T. A Mort
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1874, Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer led an expedition of some 1000 troops and more than one hundred wagons into the Black Hills of South Dakota. This fascinating work of narrative history tells the little-known story of this exploratory mission and reveals how it set the stage for the climactic Battle of the Little Bighorn two years later. What is the significance of this obscure foray into the Black Hills? The short...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"Evoking the spirit and danger of the early American West, this is the story of the Battle of Beecher Island, pitting an outnumbered United States Army patrol against six hundred Native warriors, where heroism on both sides of the conflict captures the vital themes at play on the American frontier"-- Provided by publisher.
September, 1868. The undermanned United States Army was struggling to address attacks by Cheyenne and Sioux warriors against...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
"In the spring of 1944, Hemingway traveled to London and then to France to cover World War II for Colliers Magazine. Obviously he was a little late in arriving. Why did he go? He had resisted this kind of journalism for much of the early period of the war, but when he finally decided to go, he threw himself into the thick of events and so became a conduit to understanding some of the major events and characters of the war. He flew missions with the...
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