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Encyclopedia of Civil War Biographies
ISBN: 9780765680211 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 1000 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This text offers a glimpse of a tumultuous time in US history. A primary source reference, it includes 400 biographies of prominent figures living during the American Civil War period, written by their contemporaries. The authors' observations of the time in which they lived, interwoven with biographical portraits of their subjects, add an extra dimension of interest to this illustrated A-Z reference. In addition to military and political leaders, the book covers major business leaders, scientists, inventors, artists, entertainers, publishers, abolitionists, and other notable persons such as...
This text offers a glimpse of a tumultuous time in US history. A primary source reference, it includes 400 biographies of prominent figures living dur...
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1025,08 zł |
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American Social Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present
ISBN: 9780874366334 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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304,34 zł |
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Lamson of the Gettysburg: The Civil War Letters of Lieutenant Roswell H. Lamson, U.S. Navy
ISBN: 9780195116984 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Roswell Lamson was one of the boldest and most skillful young officers in the Union navy. Second in the class of 1862 at Annapolis (he took his final exam while at sea during the war), he commanded more ships and flotillas than any other officer of his age or rank in the service, climaxed by his captaincy of the navy's fastest ship in 1864, USS Gettysburg. Now, in Lamson of the Gettysburg, we have the war-time letters of this striking naval figure. What's more, these are letters of exceptional quality. James M. McPherson, co-editor of the collection with his wife Patricia...
Roswell Lamson was one of the boldest and most skillful young officers in the Union navy. Second in the class of 1862 at Annapolis (he took his final ...
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128,27 zł |
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Theatres of God: Confession Of A Heritage-Hugging Heretic
ISBN: 9781461046141 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) About Theatres of God: This little book laments the continuing trend of church closures, and our society's apparent intent to forsake its Christian heritage. It addresses three not-so-simple questions: 1.How did it get this way? 2.Is Christianity worth saving? 3.How can churches rebuild vitality? In nine chapters author James Alexander McPherson shares his unconventional spiritual philosophy. He comments on how our predominantly-Christian society is abandoning its religious heritage. He tells how he was indoctrinated into Christianity in his youth, but became disillusioned as a young man. He...
About Theatres of God: This little book laments the continuing trend of church closures, and our society's apparent intent to forsake its Christian he...
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36,55 zł |
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Crabcakes: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780684847962 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) With the same grace and lyrical precision that distinguish his vibrant short stories, James McPherson surveys the emotional upheaval of his last twenty-one years. From Baltimore, Maryland, to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Iowa and Japan, Crabcakes witnesses McPherson's confrontation with the past, and his struggle to make sense of it and to bind it, peacefully, to the present. His elliptical search for meaning -- and his ultimate understanding of what makes us human -- finds in Crabcakes a powerful and enduring voice.
With the same grace and lyrical precision that distinguish his vibrant short stories, James McPherson surveys the emotional upheaval of his last twent...
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87,35 zł |
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Elbow Room
ISBN: 9780449213575 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 1986 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A beautiful collection of short stories that explores blacks and whites today, Elbow Room is alive with warmth and humor. Bold and very real, these twelve stories examine a world we all know but find difficult to define. Whether a story dashes the bravado of young street toughs or pierces through the self-deception of a failed preacher, challenges the audacity of a killer or explodes the jealousy of two lovers, James Alan McPherson has created an array of haunting images and memorable characters in an unsurpassed collection of honest, masterful fiction.
A beautiful collection of short stories that explores blacks and whites today, Elbow Room is alive with warmth and humor. Bold and very real, these tw...
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39,36 zł |
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This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War
ISBN: 9780195313666 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom and the New York Times bestsellers Crossroads of Freedom and Tried by War, among many other award-winning books, James M. McPherson is America's preeminent Civil War historian. In this collection of provocative and illuminating essays, McPherson offers fresh insight into many of the enduring questions about one of the defining moments in our nation's history.
McPherson sheds light on topics large and small, from the average soldier's avid love of newspapers to the postwar creation of the mystique of a Lost Cause in the South.... The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom and the New York Times bestsellers Crossroads of Freedom and Tried by War, among many o...
