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Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. And Second Bishop Of Tennessee Being His Story…

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Charles Todd Quintard


Charles Quintard (1824-1898) was an Episcopal priest who, in spite of his pro-Union stance, volunteered to be a chaplain in the Confederate …

The Age of Anne

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Edward Ellis Morris


This short survey of the age of Queen Anne begins with the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) and the career of the Duke of Marlborou…

From Mud to Mufti: With Old Bill on all Fronts

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Bruce Bairnsfather


This second volume of memories from the Great War (WWI) by the celebrated war cartoonist and social observer, begins with Bairnsfather's rec…

Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 08, Dec. 23, 1879

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Various


Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…

The Early Tudors: Henry VII and Henry VIII

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Charles Edward Moberly


Following the chaos of the Wars of the Roses, the reigns of Henry VII and VIII were autocratic and centralized to an unprecedented degree. T…

An Apache Campaign In The Sierra Madre

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John Gregory Bourke


An account of the expedition [of the U.S. Army] in pursuit of the hostile Chiricahua Apaches in the spring of 1883. (Book subtitle) Bourke w…

Closing In: Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima

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Joseph H. Alexander


Sunday, 4 March 1945, marked the end of the second week of the U.S. invasion of Iwo Jima. By this point the assault elements of the 3d, 4th,…

The World’s Story Volume XII: The United States

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Eva March Tappan


This is the twelfth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March …

The Korean War: Brief Histories

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Various


A collection of brief histories addressing the major campaigns or phases of the Korean War. (Summary by KevinS)

The Political History of France, 1789-1910

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Muriel O. Davis


This little book opens on the eve of the French Revolution. The government is crippled by financial mismanagement, ruled by a King who, in t…

Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa

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Joseph H. Alexander


"Tarawa Atoll is 2085 miles southwest of Pearl Harbor and 540 miles southeast of Kwajalein in the Marshalls. Betio is the principal isl…

The Road Past Kennesaw: The Atlanta Campaign Of 1864

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Richard M. Mcmurry


“…there can be little doubt that the Federal drive on Atlanta, launched in May 1864, was the beginning of the end for the Southern Confedera…

The Chronicles of America Volume 10 - Conquest of New France

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George Wrong


The English colonies, holding a great stretch of the Atlantic seaboard, increased in number and power. New France also grew stronger. The st…

The Chronicles of America Volume 12 - Washington and his Comrades in Arms

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George Wrong


This twelfth volume in the Chronicles of America (series) follows the lengthy and difficult war against England for independence as led by G…

First World War Centenary Poetry Collection

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Various


This collection of poetry, with its companion prose collection, commemorates the outbreak of the First World War on 28th July 1914. Most of …

Captain Bill McDonald, Texas Ranger: A Story of Frontier Reform

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Albert Bigelow Paine


"William Jesse "Bill" McDonald (1852 - 1918) in the 1880s served as a deputy sheriff in Wood County. After moving to Hardeman…

Hildebrand and his Times

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William Richard Ward Stephens


W.R.W. Stephens, the Anglican Dean of Winchester, writes a short, lively biography of the great church reformer, Hildebrand of Sovana (1015-…

Napoleon The First, An Intimate Biography

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Walter Geer


Excerpt: "Now that one hundred years have elapsed since the "long-drawn agony" of Saint Helena we think that the time has com…

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1845 - 1848)

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James K. Polk


The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal

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Henry I. Shaw, Jr.


In the early summer of 1942, intelligence reports of the construction of a Japanese airfield near Lunga Point on Guadalcanal in the Solomon …

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