wyszukanych pozycji: 11
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Love and War: The Civil War Letters and Medicinal Book of Augustus V. Ball
ISBN: 9781933337425 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Ball's circumstances and experiences allowed him to glimpse the war through two sets of eyes, that of a loving husband, and of an increasingly disillusioned physician. The inclusion of Ball's medicinal recipe book is the first of its kind to appear in print completely annotated. Readers will find themselves educated about the medical and herbal lore of that era. Ball's circumstances and experiences allowed him to glimpse the war through two sets of eyes, that of a loving husband, and of an increasingly disi... |
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243,89 zł |
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Cottonclads!: The Battle of Galveston and the Defense of the Texas Coast
ISBN: 9781886661097 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) 1862. Admiral David Farragut orders enclaves to be established in Texas as part of the Federal blockade. This involves attempts against Corpus Christi, Sabine Pass, Galveston, and Port Lavaca. By the end of the year Federal troops reduce the defenses of Sabine Pass and occupy Galveston, the state's principal port. However, the gains prove tenuous. While Federal sailors await Union infantry reinforcements, the Confederates, under Gen. John B. Magruder, seize the initiative. They organize a makeshift fleet of "cottonclads"--lightly armed and armored, but good platforms for sharpshooters--and...
1862. Admiral David Farragut orders enclaves to be established in Texas as part of the Federal blockade. This involves attempts against Corpus Christi...
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43,85 zł |
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Thunder Across the Swamp: The Fight for the Lower Mississippi, February 1863-May 1863
ISBN: 9781933337449 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 615 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Donald S. Frazier, author of the award-winning "Fire in the Cane Field," expands up his "Louisiana Quadrille" with the release of book two, "Thunder Across the Swamp: The Fight for the Lower Mississippi, February-May 1863." The better known stories of the campaigns for Vicksburg and Port Hudson grow richer and more nuanced by taking a look at the fighting west of the river as part of a larger picture.
Donald S. Frazier, author of the award-winning "Fire in the Cane Field," expands up his "Louisiana Quadrille" with the release of book two, "Thunder A...
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165,85 zł |
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Fire in the Cane Field: The Federal Invasion of Louisiana and Texas, January 1861-January 1863
ISBN: 9781933337692 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Helen Dupuy, a French-speaking teenager living in Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, noted with horror the coming invaders. The first Yankee gunboats passed Donaldsville May 4 at 11 A.M., she wrote in her diary. Her home lay just a few miles from the Mississippi River, and word quickly arrived that Union sailors were confiscating sugar, cotton, and other contraband of war. The realities of her new situation soon became apparent and ominous: Then began the most awful pillaging.
Award-winning author Donald S. Frazier has revised and updated his award-winning book, "Fire in the Cane Field: The... Helen Dupuy, a French-speaking teenager living in Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, noted with horror the coming invaders. The first Yankee gunboats passed ...
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121,89 zł |
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Blood on the Bayou: Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and the Trans-Mississippi
ISBN: 9781933337630 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 484 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) "Blood on the Bayou: Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and the Trans-Mississippi" takes a well-known story, the struggle for control of the Mississippi River in the American Civil War, and recasts it as a contest for control of African-American populations. The Emancipation Proclamation may have freed the slaves, but the task of actually moving these liberated people into the Union lines and directing their labor to the benefit of the Union fell to the Federal army and navy. Control of the Mississippi has often been cast in economic terms. This book, by examining the campaigns from west of the river,...
"Blood on the Bayou: Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and the Trans-Mississippi" takes a well-known story, the struggle for control of the Mississippi River in...
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165,85 zł |
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Tempest Over Texas: The Fall and Winter Campaigns of 1863-1864
ISBN: 9781649670182 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 514 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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111,56 zł |
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Blood and Treasure
ISBN: 9780890967324 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Blood and Treasure tells the fascinating story of the Confederacy's ambitious plan to conquer the Southwestern territories of New Mexico and Arizona. Led by Lieutenant Colonel, and later Arizona governor, John R. Baylor and General H. H. Sibley, Texan soldiers trekked from San Antonio to Fort Bliss in El Paso, then northward up the Rio Grande, to Santa Fe. Fighting both Apaches and Federal troops, the half-trained, undisciplined army met success at the Battle of Val Verde and defeat at the Battle of Apache Canyon. Finally, the Texans won the Battle of Glorieta Pass, only to lose their supply...
Blood and Treasure tells the fascinating story of the Confederacy's ambitious plan to conquer the Southwestern territories of New Mexico and Arizona. ...
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146,24 zł |
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Abilene Landmarks: An Illustrated Tour: The Story of Abilene as Told Through 100 of Its Most Historic Buildings
ISBN: 9781933337302 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Every city has a look and feel that informs how people respond to it. Visitors react to the skyline, clean streets, traffic patterns and the like, while its citizens speak of civic pride, heritage, and spirit. This love of place illustrates the passions and values of the society that fosters it. Some economists and thinkers refer to social capital, others cultural capital, when discussing the value added by the appreciation of the history and heritage of a community. The more people know about their hometown, the more they support it, love it, and keep it. The settlement that sprang up along...
Every city has a look and feel that informs how people respond to it. Visitors react to the skyline, clean streets, traffic patterns and the like, whi...
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204,87 zł |
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Tempest Over Texas: The Fall and Winter Campaigns of 1863-1864
ISBN: 9781933337838 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 514 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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204,24 zł |
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Civil War in the Southwest: Recollections of the Sibley Brigade
ISBN: 9781585441310 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) In 1861 and 1862, in the vast deserts and rugged mountains of the Southwest, eighteen hundred miles from Washington and Richmond, the Civil War raged in a struggle that could have decided the fate of the nation.
In the summer and fall of 1861, Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley raised a brigade of young and zealous Texans to invade New Mexico Territory as a step toward the conquest of Colorado and California and the creation of a Confederate empire in the Southwest. Of the Sibley Brigade's sixteen major battles during the war, their most excruciating experiences came during the ill-fated New... In 1861 and 1862, in the vast deserts and rugged mountains of the Southwest, eighteen hundred miles from Washington and Richmond, the Civil War raged ...
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102,39 zł |
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Frontier Texas: History of a Borderland to 1880
ISBN: 9781933337517 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The West Texas frontier has been a crossroads of humanity for thousands of years. This book tells the epic story of the region and its many transitions throughout the centuries. It traces the struggles and triumphs of many groups as they tried to tame the region for their own purposes.
The West Texas frontier has been a crossroads of humanity for thousands of years. This book tells the epic story of the region and its many transition...
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115,42 zł |