Author: Daniel Harvey Hill Publisher: Kent State University Press ISBN: 9780873387392 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 262
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Born in July 1821, Daniel Harvey Hill grew up in genteel poverty on a large plantation in York District, South Carolina. He entered West Point and graduated in the middle of the renowned Class of 1842. Following garrison duty as a junior lieutenant with the First and Third Artilleries, Hill joined the Fourth Artillery at Fortress Monroe in January 1846. Six months later he was en route to Mexico. Published here for the first time, Hill's diary vividly recounts the Mexican War experiences of this proud young officer. He was observant and opinionated, recording details about soldiers, officers, logistics, units, the health of the army, and the progress of the campaign. Hill, who later took up the Confederate cause and earned the sobriquet Lee's Maverick General, emerged from the Mexican conflict an authentic hero, winning brevet promotions to captain and major for gallant conduct at Contreras (Padierna) and Chapultepec. Young lieutenant Hill came of age in Mexico, and there he encountered firsthand a different culture and witnessed in horror helpless civilians and their treasures washed away in the boiling stream of violence that was war. Hill's fascinating diary recounts these a
Author: William Flewelling Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1546229523 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 210
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In an endeavor to find a fresh way into the scriptural text upon which I would be preaching, I began to develop an imaginary world populated primarily by wee folk. I found theythe characters I developed and the way that they evolved in my mind and on the pageserved me well as a consideration of how I sensed things happening in the scriptural text at hand. I want to make these stories and the world they represent newly available, and so I bring them to book form, fifty at a time. The cover drawing was done by Eve Sullivan, the authors granddaughter. The drawing is the artists conception of the long-stationary wagon home of Maharas aunt.
Author: Diana Wallsgrove Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1805149113 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 288
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“Can we go back there, please? Just one more time?” When Hester Maitland first stumbles into the past she thinks she’s on a film set or witnessing some form of Cosplay. In the Western Highlands to research the Bronze Age for her costume designs, it doesn’t seem possible that she’s really gone back to that era. Having helped to repel invaders and met gorgeous Kennet (so different to Robert, her theatre director boyfriend), she returns to the twenty-first century. Can she go back there again and build a life for herself in the past? Should she stay in the present and forget the whole thing? Is the choice hers to make?
Author: Danielle Stewart Publisher: Danielle Stewart ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 126
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Alexandria runs. She hides. She evades. The last ten years of her life have been spent trying to survive. The best strategy was to travel alone. People were liabilities and never worth the trouble. When her sister tracks her down and longs for a relationship, Alexandria knows it won’t end well. Especially when danger and death lurk around every corner. Charger won’t let up. The men who shot up his car and almost killed him have to pay for what they’ve done. The more he learns the more he realizes just how despicable they are. He planned for danger. He expected gunfire. But Charger hadn’t accounted for Alexandria and the whirlwind of drama that came with her. When there is no where else to turn and no roads left to run down, Alexandria must decide if she’ll embrace the safety of those who want to protect her, or set off on her own again.
Author: Mike Joyner Publisher: Joyner Outdoor Media ISBN: 1419604120 Category : Truxton (N.Y.) Languages : en Pages : 230
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'Each morning that we awake is a blessing in of itself. . .I have found those early spring mornings, sitting in the forests as the sun rises, to be my better days.'Filed with colorful colloquialisms and enlightening anecdotes, Hills of Truxton: Stories & Travels of a Turkey Hunter is as rare a as a triple spurred Gobbler. Author Mike Joyner, a veteran hunter and outdoorsman, recounts some of the many stories he has collected over his twelve years as a devoted turkey hunter. From tips and techniques to tall tales and turkey calls, Joyner has created an easily referenced text that will entertain as much as it educates.Filled with incredible photographs and informative maps and charts, Hills of Truxton makes a great gift for intrepid hunters and nature-lovers alike.
Author: Mark Hancock Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107631904 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 97
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A resource book of supplementary materials for the teaching of grammar through songs. Singing Grammar is part of the Cambridge Copy Collection. It is a resource book of supplementary materials for the teaching of grammar through the medium of song. The Audio CD contains eighteen songs, each with a specific grammar focus, and is suitable for students from elementary to intermediate level. For each of the songs there is a clear page of teaching notes followed by a motivating song worksheet, a grammar exercise page and a fun grammar game for classroom use. The material is especially suitable for younger learners but could also be used successfully with adults.
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