A Thousand Letters Home
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A Thousand Letters Home
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Author : Aarol William Irish
language : en
Publisher: ATLH Publications
Release Date : 2011-12-07
A Thousand Letters Home written by Aarol William Irish and has been published by ATLH Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-07 with Camp Maxey (Tex.) categories.
Discovered by Teresa Irish in her father’s Army trunk shortly after his death in 2006, the letters and photographs in this book are a personal record of his experience as a soldier of World War II. Selected from the nearly 1,000 letters addressed to his parents and to the sweetheart who would later become his wife, this firsthand account through the eyes, heart and words of one soldier mirrors the journeys of many who served in WWII. At every opportunity, Bud poured out his thoughts and feelings in these letters, all amidst reassuring words to loved ones a world away. From lonesome, moonlit nights listening to the Hit Parade, to the foxholes and front lines in Germany where he would earn the Silver Star and the Purple Heart, to correspondence from the heartbroken mothers whose sons had died by his side, “A Thousand Letters Home” is a moving and historic story of life and loss, hope and perseverance, unwavering faith and true love.
Letters Home During A Trip In America 1869
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Author : William MacKean (of Paisley.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1875
Letters Home During A Trip In America 1869 written by William MacKean (of Paisley.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1875 with categories.
A Thousand Lives
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Author : Julia Scheeres
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2011-10-11
A Thousand Lives written by Julia Scheeres 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 2011-10-11 with History categories.
In 1954, a pastor named Jim Jonesopened a church in Indianapolis called Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church. He was a charismatic preacher with idealistic beliefs, and he quickly filled his pews with an audience eager to hear his sermons on social justice. As Jones’s behavior became erratic and his message more ominous, his followers leaned on each other to recapture the sense of equality that had drawn them to his church. But even as the congregation thrived, Jones made it increasingly difficult for members to leave. By the time Jones moved his congregation to a remote jungle in Guyana and the US government began to investigate allegations of abuse and false imprisonment in Jonestown, it was too late. A Thousand Lives is the story of Jonestown as it has never been told. New York Times bestselling author Julia Scheeres drew from tens of thousands of recently declassified FBI documents and audiotapes, as well as rare videos and interviews, to piece together an unprecedented and compelling history of the doomed camp, focusing on the people who lived there. The people who built Jonestown wanted to forge a better life for themselves and their children. In South America, however, they found themselves trapped in Jonestown and cut off from the outside world as their leader goaded them toward committing “revolutionary suicide” and deprived them of food, sleep, and hope. Vividly written and impossible to forget, A Thousand Lives is a story of blind loyalty and daring escapes, of corrupted ideals and senseless, haunting loss.
A Thousand May Fall An Immigrant Regiment S Civil War
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Author : Brian Matthew Jordan
language : en
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Release Date : 2021-01-26
A Thousand May Fall An Immigrant Regiment S Civil War written by Brian Matthew Jordan and has been published by Liveright Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-26 with History categories.
From a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a pathbreaking history of the Civil War centered on a regiment of immigrants and their brutal experience of the conflict. The Civil War ended more than 150 years ago, yet our nation remains fiercely divided over its enduring legacies. In A Thousand May Fall, Pulitzer Prize finalist Brian Matthew Jordan returns us to the war itself, bringing us closer than perhaps any prior historian to the chaos of battle and the trials of military life. Creating an intimate, absorbing chronicle from the ordinary soldier’s perspective, he allows us to see the Civil War anew—and through unexpected eyes. At the heart of Jordan’s vital account is the 107th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was at once representative and exceptional. Its ranks weathered the human ordeal of war in painstakingly routine ways, fighting in two defining battles, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, each time in the thick of the killing. But the men of the 107th were not lauded as heroes for their bravery and their suffering. Most of them were ethnic Germans, set apart by language and identity, and their loyalties were regularly questioned by a nativist Northern press. We so often assume that the Civil War was a uniquely American conflict, yet Jordan emphasizes the forgotten contributions made by immigrants to the Union cause. An incredible one quarter of the Union army was foreign born, he shows, with 200,000 native Germans alone fighting to save their adopted homeland and prove their patriotism. In the course of its service, the 107th Ohio was decimated five times over, and although one of its members earned the Medal of Honor for his daring performance in a skirmish in South Carolina, few others achieved any lasting distinction. Reclaiming these men for posterity, Jordan reveals that even as they endured the horrible extremes of war, the Ohioans contemplated the deeper meanings of the conflict at every turn—from personal questions of citizenship and belonging to the overriding matter of slavery and emancipation. Based on prodigious new research, including diaries, letters, and unpublished memoirs, A Thousand May Fall is a pioneering, revelatory history that restores the common man and the immigrant striver to the center of the Civil War. In our age of fractured politics and emboldened nativism, Jordan forces us to confront the wrenching human realities, and often-forgotten stakes, of the bloodiest episode in our nation’s history.
Famous Women Of The War
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Author : Linus Pierpont Brockett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
Famous Women Of The War written by Linus Pierpont Brockett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with Cooking for the sick categories.
