wyszukanych pozycji: 4
Sabine Pass: The Confederacy's Thermopylae
ISBN: 9780292705944 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Winner, Dan and Marilyn Laney Prize, Austin Civil War Round Table, 2005 In an 1882 speech, former Confederate president Jefferson Davis made an exuberant claim: "That battle at Sabine Pass was more remarkable than the battle at Thermopylae." Indeed, Sabine Pass was the site of one of the most decisive Civil War battles fought in Texas. But unlike the Spartans, who succumbed to overwhelming Persian forces at Thermopylae more than two thousand years before, the Confederate underdogs triumphed in a battle that over time has become steeped in hyperbole. Providing a meticulously... Winner, Dan and Marilyn Laney Prize, Austin Civil War Round Table, 2005 In an 1882 speech, former Confederate president Jefferson Davi... |
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104,21 zł |
The Southern Journey of a Civil War Marine: The Illustrated Note-Book of Henry O. Gusley
ISBN: 9780292726000 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. On September 28, 1863, the Galveston Tri-Weekly News caught its readers' attention with an item headlined "A Yankee Note-Book." It was the first installment of a diary confiscated from U.S. Marine Henry O. Gusley, who had been captured at the Battle of Sabine Pass. Gusley's diary proved so popular with readers that they clamored for more, causing the newspaper to run each excerpt twice until the whole diary was published. For many in Gusley's Confederate readership, his diary provided a rare glimpse into the opinions and feelings of an ordinary Yankee--an enemy whom, they... On September 28, 1863, the Galveston Tri-Weekly News caught its readers' attention with an item headlined "A Yankee Note-Book." It was... |
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137,35 zł |
Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston
ISBN: 9780292712058 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 253 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Civil War history of Galveston is one of the last untold stories from America's bloodiest war, despite the fact that Galveston was a focal point of hostilities throughout the conflict. As other Southern ports fell to the Union, Galveston emerged as one of the Confederacy's only lifelines to the outside world. When the war ended in 1865, Galveston was the only major port still in Confederate hands. In this beautifully written narrative history, Ed Cotham draws upon years of archival and on-site research, as well as rare historical photographs, drawings, and maps, to chronicle the... The Civil War history of Galveston is one of the last untold stories from America's bloodiest war, despite the fact that Galveston was a focal poin... |
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104,21 zł |
Juneteenth: The Story Behind the Celebration
ISBN: 9781649670076 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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124,85 zł |