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Book Cover for: Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power, Alexandra Robbins

Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power

Alexandra Robbins

This 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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Back Bay Books
  • Publish Date: Sep 1st, 2003
  • Pages: 230
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.70in - 0.70lb
  • EAN: 9780316735612
  • Categories: History & Theory - GeneralUnited States - GeneralSocial History

About the Author

Alexandra Robbins, winner of the prestigious 2014 John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism, is the author of four New York Times bestsellers, including Pledged and The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth. She has written for The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, and other publications, and has appeared on numerous television shows from 60 Minutes to The Colbert Report.

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Praise for this book

"Readers will find themselves guided by an excellent stylist and a first-rate mind."