Hollywood and War, The Film Reader

Hollywood and War, The Film Reader
Author: J. David Slocum
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2023-04-28
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1000938565

Discussing such classic films as Sergeant York, Air Force, and All Quiet on the Western Front, as well as more modern blockbusters like Apocalypse Now and Saving Private Ryan, this outstanding volume focuses on Hollywood and its production of war films. Topics covered include: the early formation of war cinema the apotheosis of the Hollywood war film the ascendancy of ambivalence Hollywood and the war since Vietnam war as a way of seeing. For any student of film studies or American cultural studies, this is a valuable companion.

Slocum and the Widow's Range Wars

Slocum and the Widow's Range Wars
Author: Jake Logan
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2007
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780515143706

More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA

Sherman's Forgotten General

Sherman's Forgotten General
Author: Brian C. Melton
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 082626588X

"Biography of Union major general Henry W. Slocum. Author explores Slocum's attitudes and tactics while serving under various Civil War generals such as George McClellan, Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker, and William Tecumseh Sherman"--Provided by publisher.

Slocum's War

Slocum's War
Author: Jake Logan
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1992
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780425132739

John Slocum is hot on the trail of a low-down, hard case who's making a killing robbing railroad workers--and whose aim is to join up with a murdering gang of outlaws. But Lady Luck turns her back on Slocum. When his horse breaks a leg, he finds himself caught in a firestorm of hot lead.

Slocum 376

Slocum 376
Author: Jake Logan
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2010-05-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101433043

Slocum’s on the trail of a mad dog killer… While pursuing the cold-blooded killer Rafe Masterson, Slocum narrowly escapes the outlaw’s quick draw with his life. Unfortunately, his trusty horse wasn’t so lucky. Slocum’s steed was just the latest victim to fall afoul of Masterson, who has two notches in his belt representing the two deputies he’s already gunned down. Wanted in several states, Masterson is increasing both his death toll and reward value—and he’s not about to let Slocum bring him in…dead or alive.

The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas

The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas
Author: E.R. Bills
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2014-05-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1625848447

In late July 1910, a shocking number of African Americans in Texas were slaughtered by white mobs in the Slocum area of Anderson County and the Percilla-Augusta region of neighboring Houston County. The number of dead surpassed the casualties of the Rosewood Massacre in Florida and rivaled those of the Tulsa Riots in Oklahoma, but the incident--one of the largest mass murders of blacks in American history--is now largely forgotten. Investigate the facts behind this harrowing act of genocide in E.R. Bills's compelling inquiry into the Slocum Massacre.

Slocum 239: Slocum and the Comanche

Slocum 239: Slocum and the Comanche
Author: Jake Logan
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1999-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101179384

Slocum takes on an army to save a beautiful Comanche Princess. Seven settlers—including two women—have been scalped, and the U.S. Cavalry is ready to make the local Comanche pay. But Slocum knows better. Comanche don't scalp women. And he'll find the low lifes who did the killing—even if it means being caught between corrupt cavalry, horse rustlers, and a Comanche Princess.

Slocum 363

Slocum 363
Author: Jake Logan
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2009-04-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101032685

Slocum's got a red, white, and blue bone to pick... If there’s one thing John Slocum likes more than whiskey or women, it’s winning big at poker. Until a cheater runs off with his money and gets killed, leaving Slocum arrested for murder. His neck is saved when a British beauty named Abigail Cheswick springs him from jail—and into the folds of her skirt. Soon, he’s at the Cheswick camp and Abigail’s brother, the arrogant Duke William, wants him to catch some wild game worthy of mounting on his royal walls. But once Slocum discovers what the British bully’s prey is, he decides to play the game by his own rules…

Slocum 413

Slocum 413
Author: Jake Logan
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2013-06-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101610166

Tracking a fugitive takes Slocum straight into no-man’s land… Bismarck, North Dakota, is no place to be in the middle of winter. So when a young beauty bedecked in jewels shows up in the local saloon looking for a card game, Slocum can’t help but be intrigued. Especially when she turns out to be the worst poker player he’s ever seen. The woman is Ginny Garfield, daughter of Gilbert G. Garfield of the Garfield Coal, Trains, and Shipping dynasty, and she’s hard on the trail of the man who killed her brother. But if Slocum wants her to survive the winter, he’s going to have to take over the hunt for Delbert Calkins—even if it means tailing him clear across the country. Because there’s one thing he knows about a man like Delbert: He was born bad, he lives bad, and he’ll die bad—as long as Slocum gets his way…