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  • Union Revisited

    by David Alan Johnson ...
    Series series Images of America
    Union Township has changed dramatically since the 1950s. The town was still very rural in those days. O'Mara's Farm sold fresh fruit to local kids on their daily trek home from school; Headley's Cider Mill sold homemade cider that tasted like real apples and sausages that tasted like nothing that has ever been tasted before or since. Neighbors knew each other's name and waved hello from seats on ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lincoln's Road to War

    A Day-by-Day Account of the First 60 Days of Abraham Lincoln's Presidency

    by David Alan Johnson ...
    Follow Lincoln’s day-by-day path from peacemaker to war leader as the Union edges toward Civil War.The months after the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, between March 4 and May 3, 1861, mark one of the most significant periods in American history. Antagonism between the North and South, which had been intensifying since Lincoln’s election as president in November 1860, only worsened when the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Admiral Canaris

    How Hitler's Chief of Intelligence Betrayed the Nazis

    by David Alan Johnson ...
    Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, Adolf Hitler’s chief of military intelligence, accomplished something that neither President Franklin D. Roosevelt nor Prime Minister Winston Churchill could ever achieve – he saved the lives of hundreds Jewish refugees and other racial and political undesirables by rescuing them from Nazi Germany and other Nazi-occupied countries. Seen as a quiet and uninteresting career ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Last Weeks of Abraham Lincoln

    A Day-by-Day Account of His Personal, Political, and Military Challenges

    by David Alan Johnson ...
    This day-by-day account of Abraham Lincoln's last six weeks of life covers a period of extraordinary events, not only for the president himself but for the fate of the nation. From March 4 to April 15, 1865--a momentous time for the nation--Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address, supervised climatic battles leading up to the end of the Civil War, learned that Robert E. Lee had ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Decided on the Battlefield

    Grant, Sherman, Lincoln and the Election of 1864

    by David Alan Johnson ...
    In the summer of 1864, the American Civil War had been dragging on for over three years with no end in sight. Things had not gone well for the Union, and the public blamed the president for the stalemate against the Confederacy and for the appalling numbers of killed and wounded. Lincoln was thoroughly convinced that without a favorable change in the trajectory of the war he would have no chance ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Yanks in the RAF

    The Story of Maverick Pilots and American Volunteers Who Joined Britain's Fight in WWII

    by David Alan Johnson ...
    This is the story of American volunteer pilots who risked their lives in defense of Britain during the earliest days of World War II-more than a year before Pearl Harbor, whenthe United States first became embroiled in the global conflict. Based on interviews, diaries, personal documents, and research in British, American, and German archives, the author has created a colorful portrait of this ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Battle of Wills

    Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and the Last Year of the Civil War

    by David Alan Johnson ...
    Historians have long analyzed the battles and the military strategies that brought the American Civil War to an end. Going beyond tactics and troop maneuvers, this book concentrates on the characters of the two opposing generals--Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant--showing how their different temperaments ultimately determined the course of the war. As author David Alan Johnson explains, Grant's ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

    by William L. Shirer ...
    National Book Award Winner: The definitive account of Nazi Germany and "one of the most important works of history of our time" ( The New York Times).When the Third Reich fell, it fell swiftly. The Nazis had little time to destroy their memos, their letters, or their diaries. William L. Shirer's sweeping account of the Third Reich uses these unique sources, combined with his experience living in ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Fall of the House of Dixie

    The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South

    by Bruce Levine ...
    In this major new history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the riveting story of how that conflict upended the economic, political, and social life of the old South, utterly destroying the Confederacy and the society it represented and defended. Told through the words of the people who lived it, The Fall of the House of Dixie illuminates the way a war undertaken to preserve the status quo ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Kenneth Lee DFC

    Battle of Britain & Desert Air Force Fighter Ace

    by Nick Thomas ...
    The heroic life of the pilot who became an ace with one of the most successful fighter squadrons in the RAF and a captive in a notorious Nazi POW camp.Following training, Lee received his commission and was posted to 501 Squadron which was sent to support the Expeditionary Force in France, arriving on 10 May, only hours after the Blitzkrieg had been launched. Lee quickly opened his score, claiming ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gettysburg

    The Last Invasion

    by Allen C. Guelzo ...
    Series series Vintage Civil War Library
    **Winner of the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military HistoryAn Economist Best Book of the YearA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year**The Battle of Gettysburg has been written about at length and thoroughly dissected in terms of strategic importance, but never before has a book taken readers so close to the experience of the individual soldier.Two-time Lincoln Prize winner Allen C. ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • The German Opposition to Hitler

    The Resistance, the Underground, and Assassination Plots (1938-1945)

    by Michael Thomsett ...
    Between 1933 and 1945, more than 500,000 German citizens resisted the Nazi government. Many were imprisoned for political crimes which included both active attempts to remove Hitler from office and passive attempts to oppose the Nazi regime. Resistance was found among university students, churches and even in the German military.This fascinating and compelling history of the German resistance ... Read more

    $3.99 USD