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  • Gene Kelly

    The Making of a Creative Legend

    by Earl Hess, Pratibha A. Dabholkar ...
    Whether as a curiosity or a beloved idol, Gene Kelly (1912–1996) lives on in our cultural memory as a fantastic dancer in M-G-M musicals, especially Singin’ in the Rain. But dancing, however extraordinary, was only one of his many gifts. This book, for the first time, offers a full picture of Gene Kelly as the Renaissance man he actually was—dancer, yes, but also choreographer, actor, clown, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Pickett's Charge--The Last Attack at Gettysburg

    by Earl J. Hess ...
    Series series Civil War America
    Sweeping away many of the myths that have long surrounded Pickett’s Charge, Earl Hess offers the definitive history of the most famous military action of the Civil War. He transforms exhaustive research into a moving narrative account of the assault from both Union and Confederate perspectives, analyzing its planning, execution, aftermath, and legacy. ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • Shattered Courage

    Soldiers Who Refused to Fight in the American Civil War

    by Earl J. Hess ...
    Series series Modern War Studies
    From renowned Civil War historian Earl J. Hess comes a study of Union and Confederate soldiers as never seen before. Shattered Courage examines the experience of the men who refused to fight on the day of battle.When Abraham Lincoln took the oath of presidential office on March 4, 1865, he urged the country to care for those “who shall have borne the battle”—a reference to the Union soldiers who ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Civil War Camps and Soldier Health

    Sanitation and Military Effectiveness in the Union Army

    by Earl J. Hess ...
    Series series Interpreting the Civil War: Texts and Contexts
    An immersive analysis of camp life and soldiers’ well-being during the Civil WarThe Civil War was a watershed in public awareness of the many health-related issues soldiers faced while living in camps. Sanitarians among civilians and regular army officers attempted to meet those challenges by addressing a range of topics associated with preventive healthcare in the volunteer army. The US Sanitary ... Read more

    $37.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Civil War Logistics

    A Study of Military Transportation

    by Earl J. Hess ...
    Winner of the Eugene Feit Award in Civil War Studies by the New York Military Affairs SymposiumDuring the Civil War, neither the Union nor the Confederate army could have operated without effective transportation systems. Moving men, supplies, and equipment required coordination on a massive scale, and Earl J. Hess’s Civil War Logistics offers the first comprehensive analysis of this vital process ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Managing the Union Army

    Scott, McClellan, Halleck, and Grant as General-in-Chief

    by Earl J. Hess ...
    The general-in-chief did not command the million-man Union army that fought in the Civil War, as most historians have assumed; rather, he was a member of a management team that included the president and the secretary of war. The president, as commander-in-chief, created the position by appointing an officer to it, and he could dismiss that officer at any time and choose not to appoint another. ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

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  • In the Trenches at Petersburg

    Field Fortifications and Confederate Defeat

    by Earl J. Hess ...
    Series series Civil War America
    In the Trenches at Petersburg, the final volume of Earl J. Hess’s trilogy of works on the fortifications of the Civil War, recounts the strategic and tactical operations around Petersburg during the last ten months of the Civil War. Hess covers all aspects of the Petersburg campaign, from important engagements that punctuated the long months of siege to mining and countermining operations, the ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • Singin' in the Rain

    The Making of an American Masterpiece

    by Earl J. Hess, Pratibha A. Dabholkar ...
    There is no movie musical more fun than Singin’ in the Rain, and few that remain as fresh over the years. . . . It is a transcendent experience, and no one who loves movies can afford to miss it.—Roger Ebert.America’s most popular film critic is hardly alone in singing the praises of Singin’ in the Rain. This quintessential American film—made in Hollywood’s Golden Age, showcasing the genius of ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Fighting for Atlanta

    Tactics, Terrain, and Trenches in the Civil War

    by Earl J. Hess ...
    Series series Civil War America
    As William T. Sherman’s Union troops began their campaign for Atlanta in the spring of 1864, they encountered Confederate forces employing field fortifications located to take advantage of rugged terrain. While the Confederates consistently acted on the defensive, digging eighteen lines of earthworks from May to September, the Federals used fieldworks both defensively and offensively. With 160,000 ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Civil War Cavalry

    Waging Mounted Warfare in Nineteenth-Century America

    by Earl J. Hess ...
    The Civil War produced the largest cavalry force ever raised in American history. In Civil War Cavalry, Earl J. Hess examines that force comprehensively and from new perspectives, challenging standard views of the war’s mounted arm. Hess surveys the organization, training, administration, arming, and mounting of cavalry units and examines mounted troops’ tactical formations and maneuvers. He ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Knoxville Campaign

    Burnside and Longstreet in East Tennessee

    by Earl J. Hess ...
    “Hess’s account of the understudied Knoxville Campaign sheds new light on the generalship of James Longstreet and Ambrose Burnside, as well as such lesser players as Micah Jenkins and Orlando Poe. Both scholars and general readers should welcome it. The scholarship is sound, the research, superb, the writing, excellent.” —Steven E. Woodworth, author of Decision in the Heartland: The Civil War in ... Read more

    $27.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War

    The Eastern Campaigns, 1861-1864

    by Earl J. Hess ...
    Series series Civil War America
    Earl J. Hess provides a narrative history of the use of fortifications — particularly trenches and other semi-permanent earthworks — used by Confederate and Union field armies at all major battle sites in the eastern theater of the Civil War. Hess moves beyond the technical aspects of construction to demonstrate the crucial role these earthworks played in the success or failure of field armies. A ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD