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  • Southwest Virginia and Maritime Disasters

    From The SS Vestris to the Morro Castle and Beyond

    by Brandon Whited ...
    Series series Disaster
    Explore southwest Virginia's local links to maritime history. Until the growing popularity of air travel post-World War II, Americans going abroad traveled by ship. Though Southwest Virginia is not a coastal region, its residents traveled far and wide. Some were involved in the most infamous shipwrecks of the age of steamships, many of whom lost their lives. The foundering of the legendary Titanic ... Read more

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  • The Great Halifax Explosion

    A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism

    by John U. Bacon ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER * by the author ofThe Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund FitzgeraldThe "riveting" (National Post) tick-tock account of the largest manmade explosion in history prior to the atomic bomb, and the equally astonishing tales of survival and heroism that emerged from the ashes“Enthralling. ... Gripping. ... A captivating and emotionally investing journey.” —Pittsbur... ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Lake Erie Stories

    Struggle and Survival on a Freshwater Ocean

    by Chad Fraser ...
    Most people think of Lake Erie, the shallowest and second smallest of the Great Lakes, as a sun-drenched, nearly tropical retreat. But it is so much more; mysterious, unpredictable, and known by mariners for its sudden violent weather and dangerous shoals, Lake Erie has been the stage for some of the most dramatic events ever to occur on the North American continent. From the earliest explorations ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Yellow Kids

    Foreign Correspondents in the Heyday of Yellow Journalism

    by Joyce Milton ...
    The amazing story behind the greatest newspapermen to ever live—Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst—lies primarily hidden with their reporters who were in the field. They risked their lives in Cuba as the country grappled for independence simply to "get the story" and write what were not always the most accurate accounts, but were definitely the best—anything to sell papers. Reporters like ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lion and the Fox

    Two Rival Spies and the Secret Plot to Build a Confederate Navy

    by Alexander Rose ...
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Washington’s Spies, the thrilling story of the Confederate spy who came to Britain to turn the tide of the Civil War—and the Union agent resolved to stop him.In 1861, soon after the outbreak of the Civil War, two secret agents—one a Confederate, the other his Union rival—were dispatched to neutral Britain, each entrusted with a vital mission.The South ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Rebels on the Great Lakes

    Confederate Naval Commando Operations Launched from Canada, 1863-1864

    by John Bell ...
    Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, a myth has persisted that the hijackers entered the United States from Canada. This is completely untrue. Nevertheless, there was a time during the U.S. Civil War when attacks on America were launched from Canada, but the aggressors were mostly fellow Americans engaged in a secessionist struggle. Among the attacks were three daring naval commando expeditions ... Read more

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  • Hidden History of the Florida Keys

    by Laura Albritton, Jerry Wilkinson ...
    Series series Hidden History
    "Seldom-told tales of the 'lively and unusual cast of historic figures' who helped shape the Florida Keys from the 1820s through the 1960s."— Keys NewsThe Florida Keys have witnessed all kinds of historical events, from the dramatic and the outrageous to the tragic and the comic. In the nineteenth century, uncompromising individuals fought duels and plotted political upsets. During the Civil War, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Who Was Robert E. Lee?

    by Bonnie Bader, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by John O'Brien ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Robert E. Lee seemed destined for greatness. His father was a Revolutionary War hero and at West Point he graduated second in his class! In 1861, when the Southern states seceded from the Union, Lee was offered the opportunity to command the Union forces. However, even though he was against the war, his loyalty to his home state of Virginia wouldn’t let him fight for the North. Despite the South’s ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • The Irish in the American Civil War

    by Damian Shiels ...
    Just under 200,000 Irishmen took part in the American Civil War, making it one of the most significant conflicts in Irish history. Hundreds of thousands more were affected away from the battlefield, both in the US and in Ireland itself. The Irish contribution, however, is often only viewed through the lens of famous units such as the Irish Brigade, but the real story is much more complex and ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Assassination Letters

    by Jason Emerson ...
    In June 2005, two small envelopes were found in a closet in a Vermont historical site. One of the envelopes was official Treasury Department stationary and inscribed: valuable letter account of the trial after the assassination of Lincoln. Inside were three letters dated April 18, May 20, and June 15, 1865, containing eyewitness accounts of life in Washington, D.C., after the assassination of ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Civil War Centennial HandBook

    by William H. Price ...
    The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts, in addition to Secret and esoteric subjects, such as: occult, freemasonry, alchemy, hermetic, ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Way It Was

    Walter Lord on His Life and Books

    by Walter Lord ...
    In 1926, Walter Lord, nine years old, persuaded his mother to cross the Atlantic aboard the Olympic. The choice was no accident; the Olympic was sister ship to the Titanic and already the doomed White Star liner sailed in and out of young Lord's imagination. The following year, he wrote and illustrated an account of how the Titanic sank in the early morning hours of April 14, 1912 with the loss of ... Read more

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