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  • Guerrillas in Civil War Missouri

    Series series Civil War Series
    Missouri ranks third in the number of Civil War battles fought on its soil. Although some sizable actions were fought in the state, most of the battles were the result of the intense guerrilla activity. These battles are only the actions reported by Federal troops against the guerrillas. The attacks on civilians were equally as numerous. Long before the Civil War began, Missouri was deeply divided ... Read more

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  • Redeemable

    A Memoir of Darkness and Hope

    by Erwin James ...
    Born in Somerset in 1957 to itinerant Scottish parents, Erwin James lost his mother when he was seven. Shipped from home to home and subject to the whims of various caregivers after his father turned to alcohol and violence, he committed his first crime of breaking and entering when he was ten. His teenage and early adult years were spent drifting, and his petty crime turned increasingly violent, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Redeemable

    A Memoir of Darkness and Hope

    by Erwin James ...
    Erwin James lost his mother when he was seven. Shipped from home to home after his father turned to alcohol and violence, he committed his first crime of breaking and entering when he was ten. His petty crime turned increasingly violent, culminating in his convictions for murder, for which he was jailed for life at the age of 27.Entering prison, James struggled to come to terms with the enormity ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Notorious Missouri

    200 Years of Historic Crimes

    From the duel on Bloody Island to the "Missouri Miracle" kidnapping and recovery of Shawn Hornbeck, Missouri has seen its share of notorious crimes. It was home to the first western gunfight on the town square between Wild Bill Hickok and Dave Tutt. The three trials of the alleged murderer of Colonel Thomas Swope, the founder of Kansas City's Swope Park, enveloped the state. Residents also saw the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • St. Charles, Missouri

    A Brief History

    Series series Brief History
    Louis Blanchette came to Les Petites Côtes (the Little Hills) in 1769. The little village, later dubbed San Carlos del Misury by the Spanish and St. Charles by the Americans, played a major role in the early history of Missouri. It launched Lewis and Clark's expedition, as well as countless other westbound settlers. It served as the first capital of the new state. Important politicians, judges, ... Read more

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  • History Lover's Guide to St. Louis, A

    Series series History & Guide
    Take an Historic Tour through the Gateway City St, Louis is well known for its stunning arch that represents the Gateway to the West. But the city has many more exciting landmarks and historic sites that offer a glimpse into the past. Join Author Vicki Berger Erwin as she guides you through the rich past of an iconic city. ... Read more

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  • Guerrilla Hunters in Civil War Missouri

    Series series Civil War Series
    The guerrillas who terrorized Missouri during the Civil War were colorful men whose daring and vicious deeds brought them a celebrity never enjoyed by the Federal soldiers who hunted them. Many books have been written about William Quantrill, "Bloody Bill" Anderson, George Todd, Tom Livingston and other noted guerrillas. You have probably not heard of George Wolz, Aaron Caton, John Durnell, Thomas ... Read more

    $1.35 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Homefront in Civil War Missouri

    Series series Civil War Series
    Over one thousand Civil War engagements were fought in Missouri, and the conflict could not be quarantined from civilian life. In the countryside, the wives and mothers of absent soldiers had to cope with marauders from both sides. Children saw their fathers and brothers beaten, hanged or shot. In the cities, a cheer for Jeff Davis could land a young boy in jail, and a letter to a sweetheart in ... Read more

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  • Steamboat Disasters of the Lower Missouri River

    Series series Disaster
    During the nineteenth century, more than three hundred boats met their end in the steamboat graveyard that was the Lower Missouri River, from Omaha to its mouth. Although derided as little more than an "orderly pile of kindling," steamboats were, in fact, technological marvels superbly adapted to the river's conditions. Their light superstructure and long, wide, flat hulls powered by high-pressure ... Read more

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  • Science Theory and Man

    Translated by James Murphy ...
    'A selection of [Schrödinger's] more popular German lectures and essays. They had been translated by James Murphy, a defrocked Irish priest, who had enjoyed a picaresque career including a translation of Mein Kampf. Erwin met Murphy in Berlin in 1929 and in 1932 plans for the book were made at a café on the Unter den Linden. Despite some arguments between author and translator, the final result ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Fur Volk and Fuhrer

    The Memoir of a Veteran of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

    Narrated by James Anderson Foster ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 49 min

    Like many Germans, Berlin schoolboy Erwin Bartmann fell under the spell of the Zeitgeist cultivated by the Nazis. Convinced he was growing up in the best country in the world, he dreamt of joining the Leibstandarte, Hitler's elite Waffen SS unit. Tall, blond, blue-eyed, and just seventeen-years-old, Erwin fulfilled his dream on Mayday 1941, when he gave up his apprenticeship at the Glaser bakery ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD