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Author
Series
Major battles and campaigns volume 4
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
1991.
Physical Desc
xv, 353 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Oxford history of the United States volume 6
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Description
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, this fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War: the Dred Scott decision: the Lincoln-Douglas...
50) War and peace
Author
Language
English
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Description
From Pevear and Volokhonsky, the bestselling, award-winning translators of "Anna Karenina" and "The Brothers Karamazov," comes a brilliant, engaging, and eminently readable translation of Tolstoy's master epic.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 409 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Written in the authoritative and narrative-driven style that has made his books critical and commercial successes, John Ferling's Whirlwind will become the definitive history of the American Revolution for our time. This master historian illuminates the years 1763 to 1783--from the end of the French and Indian War that left England triumphant in North America to the signing of the Treaty of Paris and the final departure of British troops from New...
Author
Language
English
Description
"[P]ortrait of Lee as a brilliant general, a devoted family man, and principled gentleman who disliked slavery and disagreed with secession, yet who refused command of the Union Army in 1861 because he could not "draw his sword" against his beloved Virginia. Well-rounded and realistic, Clouds of Glory analyzes Lee's command during the Civil War and explores his responsibility for the fatal stalemate at Antietam, his defeat at Gettysburg (as well the...
59) The accomplice
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 356 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Smarting over his role in an embarrassing failed gubernatorial campaign, ambitious young politico Henry Hatten lands a lucky job as a communications director for a senator's presidential campaign only to find himself embroiled in brutal dealings that make him question his sense of morality.
Author
Series
Publications of the State historical society of Wisconsin. Collections volume XXIV, Draper series, V
Draper volume 5
Collections volume 24
Draper volume 5
Collections volume 24
Language
English
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