The great historians of our day take you on an exhilarating tour through the crucial moments in American history . . .
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In a series of interviews that are as valuable as they are engrossing, today's best and brightest historians weigh in on the crucial moments in American history. Whether it's the First Continental...
The great historians of our day take you on an exhilarating tour through the crucial moments in American history . . .
Omo, Ali and Old Moon have taken up residence on Bear Hill where they meet members of another family who are instrumental in saving Omo from a bear attack. It turns out they are living in Omo's original shelter. They are invited to join Omo, Ali and Old Moon on Bear Hill. Unknown to them, a couple of "diggers" are stalking them or food and any other useful items they can steal. They struggle through a blizzard. One of the "diggers" loses his life; and the other digger blames those on Bear Hill or hid death. He schemes to get even and finds an unusual method to do it. He experiences...
Omo, Ali and Old Moon have taken up residence on Bear Hill where they meet members of another family who are instrumental in saving Omo from a bear at...
Omo, Ali and Old Moon have taken up residence on Bear Hill where they meet members of another family who are instrumental in saving Omo from a bear attack. It turns out they are living in Omo's original shelter. They are invited to join Omo, Ali and Old Moon on Bear Hill. Unknown to them, a couple of "diggers" are stalking them or food and any other useful items they can steal. They struggle through a blizzard. One of the "diggers" loses his life; and the other digger blames those on Bear Hill or hid death. He schemes to get even and finds an unusual method to do it. He experiences...
Omo, Ali and Old Moon have taken up residence on Bear Hill where they meet members of another family who are instrumental in saving Omo from a bear at...
Blue at the Mizzen (novel #20) ended with Jack Aubrey getting the news, in Chile, of his elevation to flag rank: Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron, with orders to sail to the South Africa station. The next novel, unfinished and untitled at the time of the author's death, would have been the chronicle of that mission, and much else besides. The three chapters left on O'Brian's desk are presented here both in printed version-including his corrections to the typescript-and a facsimile of his manuscript, which goes several pages beyond the end of the typescript to include a duel...
Blue at the Mizzen (novel #20) ended with Jack Aubrey getting the news, in Chile, of his elevation to flag rank: Rear Admiral of the Blue...
Of all the threats that faced his country in World War II, Winston Churchill said, just one really scared him--what he called the "measureless peril" of the German U-boat campaign. In that global conflagration, only one battle--the struggle for the Atlantic--lasted from the very first hours of the conflict to its final day. Hitler knew that victory depended on controlling the sea-lanes where American food and fuel and weapons flowed to the Allies. At the start, U-boats patrolled a few miles off the eastern seaboard, savagely attacking scores of defenseless passenger ships and merchant...
Of all the threats that faced his country in World War II, Winston Churchill said, just one really scared him--what he called the "measureless peril" ...
