The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jacque, Commonly Called Colonel Jack

The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jacque, Commonly Called Colonel Jack
Author: Daniel Defoe
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 542
Release: 2022-06-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Colonel Jack explores the story of an English gentleman who begins life on the London streets. Jack and his brothers grew up being pickpockets and bandits, but he desired to change this and be better. Abducted and brought to America, he becomes an indentured servant and then a caretaker of plantations in Maryland, after which his story takes one dramatic turn. Through Jack's story, Daniel Defoe offered a broad look at the social and political geography of his times.

If Not Now, When?

If Not Now, When?
Author: Colonel Jack Jacobs
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2008-10-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 110120785X

A Medal of Honor recipient looks back at his own service in the Vietnam War—and ahead to America’s future. Jack Jacobs was acting as an advisor to the South Vietnamese when he and his men came under devastating attack. Wounded, 1st Lt. Jacobs took command and withdrew the unit, returning again and again, saving fourteen lives—for which he received the Medal of Honor. Here, Col. Jacobs tells his stirring story of heroism, honor, and the personal code by which he has lived his life, and expounds with blunt honesty and insight his views on our contemporary world, and the nature and necessity of sacrifice. If Not Now, When? is a compelling account of a unique life at both war and peace, and the all-too-often unexamined role of the citizenry in the service and defense of the Republic.

Colonel Jack

Colonel Jack
Author: Daniel Defoe
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2021-09-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8726644053

Jack lives his life as an outcast. He cares only about two things - trade and crime. Together with his two brothers, he wreaks havoc and indulges in a multitude of different professions, not all of them legitimate. There is no end to Jack's escapades, nor his luck, originality, and cunning, all of which he has in spades. A genuine adventure novel, this is unmissable for fans of Robert Louis Stevenson, Jules Verne, and William Golding. Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) was an English novelist, journalist, and trader. Famed for his novel ‘Robinson Crusoe’, he has often been deemed the founder of the English novel. He wrote more than five hundred books on a wide variety of topics, dominating the literary circles of his time. His other notable works include ‘Moll Flanders’, ‘A Journal of the Plague Year’, and ‘Captain Singleton’.