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Zusatztext Publishers Weekly A Byronic adventure and an early lesson in the perils of international power for the U.S....It's a gripping yarn. Informationen zum Autor Teresa Carpenter, editor of New York Diaries: 1609-2009, is a former senior editor of the Village Voice where her articles on crime and the law won a Pulitzer Prize. She is the bestselling author of four books and lives in New York City with her husband, author Steven Levy, a senior writer at Wired magazine. Klappentext On September 3, 1901, a Protestant missionary named Ellen Stone set out on horseback across the mountainous hinterlands of Balkan Macedonia and was ambushed by a band of armed revolutionaries.In "The Miss Stone Affair, " Teresa Carpenter re-creates an event that captured the attention of the world and posed a dilemma for incoming president Theodore Roosevelt. Should he send in the Navy or not? And, if so, send it where? Drawing upon a wealth of contemporary correspondence and documents, Carpenter constructs a narrative that is suspenseful, harrowing, and at times even comical. It is a story for our time. Zusammenfassung On September 3, 1901, a Protestant missionary named Ellen Stone set out on horseback across the mountainous hinterlands of Balkan Macedonia and was ambushed by a band of armed revolutionaries. In The Miss Stone Affair, Teresa Carpenter re-creates an event that captured the attention of the world and posed a dilemma for incoming president Theodore Roosevelt. Should he send in the Navy or not? And, if so, send it where? Drawing upon a wealth of contemporary correspondence and documents, Carpenter constructs a narrative that is suspenseful, harrowing, and at times even comical. It is a story for our time. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTSPrefaceCHAPTER ONEMiss Ellen StoneCHAPTER TWOAlertCHAPTER THREEThe CaptivesCHAPTER FOURDiplomacyCHAPTER FIVEThread and SoapCHAPTER SIXSummer DressesCHAPTER SEVENThe CommissionCHAPTER EIGHTThe RevolutionistsCHAPTER NINEThe BabyCHAPTER TENThe GoldCHAPTER ELEVENThe ChaseCHAPTER TWELVEPersona Non GrataAfterwordNotes on SourcesBibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex...
