Bloody Autumn
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Bloody Autumn
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Author : Daniel T. Davis
language : en
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Release Date : 2014-01-19
Bloody Autumn written by Daniel T. Davis and has been published by Savas Beatie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-19 with History categories.
An “essential addition to serious students’ libraries” detailing the historic military offensive that helped sway the outcome of the American Civil War (Civil War News). In the late summer of 1864, Union General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant set one absolutely unconditional goal: to sweep Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley “clean and clear.” His man for the job: Maj. Gen. “Little Phil” Sheridan—a temperamental Irishman who’d proven himself just the kind of scrapper Grant loved. The valley had already played a major part in the war for the Confederacy as both the location of major early victories against Union attacks, and as the route used by the Army of Northern Virginia for its invasion of the North, culminating in the battle of Gettysburg. But when Sheridan returned to the Valley in 1864, the stakes heightened dramatically. For the North, the fragile momentum its war effort had gained by the capture of Atlanta would quickly evaporate. For Abraham Lincoln, defeat in the Valley could mean defeat in the upcoming election. And for the South, its very sovereignty lay on the line. Here, historians Davis and Greenwalt “weave an excellent summary of the campaign that will serve to introduce those new to the Civil War to the events of that ‘Bloody Autumn’ and will serve as a ready refresher for veteran stompers who are heading out to visit those storied fields of conflict” (Scott C. Patchan, author of The Last Battle of Winchester).
Blood Autumn
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Author : Kathryn Ptacek
language : en
Publisher: Tor Books
Release Date : 1985-01-01
Blood Autumn written by Kathryn Ptacek and has been published by Tor Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-01-01 with Fiction categories.
India in 1857 and Savannah, Georgia, in 1889 are linked by two strange coincidences--a pale, beautiful, and sensually magnetic woman named August is present, and young children fall prey to a mysterious fever
Bloody Autumn
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Author : Victoria Strachan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-02-23
Bloody Autumn written by Victoria Strachan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-23 with categories.
London, Whitechapel, 1888. A dark figure lurks the streets, a shadow that moves quickly, silently and leaves death in his wake. Five women fall to this spectre who then disappears without a trace. The spectre is Jack the Ripper and this is his Autumn of Terror. Inside you can read about the women who were killed, about the prominent figures of the investigation, and the men who may have been the killer. Find out more about the six other unsolved Whitechapel Murders and read the letters that may have been penned by Jack himself. Included within are testimonials from eye witnesses, police reports, and post mortems, along with newspaper articles and photographs. With this book, you will find everything you need to know to start your own investigation into Jack the Ripper.
A Long And Bloody Task
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Author : Stephen Davis
language : en
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Release Date : 2016-07-19
A Long And Bloody Task written by Stephen Davis and has been published by Savas Beatie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-19 with History categories.
“Explores the first phase of General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign in the summer of 1864 . . . Clear and concise” (The Civil War Monitor). Poised on the edge of Georgia for the first time in the war, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, newly elevated to command the Union’s western armies, eyed Atlanta covetously—the South’s last great untouched prize. “Get into the interior of the enemy’s country as far as you can, inflicting all the damage you can against their War resources,” his superior, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, ordered. But blocking the way was the Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by one of the Confederacy’s most defensive-minded generals, Joseph E. Johnston. All Johnston had to do, as Sherman moved through hostile territory, was slow the Federal advance long enough to find the perfect opportunity to strike. And so began the last great campaign in the West: Sherman’s long and bloody task. The acknowledged expert on all things related to the battle of Atlanta, historian Stephen Davis has lived in the area his entire life, and in A Long and Bloody Task, he tells the tale of the Atlanta campaign as only a native can. He brings his Southern sensibility to the Emerging Civil War Series, known for its engaging storytelling and accessible approach to history. “An operational level narrative and tour of the first two and a half months of the Atlanta Campaign . . . A fine overview of military events in North Georgia.” —Civil War Books and Authors
The Blood Tinted Waters Of The Shenandoah
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Author : Jonathan A. Noyalas
language : en
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Release Date : 2024-05-03
The Blood Tinted Waters Of The Shenandoah written by Jonathan A. Noyalas and has been published by Savas Beatie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-03 with History categories.
Decades after the Civil War’s end, Confederate veteran John Alexander Stikeleather reflected on his experiences as a soldier in the 4th North Carolina Infantry. He had served in many engagements during his four years of service, but there was one in particular that Stikeleather believed should “never be forgotten”: Cool Spring. While largely overlooked or treated as a footnote to Gen. Jubal A. Early’s raid on Washington in the summer of 1864, the fight at Cool Spring, which one soldier characterized as “a sharp and obstinate affair,” proved critical to Washington’s immediate safety. The virtually unknown combat became a transformative moment for those who fought along the banks of the Shenandoah River in what ultimately became the war’s largest and bloodiest engagement in Clarke County, Virginia. The Blood-Tinted Waters of the Shenandoah examines Gen. Horatio Wright’s pursuit of Jubal Early into the Shenandoah and the clash on July 17–18, 1864. It analyzes the decisions of leaders on both sides, explores the environment’s impact on the battle, and investigates how the combat impacted the soldiers and their families—in its immediate aftermath and for decades thereafter. Years of archival research—including an investigation into the backgrounds of the Union and Confederate soldiers who perished in the fighting—coupled with intimate knowledge of the battlefield helps preserve the memory of the fight that should “never be forgotten.” Author Jonathan Noyalas’s study offers not only a history of an overlooked engagement in the oft-contested Shenandoah Valley, but—as Pulitzer Prize finalist Brian Matthew Jordan notes in the book’s Foreword—“a keen reminder that Civil War battles are rich laboratories in which to observe the human experience in all its complexity.”
