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Author
Series
Revolution trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other masterly books about World War II, has long been admired for his unparalleled ability to write deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative history. Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy he tells the story of the first twenty months of the bloody struggle to shake free of King George's shackles. From the battles...
Author
Series
Liberation trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt & Co
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
In the first volume of his monumental trilogy about the liberation of Europe in WW II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the riveting story of the war in North Africa. The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of courage and enduring triumph, of calamity and miscalculation. That first year of the Allied war was a pivotal point in American history, the moment when the United States began to act like a great...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. Killing the Rising Sun takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made...
Author
Series
Publisher
Focus Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"Describes early battles of the American Civil War including the attack on Fort Sumter, the Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Shiloh, and others. Includes critical "Think About It" questions and a "Voices from the Past" special feature"--
Author
Publisher
Caliber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
viii, 496 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From master historian William C. Davis, the definitive story of the Battle of New Orleans, the fight that decided the ultimate fate not only of the War of 1812 but the future course of the fledgling American republic"--
Author
Language
English
Description
"When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, college football was at the height of its popularity. As the nation geared up for total war, one branch of the service dominated the aspirations of college football stars: the United States Marine Corps. Which is why, on Christmas Eve of 1944, when the 4th and 29th Marine regiments found themselves in the middle of the Pacific Ocean training for what would be the bloodiest battle of the war - the invasion...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 375 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Historian Ben Cleary takes readers beyond the legend of Stonewall Jackson and directly onto the Civil War battlefields on which he fought, and where a country once again finds itself at a crossroads"--
12) Vote!
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Using a campaign for mayor as an example, shows the steps involved in an election, from the candidate's speeches and rallies, to the voting booth where every vote counts, to the announcement of the winner.
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Placed in charge of a team of black scouts by a skeptical General David Hunter, Harriet Tubman devises the largest plantation raid of the Civil War and leads a fleet of gunships up the Combahee River in South Carolina in an attempt to free hundreds of slaves.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a chronicle of the band of maverick fighter pilots who signed on for the extremely dangerous top-secret "Iron Hand" program during the Vietnam War, which used revolutionary tactics to combat Soviet missile technology.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Language
English
Description
"The thrilling story of the year that won the Revolutionary War from the New York Times bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Valiant Ambition In the fall of 1780, after five frustrating years of war, George Washington had come to realize that the only way to defeat the British Empire was with the help of the French navy. But as he had learned after two years of trying, coordinating his army's movements with those of a fleet of warships...
Author
Publisher
Rosen Central
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
In graphic novel format, describes the events that happened when the Allies retook Normandy on July 5, 1994, thus turning the tide in World War Two.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
96 p. : ill. (some col) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Using witty anecdotes and clear explanations, the author takes readers from the birth of democracy to the electoral college; from front porch campaigning to hanging chads.
20) War and peace
Author
Language
English
Description
Set against the sweeping panoply of Napoleons invasion of Russia, "War and Peace" is often considered the greatest novel ever written.
Set in Russia during the Napoleonic era, this epic novel follows the fortunes of five aristocratic Russian families over the course of the French invasion. Tolstoy's timeless portrayal of the fates of families set against the backdrop of war is ultimately optimistic and life-affirming, with the educated, but socially...