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Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of The Indispensables, the unknown and dramatic story of irregular guerrilla warfare that altered the course of the Civil War and inspired the origins of America's modern special operations forces. The Civil War is most remembered for the grand battles that have come to define it: Gettysburg, Antietam, Shiloh, among others. However, as bestselling author Patrick K. O'Donnell reveals in The Unvanquished, a vital shadow...
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Jerusalem, a fearless Saint with demigod powers, joins the Union Army seeking revenge against the vampire who enslaved her family, but in order to find success, she finds herself reluctantly teaming up with Alexei, a handsome Union vampire she can't help but fall for.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Kate Warner is many things: the country's first female detective, a Pinkerton agent, and a Union spy. It's August 1863, and her latest assignment could finally end the bloody war and bring the fractured United States together again. All she has to do is win the trust of her captive: Confederate spy and socialite Rose Greenhow. But with Rose well aware of Kate's working-class background and belief in abolitionism, it seems an impossible task. Worse,...
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Series
Publisher
Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"Ana & Andrew think they have seen every fun place in their hometown of Washington, DC. They are surprised when Papa takes the family to a spot they haven't visited. There, they honor an ancestor who fought for freedom"--
Author
Publisher
Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Offering a unique glimpse into American history, this is the first book to celebrate the compelling work of the United States' first federal photographer"--
"Magnificent Intentions shines the spotlight on a little-known photographer with a masterful collection. From getting dispatched to the frontlines to photograph maps for General George B. McClellan to witnessing the installation of the Statue of Freedom atop the Capitol dome, Wood captured significant...
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
©2001
Language
English
Description
Pulitzer Prize-winner Bruce Catton brings power and drama to this tightly packed chronicle of the struggle of the blue and the gray. A Short History of the Civil War is a superb introduction to the events, the people, and the politics that shaped this war. But it is also a great refresher course on a tragic chapter in our nation's history, filled with the suspense of great fiction and the insights of expert reporting.--
7) The covenant
Author
Series
McCain chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"It was a time of uncertainty in the infancy of the growing nation. The Wild West was open and beckoning to displaced men and families, and many chose to travel to the unsettled frontier, dreaming of new homes, land, and even riches. But few reckoned on those that had lived in those lands for centuries, the native peoples: Blackfoot, Crow, Sioux, and more. Elijah McCain, fresh from the Union army -- where he had attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel...