An Indian History of the American West by Dee Aleaxander Brown
First published in 1970, this extraordinary book changed the way Americans think about the original inhabitants of their country. Beginning with the Long Walk of the Navajos in 1860 and ending 30 years later with the massacre of Sioux men, women, and children at Wounded Knee in South Dakota, it tells how the American Indians lost their land and lives to a dynamically expanding white society. During these three decades, America's population doubled from 31 million to 62 million. Again and again, promises made to the Indians fell victim to the ruthlessness and greed of settlers pushing westward to make new lives. The Indians were herded off their ancestral lands into ever-shrinking reservations, and were starved and killed if they resisted. It is a truism that "history is written by the victors"; for the first time, this book described the opening of the West from the Indians' viewpoint. Accustomed to stereotypes of Indians as red savages, white Americans were shocked to read the reasoned eloquence of Indian leaders and learn of the bravery with which they and their peoples endured suffering.
10/2009 Hardcover 10% off $40.00 A Complete Guide to the Tactics and Terrain of Battle
Contributor(s): Hyslop, Stephen (Author), Kagan, Neil (Editor), Andrews, Harris (Introduction by)
In this one-of-a-kind atlas, scores of archival maps and dozens of newly created maps trace the battles, political turmoil, and great themes of America’s most violent and pivotal clash of arms. From the Antebellum South to Fort Sumter, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the fitful peace of Reconstruction, National Geographic’s Atlas of the Civil War displays eye-opening maps—and a gripping, self-contained story—on every spread.
Eighty-five rare period maps, many seen here for the first time, offer the cartographic history of a land at war with itself: from 19th-century campaign maps surveying whole regions and strategies to vintage battlefield charts used by Union and Confederate generals alike, along with commercial maps produced for a news-hungry public, and comprehensive Theater of War maps. In 35 innovative views created especially for this book, the key moments of major battles are pinpointed by National Geographic’s award-winning cartographers using satellite data to render the terrain with astonishing detail.
In addition, more than 320 documentary photographs, battlefield sketches, paintings, and artifacts bear eyewitness testimony to the war, history’s first to be widely captured on film.
Physical Info: 0.94" H x 13.76" L x 10.58" W (4.23 lbs) 256 pages ISBN:9781426203473
2008 Trade size paperback Stories From The Old Line State
By the time the American Civil War began, the agrarian, slave-owning South and the rapidly industrializing North had become almost two separate nations. As a border state with ties to both sides, Maryland and its people played a unique role in the war. This series of essays on Maryland's involvement in the conflict and its aftermath highlights some of the personalities and events that make Maryland's Civil War stories unusual and compelling.
Author Richard P. Cox draws on original sources and contributions from historians to relate the many ironies, curiosities and legends that abound. This volume will appeal to those who want to be introduced to the Civil War in Maryland as well as to those already well versed in the subject.
160 pages ISBN-13: 9781596294196
This Public Television Edition contains 12 unique stories focusing on one of the most exciting periods in United States history America's Civil War.Episodes include;Bravery at Gettysburg;Mystery at Devil s Den;Hallowed Ground;Hancock the Superb;Confederate General Lewis Armistead;The Lost Drum of Will;Mayo Our William is No More;Caught in the Crossfire;John Burns, Patriot;Culp s Hill;Destruction at John Forney s Farm;and Pickett s Charge.
The documentary film captures the scenic beauty of the Gettysburg battlefield, examines rare Civil War artifacts and tells stories of the men who fought there
Civil War Minutes III is a two-disc box set containing 30 unique stories capturing the scenic beauty of the Gettysburg battlefield, examining rare Civil War artifacts and telling the personal stories of the men who fought there.
Aspect Ratio - 16:9 Wide Screen - Release Date 2008 - ISBN - 1592180256
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1940 Hardcover
Stonewall Jackson depended on him; General Lee complimented him, Union soldiers admired him, and ladies in Maryland, Virginia, and even Pennsylvania adored him-this dashing, handsome, lovable, young Henry Kyd Douglas. He rode with Stonewall; he fought by the model of the incomparable Ashby; he lived, joked, and courted with gay Jeb Stuart. From his meeting with John Brown, alias Isaac Smith, shortly before the Brown Raid, through the long bitter years of the War Between the States, he clung to the Southern cause, fought its battles, and endured its defeats. During and shortly after the War he set down his experiences with great men and great days. In a resonant prose almost unique among soldiers, and rare among all men, he wrote as simply and intimately of history as though it were a jovial anecdote, spun out after dinner for the entertainment of friends.
