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This is Volume Two of the series Personal Views of War from the perspective of the civilans found in war. Volumes One and Two are the memoirs of Confederate spy Belle Boyd during the Civil War between the North and the South. Originally written in 1865 and titled Belle Boyd In Camp and Prison, this edition includes, maps, old photographs and historical backgrounds of the Civil War not included with the original nor with any other publications. It is especially formatted for Kindle or other eBook readers.

Illustrations of America's barges and a history of the Erie Canal

Hear about the pursuit of riches turning to grief in this mesmerizing story collection! A thrilling exploration of the world's most intriguing and dangerous treasure hunts, Lost Loot: Cursed Treasures and Blood Money collects dozens of fascinating stories of reward, riches, greed, and ruin, including curses, deaths, and centuries-old treasure on Oak Island,

Historian Thomas D. "Tom" Perry reflects on his mentor Dr. James I. Robertson, Jr. of Virginia Tech, a renown Civil War Historian.

La rebelión iniciada por José Gabriel Condorcanqui, Túpac Amaru II, bien pudo acabar con gran parte del poder español en América en 1781 en regiones que ahora pertenecen al Perú, Bolivia y Argentina. Para ese entonces, se había dado una importante confluencia entre el descontento generalizado de la población criolla, mestiza e indígena contras las distintas medidas económicas impuestas por la corona y el empoderamiento de una nueva identidad inca que generaba supuestas profecías del resurgimiento del imperio incaico. La captura de Túpac Amaru en abril de 1781 y la firma de paz ...

Muchos de los gánsteres de Chicago procedían de Nueva York. Hay que considerar que la ciudad de los rascacielos era la entrada de los emigrantes a Estados Unidos. Por ello, en principio, se establecían ahí. Luego, iban buscando otros destinos. De acuerdo con lo anterior, hay muchas menciones de la ciudad de los rascacielos, en este libro, ya que los inicios de La Mafia, The Combine u otras organizaciones, incluyendo Mano Nera, nacieron en Nueva York. Lo mismo que Torrio y Capone. Los gánsteres de Chicago difieren de los de Nueva York en que, en Chicago, Al Capone reinó casi en ...

この教科書はスペイン語の読解をより深くマスターすることと共に、ラテンアメリカの歴史をより深く理解することを目的とします。ラテンアメリカは広い領土で多様で豊かな文化を保っています。スペイン人やポルトガル人が到着する以前から存在する多文化に加えて、征服者と移住者によるそれぞれの地域の人口の構成が独立以前でも変わり続けました。 　教科書のそれぞれの章は二ページで構成されています。一ページ目はスペイン語...

Escribí la versión original de este libro en japonés para utilizarlo como libro de texto en “Estudios Latinoamericanos”, una asignatura que tuve a mi cargo en la universidad Kansai Gaidai. En la misma universidad me ocupaba también de enseñar “Economía de América Latina” y “Política en América Latina”. En “Estudios Latinoamericanos” tenía libertad para escoger la temática. Elegí presentar la historia de la Guerra Fría en el subcontinente a través del cine. En el texto me ocupo principalmente del contexto social, político y cultural de modo que los lectores ...

In the heart of Flower Valley, a gentle panda, discovers something remarkable: a pregnant bee, glowing softly with a rare golden hue. But this isn't any ordinary bee. Legend speaks of a bee born once in a millennia, capable of ensuring the harmony between all creatures. As Panda befriends Bee, he learns that her unique baby has the power to bring peace to the ever-warring insect clans. However, not everyone is eager to see peace prevail. A vengeful wasp with a personal vendetta against Bee's lineage, learns of her condition and sees an opportunity for power and control. He believes that ...

LOTS OF CONTENT WITH GRAPHICS. This book series includes research on the evolution of the DePriest family in America: Volume 1 (c 1650-1750) starts with Robert DePriest, French Huguenot, who immigrated before 1689 and his children with a wealth of information about early Virginia. Copies of original documents are included and data were obtained from Parish documents, Tax lists, Processioning Lists, War records, Censuses, Maps, Comparison tables, and more. Documentation includes not only the DePriests and their descendants but also neighbors as well as conspirators and Revolutionary soldiers...

