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Telegraph Days
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Author : Larry McMurtry
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2006
Telegraph Days written by Larry McMurtry and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Brokeback Mountain (Motion picture) categories.
Recounts myths of the closing decades of the western frontier viewed through the eyes of Nellie Courtright and her brother Jackson, orphans that make good in the town of Rita Blanca in what would become the Oklahoma Panhandle.
Telegraph Days
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Author : Larry McMurtry
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2007-04-24
Telegraph Days written by Larry McMurtry and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-24 with Fiction categories.
Recounts myths of the closing decades of the western frontier viewed through the eyes of Nellie Courtright and her brother Jackson, orphans that make good in the town of Rita Blanca in what would become the Oklahoma Panhandle.
Telegraph Days
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Author : Larry McMurtry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Telegraph Days written by Larry McMurtry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Brothers and sisters categories.
Nellie Courtright and her brother Jackson arrive in Rita Blanca in the Oklahoma Panhandle in 1876 after their father's death, where Jackson becomes a deputy sheriff and Nellie runs the town telegraph.
Twelve Days
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Author : Tony Silber
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2023-07
Twelve Days written by Tony Silber and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07 with History categories.
In the popular literature and scholarship of the Civil War, the days immediately after the surrender at Fort Sumter are overshadowed by the great battles and seismic changes in American life that followed. The twelve days that began with the federal evacuation of the fort and ended with the arrival of the New York Seventh Militia Regiment in Washington were critically important. The nation's capital never again came so close to being captured by the Confederates. Tony Silber's riveting account starts on April 14, 1861, with President Lincoln's call for seventy-five thousand militia troops. Washington, a Southern slaveholding city, was the focal point: both sides expected the first clash to occur there. The capital was barely defended, by about two thousand local militia troops of dubious training and loyalty. In Charleston, less than two days away by train, the Confederates had an organized army that was much larger and ready to fight. Maryland's eastern sections were already reeling in violent insurrection, and within days Virginia would secede. For half of the twelve days after Fort Sumter, Washington was severed from the North, the telegraph lines cut and the rail lines impassable, sabotaged by secessionist police and militia members. There was no cavalry coming. The United States had a tiny standing army at the time, most of it scattered west of the Mississippi. The federal government's only defense would be state militias. But in state after state, the militia system was in tatters. Southern leaders urged an assault on Washington. A Confederate success in capturing Washington would have changed the course of the Civil War. It likely would have assured the secession of Maryland. It might have resulted in England's recognition of the Confederacy. It would have demoralized the North. Fortunately, none of this happened. Instead, Lincoln emerged as the master of his cabinet, a communications genius, and a strategic giant who possessed a crystal-clear core objective and a powerful commitment to see it through. Told in real time, Twelve Days alternates between the four main scenes of action: Washington, insurrectionist Maryland, the advance of Northern troops, and the Confederate planning and military movements. Twelve Days tells for the first time the entire harrowing story of the first days of the Civil War.
Thinker Failure Soldier Jailer
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Author : Harry Quetteville
language : en
Publisher: Aurum
Release Date : 2012-11-08
Thinker Failure Soldier Jailer written by Harry Quetteville and has been published by Aurum this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Telegraph’s obituaries pages are renowned for their quality of writing and capacity to distil the essence of a life from its most extraordinary moments. A unique mix of heroism, ingenuity, infamy and the bizarre, Thinker, Failure, Soldier, Jailer collects the very best of those obituaries to present an endlessly absorbing compendium of human endeavour. Organised day by day around the calendar year, with each life presented on the date it ended, the book features hundreds of remarkable stories. World statesmen jostle with glamorous celluloid stars, pioneering boffins sit alongside chart-topping rock ’n’ rollers, while artists and their muses mingle with record-breaking sportsmen, Victoria Cross winners, spies, showgirls and captains of industry – as well as the titans of rather more esoteric fields. Here, for instance, can be found Britain’s greatest goat breeder, a hangman who campaigned to abolish the death penalty, a priest to Soho’s pimps, a cross-dressing mountaineer and a minister who preached a gospel of avarice - donations in notes only, please, as ‘change makes me nervous’. A treasure trove of human virtue, vice and trivia, Thinker, Failure, Soldier, Jailer is the perfect gift for the armchair psychologist in all of us.
The Given Day
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Author : Dennis Lehane
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-10-21
The Given Day written by Dennis Lehane and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-21 with Fiction categories.
Boston, 1918. A city in turmoil as soldiers return home from World War One. Danny Coughlin is the son of one of Boston's most powerful police captains. An undercover cop, he is hunting for revolutionaries and anarchists who are pledged to overthrow the city's ruling classes. But Danny's about to find out that doing his duty may also mean betraying those who are closest to him. Luther Lawrence is on the run. Having survived a murderous confrontation with a crime boss, he lands a job in the Coughlin household. Desperate to find a way home for his pregnant wife, Luther is determined to avoid trouble. But it isn't long before his dangerous past and his tenuous present collide - with life threatening consequences. As the city goes into meltdown, Danny and Luther must confront the storm of violence that threatens to engulf them if each is to survive...
Annual Report
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Author : Michigan. Board of State Auditors
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
Annual Report written by Michigan. Board of State Auditors and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with categories.
Telegraph Age
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1908
Telegraph Age written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1908 with Telephone categories.
Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day
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Author : Captain Tom Moore
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2020-09-17
Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day written by Captain Tom Moore and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Embark on an enchanting journey into our country's past hundred years through the remarkable life of Captain Sir Tom Moore THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A wonderful life story with lessons for us all . . . beautifully written' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Gloriously enthralling' DAILY MAIL __________ Captain Sir Tom Moore's story is all our stories . . . Born at the tail end of the Spanish flu epidemic, Tom Moore was raised in the Yorkshire Dales by a loving family that had not escaped tragedy. Yet when the clouds of war threatened, Tom raised his hand and joined up to fight. The Second World War took him to the Far East, where his can-do spirit was forged. Whether fighting for his life in Burma or helming a firm back home, racing motorbikes or raising a family, he always sought to do his very best. To make a difference to those around him. Captain Tom's story is that of our parents and our grandparents. It is the story of the past hundred years here in Britain. __________ 'Engaging . . . His upbeat nature shines through and reminds us how much worse this year would have been without him' Evening Standard 'A wonderful read. Captain Tom is a beacon of light, and hope, and positivity' Piers Morgan, Life Stories, ITV 'A great book' Good Morning Britain 'A beautiful book. We have so much to learn from Captain Sir Tom' Chris Evans, Virgin Radio 'Fascinating. It's the life story of an ordinary man who is extraordinary' Michael Ball, BBC Radio 2
Annual Report Of The Interstate Commerce Commission
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Author : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1919
Annual Report Of The Interstate Commerce Commission written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1919 with Interstate commerce categories.
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