4 reviews
Soldier's Heart - A Civil War Novel
Junior Thompson, son of a freed slave, and Webbie Henderson, son of a wealthy family, cross a forbidden boundary between their properties and forge an unlikely friendship in the years that culminate in the Civil War. Young as they are, both must become the men of their families when their fathers are called to battle. When the war comes to their hometown of Carlisle and nearby Gettysburg, will they survive?
An historically authentic, fast-paced, multicultural family saga, Soldier's Heart takes place over a fifteen-year period, culminating on April 9, 1865: Junior Thompson's twelfth birthday, and also the day General Lee will surrender, formally ending the Civil War. Though the victory of the war may be at hand, this unforgettable story reveals how the private battles of the h...
Genre: History, Americas, United States, Military, Literature & Fiction, Classics, Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Genre Fiction, War, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Religious & Inspirational Fiction, Religious, Christian, Women's Fiction, American, Historical
Size: 270 pages
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4 reviews
Little Known Tales in California History
Here the reader will learn about the Lost Spanish Galleon that ended up on the bottom of Salton Sea, about PegLeg Smith's lost gold mine, and the story of the mythical Joaquin Murrieta. There are also stories about the Big Four Railroad Barons, the Government's plan to deliver mail by camels and many other unusual tales....
Genre: History, Americas
Size: 259 pages
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4 reviews
Do you want to know how the United States became the world power it is today?
Read about the 50 most important events in American history, from the first immigration to the only remaining world power after the cold war.
This book will give you a comprehensive overview of the U.S. history. Author James Weber did the research and compiled this huge list of events that changed the course of this nation forever.
Some of them include:
- The First Indians on the American continent 14,500 B.C
- Jamestown as the first permanent English settlement in the United States 1565
- The Boston Tea Party 1773
- The Declaration of Independence 1776
- Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804
- The California Gold Rush 1848
- U.S. involve...
Genre: History, Americas, United States, World, Nonfiction
Size: 117 pages
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3 reviews
Pssst! Russia, Uranium Cheap, Bombs Away!: The Obamian Age -- Another Day, Another Scandal
(This is how the book begins.)Barack Obama was responsible for three acts which together make him by far the most incompetent and malfeasant president ever. It is a tossup which label goes first. Wall Street bankers engineered perhaps the greatest larceny in history nearly causing a collapse of the world economy. Obama prosecuted no one. Instead he invited many of the perpetrators to the White House. Iran had aggravated two wars in which in the end the numbers of dead may reach a million. Obama gave Iran $150 billion to make more wars -- after Syria and Yemen, Israel is number three on their list -- despite the fact that a third of this money had been marked by judges for American victims of multiple Iranian terrorist attacks over a long period including 9/11. Then there is the Uranium One...
Genre: History, Americas, United States, Politics & Social Sciences, Politics & Government
Size: 289 pages
Free eBook download for Kindle from 18 January 2021 onward PDT/PST
