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  • Journey to Texas, 1833

    par Detlef Dunt ...
    Traduit par Anders Saustrup ...
    In 1834, a German immigrant to Texas, D. T. F. (Detlef Thomas Friedrich) Jordt, aka Detlef Dunt, published Reise nach Texas, a delightful little book that praised Texas as "a land which puts riches in [the immigrant's] lap, which can bring happiness to thousands and to their descendants." Dunt's volume was the first one written by an on-the-ground observer to encourage German immigration to Texas, ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Duty to Serve, Duty to Conscience

    The Story of Two Conscientious Objector Combat Medics during the Vietnam War

    Despite all that has been written about Vietnam, the story of the 1-A-O conscientious objector, who agreed to put on a uniform and serve in the field without weapons rather than accept alternative service outside the military, has received scarce attention. This joint memoir by two 1-A-O combat medics, James C. Kearney and William H. Clamurro, represents a unique approach to the subject. It is a ... En savoir plus

    $30.99 CAD

  • The Forty-Eighters on Possum Creek

    A Texas Civil War Story

    The Forty-Eighters of Possum Creek: A Texas Civil War Story is a departure for State House Press. This remarkable work of vintage historical fiction focuses on the life of one young man, Kuno Sartorius, who grows up and comes of age in a community of educated German immigrants during the waning months of the Civil War. Author William Trenckmann serialized the novel in his newspaper, Das Bellville ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • No Hope for Heaven, No Fear of Hell

    The Stafford-Townsend Feud of Colorado County, Texas, 1871-1911

    Two family names have come to be associated with the violence that plagued Colorado County, Texas, for decades after the end of the Civil War: the Townsends and the Staffords. Both prominent families amassed wealth and achieved status, but it was their resolve to hold on to both, by whatever means necessary, including extra-legal means, that sparked the feud. Elected office was one of the paths to ... En savoir plus

    $26.99 CAD

  • Friedrichsburg

    Colony of the German Furstenverein

    Founded in 1846, Fredericksburg, Texas, was established by German noblemen who enticed thousands of their compatriots to flee their overcrowded homeland with the prospect of free land in a place that was portrayed as a new Garden of Eden. Few of the settlers, however, were prepared for the harsh realities of the Texas frontier or for confrontation with the Comanche Indians. In his 1867 novel ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

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  • Hue 1968

    A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam

    par Mark Bowden ...
    The author of Black Hawk Down vividly recounts a pivotal Vietnam War battle in this New York Times bestseller: "An extraordinary feat of journalism". —Karl Marlantes, Wall Street JournalIn Hue 1968, Mark Bowden presents a detailed, day-by-day reconstruction of the most critical battle of the Tet Offensive. In the early hours of January 31, 1968, the North Vietnamese launched attacks across South ... En savoir plus

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  • Empire of the Summer Moon

    Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

    par S. C. Gwynne ...
    *Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award**A New York Times Notable Book**Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award*This New York Times bestseller and stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West “is nothing short of a revela... ... En savoir plus

    $18.99 CAD

  • Coffee

    The Epic of a Commodity

    par H.E. Jacob ...
    A cup of coffee is a miracle, a wonderful assemblage of relationships”. This classic follows coffee's journey around the world, from London to Brazil, telling in fascinating detail and amusing anecdote the singular history of the legendary commodity, from its discovery that chewing on the beans were keeping goats awake in Yemen to the author’s own experiences with the bean in 1935.Referred to as a ... En savoir plus

    $1.99 CAD

  • A Bright Shining Lie

    John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    par Neil Sheehan ...
    One of the most acclaimed books of our time—the definitive Vietnam War exposé and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.When he came to Vietnam in 1962, Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was the one clear-sighted participant in an enterprise riddled with arrogance and self-deception, a charismatic soldier who put his life and career on the line in an attempt to convince his ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • Mekong First Light

    An Infantry Platoon Leader in Vietnam

    “Before we got to Vietnam, the troops all thought you would be the first lieutenant killed, and in the end, you were the only one left. We were all wrong. You were the best.”—Sgt. Lonnie “Tallman” CaldwellDecember, 1966: Platoon leader Lt. Joseph Callaway had just turned twenty-three when he arrived in Vietnam to lead forty-two untested men into battle against some of the toughest, most ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Lee at the Alamo

    A Tor.Com Original

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    Harry Turtledove, author of perhaps the most famous alternate-history novel about Robert E. Lee (The Guns of the South, 1992), here returns with Lee at the Alamo, a look at what the great military leader might have done under only slightly different circumstances.In the history we know, General Robert E. Lee felt compelled to fight on the Confederate side, because honor (as he saw it) forbade him ... En savoir plus

    $2.99 CAD

  • Indian Givers

    How Native Americans Transformed the World

    An utterly compelling story of how the cultural, social, and political practices of Native Americans transformed the way life is lived throughout the world, with a new introduction by the author“As entertaining as it is thoughtful . . . Few contemporary writers have Weatherford’s talent for making the deep sweep of history seem vital and immediate.”—The Washington PostAfter 500 years, the world’s ... En savoir plus

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