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Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam & Co
Pub. Date
1855
Physical Desc
276 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile is the eighth book by American writer Herman Melville. When Israel Potter leaves his plow to fight in the American Revolution, he's immediately thrown into the Battle of Bunker Hill, where he receives multiple wounds. However, this does not deter him, and after hearing a rousing speech by General George Washington, he volunteers for further duty, this time at sea, where more ill fortune awaits him. Israel is...
Author
Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[©1919]
Physical Desc
vii, 214 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the beginnings of the merchant marine from colonial days up to the Civil War, including the personalities of the men who ran the ships and honorable mentions of the ships themselves.
Author
Series
Publisher
Plimoth Plantation, Inc. and the Pilgrim Society
Pub. Date
1957
Physical Desc
28 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Excerpt: "The average colonist landing on the wild shores of North America in the early 1600's set great store by his arms and armor. The Pilgrims were no exception. They were strangers in a vast and largely unknown land, inhabited by wild beasts and peopled by savages who were frequently hostile. Greatly outnumbered by known enemies and possibly facing dangers, of which they were not yet aware, these Englishmen placed their main hope for survival...
6) Pearl Harbor
Author
Series
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
c1983
Physical Desc
47 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the Japanese surprise attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, which resulted in the deaths of more than 2,000 American officers and servicemen and an immediate declaration of war on Japan.
Series
Publisher
Columbia River Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 2 hr.) : b&w with col. sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Archival footage, much of it formerly classified Soviet film, recounts the non-aggression pact concluded between Hitler and Stalin, the devastating Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II (Operation Barbarossa) for which Stalin was unprepared, the ultimate defeat of the German army at the Battle of Stalingrad, and the Russian counterattack which finally led Soviet forces into Berlin.
Series
Publisher
Columbia River Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 2 hr.) : b&w with col. sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Archival footage, much of it formerly classified Soviet film, recounts the non-aggression pact concluded between Hitler and Stalin, the devastating Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II (Operation Barbarossa) for which Stalin was unprepared, the ultimate defeat of the German army at the Battle of Stalingrad, and the Russian counterattack which finally led Soviet forces into Berlin.
Author
Series
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
After suffering defeat in the Civil War, a young man struggles to establish his identity and begin life anew in a raw and unsettled land. In 1866, only men uprooted by war had reason to ride into Tubacca, Arizona, a nondescript town as shattered and anonymous as the veterans drifting through it. So when Drew Rennie, newly discharged from Forrest's Confederate scouts, arrived, leaving everything he owned behind, he knew his business would not be...
Author
Series
Publisher
The Floating Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bill Raynor and Jack Ready, the intrepid duo known as the Wireless Boys, set out on a sea voyage to Europe from New York. A few days into the trip, World War I breaks out, and the boys find themselves at the center of an international crisis. Will the ship make it back to American shores before it's too late?
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