One hundred and fifty years after the Battle of Gettysburg, the words of the soldiers and onlookers present for those three fateful days still reverberate with the power of their courage and sacrifice.
The War of 1812 is typically noted for a handful of events: the burning of the White House, the rise of the Star Spangled Banner, and the battle of New Orleans.
From one of America s greatest non-fiction writers, an epic saga of the rise and fall of American power, from Vietnam to Afghanistan, told through the life of one man.
Die Geschichte von Atlantis – eine sagenumwobene Insel, die von einer fortschrittlichen Zivilisation bewohnt und durch eine Katastrophe zerstört wurde – fasziniert und inspiriert die Menschheit seit mehr als zweitausend Jahren.
The Real Custer takes a good hard look at the life and storied military career of George Armstrong Custerfrom cutting his teeth at Bull Run in the Civil War, to his famous and untimely death at Little Bighorn in the Indian Wars.
Some Confederates called him a "e;Bluebelly,"e; "e;Mudsill,"e; and even a "e;Lincolnite"e; (for President Abraham Lincoln), but the name that has carried down through the decades is simply "e;Billy Yank.
The latest installment in the New York Times bestselling Politically Incorrect Guide series expands on the pro-South slant of the hugely successful Politically Incorrect Guide to American History.
When it comes to sheer savagery endured by the American fighting man, few combat theaters could match the Pacific in WorldWar II: the sodden malarial and Japanese infested jungles of New Guinea and Guadalcanal, the kamikaze pilots for whom death was no deterrent, and the blood-soaked beaches taken by island-hopping Marines.
Ningún gesto o palabra de los neófitos parecía suficiente a los evangelizadores para demostrar la autenticidad de su fe; no bastaban los cambios comportamentales, lo que se esperaba era la transformación de una actitud interior conocida como 'creencia'.
The Real Custer takes a good hard look at the life and storied military career of George Armstrong Custerfrom cutting his teeth at Bull Run in the Civil War, to his famous and untimely death at Little Bighorn in the Indian Wars.
When John Wilkes Booth diedshot inside a burning barn and dragged out twelve days after he assassinated President Lincolnall he had in his pocket were a compass, a candle, a diary, and five photographs of five different women.
"e;There are few sensations I prefer to that of galloping over these rolling limitless prairies, with rifle in hand, or winding my way among the barren, fantastic and grimly picturesque deserts of the so-called Bad Lands.
*; Examines the complexities of Indigenous legends and creation myths and reveals common oral traditions across much of North America*; Explores the history of Cahokia, the Mississippian Mound Builder Empire of 1050-1300 CE, told through the voice of Honga, a Native leader of the time*; Presents an Indigenous revisionist history regarding Thomas Jefferson, expansionist doctrine, and Manifest DestinyWhile Western accounts of North American history traditionally start with European colonization, Indigenous histories of North Americaor Turtle Islandstretch back millennia.
The latest installment in the New York Times bestselling Politically Incorrect Guide series expands on the pro-South slant of the hugely successful Politically Incorrect Guide to American History.
Investigadores y cientistas sociales buscan comprender en esta obra las construcciones de sentidos sociales del espacio denominado Araucanía-Norpatagonia, desde una mirada que asume la pluralidad del territorio y de las subjetividades tanto en la Patagonia argentina como en la chilena.
In 'Zuni Mythology', Frank Hamilton Cushing delves into the rich and complex world of Zuni cosmology, offering readers a comprehensive look at the myths and legends of this Native American tribe.
James Fenimore Cooper's 'Littlepage Manuscripts: Satanstoe, The Chainbearer & The Redskins (Complete Edition)' is a compelling collection of three novels that delve into the complexities of American society and the impact of historical events on individual lives.
In 'Der Kampf um die Cheopspyramide: Historischer Roman' entführt der Autor Max Eyth die Leser in das alte Ägypten, wo die Protagonisten in einem spannenden Kampf um die legendäre Cheops-Pyramide verwickelt sind.
When it comes to our prosperity, our freedom tradition, and our constitutional government, President Barack Obama has been the great destroyerknocking down the free-market economy and principles of limited government that have made America the envy of the world.
Confronting the critics who say George Washington's victories were due to luck, not skill, Palmer proves why the father of our country also deserves the title of America's pre-eminent military strategist.