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The Last Zero Fighter: Firsthand Accounts from WWII Japanese Naval Pilots
Dan King · Pacific
Pages: 292
Format: Book
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Firsthand accounts from interviews conducted in Japan with five WWII Japanese Naval aviators. All are veterans of the pivotal battles of the Pacific War including; USS Panay, Nanking, Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, Rabaul, Port Darwin, Indian Ocean Raid, Ceylon, Midway, Guadalcanal, Marshall... |
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The Marches: A Borderland Journey between England and Scotland
Rory Stewart · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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From the best-selling author of The Places in Between, "a flat-out masterpiece" (New York Times Book Review) , an exploration of the Marches - the borderland between England and Scotland - and the people, history, and conflicts that have shaped it In The Places in Between Rory... |
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Blood on Steel: Chicago Steelworkers and the Strike of 1937
Michael Dennis · Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Hardcover
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On Memorial Day 1937, thousands of steelworkers, middle-class supporters, and working-class activists gathered at Sam's Place on the Southeast Side of Chicago to protest Republic Steel’s virulent opposition to union recognition and collective bargaining. By the end of the day,... |
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Ties That Bound: Founding First Ladies and Slaves
Marie Jenkins Schwartz · University Of Chicago Press
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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Behind every great man stands a great woman. And behind that great woman stands a slave. Or so it was in the households of the Founding Fathers from Virginia, where slaves worked and suffered throughout the domestic environments of the era, from Mount Vernon, Monticello, and Montpelier... |
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Oneida: From Free Love Utopia to the Well-Set Table
Ellen Wayland-Smith · Picador
Pages: 320
Format: eBook
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A fascinating and unusual chapter in American history about a religious community that held radical notions of equality, sex, and religion -- only to transform itself, at the beginning of the twentieth century, into a successful silverware company and a model of buttoned-down corporate... |
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The Time Traveler's Handbook: 18 Experiences from the Eruption of Vesuvius to Woodstock
Johnny Actonis · Harper Design
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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Travel through time to witness some of the most extraordinary and colorful events in world history with this unusual and entertaining guide that includes fascinating cultural details from each period, including what and where to eat, what to wear, how to act like a local, and most importantly,... |
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1937 Chicago Steel Strike, The:: Blood on the Prairie
John F. Hogan · The History Press
Format: Book
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A violent period of American labor history reached its bloody apex in 1937 when rattled Chicago police shot, clubbed and gassed a group of men, women and children attempting to picket Republic Steel's South Chicago plant. Ten died and over one hundred were wounded in what became known... |
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The Nazi Hunters
Andrew Nagorski · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 393
Format: Print book
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"[A] deep and sweeping account of a relentless search for justice." - The Washington Post More than seven decades after the end of the Second World War, the era of the Nazi Hunters is drawing to a close as they and the hunted die off. Their saga can now be told almost in its entirety.After... |
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Ohio's Regulars in the War of 1812
Eric E Johnson · Heritage Books, 2014.
Pages: 180
Format: Print book
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he War of 1812 is largely forgotten by the American public today except for academia, military historians, and people who are researching their family trees. There is a genre of War of 1812 research that is largely overlooked today, that is, identifying the men who served in the U.S. Army... |
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The Celts
Alice Roberts · Quercus Publishing
Pages: 298
Format: Paperback
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'Informed, impeccably researched and written' Neil OliverThe Celts are one of the world's most mysterious ancient people. In this compelling account, Alice Roberts takes us on a journey across Europe, uncovering the truth about this engimatic tribe: their origins, their treasure... |
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Ghosts of the Civil War: Exploring the Paranormal History of America's Deadliest War
Rich Newman · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
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The Civil War left behind unforgettable stories of brave soldiers, heartbroken families, violent battles . . . and a paranormal legacy that continues to fascinate and scare us more than 150 years after the war ended. Paranormal investigator Rich Newman presents over 160 different locations... |
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A Serpent's Tale: Discovering America's Ancient Mound Builders
Lorett Treese · Westholme Publishing
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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The fascinating story of the enigmatic monuments that inspired American archaeology When American settlers first crossed the Appalachian Mountains they were amazed to discover that the wilderness beyond contained ancient ruins - large man-made mounds and enclosures, and impressive earthen... |
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How to Plan a Crusade: Religious War in the High Middle Ages
CHRISTOPHER TYERMAN · Pegasus Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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A spirited and sweeping account of how the crusades really worked -- and a revolutionary attempt to rethink how we understand the Middle Ages. The story of the wars and conquests initiated by the First Crusade and its successors is itself so compelling that most accounts move quickly from... |
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RAF: The Birth of the World's First Air Force
RICHARD OVERY · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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A great historian's masterful account of the origins of air power in the RAF.The birth of the Royal Air Force during World War I marked a pivotal moment in modern military and political history. With Europe's western front frozen in a bloody stalemate of trench warfare, both sides sought... |
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