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140,71 zł |
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War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865
ISBN: 9781469622842 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies were crucial to the outcome of the Civil War. In War on the Waters, James M. McPherson has crafted an enlightening, at times harrowing, and ultimately thrilling account of the war's naval campaigns and their military leaders.
McPherson recounts how the Union navy's blockade of the Confederate coast, leaky as a sieve in the war's early months, became increasingly effective as it choked off vital imports and exports. Meanwhile,... Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate...
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198,61 zł |
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Drawn with the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil War
ISBN: 9780195117967 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. James M. McPherson is acclaimed as one of the finest historians writing today and a preeminent commentator on the Civil War. Battle Cry of Freedom, his Pulitzer Prize-winning account of that conflict, was a national bestseller that Hugh Brogan, in The New York Times, called "history writing of the highest order." Now, in Drawn With the Sword, McPherson offers a series of thoughtful and engaging essays on some of the most enduring questions of the Civil War, written in the masterful prose that has become his trademark.
Filled with fresh interpretations, puncturing old myths and challenging... James M. McPherson is acclaimed as one of the finest historians writing today and a preeminent commentator on the Civil War. Battle Cry of Freedom, hi...
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95,90 zł |
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The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
ISBN: 9780195159011 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 786 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for History and a New York Times Bestseller, Battle Cry of Freedom is universally recognized as the definitive account of the Civil War. It was hailed in The New York Times as "historical writing of the highest order." The Washington Post called it "the finest single volume on the war and its background." And The Los Angeles Times wrote that "of the 50,000 books written on the Civil War, it is the finest compression of that national paroxysm ever fitted between two covers."
Now available in a splendid new edition is The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom.... Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for History and a New York Times Bestseller, Battle Cry of Freedom is universally recognized as the definitive accou...
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815,27 zł |
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Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
ISBN: 9780143116141 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The Pulitzer Prize?winning author reveals how Lincoln won the Civil War and invented the role of commander in chief as we know it
As we celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, this study by preeminent, bestselling Civil War historian James M. McPherson provides a rare, fresh take on one of the most enigmatic figures in American history. Tried by War offers a revelatory (and timely) portrait of leadership during the greatest crisis our nation has ever endured. Suspenseful and inspiring, this is the story of how Lincoln, with almost no previous military experience... The Pulitzer Prize?winning author reveals how Lincoln won the Civil War and invented the role of commander in chief as we know it
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118,22 zł |
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Writing the Civil War: The Quest to Understand
ISBN: 9781570033896 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) No event has transformed the United States more fundamentally--or been studied more exhaustively--than the Civil War. In Writing the Civil War, fourteen distinguished historians present a wide-ranging examination of the vast effort to chronicle the conflict--an undertaking that began with the remembrances of Civil War veterans and has become an increasingly prolific field of scholarship. Covering topics from battlefield operations to the impact of race and gender, this volume is an informative guide through the labyrinth of Civil War literature. The contributors provide authoritative and...
No event has transformed the United States more fundamentally--or been studied more exhaustively--than the Civil War. In Writing the Civil War, fourte...
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145,53 zł |
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The Atlas of the Civil War
ISBN: 9781510756403 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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98,49 zł |
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Lamson of the Gettysburg: The Civil War Letters of Lieutenant Roswell H. Lamson, U.S. Navy
ISBN: 9780195130935 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Roswell Lamson was one of the boldest and most skillful young officers in the Union navy. Second in the class of 1862 at Annapolis (he took his final exam while at sea during the war), he commanded more ships and flotillas than any other officer of his age or rank in the service, climaxed by his captaincy of the navy's fastest ship in 1864, USS Gettysburg. Now, in Lamson of the Gettysburg, we have the war-time letters of this striking naval figure. What's more, these are letters of exceptional quality. James M. McPherson, co-editor of the collection with his wife Patricia...
Roswell Lamson was one of the boldest and most skillful young officers in the Union navy. Second in the class of 1862 at Annapolis (he took his final ...
