Rick Beyer (Author of The Greatest Stories Never Told)

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Rick Beyer is a best-selling author, an award-winning filmmaker and long-time history enthusiast. His newest book, Rivals Unto Death traces the thirty-year rivalry of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.

"In this fascinating dual biography, Beyer brings these two towering figures to vivid life on the page." --New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides.

Beyer is the co-author (with Elizabeth Sayles Sayles) of the New York Times bestseller The Ghost Army of World War II How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks Sound Effects and Other Audacious Fakery. Beyer has spent nearly a decade researching this story. His award-winning documentary film about the unit, premiered on PBS in 2013. The San Francisco ...more

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For the last four months or so I have been co-hosting a weekly Livestream called with my friend, and fellow Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours historian/guide, Chris Anderson.聽When we started out, we just thought we鈥檇 chat a bit about history and see if anyone wanted to join us. It has blossomed into a weekly show featuring聽 an amazing array of insightful history authors. It ha Read more of this blog post »

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	The Greatest Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy 3.79 avg rating — 1,390 ratings — published 2003 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery by Rick Beyer (欧宝娱乐 Author), Elizabeth Sayles (欧宝娱乐 Author) 4.08 avg rating — 1,084 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Greatest War Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from Military History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy 3.77 avg rating — 456 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Greatest Presidential Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder and Stupefy 3.81 avg rating — 412 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rivals Unto Death: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr 4.08 avg rating — 264 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Greatest Music Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from Music History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy 3.61 avg rating — 185 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Greatest Science Stories Never Told: 100 Tales of Invention and Discovery to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy 3.89 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Artists of Deception: The Ghost Army of World War II by Rick Beyer (欧宝娱乐 Author), Elizabeth Sayles (欧宝娱乐 Author) 3.90 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Shot: The Lexington Revolutionary Experience 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Rick Beyer wrote a new blog post The Real Story Behind Mark Rylance锟斤拷锟絪 Character in the Movie Dunkirk (Warning: spoileralerts plus the rantings of one irate historian!!) Christopher Nolan锟斤拷锟絪 riveting screen telling of this epic World War II tale is br Read more of this blog post »
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“Dick Syracuse: I used to refer to us as the Cecil B. DeMille warriors.”
― Rick Beyer, The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery

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“The Official History of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops,”
― Rick Beyer, The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery

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“USS Henry Gibbons.”
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