"While waves of laughter echoed through the theater, James Ferguson kept his eyes focused on Abraham Lincoln. Although the president joined the crowd with a 'hearty laugh, ' his interest seemingly lay more with someone below. With his right elbow resting on the arm of his chair and his chin lying carelessly on his hand, Lincoln parted one of the flags nearby that he might see better.
"As the laughter subsided, Harry Hawk stood on the stage alone with his back to the presidential box. Before he could utter another word, a sharp crack sounded. As the noise echoed throughout the...
"While waves of laughter echoed through the theater, James Ferguson kept his eyes focused on Abraham Lincoln. Although the president joined the cro...
Long before the secession crisis at Fort Sumter ignited the War between the States, men fought and died on the prairies of Kansas over the incendiary issue of slavery. "War to the knife and knife to the hilt," cried the Atchison Squatter Sovereign. In 1854 a shooting war developed between proslavery men from Missouri and free-staters in Kansas over control of the territory. The prize was whether Kansas would become a slave or a free state when admitted to the Union, a question that could decide the balance of power in Washington. War to the Knife is an absorbing account of a bloody episode in...
Long before the secession crisis at Fort Sumter ignited the War between the States, men fought and died on the prairies of Kansas over the incendiary ...
Some of the most savage war in world history was waged on the American Plains from 1865 to 1879. As settlers moved west following the Civil War, they found powerful Indian tribes barring the way. When the U.S. Army intervened, a bloody and prolonged conflict ensued.Drawing heavily from diaries, letters, and memoirs from American Plains settlers, historian Thomas Goodrich weaves a spellbinding tale of life and death on the prairie, told in the timeless words of the participants themselves. Scalp Dance is a powerful, unforgettable epic that shatters modern myths. Within its pages, the reader...
Some of the most savage war in world history was waged on the American Plains from 1865 to 1879. As settlers moved west following the Civil War, they ...
On August 21, 1863, William Quantrill led 400 Confederate irregulars to a rise on the outskirts of Lawrence, Kansas. For two years, the 3,000 inhabitants of this prosperous frontier community had managed to escape the Civil War which raged in the East. At Quantrill's command, the horrors of that war were brought directly into their homes. The attack began at dawn. When it was over, more than 150 townsmen were dead and most of the settlement burned to the ground.
In Bloody Dawn, Thomas Goodrich considers why this remote settlement was signaled out to receive such brutal...
On August 21, 1863, William Quantrill led 400 Confederate irregulars to a rise on the outskirts of Lawrence, Kansas. For two years, the 3,000 inhab...
Denise Amber Lee was an anomaly. Married at 18, a mother at 19, a settled-in housewife at 20. At a time and in a place where many Florida females her age were into tattoos, drinking and spring breaks, Denise had invested in her husband, her children, her home. The pride of her father, Sergeant Rick Goff of the local sheriff's department, Denise was the daughter, wife and mother we all dream of: Thoughtful, intelligent, kind, caring. Then one afternoon in 2008 a 36-year-old stranger walked through Denise's door and everything ended. There was no warning, no hint, no clue; it was, very simply,...
Denise Amber Lee was an anomaly. Married at 18, a mother at 19, a settled-in housewife at 20. At a time and in a place where many Florida females her ...
It was the most deadly and destructive war in human history. Millions were killed, billions in property was destroyed, ancient cultures were reduced to rubble--World War II was truly man's greatest cataclysm. Thousands of books, movies and documentary films have been devoted to the war. There has never been such a terrible retelling of the story, however, as one will find in Hellstorm. In a chilling "you-are-there" style, the author places the reader at the scene, in the moment. Throughout this book readers will see what Allied airman saw as they rained down death on German cities; or the...
It was the most deadly and destructive war in human history. Millions were killed, billions in property was destroyed, ancient cultures were reduced t...
Millionen vergewaltigt.... Millionen ermordet.... Millionen gefoltert.... Millionen versklavt.... Egal, was du uber den Zweiten Weltkrieg gelesen, was dir daruber erzahlt worden ist oder was du davon zu wissen scheinst... vergi es Jetzt, zum ersten mal seit 70 Jahren, erfahre, was deine Eltern bzw. Groeltern durchgemacht haben. Dies ist - in ihren eigenen Worten - ihre Geschichte.
Millionen vergewaltigt.... Millionen ermordet.... Millionen gefoltert.... Millionen versklavt.... Egal, was du uber den Zweiten Weltkrieg gelesen, was...
Des millions assassines . . . Des millions violes . . . Des millions tortures . . . Des millions d'hommes, de femmes et d'enfants jetes aux vents. . . . Peu importe ce que vous avez lu sur la Seconde Guerre mondiale, peu importe ce que l'on vous a dit a ce sujet, peu importe ce que vous croyez qui est arrive au cours de la soi-disant bonne guerre . . . oubliez Maintenant, pour la premiere fois depuis plus de 70 ans, apprenez ce que furent la guerre et la paix du cote des vaincus. Apprenez ce qui a ete fait a l'Allemagne et a son peuple. A travers leurs propres mots, a travers leurs...
Des millions assassines . . . Des millions violes . . . Des millions tortures . . . Des millions d'hommes, de femmes et d'enfants jetes aux vents. . ....
