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Battlefields of the Civil War
Arno Pr 1979 0405122969 / 9780405122965 Hard Cover Near-Fine Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-nice, clean copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 524 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Very-nicey illustrated throughout. Tight spine, clean pages. 524 pages. PARTIAL CONTENTS: The Attack on Fort Sumter; Battle of Manassas (First Battle of Bull Run); Battle of Shiloh; Peninsula Campaign; Second Battle Of Bull Run; Battle Of Antietam; Battle Of Fredericksburg; Battle Of Chancellorsville; Battle Of Vicksburg; Battle Of Gettysburg; Battles Of Chickamauga And Chattanooga; Battles Of The Wilderness And Spotsylvania; Final Struggle For Richmond; Campaign For Petersburg; Atlanta Campaign
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Abbott, Karen Sin In The Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, And The Battle For America's Soul
Random House Inc 2007 1400065305 / 9781400065301 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Like-new copy. Appears unread. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $25.95. Tight spine, bright pages. Illustrated. 359 pages. The New York Times - Janet Maslin Sin and the Second City is assiduously researched. And it is well put together, mixing brief and longer chapters rather than striving for a more arbitrary format. But Ms. Abbott has to narrate and debunk, and her task is complicated. She had to wade through mountains of tabloid coverage about young women forced into prostitution; one such case, about a woman named Mona Marshall, whose story did not stand up to close scrutiny, generated about a half-million pages of newspaper attention. It's no small matter to sift the facts from the hyperbole. Biography Karen Abbott worked as a journalist on the staffs of Philadelphia magazine and Philadelphia Weekly, and has written for Salon.com and other publications. A native of Philadelphia, she now lives with her husband in Atlanta, where she’s at work on her next book.
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Abbott, Karen Sin In The Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
Random House Inc 2008 0812975995 / 9780812975994 Trade Paperback Very Good + 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-good+, clean condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean (NO tears). Tight spine, bright pages. Illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 367 pages. Synopsis Karen Abbotta (TM) s colorful, nuanced portrait of the iconic Everleigh sisters; their world-famous brothel, the Everleigh Club; and the perennial clash between our nation's hedonistic impulses and Puritanical roots culminates in a dramatic last stand between brothel keepers and crusading reformers. Sin in the Second City offers a vivid snapshot of America's journey from Victorian-era propriety to twentieth-century modernity.
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Adickes, Sandra To Be Young Was Very Heaven: Women in New York Before the First World War
St Martin's Griffin 2000 0312223358 / 9780312223359 Trade Paperback Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages - NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 294 pages - Illustrated. - In the years before World War I, New York City's Greenwich Village was a place of great artistic and political ferment. Political causes attracted throngs of supporters. Artistic movements filled cafes and restaurants with boisterous conversation. And for the first time, women began to seize power and shape the landscape of the time: Margaret Sanger began her crusade for birth control; Mabel Dodge hosted salons for the avant-garde; Dorothy Day founded the Catholic Workers Movement; Elizabeth Gurley Flynn helped to organize the Workers of the World. The list of women who played integral roles in American life and letters then is endless, and Sandra Adickes captures them all while evoking the now-lost paradise that New York offered to women at the turn of the century.
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Akin, Wallace The Forgotten Storm: The Great Tri-State Tornado of 1925
Guilford, CT Lyons Pr 2002 1592283128 / 9781592283125 Trade Paperback Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Like-new copy. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. Very-nicely illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears. 178 pages. From the Publisher Wallace Akin was two years old when the Tri-State Tornado picked up his house-with he and his mother inside-and dropped it atop two other collapsed buildings. Across town, his father lay unconscious near his auto shop, close to death, and Akin's brother managed to crawled from beneath the collapsed shop. All survived. Many others were not as fortunate: Earlier that afternoon, a supercell thunderstorm had spawned a tornado so deadly that it set records against which we still measure all other tornados. The storm ripped through southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, and southwest Indiana, killing 695 people and wounding 2,000, in a record-breaking 219-mile, 3-hour path of destruction. His hometown was the worst hit, losing 243 people to the tornado. Using first-person accounts from his family and neighbors, newspaper stories, and diaries, Akin offers a blow-by-blow account of the storm from its first sighting to its final minutes. He also attempts to explain how it began-and how it changed his life. As a young adult, Akin realized that the weather service could have warned its victims; research on tornado prediction had ceased for no apparent reason. This, combined with his upbringing in a town traumatized by weather, led him to choose a career in geography, specializing in climate. In The Forgotten Storm, he explains in clear language why tornadoes happen and how modern man may be making these storms more severe and more frequent. The result is a book both thrilling and horrific, renowned for its ability to touch people's lives by allowing forgotten tales of heroism and personal loss to come spiraling to the surface, one that adds to our understanding of the battle between man and nature.
