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Three Roads to the Alamo
The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis
E-bok, 2009
136 kr
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"William C. Davis''s Three Roads to the Alamo is far and away the best account of the Alamo I have ever read. The portraits of Crockett, Bowie, and Travis are brilliantly sketched in a fast-moving story that keeps the reader riveted to the very last word." — Stephen B. OatesThree Roads to the …
Warnings from the Far South
Democracy versus Dictatorship in Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile
Inbunden, 1995
1072 kr
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This work examines three advanced Latin American republics with long records of democracy, political stability, and economic prosperity which degenerated into instability and military dictatorship—and issues a warning for other democratic peoples. Although not beset by overpopulation, serious …
Duel Between the First Ironclads
E-bok, 2012
236 kr
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One was called "a tin can on a shingle"; the other, "a half-submerged crocodile." Yet, on a March day in 1862 in Hampton Roads, Virginia, after a five-hour duel, the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia (formerly the U.S.S. Merrimack ) were to change the course of not only the Civil War but also …
Battle at Bull Run
A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War
E-bok, 2012
221 kr
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Two great, untested armies were readying for the first—and what many believed would be the last—major conflict between North and South. On the eve of July 21, 1861, one Northerner wrote: “The sky is perfectly clear, the moon is full and bright, and the air was still as if it were not within a few …
Orphan Brigade
The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn''t Go Home
E-bok, 2012
236 kr
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On September 18, 1861, ominous sounds of battle thundering in the distance, the Kentucky legislature voted to align itself with the Union. It was a decision which tore at the heart of the state, splitting apart families and severing friendships. For the newly formed First Kentucky Brigade, it …
Lincoln's Men
How President Lincoln Became Father To an Army an
E-bok, 1999
213 kr
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I sit down to write you (a Soldier''s Friend!)...My kind Friend of Friends you have the power to help me a grate deal...I have great Confidence in our Good President hoe has dun a grate deal for us poor Soldiers... So wrote Private Joe Hass to Abraham Lincoln, February 20, 1864. Like an …
Lincoln's Men
How President Lincoln Became Father to an Army and a Nation
Häftad, 2000
218 kr
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No American president has enjoyed as intimate a relationship with the soldiers in his army as did the man they called "Father Abraham." In Lincoln's Men, historian William C. Davis draws on thousands of unpublished letters and diaries -- the voices of the volunteers -- to tell the hidden story of …
Union That Shaped the Confederacy
Robert Toombs and Alexander H. Stephens
Inbunden, 2001
671 kr
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Born into different social classes, Robert Toombs and Alexander H. Stephens, became fast friends and together changed the course of the South. They dominated the formation of the Confederacy and served as its vice president and secretary of state.
Cause Lost
Myths and Realities of the Confederacy
Häftad, 1996
344 kr
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For nearly a quarter of a century, Pulitzer Prize nominee William C. Davis has been one of our best writers on the Civil War. His books—including Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol; Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour; and "A Government of Our Own": The Making of the Confederacy—have …
Look Away!
A History of the Confederate States of America
E-bok, 2002
213 kr
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William C. Davis, one of America''s best Civil War historians, here offers a definitive portrait of the Confederacy unlike any that has come before. Drawing on decades of writing and research among an unprecedented number of archives, Look Away! tells the story of the Confederate States of America …
Look Away!
A History of the Confederate States of America
Häftad, 2003
338 kr
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William C. Davis, "one of the best and most prolific historians of the American Civil War" (James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom), offers a definitive portrait of the Confederacy unlike any other. Drawing on decades of writing and research among an unprecedented number of archives, …
Taste for War
The Culinary History of the Blue and the Gray
Häftad, 2011
227 kr
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For soldiers in all wars, mealtime is a focal point of the day. Armies do indeed "march on their stomachs," as Napoleon said. Soldiers of the Civil War armies, many away from home and mothers' and wives' cooking for the first time, were thrown back on their own resources both to prepare their own …
Battle at Bull Run
A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War
Häftad, 1981
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300 kr
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From the first passage in William C. Davis' book about ""the twilight of America's innocence: to the last, the reader is carried through what many in the 1860s believed would be the only major conflict between North and South. So optimistic were the people in Washington that a crowd of civilians …
Duel Between the First Ironclads
Häftad, 1981
344 kr
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One was called ""a tin can on a shingle""; the other, ""a half-submerged crocodile."" Yet, on a March day in 1862 in Hampton Roads, Virginia, after a five-hour duel, the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia(formerly the U.S.S. Merrimack) were to change the course of not only the Civil War but …
Battle of New Market
Häftad, 1983
373 kr
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In this book, William C. Davis narrates one of the most memorable and crucial of the engagements fought for control of the strategically vital Shenandoah Valley - a battle that centered on the farming community of New Market. There, Confederate forces under the command of General John C. …
Bluegrass Confederate
The Headquarters Diary of Edward O. Guerrant
Av William C. Davis, Meredith L. Swentor-Barwick
Häftad, 2005
469 kr
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Diaries by Kentucky Rebels are a rarity; the soldiers, cut off from their homes and families in the Union Bluegrass, were themselves atypical. In this massive and eloquent journal, Captain Edward O. Guerrant evocatively portrays his unusual wartime experiences attached to the headquarters of …
Inventing Loreta Velasquez
Confererate Soldier Impersonator, Media Celebrtity, and Con Artist
Inbunden, 2016
492 kr
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This groundbreaking biography of Loreta Janeta Velasquez delves into the life of one of America’s early celebrities. She claimed to have posed as a man to fight for the Confederacy, but this book reveals a startling reality that's even more implausible than the myths she created.
