Courage on the Battlefield

Courage on the Battlefield
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Publisher : Capstone
Total Pages : 33
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ISBN-10 : 9781491465714
ISBN-13 : 1491465719
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Courage on the Battlefield by : Nelson Yomtov

"In graphic novel format, details true war survival stories"--

Courage in Combat

Courage in Combat
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Publisher : Casemate
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1612004563
ISBN-13 : 9781612004563
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Courage in Combat by : Richard Rinaldo

An anthology of pieces by and about the recipients of the United States' highest decorations, focusing on the theme of courage in combat.

Embattled Courage

Embattled Courage
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 372
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ISBN-10 : 9781439118573
ISBN-13 : 1439118574
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Embattled Courage by : Gerald Linderman

Linderman traces each soldier's path from the exhilaration of enlistment to the disillusionment of battle to postwar alienation. He provides a rare glimpse of the personal battle that raged within soldiers then and now.

The Colors of Courage

The Colors of Courage
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Publisher : Basic Books
Total Pages : 364
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ISBN-10 : 9780786722068
ISBN-13 : 0786722061
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis The Colors of Courage by : Margaret S Creighton

Gettysburg has been written about and studied in great detail over the last 140 years, but there are still many participants whose experiences have been overlooked. In augmenting this incomplete history, Margaret Creighton presents a new look at the decisive battle through the eyes of Gettysburg's women, immigrant soldiers, and African Americans. An academic with a superb flair for storytelling, Creighton draws on memoirs, letters, diaries, and newspapers to get to the hearts of her subjects. Mag Palm, a free black woman living with her family outside of town on Cemetery Ridge, was understandably threatened by the arrival of Lee's Confederate Army; slavers had tried to capture her three years before. Carl Schurz, a political exile who had fled Germany after the failed 1848 revolution, brought a deeply held fervor for abolitionism to the Union Army. Sadie Bushman, a nine-year-old cabinetmaker's daughter, was commandeered by a Union doctor to assist at a field hospital. In telling the stories of these and a dozen other participants, Margaret Creighton has written a stunningly fluid work of original history -- a narrative that is sure to redefine the Civil War's most essential battle.

Voices of Courage

Voices of Courage
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Publisher : Little Brown GBR
Total Pages : 186
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ISBN-10 : 0821261967
ISBN-13 : 9780821261965
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Voices of Courage by : Ronald J. Drez

Offers a vivid narrative of the seventy-seven-day struggle to control the remote Khe Sanh base in Vietnam, during which a severely outnumbered and isolated group of Marines held off an enemy onslaught, in a multimedia history that features firsthand remin

The Red Badge of Courage

The Red Badge of Courage
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Publisher : D. Appleton
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:HXQ8NM
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (NM Downloads)

Synopsis The Red Badge of Courage by : Stephen Crane

A depiction of the American Civil War. It features a young recruit who overcomes initial fears to become a hero on the battlefield.

The Red Badge of Courage

The Red Badge of Courage
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Publisher : Saddleback Educational Publishing
Total Pages : 89
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781616510916
ISBN-13 : 1616510919
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis The Red Badge of Courage by : Stephen Crane

Themes: Hi-Lo, adapted classics, low level classics, after-reading question at the end of the book. Timeless Classics--designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic. These classic novels will grab a student's attention from the first page. Included are eight pages of end-of-book activities to enhance the reading experience.The Civil War battlefields are nothing like Henry Fleming had imagined them to be. Isn't it the duty of every living creature to save its own life? Yet Henry is afraid to return to his regiment. His comrades are sure to sneer at his cowardice.