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Alexander, Joseph H.;Stahl, Norman;Horan, Don A Fellowship of Valor: The Battle History of the United States Marines
The History Channel/HarperPerennial 1997 0060182660 / 9780060182663 Trade Paperback Near-Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
A photo of this book is available. Near-fine copy of this over-sized and heavy book. Covers are clean, show light wear (NO tears). Tight spine, bright pages. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. NO tears. ONLY writing/mark inside book is a small notation in back of book on blank page (note re: where book was purchased and when). 414 pages. Synopsis: This is the only single-volume, definitive combat history of the United States Marines, covering more than two centuries of battles in the air and on land and sea - literally, "from the Halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli," from Suribachi to Somalia. It presents graphic narrative of such epic engagements as Belleau Wood, Wake Island, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Peleliu, Saipan, Okinawa, the Chosin Reservoir, Khe Sanh, and many more. Here you will meet the Marine sharpshooters in the "fighting tops" of our young country's legendary frigates, as they took on the British navy during the American Revolution; discover the exploits of Marine pilots in the "Banana Wars," in the skies over the Pacific during World War II, and later over Korea and Vietnam; and share the tension and terror of stalking the enemy on a Marine patrol in the jungles of the Pacific islands and Southeast Asia. An award-winning military historian, the author, a retired Marine colonel who served two tours of duty in Vietnam, tells the Marine combat story in a no-holds-barred narrative, with dozens of sidebars full of fascinating vignettes and Marine lore, accompanied by nearly one hundred rare combat photographs and vivid sketches, plus many maps. Booknews: An illustrated combat history of the US Marines, covering two centuries of battles in the air and on land and sea, from Suribachi to Somalia. Includes some 100 rare b&w combat photos, sketches, and maps, plus sidebars of Marine lore. Appendices offer statistics on casualties, list commandants and sergeants major, and give the lyrics of the Marines' Hymn. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc.
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Ambrose, Stephen E. Citizen Soldiers: U.S.Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge, to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944 to May 7, 1945
Simon & Schuster Ltd 1997 0684815257 / 9780684815251 Hard Cover Near-Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-fine condition. Price inside dustcover: $27.50. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - bright pages. 512 pages. Illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. In this riveting account, historian Stephen Ambrose continues where he left off in his #1 bestseller D-Day. Ambrose again follows the individual characters of this noble, brutal, and tragic war, from the high command down to the ordinary soldier, drawing on hundreds of interviews to re-create the war experience with startling clarity and immediacy. From the hedgerows of Normandy to the overrunning of Germany, Ambrose tells the real story of World War II from the perspective of the men and women who fought it. Synopsis The stories of the ordinary men who served in World War II in Europe are told by the bestselling author of Undaunted Courage, based on hundred of interviews with people from both sides of the war.
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Ambrose, Stephen E. Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1865-1869
Simon & Schuster 2000 0684846098 / 9780684846095 Hard Cover Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages - 431 pages - Illustrated with photos - Price inside dustcover: $28.00 - What is there to say about the transcontinental railroad? That it was really long and very hard to build and took an awful lot of hammer-pounding? That's just the beginning.... Stephen Ambrose, author of such immensely popular histories as Undaunted Courage and D-Day, has created an enthralling account of the building of the transcontinental railroad, one riddled with ideas and facts, personalities and scandals. By the 1860s, there were a few powerful men who decided they wanted to see the railroad built and wanted to make a killing in the process. As Congress balked at sponsoring any one particular railroad route, these men formed two private companies, the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific, one at either terminus of the track-to-be. Ambrose details the political intrigue, bribery, and cajoling that went on between these men and members of government to get the money, land, and support needed to build this seemingly impracticable transcontinental track. But the narrative goes beyond politics and finances. After the introductory chapters, we take a year-by-year journey through the construction of the railroad itself, alternating chapters between the workings of the two companies. Ambrose describes the physical undertaking of finding a route through the mountains without the benefit of a bird's-eye view or a map, the men carrying their food and water and, never knowing what would lie ahead. He writes of the deadly hazards of using black powder to blast, inch by inch, through the Sierra Nevada range. We watch workers grade the road, lay the rails, and hammer the spikes to make the track grow, by manpower alone, at the astounding rate of one to two miles per day. We learn of the Chinese and Chinese-American workers who lived entire seasons in burrows beneath six feet or more of snow, drinking tea and exploding tunnels in the rock to lay track. We learn of the Irish and Irish-American workers building from the other terminus despite violent raids by furious Native Americans. In large part, this book is the story of the physical construction of the railroad and therefore an illustration of the audacity, perseverance, and even idealism of the men who built it.
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Ambrose, Stephen E. Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1938
Penguin Books 1985 0140212477 / 9780140212471 Trade Paperback Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-good condition. Stated Thurd Revised Edition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers show light wear (NO tears). NO tears inside book. 2 pages in book front show light writing. Does NOT interfere with reading. NO other writing inside book. Pages show tanning. 448 pages.
