Louis Stokes was not an outstanding scholar, nor did he meet with a glorious death, but his letters are a fitting memorial to the generation of schoolboys who lost their lives in the Great War. ...

Confederate Letters and Diaries brings to modern readers many interesting, fascinating writings of Confederate soldiers. Colonel Swank has included numerous eyewitness, and often heart rending accounts of battlefield scenes, hardships faced in camp, on the march, or in prison-this collection even includes a diary of a Virginia cavalryman held in a Federal military prison. The words of those soldiers from Dixie bring their turbulent years ...

David Halberstam writes of Wells' compilation: "The letters of Colie and Ann Harwell are a marvelous reflection of a time and place now long past in America -- those days during World War II, when the outcome was still uncertain, but hope and idealism remained high, and ordinary people, both those who went and those who stayed home and loved those who went, behaved with a special grace. They quietly and honorably made their sacrifices, did their ...

James Kirker, "Indian fighter, " is among the most infamous characters of the American West. In his exhaustively researched biography, Ralph Adam Smith explores the controversy surrounding the life of this frontier figure.<P>Kirker emigrated from Ireland to New York City in 1810. In the years that followed, he was a privateer (in the War of 1812), a British captive, a merchant, a mountain man, the head of a private army, and a dominant ...

A distinguished military historian presents the writings and artwork of a British officer on the Western Front. ...

Chatham Roberdeau Wheat has rightly been called the grandest of Civil War heroes. Born a Virginia gentleman, this handsome giant was by turns lawyer, politician, filibusterer, wit, bon vivant, and soldier of fortune. Perhaps the most experienced soldier on either side at the outbreak of the Civil War, Wheat led the "Louisiana Tigers" -- notorious as the wildest battalion in either army -- in some of the war's bloodiest battles, including Bull ...

Tim Lloyd was ages twenty-two, a lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade, when he was killed in action near Florence in July, 1944. His personality made a vivid impression on his companions, and after all these years he is remembered still for his extraordinary zest for life, his indomitable cheerfulness and his appreciation of beautiful things. ...

This informative Civil War collector's guide will give you an idea of where to look, how much to pay, and how to keep mistakes to a minimum when collecting Civil War memorabilia. The author educates the reader on recognizing the value of items, emphasizes primary sources, and advises on collecting period representations. Additionally, strong focus is on the less obvious collectible with emphasis on detail and usage. Tales of the hunt are also ...

Facsimile edition of an exceedingly rare and important Peninsular War memoir. The author makes a very convincing claim to have been the last British casualty of the campaign, and provides new detail on life in Wellington's army. ...

Sir Henry Morton Stanley, the nineteenth-century journalist and explorer now legendary for the comment "Doctor Livingstone, I presume?" was already on the road to high adventure in his "May of life". In 1859 at age eighteen, he arrived at the port of New Orleans, having left behind a harsh upbringing in Wales; he then traveled the Mississippi Valley as the protege of Henry Hope Stanley, a cotton broker and his adopted namesake, and later served ...