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Author |
: Douglas Bond |
Publisher |
: Faith and Freedom |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1596380136 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781596380134 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Guns of Thunder by : Douglas Bond
The Faith Freedom Trilogy, sequel to the Crown Covenant Series, chronicles new generations of the M'Kethe family who find freedom in 18th-century America. Adventure is afoot as Old World tyrannies clash with New World freedoms. Douglas Bond weaves together fictional characters with historical figures from Scottish and American history.
Author |
: Douglas Bond |
Publisher |
: P & R Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 260 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 159638106X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781596381063 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (6X Downloads) |
Synopsis Guns of the Lion by : Douglas Bond
In 1747, while canoeing with his Algonquin friend from Connecticut to attend college in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, Ian reads the letters of his Scottish cousin Gavin Crookshank and learns how he, though a Lowlander and a Covenanter, became entangled in the 1745 Jacobite rebellion from serving as a conscript on the battleship Lion to being recruited as an English spy and finally, participating in the definitive battle of Culloden.
Author |
: David J. Silverman |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 2016-10-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674974746 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674974743 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Thundersticks by : David J. Silverman
The adoption of firearms by American Indians between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries marked a turning point in the history of North America’s indigenous peoples—a cultural earthquake so profound, says David Silverman, that its impact has yet to be adequately measured. Thundersticks reframes our understanding of Indians’ historical relationship with guns, arguing against the notion that they prized these weapons more for the pyrotechnic terror guns inspired than for their efficiency as tools of war. Native peoples fully recognized the potential of firearms to assist them in their struggles against colonial forces, and mostly against one another. The smoothbore, flintlock musket was Indians’ stock firearm, and its destructive potential transformed their lives. For the deer hunters east of the Mississippi, the gun evolved into an essential hunting tool. Most importantly, well-armed tribes were able to capture and enslave their neighbors, plunder wealth, and conquer territory. Arms races erupted across North America, intensifying intertribal rivalries and solidifying the importance of firearms in Indian politics and culture. Though American tribes grew dependent on guns manufactured in Europe and the United States, their dependence never prevented them from rising up against Euro-American power. The Seminoles, Blackfeet, Lakotas, and others remained formidably armed right up to the time of their subjugation. Far from being a Trojan horse for colonialism, firearms empowered American Indians to pursue their interests and defend their political and economic autonomy over two centuries.
Author |
: Frank Iannamico |
Publisher |
: Chipotle Publishing |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2015-12-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0982391870 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780982391877 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Thunder by : Frank Iannamico
An in-depth study of the famous Thompson submachine gun. Fielded by the United States and her allies during World War II. This is the third printing of American Thunder; the Military Thompson Submachinegun Guns. The concept of the Thompson originated during World War I, by John T. Thompson. By the time the weapon was designed and placed into production, the war had ended. Post war sales were made to a few law enforcement agencies and corporations, but some ended up in the hands of criminals, earning the gun a sinister reputation. Nearly twenty years later, at the beginning of World War II, there was a desperate need for weapons, and the Thompson was placed back in production. The submachine gun was issued to U.S. and allied military forces and helped win the war. 412 pages, color and black/white photos.
Author |
: Hampton Sides |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 626 |
Release |
: 2007-10-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307387677 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307387674 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Blood and Thunder by : Hampton Sides
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Ghost Soldiers comes an eye-opening history of the American conquest of the West—"a story full of authority and color, truth and prophecy" (The New York Times Book Review). In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by Mexico. Fueled by the new ideology of “Manifest Destiny,” this land grab would lead to a decades-long battle between the United States and the Navajos, the fiercely resistant rulers of a huge swath of mountainous desert wilderness. At the center of this sweeping tale is Kit Carson, the trapper, scout, and soldier whose adventures made him a legend. Sides shows us how this illiterate mountain man understood and respected the Western tribes better than any other American, yet willingly followed orders that would ultimately devastate the Navajo nation. Rich in detail and spanning more than three decades, this is an essential addition to our understanding of how the West was really won.
Author |
: Chris McNab |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 159223304X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781592233045 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (4X Downloads) |
Synopsis The Great Book of Guns by : Chris McNab
An encyclopedic look at firearms.
Author |
: James Edmond Macdonnell |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 144 |
Release |
: 1988 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0725520981 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780725520984 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Thunder of Guns by : James Edmond Macdonnell
Author |
: Les Bishop |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 746 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: 064635163X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780646351636 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (3X Downloads) |
Synopsis The Thunder of the Guns! by : Les Bishop
Detailed history of Australian's 2/3rd Field Regiment during World War II including the background information and entrance into the war. Then Commanding Officer Lt. Col G.E.H. Bleby's report on the Short 25-pounder Mark I gun is included in the appendix.
Author |
: Douglas Bond |
Publisher |
: P & R Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 243 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1596381566 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781596381568 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis Guns of Providence by : Douglas Bond
From fifteen to nineteen years of age, violin-playing and psalm-singing Sandy M'Kethe enlists in the Continental Army in Connecticut and later, on loan to the Continental Navy, is determined to fulfill his duty for liberty and religious freedom in the American Revolution.
Author |
: Rick Atkinson |
Publisher |
: Henry Holt and Company |
Total Pages |
: 897 |
Release |
: 2013-05-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781429943673 |
ISBN-13 |
: 142994367X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Guns at Last Light by : Rick Atkinson
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe during World War II It is the twentieth century's unrivaled epic: at a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished Hitler. In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted how the American-led coalition fought through North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now, in The Guns at Last Light, he tells the most dramatic story of all—the titanic battle for Western Europe. D-Day marked the commencement of the final campaign of the European war, and Atkinson's riveting account of that bold gamble sets the pace for the masterly narrative that follows. The brutal fight in Normandy, the liberation of Paris, the disaster that was Operation Market Garden, the horrific Battle of the Bulge, and finally the thrust to the heart of the Third Reich—all these historic events and more come alive with a wealth of new material and a mesmerizing cast of characters. Atkinson tells the tale from the perspective of participants at every level, from presidents and generals to war-weary lieutenants and terrified teenage riflemen. When Germany at last surrenders, we understand anew both the devastating cost of this global conflagration and the enormous effort required to win the Allied victory. With the stirring final volume of this monumental trilogy, Atkinson's accomplishment is manifest. He has produced the definitive chronicle of the war that unshackled a continent and preserved freedom in the West. One of The Washington Post's Top 10 Books of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2013