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Cloak and Dagger Fiction
An Annotated Guide to Spy Thrillers, 3rd Edition
Av Myron J. Smith Jr., Terry White
Inbunden, 1995
1061 kr
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A new edition of the definitive bibliography of the modern spy-adventure-intrigue novel. First published in 1976, this edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. After a discussion of early spy fiction, Smith and White provide a detailed listing of novels from 1940 onward. The bibliography is …
Battles of Coral Sea and Midway, 1942
A Selected Bibliography
Inbunden, 1991
1313 kr
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1992 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the great Pacific naval battles in the Coral Sea and off Midway Island. Occuring within a month of each other, these turning Point engagements brought an end to Japan's military expansion and six months of Allied defeat and retreat in the Pacific. Fought …
Pearl Harbor, 1941
A Bibliography
Inbunden, 1991
805 kr
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1991 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, an event which plunged a basically self-absorbed United States directly into the world's worst conflagration. For years, the United States, which had become a Pacific power almost simultaneously with Japan at the turn of the …
American Warplanes, 1908-1988
A Bibliography
Inbunden, 1990
1063 kr
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From the first military uses of powered aircraft to the B-2 stealth bomber and beyond, an enormous body of data concerning the various flying machines used by American military forces has been assembled in repositories across the land. This is a comprehensive guide to the printed literature on the …
Professional Football
The Official Pro Football Hall of Fame Bibliography
Inbunden, 1993
1129 kr
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With nearly 15,000 entries, this bibliography serves to bring control to the literature of American-style professional football and, in a selective fashion, to Canadian and Australian professional football. Organized by major categories, each section and many of the subsections begin with brief …
College Football Bibliography
Inbunden, 1993
979 kr
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With more than 12,000 entries, this is the most comprehensive bibliography yet published on the literature of college football. Organized into five major sections, the work covers American-style football from 1869 through January 1993. Among the types of materials represented are books and …
Tinclads in the Civil War
Union Light-Draught Gunboat Operations on Western Waters, 1862-1865
Häftad, 2009
619 kr
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Once the Union Army gained control of the upper rivers of the Mississippi Valley during the first half of 1862, slow and heavy ironclads proved ineffective in patrolling the waters. Hastily outfitted steamboats were covered with thin armor and pressed into duty. These "tinclads" fought Confederate …
USS Carondelet
A Civil War Ironclad on Western Waters
Häftad, 2010
502 kr
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The USS Carondelet had a revolutionary ship design and was the most active of all the Union's Civil War river ironclads. From Fort Henry through the siege of Vicksburg and from the Red River campaign through the Battle of Nashville, the gunboat was prominent in war legend and literature. This …
CSS Arkansas
A Confederate Ironclad on Western Waters
Häftad, 2011
435 kr
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While the Monitor and Merrimack are the most famous of the Civil War ironclads, the Confederacy had another ship in its flotilla that carried high hopes and a metal hull. The makeshift CSS Arkansas, completed by Lt. Isaac Newton Brown and manned by a mixed crew of volunteers, gave the South a surge …
Fight for the Yazoo, August 1862-July 1864
Swamps, Forts and Fleets on Vicksburg's Northern Flank
Häftad, 2012
606 kr
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Following the loss of the CSS Arkansas in early August 1862, Union and Confederate eyes turned to the Yazoo River, which formed the developing northern flank for the South's fortress at Vicksburg, Mississippi. For much of the next year, Federal efforts to capture the citadel focused on possession …
Timberclads in the Civil War
The Lexington, Conestoga and Tyler on the Western Waters
Häftad, 2013
688 kr
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In the most detailed history ever of Union warships on the western waters of the Civil War, the author recounts the exploits of the timberclad ships Lexington, Tyler, and Conestoga. Converted to warships from commercial steamboats at the beginning of the conflict, the three formed the core of the …
Roy Fitch
The Civil War Career of a Union River Gunboat Commander
Häftad, 2013
517 kr
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This is the first published biography of Lieutenant Commander Le Roy Fitch, U.S. Navy. Fitch saw action on the Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers; fought against Morgan, Wheeler and Forrest, as well as irregulars; commanded an ironclad monitor during the Battle of Nashville; and was renowned for …
Joseph Brown and His Civil War Ironclads
The USS Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia
Häftad, 2017
502 kr
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A Scottish immigrant to Illinois, Joseph Brown made his pre-Civil War fortune as a miller and steamboat captain who dabbled in riverboat design and the politics of small towns. When war erupted, he used his connections (including a friendship with Abraham Lincoln) to obtain contracts to build three …
Ironclad Captains of the Civil War
Häftad, 2018
950 kr
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From 1861 to 1865, the American Civil War saw numerous technological innovations in warfare--chief among them was the ironclad warship. Based on the Official Records, biographical works, ship and operations histories, newspapers and other sources, this book chronicles the lives of 158 ironclad …
After Vicksburg
The Civil War on Western Waters, 1863-1865
Häftad, 2021
619 kr
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This is the first published comprehensive survey of naval action on the Mississippi River and its tributaries for the years 1863-1865. Following introductory reviews of the rivers and of the U.S. Navy's Mississippi Squadron, chronological Federal naval participation in various raids and larger …
Old War Horse
The USS Benton on Western Waters, 1853-1865
Häftad, 2024
606 kr
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With a unique prewar history as a snagboat and James B. Eads' noted catamaran salvage vessel, the Benton survived a tumultuous government acquisition process and conversion to become flagship of the Union's Civil War Western river navy. From Island No. 10 through the Vicksburg and Red River …
Civil War Biographies from the Western Waters
956 Confederate and Union Naval and Military Personnel, Contractors, Politicians, Officials, Steamboat Pilots and Others
Häftad, 2015
797 kr
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From 1861 to 1865, the Civil War raged along the great rivers of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. While various Civil War biographies exist, none have been devoted exclusively to participants in the Western river war as waged down the Mississippi to the mouth of the Red River, and up the Ohio, the …
