Recollections of a Life of Adventure
Author: William Stamer
Publisher: London : Hurst and Blackett
Published: 1866
Total Pages: 332
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: William Stamer
Publisher: London : Hurst and Blackett
Published: 1866
Total Pages: 332
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: George Mossop
Publisher: G.C. Burton
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 344
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Stanley Tollman
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Published: 2012
Total Pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780957030916
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Alleyne Ireland
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781019812945
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A fascinating portrait of the Pulitzer family and their outstanding contributions to journalism and philanthropy. This book provides an intimate glimpse into the life of one of America's greatest publishers. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: James A. McKenna
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Published: 2016-10-27
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 1787202380
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 1936, this book is a collection of sixteen stories recounting James (“Uncle Jimmie”) McKenna’s tales of prospecting, Indian Fights, exploration, town life and all the characters from the early days of the Black Range, the Mogollons, and the rest of the Gila Country of southwest New Mexico. The result is alternately humorous, poignant, amazing or insightful, and paints a vivid picture of a people who embodied the measured optimism of the American West. “Uncle Jimmie” blazed a trail to the Southwest in his youth, and his life for the next sixty years was filled with all the history-making adventure and treasure that his ardent nature craved. It was not always the treasure of gold, although gold was there. But there was life while it lasted, death when it came, a mystery-ridged land and courageous people to explore it. “THIS IS A GREAT BOOK! THE REAL THING IS RARE AND THERE’S NO MISTAKING IT.”—Commonweal “The greatness comes from McKenna’s magic blend of Celtic wit, thirst for life, and modesty about the enormous importance of his own adventures.”—Christian Science
Author: Samuel Emery Chamberlain
Publisher: Texas State Historical Assn
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9780876111567
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Not control his amorous and pugilistic inclinations and so left for the West. According to his "Confession," he seduced countless women in the U.S. and Mexico, never missed a fandango, fought gallantly against Mexican guerrillas, and rode with the 1st Dragoons into the Battle of Buena Vista. His remarkable story is pure melodrama; but Goetzmann has proven by his painstaking research that much of it is true. In extensive annotation, the editor has been able to separate.
Author: Alex Bowlby
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 1969-09-01
Total Pages: 229
ISBN-13: 1473817501
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The classic memoir by an infantryman in the British army during the Second World War, “a book to bring a shiver to the most grizzled veteran (The Sunday Times). In 1944, having distinguished itself in the North Africa campaign, Rifleman Bowlby’s battalion of Greenjackets was sent to Italy. But instead of being used in the specialized role for which it had been trained, most of the battalion’s vehicles were taken away on arrival, and the riflemen were told that they were to be used as ordinary infantry. Stripped of its hard core of regulars, the battalion suffered one disastrous defeat after another until its hard-won reputation fell in tatters. This is a memoir that captures “quite extraordinary realism in this worm’s eye view . . . the sweating, slogging, frightened infantryman in conditions of extreme stress and horror” (The Sunday Times).