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Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
Julia Baird · Random House
Pages: 696
Format: Print book
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This page-turning biography reveals the real woman behind the myth: a bold, glamorous, unbreakable queen - a Victoria for our times. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, this stunning new portrait is a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience."Victoria... |
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Atlas Of The Civil War
James M. McPherson · Running Press; First edition
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Here is the definitive reference to the battles of the Civil War, written by America’s leading military historians and edited by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War expert James M. McPherson. This authoritative volume includes gripping eyewitness accounts plus 200 specially commissioned,... |
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Eyes of an Eagle: Jean-Pierre Cenac, Patriarch: An Illustrated History of Early Houma-Terrebonne
Christopher Everette Cenac · University Press of Mississippi/J.P.C.,L.L.C.
Pages: 303
Format: Hardcover
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In the year 1860, Jean-Pierre Cenac sailed from the sophisticated French city of Bordeaux to begin his new life in the city with the second busiest port of debarkation in the U.S. Two years before, he had descended the Pyrenees to Bordeaux from his home village of Barbazan-Debat, a terrain... |
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1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder
ARTHUR PH D HERMAN · Harper
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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In 1917, Arthur Herman examines one crucial year and the two figures at its center who would set the course of modern world history: Woodrow Wilson and Vladimir Lenin. Though they were men of very different backgrounds and experiences, Herman reveals how Wilson and Lenin were very much... |
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Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America
Patrick Phillips · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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A gripping tale of racial cleansing in Forsyth County, Georgia, and a harrowing testament to the deep roots of racial violence in America.Forsyth County, Georgia, at the turn of the twentieth century was home to a large African American community that included ministers and teachers, farmers... |
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The African Slave Trade
Basil Davidson · Back Bay Books
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
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A detailed history of the slave trade examines its causes and consequences, shows how African leaders attempted to halt it, and portrays European attitudes towards Africa |
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Through the Valley: My Captivity in Vietnam
William Reeder Jr. · Naval Institute Press
Pages: 238
Format: Print book
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Through the Valley is the captivating memoir of the last U.S. Army soldier taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. A narrative of courage, hope, and survival, Through the Valley is more than just a war story. It also portrays the thrill and horror of combat, the fear and anxiety of captivity,... |
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The Flood of 1912: 100th Anniversary Centennial Album of the Mississippi Valley Flood
Brian Costello · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
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A gallery of photographs and headlines of the disastrous Mississippi River flood of 1912. Photographs from the upper Mississippi Valley to the parishes of Louisiana. Content March of 1912 Opening Timeline Map of valley Ohio: Freemont Indiana: Logansport Nebraska: Valley Illinois: Future... |
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The Red River Campaign and Its Toll : 69 Bloody Days in Louisiana, March-May 1864
Henry O Robertson · McFarland & Company
Format: Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"This book takes a fresh look at the fierce battles at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, the Union army's escape from Monett's Ferry and the burning of Alexandria, and explains the causes and consequences of the war in Central Louisiana"--
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Together We Stand: America, Britain, and the Forging of an Alliance
James Holland · Miramax; 1St Edition edition
Pages: 720
Format: Hardcover
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By the middle of 1942, Allied fortunes had reached their lowest ebb, Britain's military command was in tatters and the U.S., Britain's new ally, had only fledgling, severly under-trained forces. It seemed all might be lost in the Middle East, while collapse seemed inevitable in Russia.... |
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Last Days of Last Island: The Hurricane of 1856, Louisiana's First Great Storm
Bill Dixon · Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette
Pages: 290
Format: Paperback
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Last Days of Last Island is the most comprehensive account of the great 1856 Isle Derniere hurricane, its aftermath, and its legacy. Dixon includes a complete listing of victims and survivors, numerous firsthand and primary source accounts, a thorough examination of the poetry and literature... |
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Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey
Nicola Tallis · Pegasus Books
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback
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A significant retelling of the often-misunderstood tale of Lady Jane Grey's journey through her trial and execution -- recalling the dangerous plots and web of deadly intrigue in which she became involuntarily tangled, and which ultimately led to a catastrophic conclusion. "Good... |
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