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| Pinkerton Detective Agency detective James McParland, seen here some time in the 1880s (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
In this novel, Archie and Ned McAdoo take the case of an animal-rights activist accused of planting a bomb in the Philadelphia Zoo to free its elephants. The paths of 19th and 21st century terrorism cross in this novel’s plot, which is as fresh as this morning’s headlines.
Ned McAdoo Teaching Kit
Adopt Ned McAdoo and the Molly Maguires as a Middle School or High School course or unit of a course on terrorism. You are welcome to use the copyrighted Teacher’s Packet and related copyrighted materials posted here, provided you require your students to buy the book.
In this novel, lawyer Archie McAdoo and son Ned wrestle with a controversial case involving a gay client who claims he was fired for being HIV-positive. As ever in the law, truth and justice are a lot more complicated and elusive than they seem on the surface.
Teaching Kit
Adopt Why My Dad Hates Ice Cream as a middle school or high school course or unit of a course. You are welcome to use the copyrighted Teacher’s Packet and related copyrighted materials posted here, provided you require your students to buy the book.
Book Description
A collection of columns covering crime, war, terrorism, politics, and other fun features of the 21st century.
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About the Author
James Ottavio Castagnera, J.D., Ph.D., has spent more than 25 years practicing, writing about, and teaching law. He has been a labor lawyer and litigator with a major Philadelphia firm and the general counsel/corporate secretary for the then-largest convenience store chain in New Jersey and for the nation’s number one econometric forecasting organization. He has published 16 books, as well as some 50 professional/scholarly articles and book chapters. He has been a frequent commentator in newspapers, magazines, and the Internet. His teaching has taken him to the University of Texas-Austin, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Widener University School of Law. Currently legal counsel to a New Jersey University and president of a freelance writing firm, in 2007 he was an Academic Fellow on Terrorism in Israel under the auspices of the Foundation for Defense of Democracy. His 17th book, Al Qaeda Goes to College, will be published by Praeger in April 2009.
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