Choosing Courage

Choosing Courage
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Publisher : Artisan Books
Total Pages : 241
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781579656607
ISBN-13 : 1579656609
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Choosing Courage by : Peter Collier

How does an ordinary person become a hero? It happens in a split second, a moment of focus and clarity, when a choice is made. Here are the gripping accounts of Medal of Honor recipients who demonstrated guts and selflessness on the battlefield and confronted life-threatening danger to make a difference. There are the stories of George Sakato and Vernon Baker—both of whom overcame racial discrimination to enlist in the army during World War II (Sakato was a second-generation Japanese American, Baker an African American) and went on to prove that heroes come in all colors—and Clint Romesha, who led his outnumbered fellow soldiers against a determined enemy to prevent the Taliban from taking over a remote U.S. Army outpost in Afghanistan. Also included are civilians who have been honored by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation for outstanding acts of bravery in crisis situations, from a school shooting to the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Adding depth and context are illuminating essays on the combat experience and its aftermath, covering topics such as overcoming fear; a mother mourning the loss of her son; and “surviving hell” as a prisoner of war.

Lines of Courage

Lines of Courage
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Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 9781338620979
ISBN-13 : 1338620975
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Lines of Courage by : Jennifer A. Nielsen

Jennifer A. Nielsen, award-winning author of A Night Divided and Rescue, artfully weaves together the stories of five kids living through World War I, each of whom holds the key to the others' futures... if they are lucky -- and brave -- enough to find each other. "A powerful, absorbing story that shines a light on an often overlooked chapter in human history." -- Alan Gratz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Refugee World War I stretches its cruel fingers across Europe, where five young people, each from different backgrounds and nations, face the terror of battle, the deprivations of hunger, and all the awful challenges of war. Felix, from Austria-Hungary, longs for the bravery to resist Jewish deportations before his own family can be taken. Kara, from Britain, dreams of someday earning her Red Cross pin and working as a nurse -- or even a doctor. Juliette, of France, hopes her family can remain knitted together, despite her father's imprisonment, as the war's longest battle stretches on and on. Elsa, from Germany, hopes her homing pigeon might one day bring her a friend from out of the chaos. And Dimitri, of Russia, wants only to survive the front, where he's been sent with no weapon. None of them will find exactly what they want. But the winds of fate may cross their paths to give each of them just what they need. And in this remarkable exploration of World War I by critically acclaimed author Jennifer A. Nielsen, they will discover that friendship and courage can light the way through the most frightening of nights.

Ashley's War

Ashley's War
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : 9780062333834
ISBN-13 : 0062333836
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Ashley's War by : Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, author of the New York Times bestseller The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, comes the story of a unique team of women who answered the call to get as close to the fight as the Army had ever allowed women to be, including one beloved soldier who was killed serving her country’s cause In 2010, the Army created Cultural Support Teams, a secret pilot program to insert women alongside Special Operations soldiers battling in Afghanistan. The Army reasoned that women could play a unique role on Special Ops teams: accompanying their male colleagues on raids and, while those soldiers were searching for insurgents, questioning the mothers, sisters, daughters and wives living at the compound. Their presence had a calming effect on enemy households, but more importantly, the CSTs were able to search adult women for weapons and gather crucial intelligence. They could build relationships—woman to woman—in ways that male soldiers in an Islamic country never could. In Ashley's War, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon uses on-the-ground reporting and a finely tuned understanding of the complexities of war to tell the story of CST-2, a unit of women hand-picked from the Army to serve in this highly specialized and challenging role. The pioneers of CST-2 proved for the first time, at least to some grizzled Special Operations soldiers, that women might be physically and mentally tough enough to become one of them. The price of this professional acceptance came in personal loss and social isolation: the only people who really understand the women of CST-2 are each other. At the center of this story is a friendship cemented by "Glee," video games, and the shared perils and seductive powers of up-close combat. At the heart of the team is the tale of a beloved and effective soldier, Ashley White. Much as she did in her bestselling The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, Lemmon transports readers to a world they previously had no idea existed: a community of women called to fulfill the military's mission to "win hearts and minds" and bound together by danger, valor, and determination. Ashley's War is a gripping combat narrative and a moving story of friendship—a book that will change the way readers think about war and the meaning of service.