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Author | : Elliot Mason |
Publisher | : Page Publishing Inc |
Total Pages | : 419 |
Release | : 2019-08-11 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1644628627 |
In the dying days of the Civil War, an assassination attempt is made on Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Faced with this ongoing threat, the decision is made to evacuate the Southern capital of Richmond, Virginia. Everything must be moved, including the Confederacy's substantial gold and silver reserves, which must be kept out of Union hands. Thus, a covert plan is devised to transfer it to a secret location. However, during the move, the treasure vanishes without a trace. One hundred and fifty years later, two historians, Des Cook and Madison Callum, stumble upon clues that could solve one of the war's greatest mysteries while leading them to the richest and most significant find in American history. But others are searching for it too and will do anything to obtain it. Now, Des and Madison find themselves entangled in a race that, if they fail to win, would not only result in their deaths but also change the very future of the country.
Author | : Rick Atkinson |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1426214812 |
Bittersweet, breathtaking, and deeply respectful, this commemorative book of Arlington National Cemetery traces the ceremonies and services that honor individual men and women who served the country. 220 photos.
Author | : Kathleen Kaska |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2009-06-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1627934286 |
It's 1952. Reporter Sydney Lockhart checks into the historic Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Before she even unpacks, she discovers the brutally murdered body of the hotel's bookkeeper. What had begun as a simple travel-writing assignment now turns into a murder investigation. The bad news is that Sydney is a suspect. Determined to clear her name and prove herself a reporter deserving more than just travel assignments, Sydney becomes embroiled in the underworld of gangsters and gamblers. In her fight for the truth, she soon faces a more urgent battle: saving her own skin.
Author | : Robert M. Poole |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2010-11-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0802715494 |
Documents the founding of the monument cemetery on the former family plantation of Robert E. Lee, revealing how the site once intended for the burials of indigent soldiers became a national resting place of honor throughout the subsequent century.
Author | : Philip Bigler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1998-08 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : |
It brings to life the events, happenings, people, and highlights that have combined to make Arlington a uniquely American institution.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 2010-10-26 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1596435178 |
Story of the national cemetery--from the Revolutionary War to the present.
Author | : Micki McElya |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2016-08-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674974069 |
Pulitzer Prize Finalist Winner of the John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize Winner of the Sharon Harris Book Award Finalist, Jefferson Davis Award of the American Civil War Museum Arlington National Cemetery is one of America’s most sacred shrines, a destination for millions who tour its grounds to honor the men and women of the armed forces who serve and sacrifice. It commemorates their heroism, yet it has always been a place of struggle over the meaning of honor and love of country. Once a showcase plantation, Arlington was transformed by the Civil War, first into a settlement for the once enslaved, and then into a memorial for Union dead. Later wars broadened its significance, as did the creation of its iconic monument to universal military sacrifice: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. As Arlington took its place at the center of the American story, inclusion within its gates became a prerequisite for claims to national belonging. This deeply moving book reminds us that many brave patriots who fought for America abroad struggled to be recognized at home, and that remembering the past and reckoning with it do not always go hand in hand. “Perhaps it is cliché to observe that in the cities of the dead we find meaning for the living. But, as McElya has so gracefully shown, such a cliché is certainly fitting of Arlington.” —American Historical Review “A wonderful history of Arlington National Cemetery, detailing the political and emotional background to this high-profile burial ground.” —Choice
Author | : Charlie Clark |
Publisher | : History Press Library Editions |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2017-07-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781540217387 |
Arlington County, for two centuries a center for government institutions, is a vibrant part of the Washington, D.C., community. Many notable figures made their home in the area, like Supreme Court chief justice Warren Burger, General George "Blood 'n' Guts" Patton and a beauty queen who almost married crooner Dean Martin. The drama of Virginia's first school integration unfolded in Arlington beginning in the late 1950s. In the 1960s, two motorcycle gangs clashed in public at a suburban shopping center. Local author, historian and "Our Man in Arlington" Charlie Clark uncovers the vivid, and hidden, history of a capital community.
Author | : Robert M. Poole |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2014-10-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1620402947 |
Gifted writer and reporter Robert Poole opens Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery with preparations for Memorial Day when thousands of families come to visit those buried in the 624-acre cemetery, legions of Rolling Thunder motorcyclists patrol the streets with fluttering POW flags, and service members place miniature flags before each of Arlington's graves. Section 60, where many of those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan have been laid to rest alongside service members from earlier wars, is a fourteen-acre plot that looms far larger in the minds and hearts of Americans. It represents a living, breathing community of fellow members of the military, family members, friends, and loved ones of those who have fallen to the new weapons of war: improvised explosive devices, suicide bombs, and enemies who blend in with local populations. Several of the newest recruits for Section 60 have been brought there by suicide or post-traumatic stress disorder, a war injury newly described but dating to ancient times. Using this section as a window into the latest wars, Poole recounts stories of courage and sacrifice by fallen heroes, and explores the ways in which soldiers' comrades, friends, and families honor and remember those lost to war--carrying on with life in the aftermath of tragedy. Section 60 is a moving tribute to those who have fought and died for our country, and to those who love them.
Author | : Waqar H. Zaidi |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2021-06-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 110883678X |
Explores the place of science and technology in international relations through early attempts at international governance of aviation and atomic energy.