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Author | : Alpheus Starkey Williams |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 438 |
Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : History |
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Fifty-one years old when the Civil War broke out, Alpheus S. Williams was commissioned brigadier general of volunteers in the Army of the Potomac. These letters to his daughters, written in the most rigorous wartime circumstances, reveal the high-ranking officer’s views on events from Bull Run to Georgia and the Carolinas to Gettysburg. He characterizes McClellan, Sherman, Hooker, and Meade; scorns a system of promotion that rewards grandstanders and press-kissers; and explodes in fury at the contractors whose graft cheats the soldiers of blankets and shoes in midwinter. He pities the people and animals thrust in the path of the cannon and is acutely attuned to the weather and landscape. Every line by Williams is stamped with intelligence and sensibility, and his combatant’s view of the battle at Antietam is the most stirring in Civil War literature.
Author | : Adrian Tchaikovsky |
Publisher | : Abaddon Books |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2016-03-08 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1849979995 |
Mischief, Magic, Love and War. It is the Year of Our Lord 1601. The Tuscan War rages across the world, and every lord from Navarre to Illyria is embroiled in the fray. Cannon roar, pikemen clash, and witches stalk the night; even the fairy courts stand on the verge of chaos. Five stories come together at the end of the war: that of bold Miranda and sly Puck; of wise Pomona and her prisoner Vertumnus; of gentle Lucia and the shade of Prospero; of noble Don Pedro and powerful Helena; and of Anne, a glovemaker's wife. On these lovers and heroes the world itself may depend. These are the stories Shakespeare never told. Five of the most exciting names in genre fiction today – Jonathan Barnes, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Emma Newman, Foz Meadows and Kate Heartfield – delve into the world the poet created to weave together a story of courage, transformation and magic. Including an afterword by Dr. John Lavagnino, The London Shakespeare Centre, King's College London.
Author | : Adrian Tchaikovsky |
Publisher | : Abaddon Books |
Total Pages | : 75 |
Release | : 2016-02-19 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1786180030 |
Illyria's Duke Orsino has raised new, powerful allies, and in a last-ditch attempt to win the war, Don Pedro and his brother John, wise old Jacques and the physician Helena sail to Milan to appeal in person for the wizard Prospero's aid. But unseasonal storms drive them onto the Illyrian shore, and into the hands of their enemies... Monstrous Little Voices is a collection of five short novellas, a single long tale set in Shakespeare's fantasy world of fairies, wizards and potions, in honour of the four-hundredth anniversary of the Bard's death.
Author | : General Alpheus S. Williams |
Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 609 |
Release | : 2015-11-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1786253291 |
A candidate for the title of “unsung hero” among the Union generals of the Civil War, Alpheus Williams, “Old Pap” to his men, wrote as frequently as he could to his family in Detroit of his successes, achievements and battles during that terrible period of strife. In this engaging collection of his correspondence he recounts the part he played in the battles both East and West at Second Bull Run, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Atlanta and the Savannah campaign. A kind hearted man, he was deeply affected by the hardships suffered by the common soldiers under his command who he treated with great care and often sorrow at the awful casualties they suffered. Warmly recommended. “Superb war letters. . . . Old ‘Pap’ Williams possessed an unconscious literary flair that gives simple style and force to his letters. . . . Milo Quaife has added annotation that will enlighten the casual reader and satisfy the scholar.”—New York Times Book Review “Civil War scholars are always grateful for a volume of letters written by a high-ranking officer who held important commands in pivotal engagements. . . . A superior collection. . . . Especially useful to students of the war are his keen, detailed accounts of Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.”—American Historical Review
Author | : Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2012-03-05 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 0486113604 |
Treasury of verse by the great Victorian poet, including the long narrative poem, Enoch Arden, plus "The Lady of Shalott," "The Charge of the Light Brigade," selections from The Princess, "Maud" and "The Brook," more.
Author | : Patricia Beatty |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 1992-10-19 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0688110282 |
In 1861 twelve-year-old Truth, a Quaker girl from Indiana, is staying with relatives who run a North Carolina station of the Underground Railroad, when her world is changed by the beginning of the Civil War.
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Total Pages | : 670 |
Release | : 1895 |
Genre | : English periodicals |
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Author | : Isaiah Campbell |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2015-10-13 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1481426311 |
Sequel to: The troubles of Johnny Cannon.
Author | : Montaville Flowers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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Author | : V. A. Stuart |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2003-02-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1590132122 |
Cawnpore is retaken, but they have come too late to stop the slaughter—the relieving British soldiers can only stare at the ill-sited, poorly-defended entrenchment and shake their heads, wondering why. One of only two survivors, Colonel Alex Sheridan is numb. His wife and newborn son lie dead. But now he must join General Havelock's force of barely a thousand men as they fight their way through to the besieged garrison at Lucknow.