| Title | : | The Railroad to Freedom |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0152651195 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 364 |
Tells the story of Harriet Tubman who escaped from slavery herself and then brought than 300 people to the North and freedom by way of the Underground Railway. More...
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| Title | : | Spy of Richmond (Heroines Behind the Lines #4) |
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| ISBN | : | |
| Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 |
Trust None Risk all Richmond, Virginia, 1863. Compelled to atone for the sins of her slaveholding father, Union loyalist Sophie Kent risks everything to help end the war from within the Confederate capital and abolish slavery forever But she can t do it alone.Former slave Bella Jamison sacrifices her freedom to come to Richmond, where her Union soldier husband is impriso Trust None Risk all Richmond, Virgin More...
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| Title | : | Who Dares Wins |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1846033950 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 64 |
For 5 days in May 1980, thousands watched around the world as the shadowy figures of the SAS performed a daring and dramatic raid on the Iranian Embassy in London, catapulting a little known specialist unit into the full glare of the world s media Hailed by Margaret Thatcher as a brilliant operation, carried out with courage and confidence, the raid was a huge success f For 5 days in May 1980, thousands watched aroun More...
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| Title | : | Wedded to War (Heroines Behind the Lines, #1) |
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| ISBN | : | 0802405762 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 |
A Christy Award nominated title for best new author.When war erupted, she gave up a life of privilege for a life of significance.Tending to the army s sick and wounded meant leading a life her mother does not understand and giving up a handsome and approved suitor Yet Charlotte chooses a life of service over privilege, just as her childhood friend had done when he became A Christy Award nominated title More...
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| Title | : | The Face of Heaven (Snapshots in History #2) |
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| ISBN | : | 0736949496 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 |
Following on the heels of The Wings of Morning, the first book in Murray Pura s Snapshots in History series, comes this compelling saga of the Civil War.In April 1861, Lyndel Keim discovers two runaway slaves in her family s barn When the men are captured and returned to their plantation, Lyndel and her young Amish beau, Nathaniel King, find themselves at odds with their Following on the heels of The Wings of Morning More...
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| Title | : | Civil War in North Carolina |
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| ISBN | : | 0807845205 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 495 |
Eleven battles and seventy three skirmishes were fought in North Carolina during the Civil War Although the number of men involved in many of these engagements was comparatively small, the campaigns and battles themselves were crucial in the grand strategy of the conflict and involved some of the most famous generals of the war John Barrett presents the complete story of Eleven battles and seventy three skirmishes we More...
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| Title | : | Secret Service Operator 13 |
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| ISBN | : | |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 406 |
A young girl becomes a secret service agent for the Union Army during the Civil War. More...
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| Title | : | The Sentinels of Andersonville |
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| ISBN | : | 1414359489 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 348 |
Near the end of the Civil War, inhumane conditions at Andersonville Prison caused the deaths of 13,000 Union soldiers in only one year In this gripping and affecting novel, three young Confederates and an entire town come face to face with the prison s atrocities and will learn the cost of compassion, when withheld and when given.Sentry Dance Pickett has watched, helpless Near the end of the Civil War, inhumane condi More...
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| Title | : | Confederates in the Attic |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 067975833X |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 406 |
National BestsellerWhen prize winning war correspondent Tony Horwitz leaves the battlefields of Bosnia and the Middle East for a peaceful corner of the Blue Ridge Mountains, he thinks he s put war zones behind him But awakened one morning by the crackle of musket fire, Horwitz starts filing front line dispatches again this time from a war close to home, and to his own hea National Bestseller When prize winning war correspondent Tony Horwitz leaves the batt More...
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| Title | : | The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0345348109 |
| Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 345 |
In 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 than rifles and bullets were carried into battle There were memories There were promises There was love And far than men fell on those Pennsylvania fields Shattered futures, forgotten innocence, and cr In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation s More...
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| Title | : | Gods and Generals (The Civil War Trilogy, #1) |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1841580651 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 498 |
In a prequel of sorts to his father Michael Shaara s 1974 epic novel The Killer Angels, Jeff Shaara explores the lives of Generals Lee, Hancock, Jackson and Chamberlain as the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg approaches Shaara captures the disillusionment of both Lee and Hancock early in their careers, Lee s conflict with loyalty, Jackson s overwhelming Christian ethic and Ch In a prequel of sorts to his father Mi More...
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| Title | : | Widow of Gettysburg (Heroines Behind the Lines, #2) |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0802405770 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 |
For all who have suffered great loss of heart, home, health or family true home and genuine lasting love can be found.When a horrific battle rips through Gettysburg, the farm of Union widow Liberty Holloway is disfigured into a Confederate field hospital, bringing her face to face with unspeakable suffering and a Confederate scout who awakens her long dormant heart.But wh For all who have suffered great loss of heart More...
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| Title | : | The Civil War, Vol. 2 |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 039474621X |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 976 |
A narrative history of the American Civil War, which covers not only the battles and the troop movements but also the social background that brought on the war and led, in the end, to the South s defeat. More...
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| Title | : | Covered with Glory |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0060174455 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 |
In late June, 1863, one of the largest regiments in General Lee s army led by the charismatic 21 year old Colonel Henry King Burwyn, Jr arrived at Gettysburg, where, after a valiant and legendary fight, they suffered an 85% casualty rate the highest of any regiment during the entire Civil War Covered with Glory is an extraordinary recreation of this tremendous t In late June, 1863, one of the largest regiments in General Lee s army led by the charismatic 2 More...
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| Title | : | SAS Operation Storm |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 144472696X |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 |
How many are they The reply came in the finest traditions of accurate situation reporting, f ing hundreds of them Mirbat, South Oman, July 19,1972 is one of the least known yet most crucial battles of modern times SASOperationStorm is the inside story told by those who took part of the greatest secret war in SAS history The tipping point was Mirbat, a secret batt How many are they The reply came in the finest More...
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