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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Describes the rise and fall of the Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero who aided the colonists during the American Revolution, but who lost everything during the French Revolution due to his views that the monarchy needed to be reformed, not abolished.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Bringing to life the American West during a crucial time in our nation's history, this original, thought-provoking look at the general-in-chief of the U.S. Army in 1864 documents his gradual realization that Emancipation was the only possible outcome of the war that would be consistent with America's founding values and future prosperity.
84) Coriolanus
Publisher
Starz/Anchor Bay
Pub. Date
p2012
Language
English
Description
The story of the Roman general Caius Martius Coriolanus, and his quest for revenge after his banishment from Rome.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
An impeccably researched, character-driven narrative history recounting the fascinating late-Reconstruction Era mission of General Philip Sheridan, a Union hero dispatched to the South ten years after the Civil War to protect the rights of newly freed black men, who were under siege by violent paramilitary groups like the White League intent on erasing their postwar gains.
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press, a Member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A dual biography sheds new light of the two iconic leaders{u2014}who determined the outcome of the Civil War and cast competing styles for the reunited nation{u2014}by exploring their personalities, character and their ethical, moral and political worlds.
Author
Publisher
Custom House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From Bret Baier comes a riveting reassessment of Ulysses S. Grant, arguing that the great Civil War commander's battle to save the Union continued to the very end of his presidency when a crisis threatened to fracture the still fragile nation once again"--
93) Ulysses S. Grant
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Provides young adult readers with a comprehensive look at the life and accomplishments of this famous Confederate General of the Civil War, enhanced with period photos, illustrations, and source notes.
Author
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Solovyov, a young scholar born into obscurity, arrives in St Petersburg to have his thesis topic handed to him: the story of General Larionov. Dismissive at first, his subject soon intrigues the young scholar, even obsesses him: this is no ordinary General. Not only did Larionov fight for the monarchist Whites during the Civil War, he did so with bloody distinction. So how did he manage to live unharmed in the Soviet Union, on a Soviet pension, cutting...
96) Toys
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A man's toy factory is threatened when his militaristic brother takes over and starts making weapons.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"What can we learn from the stunning rise and mysterious death of the ancient world's greatest conqueror? An acclaimed biographer reconstructs the life of Alexander the Great in this magisterial portrait. More than two millennia have passed, but Alexander the Great is still a household name. His life was an adventure story and took him to every corner of the ancient world. His memory and glamour persist, and his early death at thirty-three has kept...
100) Patton
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Story of General Patton in World War II whose military brilliance was balanced by his inability to deal with the social and political aspects of war, causing him difficulties in his dealings with the War Department.
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