect to the United States. This is the full account of Abel's espionage work, his dramatic apprehension, his eventual conviction and its affirmation by the United States Supreme Court, and finally, his surprising...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The spy business often results in a sudden exchange of the dark shadows of the clandestine back room for the bright lights of the open courtroom. The situations that judges and juries face in espionage cases are typically more unusual, complex, and diverse than one might possibly imagine. Cecil C. Kuhne III describes a number of historical, law changing judicial cases, well-publicized criminal trials of those accused of treason against the United...
Author
Publisher
American Bar Association
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
"Americans love boats for the irreplaceable pleasure they bring. And American lawyers love boaters for the endless litigation they bring. The glorious realm of boating is filled with perplexing legal complications and a healthy amount of business for the trial community too. There are hoards of people going into the water inadvertently - either from nasty capsizes that result from crossing powerful wakes, from unfortunate encounters with dreaded 'sneaker...