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  • 12 Varsity Letters

    by Ed Gilbert ...
    I won 12 Varsity Letters in 4 years of High School: I was Quarterback for the Football Team, Captain of the Basketball Team; was on the Track Team placing 2nd in Long Jump at the State Track Meet. I was Homecoming King; played the lead in the Senior Play, and in general got undeserved straight A’s on my report cards. Thinking back, I even squandered chances playing second base for our Baseball ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Toyoko

    by Ed Gilbert ...
    Gilberts other books include Once Upon the Woods and Waters, A Brown Trout Bicycle, and Montezumas Treasure Canyon. He has also published more than three thousand stories and columns in various media formats, including magazines and newspapers. Gilbert presently resides in Comstock Park, Michigan, and has traveled extensively while researching material for his writings. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • USMC M4A2 Sherman vs Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go

    The Central Pacific 1943–44

    by Romain Cansière, Ed Gilbert ...
    Series Book 108 - Duel
    The different national tank doctrines of the United States and Imperial Japan resulted in a terrible mismatch of the predominant tank types in the crucial Central Pacific campaign.A flawed Japanese doctrine emphasized light infantry support tanks, often used in small numbers. Tactically, tanks were often frittered away in armored versions of the familiar banzai attacks. Meanwhile, the Americans ... Read more

    $16.79 USD

  • US Marine Corps Tank Crewman 1965–70

    Vietnam

    by Ed Gilbert ...
    Series Book 90 - Warrior
    By 1960, following Korea, tanks and their crews had proved themselves to be a fundamental part of the Marine Corps' combined arms team. When the Marines were ordered to Vietnam in 1965, they took their tanks with them. This book explores this decision, which created a political storm. The presence of the tanks became a lightning rod for accusations of an 'escalation' of the war. Nevertheless, the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Native American Code Talker in World War II

    by Ed Gilbert ...
    Series Book 127 - Warrior
    'Were it not for the Navajo Code Talkers the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima and other places' (Anonymous, Marine Corps signal officer). Ed Gilbert uses personal interviews with veterans to tell their fascinating story. Beginning with the first operational use of Native American languages in World War I, he explores how in World War II the US again came to employ this subtle, but powerful ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Patriot Militiaman in the American Revolution 1775–82

    by Ed Gilbert, Catherine Gilbert ...
    Series Book 176 - Warrior
    The American Revolution was a decisive conflict, which saw the birth of a new nation. Continental Army regulars fought in massive and famous battles from New England to Virginia, but in the South a different kind of warfare was afoot. Local militia, sometimes stiffened by a small core of the Continental Line, played a pivotal role. This lesser-known war ultimately decided the fate of the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

    by Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, Yuri Rasovsky, John de Lancie, Tony Jay, Robertson Dean, Kaitlyn Hopkins, Lorna Raver, James Otis0, Jane Carr1, Ed Gilbert2 ...
    Narrated by a full cast ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 10 min

    Inspired by the classic silent film of 1919, this original audio play won the Independent Publishers Award in 1998 for best direct-to-audio production. John de Lancie stars as a young poet who visits a fair one night with his friend and girlfriend. Entering Dr. Caligari’s tent, they meet the mysterious Cesare, a kind of zombie, who is neither alive nor dead—and who forecasts doom for our high ... Read more

    $6.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Blanc Mont Ridge 1918

    America's forgotten victory

    by Romain Cansière, Ed Gilbert, Paul Kime, Bounford.com ...
    Series Book 323 - Campaign
    A highly illustrated account of the battle for Blanc Mont Ridge in 1918, where the US attackers broke the German line and sent them into headlong retreat in one of the major US victories of World War I.The dominating Blanc Mont Ridge complex in the Champagne region of France was home to some of the most complex German defences on the Western Front. Its heights offered artillery observation that ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Frontier Militiaman in the War of 1812

    Southwestern Frontier

    by Ed Gilbert ...
    Series Book 129 - Warrior
    The great military effectiveness of semitrained local militia is one of the enduring myths of American military history. In this book Ed Gilbert reveals the truth behind this myth, shedding light on who these frontier men actually were and their role in the war of 1812. He chronicles how untrained and ineffective militia forces were transformed into a formidable fighting force through hard ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Cowpens 1781

    Turning point of the American Revolution

    by Ed Gilbert, Catherine Gilbert ...
    Series Book 283 - Campaign
    An eye-opening guide to a crucial turning point in the American Revolution, a masterpiece of manoeuvre and deception. This is a must-have for any enthusiast of eighteenth century warfare or American military history.This is a blistering account of the battle of Cowpens, a short, sharp conflict which marked a crucial turning point in the American Revolution. With Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton and the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • US Marine in World War I

    by Ed Gilbert, Catherine Gilbert ...
    Series Book 178 - Warrior
    The words 'Retreat? Hell, we just got here' have become a central part of the legend of the US Marine Corps, indicative of its reputation for dogged determination and bravery.Uttered at the height of the fierce battle for Belleau Wood, the phrase came to define the Corps, establishing their 'first to fight' ethos in the public eye. This history follows the experiences of the Marines during the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • US Marine Corps Raider 1942–43

    by Ed Gilbert ...
    Series Book 109 - Warrior
    The US Marine Raider was an "elite within an elite." Modeled on British Commandoes, they were the earliest forerunners of the various special operations units of the modern US military. These units would conduct operations with only the equipment they could carry on their backs; their heaviest weapons were light mortars and light machine-guns. Highly trained in close-in fighting, the Raiders were ... Read more

    $14.99 USD