This thesis will analyze Major General George Crook's performance during the Sioux War of 1876-77 and attempt to answer whether or not Crook successfully fought the Native Americans by effectively implementing the concept of counterinsurgency compound warfare.
First published in 1944, this is an unusual little edition concerning the infamous Kate Bender and her family, also known as the "e;Bloody Benders,"e; who owned an inn and small general store in Labette County of southeastern Kansas from 1871 to 1873 and systematically murdered at least a dozen travellers that passed through their hotel and store, with Kate luring men with promise of a meal and a rest.
Dieses eBook: "Gesammelte Werke: Politische Schriften + Historiografische Werke" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
The classic bestselling Chinese novel spanning four decades following the creation of the People's Republic in 1949, translated into English for the first time.
The lamented death of President Adams entails on me the duty of writing the preface to our joint work,-a duty which, had he lived, would naturally have fallen to him, since to his initiative and energy the volume owes its existence.
Having published his Picturesque Tour of Italy in 1820, Hakewill visited Jamaica in 1820-21, making the colony the subject of a wonderful color plate book, originally issued in 7 parts from 1824 through 1825.
Ellen Craft and William Craft were slaves from Macon, Georgia who escaped to the North in December 1848 by traveling openly by train and steamboat, arriving in Philadelphia on Christmas Day.
Originally published in 1856, and then edited (with notes and introduction) by Louise Phelps Kellogg and republished in 1930, there is no better description of early Chicago and the famous Fort Dearborn Massacre to be found anywhere than that contained in Wau-bun, The Early Day in the Northwest.
In 'The Indian War of 1864: Events in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming' by Eugene Fitch Ware, readers are taken on a detailed journey through the lesser-known events of the Indian Wars in the American West.
America's Persecuted Minority: Big Business was a lecture delivered by Ayn Rand at the Ford Hall Forum, Boston, on December 17, 1961, and at Columbia University on February 15, 1962.
La presente selección de tres Decretos y Manifiestos de Carlos Manuel de Céspedes contiene los siguientes documentos:Manifiesto de la junta revolucionaria de la isla de Cuba, dirigido a sus compatriotas y a todas las nacionesDecreto de 27 de diciembre de 1868 sobre la esclavitudAl Pueblo de CubaEstos textos describen las causas de la proclamación de la Independencia de Cuba, la anulación de la esclavitud y la defensa del sufragio universal y las libertades cívicas entendidas en el espíritu de la Ilustración.
David Rankin, Farmer: Modern Agricultural Methods Contrasted With Primitive Agricultural Methods By The Life History Of A Plain Farmer is a book written by David Rankin and published in 1909.
Dieses eBook: "Gesammelte Wildwestromane: Lederstrumpf-Zyklus + Littlepage-Trilogie" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
Delve into the legendary tale of one of California's most infamous figures with Ireneo Paz's Life and Adventures of the Celebrated Bandit Joaquin Murrieta: His Exploits in the State of California.
From his early experiences in the French and Indian War to his first days as the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, General George Washington displayed the character and drive needed to forge a nation.