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93,41 zł |
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For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War
ISBN: 9780195090239 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous 101st Airborne Division in the 1970s and subsequently Army Chief of Staff, once visited Antietam battlefield. Gazing at Bloody Lane where, in 1862, several Union assaults were brutally repulsed before they finally broke through, he marveled, "You couldn't get American soldiers today to make an attack like that." Why did those men risk certain death, over and over again, through countless bloody battles and four long, awful years ? Why did the conventional wisdom -- that soldiers become increasingly cynical and disillusioned as war progresses --...
General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous 101st Airborne Division in the 1970s and subsequently Army Chief of Staff, once visited Antietam batt...
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175,57 zł |
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The Abolitionist Legacy: From Reconstruction to the NAACP
ISBN: 9780691100395 / Angielski / Miękka / 1976 / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Building on arguments presented in The Struggle for Equality, James McPherson shows that many abolitionists did not retreat from Reconstruction, as historical accounts frequently lead us to believe, but instead vigorously continued the battle for black rights long after the Civil War. Tracing the activities of nearly 300 abolitionists and their descendants, he reveals that some played a crucial role in the establishment of schools and colleges for southern blacks, while others formed the vanguard of liberals who founded the NAACP in 1910. The author's examination of the complex and... Building on arguments presented in The Struggle for Equality, James McPherson shows that many abolitionists did not retreat from Reconstruct... |
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304,34 zł |
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Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam
ISBN: 9780195173307 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American history, with more than 6,000 soldiers killed--four times the number lost on D-Day, and twice the number killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks. In Crossroads of Freedom, America's most eminent Civil War historian, James M. McPherson, paints a masterful account of this pivotal battle, the events that led up to it, and its aftermath. As McPherson shows, by September 1862 the survival of the United States was in doubt. The Union had suffered a string of defeats, and Robert E....
The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American history, with more than 6,000 soldiers killed--four tim...
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83,11 zł |
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War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865
ISBN: 9780807838150 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 454 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies were crucial to the outcome of the Civil War. In War on the Waters, James M. McPherson has crafted an enlightening, at times harrowing, and ultimately thrilling account of the war's naval campaigns and their military leaders.
McPherson recounts how the Union navy's blockade of the Confederate coast, leaky as a sieve in the war's early months, became increasingly effective as it choked off vital imports and exports. Meanwhile,... Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate...
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229,88 zł |
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Battle Cry of Freedom. Historia Wojny Secesyjnej
ISBN: 9788381782845 / Polski / Twarda / 2020 / 828 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 dni roboczych. Zdobywca nagrody Pulitzera "Najlepsze jednotomowe opracowanie dotyczące wojny [secesyjnej] oraz jej przyczyn". - the Washington Post Book World Zawierające nowe posłowie od autora, to nowe wydanie zdobywcy nagrody Pulitzera, "Battle Cry of Freedom" wciąż bez wątpienia pozostaje najlepszym jednotomowym opracowaniem historii wojny secesyjnej. Płynna narracja Jamesa McPhersona w pełni łączy wydarzenia polityczne, społeczne i wojskowe, które wypełniały dwie dekady od wybuchu jednej wojny w Meksyku do zakończenia drugiej pod Appomatox. "Najlepsze jednotomowe opracowanie [okresu...
Zdobywca nagrody Pulitzera "Najlepsze jednotomowe opracowanie dotyczące wojny [secesyjnej] oraz jej przyczyn". - the Washington Post Book World Zaw...
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94,99 zł |
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We Cannot Escape History: Lincoln and the Last Best Hope of Earth
ISBN: 9780252069819 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Explores why, Lincoln considered the Union the last best hope of earth and how his words and deeds have continued to shape the nation through modern times. This volume focuses on Lincoln's view of American history and his legacy for the United States and the world. It demonstrates the complexity of the problems Lincoln faced.
Explores why, Lincoln considered the Union the last best hope of earth and how his words and deeds have continued to shape the nation through modern t...
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115,59 zł |
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