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61) MacArthur
Author
Series
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xviii, 198 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Series
Publisher
Cerebellum Corporation
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Feature documentary showcasing Ulysses S. Grant, the man rather than the legend. Within ten years, Grant's life takes a turn from a father struggling to make a living to the general who won the Civil War to becoming the eighteenth president of the United States.
66) Rule of wolves
Author
Series
King of Scars duology volume 2
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 25
Physical Desc
592 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
As Fjerda's massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm to win this fight, and Zoya Nazyalensky must embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs, meanwhile Nina Zenik risks discovery and death as she wages war on Fjerda from inside its capital.
67) Julius Caesar
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
One of the most revered, legendary, and nonetheless complicated figures from the history of Rome, Julius Caesar was a master politician and military genius. In this book, Caesar's life and impressive accomplishments are related within the historical context of the Roman Republic, already an incredible power by his time, transforming into an empire. It explores Caesar's role in this transformation, and his triumphs in war, illuminating the path of...
Author
Language
English
Description
The War of 1812 saw America threatened on every side. Encouraged by the British, Indian tribes attacked settlers in the West, while the Royal Navy terrorized the coasts. By mid-1814, President James Madison's generals had lost control of the war in the North, losing battles in Canada. Then British troops set the White House ablaze, and a feeling of hopelessness spread across the country. Into this dire situation stepped Major General Andrew Jackson....
Author
Series
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
c1987.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
98 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Recounts the life of the general who led Allied troops to victory in World War II and became thirty-fourth president of the United States.
70) Grant speaks
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
401 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The High Command of the Army of the Potomac was a changeable, often dysfunctional band of brothers, going through the fires of war under seven commanding generals in three years, until Grant came east in 1864. The men in charge all too frequently appeared to be fighting against the administration in Washington instead of for it, increasingly cast as political pawns facing down a vindictive congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War. President...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 38
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the Pulitzer prize–winning classic The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara created the finest Civil War novel of our time. The Last Full Measure tells the epic story of the events following the Battle of Gettysburg and brings to life the final two years of the Civil War. Jeff Shaara dramatizes the escalating confrontation between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant—complicated, heroic, and deeply troubled men. For Lee and his...
Publisher
Distributed by Goldhil Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (44 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Washington the general: Visits the sites and memorials that preserve the memories of George Washington as he forged victories that led to the United States creation, from Valley Forge Historic Park to the Washington Crossing Historic Park on the Delaware River to the Old Barracks Museum where Washington surprised the Hessians.
Colonial Virginia: Visits areas where the colonists first established toeholds in the New World and built the towns and culture...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mount Vernon Love Story was the first novel written by Mary Higgins Clark, the bestselling author of twenty-two novels that have made her America's Queen of Suspense. The role of leader came naturally to George Washington, the man revered as "the father of his Country." But when it came to the social aspects of life in the mid-18th century, he was both awkward and insecure. It was only through the love of a woman that he found the happiness that gave...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Over two thousand years ago one of the greatest military leaders in history almost destroyed Rome. Hannibal, a daring African general from the city of Carthage, led an army of warriors and battle elephants over the snowy Alps to invade the very heart of Rome's growing empire. But what kind of person would dare to face the most relentless imperial power of the ancient world? How could Hannibal, consistently outnumbered and always deep in enemy territory,...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A new biography of Gen. George Armstrong Custer that radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times. Historian T. J. Stiles paints a portrait of Custer both deeply personal and sweeping in scope, proving how much of Custer's legacy has been ignored. He demolishes Custer's historical caricature, revealing a volatile, contradictory, intense person--capable yet insecure, intelligent yet bigoted, passionate yet self-destructive, a romantic...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 816 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A major new biography of one of Americas most storied military figures. General Sherman's 1864 burning of Atlanta solidified his legacy as a ruthless leader. Yet Sherman proved far more complex than his legendary military tactics reveal. James Lee McDonough offers fresh insight into a man tormented by the fear that history would pass him by, who was plagued by personal debts, and who lived much of his life separated from his family. As a soldier,...
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