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  • York College

    Series series Campus History
    The dream of York College involved hundreds of people'its reality has touched the lives of thousands. Born in a small town on the rolling plains of Nebraska in 1890, the United Brethren Church and citizens of York established York College on an empty expanse of prairie called East Hill. Its earliest classes, offered in rented rooms above a dry goods store on the town square, established the ... Read more

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  • William Henry Jackson's Lens

    How Yellowstone's Famous Photographer Captured the American West

    by Tim McNeese ...
    William Henry Jackson was an explorer, photographer, and artist. He is also one of those most often overlooked figures of the American West. His larger claim to fame involves his repeated forays into the western lands of nineteenth-century America as a photographer. Jackson’s life spanned multiple incarnations of the American West. In a sense, he played a singular role in revealing the West to ... Read more

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  • Time in the Wilderness

    The Formative Years of John “Black Jack” Pershing in the American West

    Nebraska Book Award, Biography HonorMost Americans familiar with General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing know him as the commander of American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during the latter days of World War I. But Pershing was in his late fifties by then. Pershing’s military career began in 1886, with his graduation from West Point and his first assignments in the American West as a horsebound ... Read more

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    Isabel Allende

    by Tim McNeese ...
    Narrated by Roxanne Hernandez ...
    Series series The Great Hispanic Heritage

    Unabridged

    2 hours 35 min

    Isabel Allende is an informative introduction to the distinguished author. Isabel Allende, one of the world's most widely read Latin American writers, is a Chilean novelest who, like Gabriel Garcia Marquez, was strongly influenced by her grandparents. Her vivid fiction, such as The House of the Spirits, blends realism with magical elements and spotlights political and often feminist concerns.Here ... Read more

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    Civil War Battles

    by Tim McNeese ...
    Narrated by Brett Barry ...
    Series series Civil War: A Nation Divided

    Unabridged

    3 hours 4 min

    Civil War Battles is an informative introduction to the subject. For four straight years, the people of the United States fought against one another in a brutal civil war that resulted in the deaths of approximately 620,000 men in uniform. Between 1861 and 1865, more Americans died during this bloody conflict than in all other American wars combined. With fighting across the South and in Maryland, ... Read more

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  • A Time to Stand

    The Epic of the Alamo

    by Walter Lord ...
    The #1 New York Times –bestselling author of The Miracle of Dunkirk tells the story of the Texans who fought Santa Anna's troops at the Battle of the Alamo."Probably the best of all Alamo accounts . . . a history which should last." — The New York Times Book ReviewLooking out over the walls of the whitewashed Alamo, sweltering ... ... Read more

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  • Exodus from the Alamo

    The Anatomy of the Last Stand Myth

    The award-winning historian provides a provocative new analysis of the Battle of the Alamo—including new information on the fate of Davy Crockett.Contrary to legend, we now know that the defenders of the Alamo during the Texan Revolution died in a merciless predawn attack by Mexican soldiers. With extensive research into recently discovered Mexican accounts, as well as forensic evidence, ... Read more

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  • The Blood of Heroes

    The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo--and the Sacrifice That Forged a Nation

    by James Donovan ...
    A sweeping, action-packed saga of the legendary last stand at the Alamo, by the author of the bestselling A Terrible Glory.On February 23, 1836, a large Mexican army led by dictator Santa Anna reached San Antonio and laid siege to about 175 Texas rebels holed up in the Alamo. The Texans refused to surrender for nearly two weeks until almost 2,000 Mexican troops unleashed a final assault. The ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Flames of War

    The Fight for Upper Canada, July-December 1813

    Series Book 3 - Upper Canada Preserved - War of 1812
    LIMITED TIME OFFERIn April 1813 the Americans launched a new campaign to conquer Upper Canada, after their failure to do so in 1812. However, following initial victories, the U.S. assault stalled as a combined force of British regulars, Canadian militia, and Native allies counterattacked, throwing the Americans entirely onto the defensive by the end of June. During the next six months, this seesaw ... Read more

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  • Texian Iliad

    A Military History of the Texas Revolution, 1835-1836

    Series series Texas Classics
    Winner, T. R. Fehrenbach Book Award, Texas Historical CommissionSummerfield G. Roberts Award, Sons of the Republic of TexasHonorable Mention, Certificate of Commendation, American Association for State and Local HistoryHardly were the last shots fired at the Alamo before the Texas Revolution entered the realm of myth and controversy. French visitor Frederic Gaillardet called it a "Texian Iliad" in ... Read more

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  • War of 1812 Land Battles

    Two hundred years later, the War of 1812 has been mostly forgotten. When the United States declared war on England, both sides were unprepared for battle. American troops outnumbered British forces by two-to-one; however, they were led by inexperienced politicians and aging Revolutionary War heroes. Two years later, young and bold U.S. commanders faced hardened veterans of the Napoleonic Wars in ... Read more

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  • Bugles, Boots, and Saddles

    Exploits of the U.S. Cavalry

    Edited by Stephen Brennan ...
    A history of America’s military on horseback.For three thousand years, the horse soldier has played a key role in both war fighting and in peace keeping all over the world, not only as a highly mobile strike force in battle but also as an instrument of reconnaissance and occupation, exploration, and irregular warfare.The American tradition of the mounted warrior is a proud one. But in the first ... Read more

    $10.99 USD