Cultural Literature
The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of Shiloh
Includes accounts of the fighting written by important generals like Grant, Sherman, Beauregard, and more. Explains the circumstances of Albert Sidney Johnston's death. "The turning point of our fate." (Jefferson Davis on the death of Albert Sidney Johnston at Shiloh)...
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The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
At the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5 to 7, 1864), Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee had fought to a standstill in their first encounter, failing to dislodge each other despite incurring nearly 30,000 casualties between the Union...
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The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro)
"In all, 58 pieces of artillery played upon the enemy. Not less than 100 shots per minute were fired. As the mass of men swarmed down the slope they were mowed down by the score. Confederates were pinioned to the...
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The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of the Crater
"It was the saddest affair I have witnessed in the war." (Ulysses S. Grant) After the last major pitched battle of the Overland Campaign was fought at Cold Harbor in early June, Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the...
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The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of the Wilderness
*Includes pictures of the battle's important generals. *Includes several maps of the battle. *Includes accounts of the fighting written by important generals like Grant, Longstreet, John Gordon, Theodore Lyman, and more. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. “Numbers meant little—in...
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The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Chattanooga Campaign
*Includes pictures of the campaign's important generals.*Includes several maps of the campaign's battles.*Includes accounts of the fighting written by important generals like Grant, Bragg, Sherman, Sheridan, Longstreet, Cleburne, and more. .*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.In...
$12.99
The Greatest Civil War Battles: The First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas)
After the Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861 ignited the Civil War, many in the North expected a relatively quick victory, including Abraham Lincoln. Days after the smoke had cleared in Charleston Harbor, the Lincoln Administration pushed for a...
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The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas)
Includes pictures of important people, places, and events. Includes maps of the battle. Analyzes the generalship of the battle's most important leaders, including Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, and John Pope. Includes descriptions of the fighting from the post-battle reports...
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The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Siege of Petersburg
"I have seen your despatch expressing your unwillingness to break your hold where you are. Neither am I willing. Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible." - President Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S....
$6.99
The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Vicksburg Campaign
At the start of 1863, Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia had been frustrating the Union in the Eastern theater for several months, but the situation in the West was completely different. The Confederates had lost control of several...
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The Greatest Civilizations of Ancient Mesopotamia: The History and Legacy of the Sumerians, Babylonians, Hittites, and Assyrians
*Includes pictures *Includes primary sources from ancient records about their cultures and battles *Includes bibliographies for further reading *Includes a table of contents Although the Sumerians continue to get second or even third billing compared to the Babylonians and Assyrians,...
$13.99
The Greatest Civilizations of the Americas: The History and Culture of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca
*Includes over 50 pictures of the civilizations' art, ruins, architecture, and more. *Describes everyday life for the Maya, Inca and Aztecs, from language to diet.*Comprehensively covers the civilizations' most famous characteristics, including Mayan astronomy, the Aztecs' infamous human sacrifice rituals,...
$9.99
The Greatest Generals of the Ancient World: The Lives and Legacies of Alexander the Great, Hannibal and Julius Caesar
*Includes pictures depicting important people, places, and events in the lives of Alexander, Hannibal and Caesar *Discusses little known facts about each man and whether some of the legends and myths about them were true. *Includes a Table of Contents...
$12.99
The Greatest Generals of the Civil War: The Lives and Legends of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, and William Tecumseh Sherman
*Includes pictures of each general and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Includes an introduction for each general.*Includes bibliographies for each general.Despite the fact that the Civil War began over 150 years ago, it remains one of the most...
$14.99
The Greatest Mysteries of the Ancient World: Stonehenge, the Sphinx, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel
*Includes pictures *Discusses theories attempting to explain the mysteries *Includes bibliographies for further reading *Includes a table of contents On the Salisbury Plain, only a few hours from the hustle and bustle of Central London, remains one of the greatest...
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The Greatest Revolutionary War Battles: The Battle of Bunker Hill
Discusses some of the famous legends of the battle and whether they are accurate. Includes accounts of the fighting written by witnesses and soldiers. "We have...learned one melancholy truth, which is that the Americans, if they were equally well commanded,...
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The Greatest Revolutionary War Battles: The New York-New Jersey Campaign
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the fighting around New York City*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsAfter the siege of Boston forced the British to evacuate that city in March 1776, Continental Army commander George...
$6.99
The Greatest Revolutionary War Battles: The Siege of Yorktown
Yorktown was a former tobacco trading post now in decline, not much bigger than a large village. But Yorktown was tucked away on the northern edge of the York peninsula in rural Virginia, and in 1781 it became the site...
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The Greatest Show on Earth: The History of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Americans have loved traveling circuses for generations, and none represent the country's love for entertainment quite like the most famous of them all, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus. The five brothers who started a circus in Wisconsin,...
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The Guillotine: The History of the World's Most Notorious Method of Execution
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts describing the use of the guillotine*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“But here I should imagine the most terrible part of the whole punishment is, not the bodily pain at...
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