Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League and the Hidden Paths of Power by Alexandra Robbins
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(Paperback - First BackBay Paperback Edition)
- Pub. Date: September 2003
- 236pp
- Sales Rank: 30,065
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: September 2003
- Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
- Format: Paperback, 236pp
- Sales Rank: 30,065
- ISBN-13: 9780316735612
- ISBN: 0316735612
- Edition Number: 1
- Edition Description: First BackBay Paperback Edition
Synopsis
The sleeper hit expose of one of the world's most mysterious organizations: Yale University's 200-year-old secret society Skull and Bones. Acclaimed journalist Robbins slips through the veil of secrecy to investigate the truth about its influence and operations, and explains why this throwback still thrives.
Nola Theiss - KLIATT
Almost everyone who has attended college in the U.S. over the last few hundred years has heard of the Skull and Bones Society at Yale University, although they may not know much about it as it is veiled in deliberate secrecy. This book unmasks its hidden history and reveals much about its members in an entertaining and thorough manner. Robbins is a graduate of Yale and a member of another of its secret societies. She has written for the New Yorker magazine and been on its staff. Her research skills are evident in this meticulous history of the most famous college society that has had multiple presidents, Supreme Court Justices and famous businessmen as its members. She is as brutally frank about its silly rituals as she is about the powerful networking influence it has had in politics and business. Since our current president is a member of Skull and Bones, as are his father and numerous family members, this expose is especially revealing about the impact such a society has on our country's leaders. KLIATT Codes: SA-Recommended for senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2002, Little, Brown, Back Bay, 230p. bibliog. index., Ages 15 to adult.
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a must read for all age'sby Anonymous
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August 16, 2006: alexandea is a vary brave woman for writing this book.i now see the world we live in more clearly,now i see the evil death cult's that are hi-jacking the world.
not your typical 'for thrills only' conspiracy bookby Anonymous
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January 08, 2006: This book (unlike most on the subject of secret societies and the New World Order) covers many societies both secret and not and their history at Yale college. It gives good posture to those who have not been responsible editors for themselves while sifting through the plethora of conspiracy theory info avail and have started to pretty much believe everything they hear so long as it sounds scary enough. No cheap thrills here, just a history lesson that will educate the reader about Yale. Alexandra Robbins shows how Skull and Bones and it's mystique are as proveable as it's members are and both want to be shown to the world via the media and through political agendas. In the end you will see what bad can come when little boy's never have to hear the word 'No!' by their parents, can never truly sympathize with the poor and suffering and are encouraged to be ruthless lying leaders to the world.
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