Osprey's examination of the Scottish Jacobite army during the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The heart of this book is the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie's army at Culloden. It strips away the myth and exposes the realities of life in the Jacobite rebel army. It begins with the raising of the army which included volunteers, 'pressed men' and mercenaries, as well as French forces that were sent over to assist as part of the 'Auld Alliance'. Unit organization, weapons, and tactics are discussed and the book also details the vicious battles that were fought in this doomed attempt to secure the...
Osprey's examination of the Scottish Jacobite army during the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The heart of this book is the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie...
Dr. Ralph A. Wooster has written extensively on the Civil War and "Lone Star Regiments in Gray," is his third book from Eakin Press that chronicles the involvement of Texans in the Civil War. In this book he documents the organization, leadership, and combat experiences of each of the seventy-eight regiments from Texas that served in the Confederate army. Also included is a history of the thirty-five Confederate artillery batteries from Texas. Dr. Wooster is a past president of the Texas State Historical Association and the East Texas Historical Association. He spent his academic career at...
Dr. Ralph A. Wooster has written extensively on the Civil War and "Lone Star Regiments in Gray," is his third book from Eakin Press that chronicles th...
"Look inside this world and find wonder." --KATE BERNHEIMER, editor of My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me and author of The Girl Who Wouldn't Brush Her HairA book arrives by Owl, left under an old fir tree in the snow. With it, a mysterious message: another world's scientists have discovered the laws of the universe are found in--fairy tales. Is it true? Snotty--the unlikely hero of this tale--is a streetwise adolescent mastermind transported to a mystical realm where the fate of the world rests on discovering who he really is. As Snotty's...
"Look inside this world and find wonder." --KATE BERNHEIMER, editor of My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me and author of The...