A traveller's observations and impressions of the United States and its people since the sixties including views and perspectives of Americans on how they see themselves and their country.

During the 2016 presidential campaign, numerous high-level officials within the U.S. Government hated Donald Trump. They were shocked and horrified when Trump won the election over their favored candidate, Hillary Clinton. A "Resistance" movement against Trump arose involving many high-level government officials -- including departing President Obama and his team. The Resistance members feared President-Elect Trump's designee as National Security Advisor, Lt. General Michael Flynn. Flynn had worked in intelligence for 33 years. He was a decorated combat veteran. More important to The ...

Parley P. Pratt began to work on The Key to the Science of Theology in San Francisco in August 1851, just before leaving for his mission to Chile. He continued writing it while in Chile. He finished the manuscript upon his return to Utah in 1853. The manuscript remained unpublished, however, until 1855 when Parley found a publisher in England. Parley's book represented a lifetime of thought and built on ideas first propounded in Pratt's earlier writings, especially missionary tracts stemming from his years in England. The impact of The Key to the Science of Theology was unparalleled. One Latter-day Saint diarist of the 19th century observed: "We had every encouragement to read the Church publications: The Voice of Warning; the Pearl of Great Price; and Key to Theology."

This powerful, intensely dramatic book is the definitive account of the Haitian Revolution of 1794-1803. It is the story of the French colony of San Domingo, a place where the brutality of master toward slave was commonplace and ingeniously refined. And it is the story of a barely literate slave named Toussaint L'Ouverture, who led the black people of San Domingo in a successful struggle against successive invasions by overwhelming French, Spanish, and English forces and, in the process, helped form the first independent nation in the Caribbean.

A major new biography of the Civil War general and American president, by the author of the New York Times bestseller A. Lincoln. The dramatic story of one of America's greatest and most misunderstood military leaders and presidents, this is a major new interpretation of Ulysses S. Grant. Based on seven years of research with primary documents, some of them never tapped before, this is destined to become the Grant biography of our times.

Is America a source of pride, as Americans have long held, or shame, as Progressives allege? Beneath an innocent exterior, are our lives complicit in a national project of theft, expropriation, oppression, and murder? Or is America still the hope of the world? New York Times best-selling author Dinesh D'Souza says these questions are no mere academic exercise.

The anchor of The O'Reilly Factor recounts one of the most dramatic stories in American history - how one gunshot changed the country forever. In the spring of 1865, the bloody saga of America's Civil War finally comes to an end after a series of increasingly harrowing battles. President Abraham Lincoln's generous terms for Robert E. Lee's surrender are devised to fulfill Lincoln's dream of healing a divided nation. But one man and his band of murderous accomplices are not appeased....

John Jay was a central figure in the early history of the American Republic. A New York lawyer, born in 1745, Jay served his country with the greatest distinction, and was one of the most influential of its Founding Fathers. In this first full-length biography of John Jay in almost 70 years, Walter Stahr brings Jay vividly to life, setting his astonishing career against the background of the American Revolution. Drawing on substantial new material, Walter Stahr has written a full and highly enjoyable portrait of both the public and private man.

Art T. Burton sifts through fact and legend to discover the truth about one of the most outstanding peace officers in late 19th-century America - and perhaps the greatest lawman of the Wild West era. Fluent in Creek and other Southern native languages, physically powerful, skilled with firearms, and a master of disguise, Bass Reeves was exceptionally adept at apprehending fugitives and outlaws, and his exploits were legendary in Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Eve Haas is the daughter of a German Jewish family that took refuge in London after Hitler came to power. Following a terrifying air raid in the blitz, her father revealed the family secret - that her great-great grandmother Emilie was married to a Prussian prince. He then showed her the treasured leather-bound notebook inscribed to Emilie by the prince.