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Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"From the bestselling author of The Indispensables, the unknown and dramatic story of irregular guerrilla warfare that altered the course of the Civil War and inspired the origins of America's modern special operations forces. The Civil War is most remembered for the grand battles that have come to define it: Gettysburg, Antietam, Shiloh, among others. However, as bestselling author Patrick K. O'Donnell reveals in The Unvanquished, a vital shadow...
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Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"America's 18th president was, and still is, well known for his efforts leading the North to victory during the American Civil War. But many stories surrounding Grant aren't actually true. For example, is it true that Grant was arrested for speeding in a horse-drawn carriage? Is it true that his middle name is actually Simpson? Readers will find the answers to these questions inside this detailed guide to Grant's life. The at-level text is paired...
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Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Smoke Jensen: the beginning -- In 1861, shots were fired in Charleston Harbor, and Kirby Jensen's father and brother went off to war. From raging Civil War battles to border state raids to the kind of frontier justice achieved only by bullets and blood, Kirby Jensen journeys into a manhood shaped by violence and a young man's thirst for justice. Filled with actual historical events and legendary characters, the story of Smoke Jensen's early years...
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"On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. ...[An] account of the chaotic...
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