Union Heartland
The Midwestern Home Front During the Civil War
Av Brett Barker, William C. Davis m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
297 kr
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Historians have broadened the somewhat simplistic interpretation of the Civil War as a battle between the North and the South by revealing the “many Souths” that made up the Confederacy, but the “North” has remained largely undifferentiated as a geopolitical term. In this welcome collection, seven …
Faith in the Fight
Av James I. Robertson, Benedict Maryniak m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
205 kr
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For both Union and Confederate soldiers, religion was the greatest sustainer of morale in the Civil War, and faith was a refuge in a great time of need. Guarding and guiding the spiritual well-being of the fighters, army chaplains were a voice of hope and reason in an otherwise chaotic military …
Virginia at War, 1861
Av William C Davis, James I Robertson
Inbunden, 2005
608 kr
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More Civil War battles were fought on Virginian soil than on that of any other Confederate state. No state suffered more from invasion and occupation than the Old Dominion, and none witnessed as much of the war. Virginia's story of the Civil War stands unique among the Confederate States. Virginia …
Virginia at War, 1862
Av William C Davis, James I Robertson
Inbunden, 2007
587 kr
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A History Book Club SelectionA Military History Book Club Selection Virginia emerged from the year 1861 in much the same state of uncertainty and confusion as the rest of the Confederacy. While the North was known to be rebuilding its army, no one could be sure if the northern people and government …
Virginia at War, 1863
Av William C Davis, James I Robertson
Inbunden, 2008
587 kr
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The fascinating third book in the Virginia at War series focuses on the Virginia experience at mid-conflict. The collection provides a comprehensive overview of the conflict's impact on children, religion, and newly freed slaves. Also included are essays that probe the South's view of Abraham …
Virginia at War, 1864
Av William C Davis, James I Robertson
Inbunden, 2009
608 kr
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The fourth book in the Virginia at War series casts a special light on vital home front matters in Virginia during 1864. Following a year in which only one major battle was fought on Virginia soil, 1864 brought military campaigning to the Old Dominion. For the first time during the Civil War, the …
Virginia at War, 1865
Av William C Davis, James I Robertson
Inbunden, 2012
587 kr
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By January 1865, most of Virginia's schools were closed, many newspapers had ceased publication, businesses suffered, and food was scarce. Having endured major defeats on their home soil and the loss of much of the state's territory to the Union army, Virginia's Confederate soldiers began to desert …
Virginia at War, 1865
Av James I. Robertson Jr., William C. Davis
E-bok, 2012
539 kr
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By January 1865, most of Virginia''s schools were closed, many newspapers had ceased publication, businesses suffered, and food was scarce. Having endured major defeats on their home soil and the loss of much of the state''s territory to the Union army, Virginia''s Confederate soldiers began to …
Virginia at War, 1861
Av James I. Robertson, William C. Davis
E-bok, 2005
191 kr
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The first volume in this comprehensive history of Virginia during the Civil War examines the early phases of secession, struggle and conflict. Several Southern states preceded Virginia in seceding from the Union, but until Virginia joined them in April 1861, the Confederacy lacked cohesion. …
Virginia at War, 1862
Av James I. Robertson, William C. Davis
E-bok, 2007
221 kr
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The second volume in this history of Confederate Virginia examines the effects of military occupation, industrial expansion, and the Battle of Antietam. In Virginia at War, 1862, leading Civil War historians demonstrate how no aspect of life in the Commonwealth escaped the war''s impact. The …
Virginia at War, 1863
Av James I. Robertson, William C. Davis
E-bok, 2008
221 kr
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The 3nd volume in this history of Confederate Virginia examines the effects of war on struggling families, the Hatfield-McCoy feud, and more. In the year 1863, only one major battle, The Battle of Chancellorsville, was fought in the Confederate State of Virginia. Yet the pressures of the Civil War …
