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1) Grant
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The #1 New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017
“Eminently readable but thick with import . . . Grant hits like a Mack truck of knowledge.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals...
“Eminently readable but thick with import . . . Grant hits like a Mack truck of knowledge.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The bestselling classic that indelibly captures the life and times of one of the most brilliant and controversial military figures of the twentieth century.
"Electric...Tense with the feeling that this is the authentic MacArthur...Splendid reading." — New York Times
Inspiring, outrageous... A thundering paradox of a man. Douglas MacArthur, one of only five men in history to have achieved the rank of General of...
"Electric...Tense with the feeling that this is the authentic MacArthur...Splendid reading." — New York Times
Inspiring, outrageous... A thundering paradox of a man. Douglas MacArthur, one of only five men in history to have achieved the rank of General of...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • William Tecumseh Sherman was more than just one of our greatest generals. Fierce Patriot is a bold, revisionist portrait of how this iconic and enigmatic figure exerted an outsize impact on the American landscape—and the American character.
America’s first “celebrity” general, William Tecumseh Sherman was a man of many faces. Some were exalted in...
America’s first “celebrity” general, William Tecumseh Sherman was a man of many faces. Some were exalted in...
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Language
English
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Description
Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for History
From the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and a National Book Award, a brilliant biography of Gen. George Armstrong Custer that radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times.
In this magisterial biography, T. J. Stiles paints a portrait of Custer both deeply personal and sweeping in scope, proving how much of Custer’s legacy has been ignored. He demolishes Custer’s
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
An account of the life and career of the thirty-fourth president presents an analysis of his character as drawn from letters, diaries, historical documents, and other sources, in a volume that discusses his pivotal contributions throughout World War II.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of the Civil War general from Maine whose skill as a commander in twenty-four battles, despite being wounded six times, made him a symbol for bravery and perseverance for the Union side.
Author
Publisher
Berkley Caliber
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The commander of Easy Company provides a firsthand memoir of combat during World War II, describing the role of a group immortalized as the Band of Brothers during the D-Day invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, the march into Germany, the liberation of an S.S. death camp, and beyond.
19) David Petraeus
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life and career of General David Petraeus, commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) serving in Afghanistan.
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Publishers Group West
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Written in 1945 and never before published, Yank is a memoir of World War II by an American who joined the British army in 1941. Ted Ellsworth's memoir covers his assignment to a tank regiment in North Africa and the campaign there; his participation in the invasion of Italy and the second wave of D-Day; incredible accounts of fierce battles, being taken prisoner by the Germans, and trying to get home to the U.S. and his hometown of Dubuque, Iowa....
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