Ann Hagedorn è un'autrice il cui lavoro approfondisce le intricate narrazioni della società americana. Attraverso la sua vasta carriera giornalistica, in particolare al Wall Street Journal, Hagedorn svela temi di frode, collasso e le macchinazioni nascoste del potere. Il suo stile è caratterizzato da una ricerca meticolosa e dalla capacità di presentare argomenti complessi in modo coinvolgente e accessibile. Hagedorn si concentra sul raccontare storie che illuminano gli aspetti meno noti della vita e dell'economia americana, offrendo ai lettori uno sguardo penetrante su questi fenomeni.
Traces the story of John Rankin and the heroes of the Ripley, Ohio, line of the Underground Railroad, identifying the pre-Civil War conflicts between abolitionists and slave chasers along the Ohio River banks.
The delicate splendour and fairytale beauty of Islamic artThe art which arose from the 7th century in the Islamic empires reached from Spain and Morocco to the borders of China. It bore the stamp above all of Arabs, Persians and Turks, but outstanding contributions also came from Egypt and India. "Islamic Art" presents prominent luxury ceramics, prayer mats, goldsmithery, as well as witnesses to the decorative arts and calligraphy – and above all the masterpieces of the splendidly colourful courtly book illumination of Persia and the Mughal emperors of India. The book examines the contributions of the different countries and how they influenced each other, and in this way vividly illustrates the unfolding of the delicate splendour and fairytale beauty of Islamic art from its beginnings into the modern era.