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Ambrose, Stephen E. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
Simon & Schuster 1996 0684811073 / 9780684811079 Trade Paperback Very Good + 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-good+ condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show slight tanning. Illustrated. 511 pages. NO tears on covers. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River, across the forbidding Rockies, and -- by way of the Snake and mighty Columbia -- down to the Pacific Ocean. Lewis and his partner, Captain William Clark, endured incredible hardships and witnessed astounding sights. With great perseverance, they worked their way into an unexplored West and when they returned two years later, they had long since been given up for dead. Lewis is supported by a variety of colorful characters: Jefferson and his vision of the West; Clark, the artist and map-maker; and Lewis -- the enigma, who let brilliantly but considered the mission a failure After suffering several periods of depression -- and despite his status as a national hero -- Lewis died mysteriously, apparently by his own hand. Publishers Weekly Ambrose has written prolifically about men who were larger than life: Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Colonel Custer. Here he takes on half of the two-headed hero of American exploration: Meriwether Lewis. Ambrose, his wife and five children have followed the footsteps of the Lewis and Clark expedition for 20 summers, in the course of which the explorer has become a friend of the Ambrose family; the author's affection shines through this narrative. Meriwether Lewis, as secretary to Thomas Jefferson and living in the White House for two years, got his education by being apprenticed to a great man. Their friendship is at the center of this account. Jefferson hand-picked Lewis for the great cross-country trek, and Lewis in turn picked William Clark to accompany him. The two men shook hands in Clarksville, Ohio, on October 14, 1803, then launched their expedition. The journals of the expedition, most written by Clark, are one of the treasures of American history. Here we learn that the vital boat is behind schedule; the boat builder is always drunk, but he's the only one available. Lewis acts as surveyor, builder and temperance officer in his effort to get his boat into the river. Alcohol continues to cause him problems both with the men of his expedition and later, after his triumphant return, in his own life, which ended in suicide at the age of 35. Without adding a great deal to existing accounts, Ambrose uses his skill with detail and atmosphere to dust off an icon and put him back on the trail west.
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American Heritage Editors; Andrist, Ralph K; Mitchell, C. Bradford Steamboats on the Mississippi
American Heritage Publishing Co. 1962 First Edition Hard Cover Fine No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
A photo of this book is available. Extra-nice, clean copy of this 1962 hardback. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Pictorial boards are clean and bright. 154 pages. Very-nicely illustrated throughout with historical arwtork and photos. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. PARTIAL CONTENTS: The Year of Strange Happenings; Boats Before Steam; The Great River; Engine on a Raft; Lords of the River; Steamboat Comin'; Towns on the River; Cutthroats and Scoundrels; Races and Wrecks; Tall Tales and Legends; New Times on the River
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Applegate, Shannon Skookum: An Oregon Pioneer Family's History and Lore
New York, New York, U.S.A. Quill / William Morrow 1990 0688095127 / 9780688095123 Trade Paperback Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
NO writing or tears inside book - NO writing or tears inside book - Tight spine - Illustrated with photos. 460 pages - Three Applegate brothers - Charley, Lindsay, Jesse - and their families came to Oregon in 1843, ultimately settling in the Yoncalla Valley. They built an emigrant road, set up homesteads and became involved in territorial affairs. Some family members left temporarily to seek gold in California and Idaho. Wives and daughters wrote letters, kept journals, saved photographs and other memorabilia. They stored a treasure trove to be discovered by a fifth-generation descendant, the author, who has fashioned a splendidly detailed history of the family. The first section, 1843-1867, reads like a novel; the second part profiles two sons and three daughters of the settlers. Finally, Applegate describes her return to the old home place and the surviving members of the family's third generation (her great-aunt and great-uncle). The Applegates played a vital role in Oregon's history
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Arciniegas, German America in Europe: A History of the New World in Reverse
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1986 0151055556 / 9780151055555 First Edition Hard Cover Near-Fine Near-Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-fine condition. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 298 pages. Previous owner's signature in book front, on blank page.NO other writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. Dustcover shows light wear (NO tears).
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Asbury, Herbert The French Quarter: An Informal History Of The New Orleans Underworld
New York Garden City Publishing Co., Inc. 1938 Hardback Very-Good+ Fair 8vo
Very-good+ condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Dustcover show wear and tear (mainly along top and bottom edges). Purple boards with black lettering (clean and bright). 478 pages. Nicely illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show light tanning. Contents: Nouvelle-Orleans; In The Days Of The Dons; Down The River To Dixie; Le Creole S'Amuse; The Terror Of The Gulf; Filibusters; Gamblers Afloat And Ashore; Congo Square; Voodoo; "An Epoch Of Degeneration"; "Hell On Earth"; Some Loose Ladies Of Basin Street; Criminals' Paradise; Storyville; Bibliography; Index.
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Aylesworth, Thomas G.; Aylesworth, Virginia L. Chicago: The Glamour Years (1919-1941)
Gallery Books 1986 0831712546 / 9780831712549 Hard Cover Fine Near-Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-nice, clean copy of this over-sized & heavy hardback. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. Black boards with gilt lettering (clean and bright). NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 192 pages.
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