A Thousand Letters
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Author : Dipannita Mukherjee
language : en
Publisher: Notion Press
Release Date : 2022-12-24
A Thousand Letters written by Dipannita Mukherjee and has been published by Notion Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-24 with Fiction categories.
"If walking is an option, then Rudra will start right away, but Maya stays around three thousand kilometres far, so he books a train ticket instead. It will kill him to wait anymore and he is way too late already. Isn’t he? 14 years since the two childhood best friends Maya & Rudra separated, he ignored her and her 1200 letters; until today, when his mother gave it all to him, safely kept for this moment. Will Maya forgive him? Will he be able to confess his love to her? "
Heroines Of The Rebellion
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Author : Linus Pierpont Brockett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888
Heroines Of The Rebellion written by Linus Pierpont Brockett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with United States categories.
A Thousand Letters Away
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Author : John Alan Latta
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2012-07-05
A Thousand Letters Away written by John Alan Latta and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-05 with History categories.
A Thousand Letters Away is a compelling story of one soldier's observations of life with the 332nd Engineer Regiment during World War II. SGT Alan Latta wrote a letter to his wife, Helen, nearly every day, from his induction in May of 1942 until his discharge in July of 1945. His correspondence paints a rich and colorful portrait of the men in Company F. In addition, events from a unit history, Bridging to Victory, provide accurate and detailed background of their wartime experiences. This book allows a reader to follow one squad through World War II. It provides the examples of ordinary men who were propelled to heroism by the epic War. One feels the struggle, the adventure, the humor, and the sadness that accompany them through three long years. Alan Latta's poignant observations reveal great intuition for a man with limited academic education. His insights came from the education of making his own way as a child. His values were forged during the grief and heartbreak of losing his farm to the Great while maintaining hope and patriotism. This book lets the reader experience the world and the War through the eyes of young man who had never been outside of Iowa. He tells of seeing a segregated South before traveling to Scotland and Great Britain. He is amazed by the thousands of years of history and the strength of the "Brits." His adventures of experiencing Britain are complete with refreshing and often humorous examples. The 332nd landed at Utah Beach during Operation Overlord. They secured Cherbourg Harbor and served as Patton's bridging unit through France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and finally Germany. He experienced the carnage that grew worse each month. During the winter of the Battle of the Bulge he described "taking shoes from the stiffs" and killing a man with a bayonet. At one point he grew so despondent he didn't know if he could come home since he could "no longer remember anybody's name." The 332nd liberated one death camp and he was stunned by the inhumanity. Later when he moved into a burned out house in Germany, he saw a doll in the rubble and could smell the dead. He wondered if we were not as inhumane as the Germans. Alan Latta returned home in July of 1945. He hitched a ride from Illinois and finally walked unannounced to his home in Lone Tree. Helen did not recognize him at first. She remembered his strong gait and now he limped noticeably from his wounds during the "Bulge." This story was shared with forty survivors at a Reunion of the 332nd Engineers in 1998. Later many of these men reported that the book told it "exactly like it was." That is not surprising since it is an eyewitness account.
Dawn Of A Thousand Nights
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Author : Tricia N. Goyer
language : en
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Release Date : 2008-09-01
Dawn Of A Thousand Nights written by Tricia N. Goyer and has been published by Moody Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-01 with Fiction categories.
For fans of scrupulously researched historical fiction, Tricia Goyer releases Dawn of a Thousand Nights. Following on the heels of Goyer¿s From Dust and Ashes and Night Song, readers journey with Dan Fletcher and Libby Conner, both U.S. pilots fighting in WWII¿s Pacific Theater. Fletcher is captured by the Japanese and is forced to endure the horror of the Bataan Death March in the Philippines. It is here that he encounters Natsu Hidiki, a guard whose nagging conscience won¿t let him ignore the human degradation in which he is participating. Libby Conner is a WASP (Women¿s Air Force Service Pilot), who ferries military planes between Hawaii and the South Pacific. By the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, she has turned the head of Fletcher in no small way. Readers will be captivated by this tale of dignity and honor triumphing in the midst of a very dark time in history.
Widows By The Thousand
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Author : M. Jane Johansson
language : en
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Release Date : 2007-01-01
Widows By The Thousand written by M. Jane Johansson and has been published by University of Arkansas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with History categories.
This collection of letters written between Theophilus and Harriet Perry during the Civil War provides an intimate, firsthand account of the effect of the war on one young couple. Perry was an officer with the 28th Texas Cavalry, a unit that campaigned in Arkansas and Louisiana as part of the division known as ""Walker's Greyhounds."" His letters describe his service in a highly literate style that is unusual for Confederate accounts. He documents a number of important events, including his experiences as a detached officer in Arkansas in the winter of 1862-63, the attempt to relieve the siege of Vicksburg, mutiny in his regiment, and the Red River campaign, just before he was killed in the battle of Pleasant Hill. Harriet's writings allow the reader to witness the everyday life of an upper-class woman enduring home front deprivations, facing the hardships and fears of childbearing and childrearing alone, and coping with other challenges resulting from her husband's absence.