The Red Years
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Author : Bandi
language : en
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Release Date : 2019-08-15
The Red Years written by Bandi and has been published by Zed Books Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-15 with Poetry categories.
Though North Korea holds the attention of the world, it is still rare for us to hear North Korean voices, beyond those few who have escaped. Known only by his pen name, the poet and author ‘Bandi’ stands as one of the most distinctive and original dissident writers to emerge from the country, and his work is all the more striking for the fact that he continues to reside in North Korea, writing in secret, with his work smuggled out of the country by supporters and relatives. The Red Years represents the first collection of Bandi’s poetry to be made available in English. As he did in his first work The Accusation, Bandi here gives us a rare glimpse into everyday life and survival in North Korea. Singularly poignant and evocative, The Red Years stands as a testament to the power of the human spirit to endure and resist even the most repressive of regimes.
Imitation Democracy
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Author : Dmitrii Furman
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2022-11-22
Imitation Democracy written by Dmitrii Furman and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-22 with Political Science categories.
Examines the history and functioning of Russia's post-Soviet political system–an “imitation democracy” After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia under Yeltsin and Putin implemented a political system of “imitation democracy,” marked by “a huge disparity between formal constitutional principles and the reality of authoritarian rule.” How did this system take shape, how else might it have developed, and what are the prospects for re-envisioning it more democratically in the future? These questions animate Dmitrii Furman’s Imitation Democracy, a welcome antidote to books that blandly decry Putin as an omnipotent dictator, without considering his platforms, constituencies, and sources of power. With extensive public opinion polling drawn from throughout the late- and post-Soviet period, and a thorough knowledge of both official and unofficial histories, Furman offers a definitive account of the formation of the modern Russian political system, casting it into powerful relief through comparisons with other post-Soviet states. Peopled with grey technocrats, warring oligarchs, patriots, and provocateurs, Furman’s narrative details the struggles among partisan factions, and the waves of public sentiment, that shaped modern Russia’s political landscape, culminating in Putin’s third presidential term, which resolves the contradiction between the “form” and “content” of imitation democracy, “the formal dependence of power on elections and the actual dependence of elections on power.”
The Scramble For China
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Author : Robert Bickers
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2016-02-25
The Scramble For China written by Robert Bickers and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-25 with History categories.
In the early nineteenth century China remained almost untouched by British and European powers - but as new technology started to change this balance, foreigners gathered like wolves around the weakening Qing Empire. Would the Chinese suffer the fate of much of the rest of the world, carved into pieces by Europeans? Or could they adapt rapidly enough to maintain their independence? This important and compelling book explains the roots of China's complex relationship with the West by illuminating a dramatic, colourful and sometimes shocking period of the country's history.
Autumn Purification
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Author : David Moody
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date : 2011-08-16
Autumn Purification written by David Moody and has been published by St. Martin's Griffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-16 with Fiction categories.
A bastard hybrid of War of the Worlds and Night of the Living Dead, the Autumn series chronicles the struggle survivors are forced to contend with in a world torn apart by a deadly disease. 99% of the population of the planet has been killed in less than 24 hours. Animated by "phase two" of some unknown contagion, the dead begin to rise. At first slow, blind, dumb and lumbering, the bodies soon regain their most basic senses and abilities—sight, hearing, locomotion—as well as the instinct toward aggression and violence. Held back only by the restraints of their rapidly decomposing flesh, the dead seem to have only one single goal—to lumber forth and destroy the sole remaining attraction in the silent, lifeless world: those who have survived the plague, who now find themselves outnumbered 1,000,000 to 1... In Autumn: Purification, the heroes from the original Autumn novel and Autumn: The City work together to survive in this horrifying new world. Without ever using the ‘Z' word, the Autumn series offers a new perspective on the traditional zombie story. There's no flesh eating, no fast-moving corpses, no gore for gore's sake. Combining the atmosphere and tone of a George Romero film with the attitude and awareness of 28 Days Later, this horrifying and suspenseful novel is filled with relentless cold, dark fear.
Taken
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Author : Kathryn Schaeffer Pabst
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2006-04
Taken written by Kathryn Schaeffer Pabst and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Donauschwaben, a mostly unknown ethnic group of Germans, migrated to Yugoslavia in the late 1700s. Endless boundary conflicts varyingly defined their land as Hungary, Yugoslavia, or Serbia. During World War II their ethnicity unfairly marked them as Nazi sympathizers despite their noncombatant status. They found themselves on the wrong side of every border as a wave of anti-German resentment legitimized their persecution and eradication. TAKEN: A Lament for a Lost Ethnicity relates the intimate memoirs of Joseph Schaeffer, an ethnic Donauschwaben. Joseph's childhood is stolen the day the Russians march into town. He is captured and taken from his land and family to a slave labor camp of endless suffering and years of imprisonment. Hope is restored after a courageous escape and eventual immigration to the United States. This enduring tale of survival eventually reunites the Schaeffer family and life begins anew. "TAKEN is a testament to one man's tenacity and courage and an affirmation of hope and life in a world full of despair and death. The plight of refugees in post-war central Europe is an important, yet neglected story. Joseph Schaeffer's life and memories bring poignancy and immediacy to that story. Kathryn Schaeffer Pabst ably crafts the memoir and deserves our appreciation for bringing her father's story of survival to us."-Eugene Edward Beiriger, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, DePaul University