Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of PowerThis is the only exposé of one of the world's most secretive and feared organizations: Yale University's nearly 200-year-old secret society, Skull and Bones. Through society documents and interviews with dozens of members, Robbins explains why this old-boy product of another time still thrives today. |
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SECRETS OF THE TOMB: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power
User Review - KirkusNew Yorker staff writer Robbins (co-author, Quarterlife Crisis, not reviewed) stretches a few secrets of the Yale secret society into a dreary extended narrative.Herself a Yale grad and member of ... Read full review
very detailed book
User Review - venus2012 - Overstock.comthis book has a lot of information. i didnt read it all but the book is good reference material Read full review
Contents
Chapter Two | |
Chapter Three | |
Chapter Four | |
Chapter Five | |
Chapter Six | |
Chapter Seven | |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR | |
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Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths ... Alexandra Robbins No preview available - 2014 |
Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths ... Alexandra Robbins No preview available - 2002 |
Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths ... Alexandra Robbins No preview available - 2002 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power |
| Author | Alexandra Robbins |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0759527377, 9780759527379 |
| Length | 240 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / General |
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