ISBN: 0-8078-0337-5 Physical Info: 1.38" H x 9.3" L x 6.34" W 414 pages
2008 by Bob O'Connor
A Civil War saga of a real slave who was captured by John Brown during the famous raid at Harpers Ferry in 1859. The book follows Catesby’s life after the raid and his determined quest to become a free black man.
During his journey, Catesby encounters abuse, terrible conflicts, trusted friendships and love, as the war seems to follow him from place to place. A skilled blacksmith and an educated man, Catesby becomes the “inside source” to describe events you could not even imagine. You will find his story unforgettable, but also very believable.
2/2006-Trade size by Bob O'Conner
This historical novel provides eye-witness accounts of the John Brown insurrection from famous people like Robert E. Lee, from John Brown’s family, and from ordinary citizens like Margarette Brown and Christine Fouke.
The information has been gathered by two of the raiders who escaped and live to tell about it -- Owen Brown, one of John Brown’s sons, and Osborne Anderson, a colored man.
You will read about the preparations, the raid, the trials, the executions and the aftermath of the event.
You decide -- was John Brown a hero or a scoundrel?
5.5 x 8.5, 409 pages
2007 Trade size 190pages
President Lincoln’s trusted friend, former law partner and heavily armed bodyguard, Ward Hill Lamon, is the subject of this new historical novel. Lamon snuck Lincoln into Washington prior to the Inauguration when detective Allan Pinkerton uncovered a plot to assassinate Lincoln when his train passed through Baltimore.
Lamon was in charge of the dedication of the national cemetery at Gettysburg on November 19, 1863. Many nights he slept on the floor outside the Lincoln bedroom in the White House to protect the president.
But he was not at Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865 when the president was shot.
1974 Massmarket paperback
n the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life.
Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle. There were memories. There were promises. There was love. And far more than men fell on those Pennsylvania fields. Shattered futures, forgotten innocence, and crippled beauty were also the casualties of war.
The Killer Angels is unique, sweeping, unforgettable--a dramatic re-creation of the battleground for America's destiny.
384 pages ISBN: 978-0-345-34810-4
Paperback edition of 2001 hardcover.
The American Revolution is brought to life with this saga of the men who forged the destiny of a nation. This BOMC and History Book Club Selection reveals how philosophers became fighters, how ideas became their ammunition, and how a scattered group of colonies became the United States of America.
2005 Hardcover-The Fort Willow Massacre in the Civil War
An account of the controversial April 1864 Civil War battle between Confederate cavalry leader Nathan Bedford Forrest and a garrison of Unionists and former slave artillerymen offers insight into how corruption and racism in occupied Tennessee played a role in the Confederate victory and how Forrest went on to found the Ku Klux Klan.
531 pages ISBN 0670034401
2008 Trade paperback
In Northern Fire, the Barker family is challenged with the extreme hardships and traumatic consequences that war has reaped upon them for their loyalty to the Southern Confederacy. The once wealthy family has suffered destitution with the burning of their estate by Union cavalrymen. Like many families living within the area, they are struggling to manage their lives and find the resources to re-establish their home. Many challenging issues face them as they strive to overcome these impossibilities. Who holds the answer and is there a source from where it will arrive?
470 pages ISBN:0741445182
1994-Hardcover, 672 pages
4,139 entries covering the battles, backgrounds and players in the Allied and Axis powers. A cornucopia of unusual information to intrigue any World War II buff and a unique approach to learning history.
ISBN: 978-0-517-42286-1
11/2009 Hardcover by Richard Holmes10% OFF $39.95
British military historian Holmes (military & security studies, Cranfield Univ.; The First World War in Photographs) chronologically relates the entire story of World War II as captured by the camera, beginning with prewar Nazi Germany (e.g., photos of the 1935 Nuremberg rallies) and ending with the surrender of Japan. Holmes provides an introductory narrative for each chapter, recounting events worldwide and then proceeding with the relevant photographs, which are themselves nicely captioned. Some of the photos (50 of the 500 are in color) have been reproduced before, but most are previously unseen and from the extensive collections of the U.K.'s Imperial War Museum. While most are by military photographers, noted photographers Cecil Beaton and Bill Brandt are also featured. There are a great many eloquent images, with the emphasis largely on the military history of the war rather than on the struggles of civilians. Recommended for all collections.
Physical Info: 1.19" H x 11.26" L x 9.44" W 400 pages ISBN:9781847324412
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