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Category : Cheyenne Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Wooden Leg
Author: Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer (Expanded, Annotated)
Author: Wooden LegPublisher: BIG BYTE BOOKS
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
One of the most fascinating classics ever written about the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Dr. Thomas Marquis spent many years getting to know and interviewing Native Americans who had fought against General Custer and the 7th Cavalry. This is the narrative of Chief Wooden Leg, given to Marquis late in Wooden Leg's life. Long dismissed by historians, Little Bighorn scholars today believe the Indian accounts to be essential to an understanding of what went wrong at the Little Bighorn (and what went right for the Sioux and Cheyenne). Archaeology at the battlefield has born out the veracity of the Indian accounts and the contribution to history by Wooden Leg and Marquis is invaluable. Included is a great deal of information about the life of the Cheyenne of Wooden Leg's time, his boyhood, his understanding of Indian medicine, a very detailed account of the June 25-26, 1876 battle with Custer, and more. This is a book you'll read more than once. Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the movement that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
Red Parrot, Wooden Leg
Author: Gregorio KohonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429918437
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
This book describes the adventures of two young writers, set in the midst of political repression, anti-Semitism and violence during the Latin American dictatorships of Brazil and Argentina in the 60s.
Wooden Leg Duckling
Author: Angeles SamperPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1514423618
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Is the history of a duckling that was born without a leg and the beautiful final. The intention of this history is to bring out the spirit of fight, the goodness and faith in the own effort.
Wooden Leg
Author: Thomas B. MarquisThe Spy with the Wooden Leg
Author: Nancy PolettePublisher: Alma Little
ISBN: 9781934617168
Category : Intelligence officers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Inspiring, action-packed WWII spy biography How did a woman of no importance become one of the bravest, most valued--and MOST WANTED--intelligence agents? How, despite having a wooden leg, did she turn the course of history? Virginia Hall had a dream to become the first woman ambassador for the United States. Turned down by the US State Department time and again, Virginia could not stand idly by while the German army swept through Europe conquering country after country. Despite a life-threatening hunting accident, which took her left leg, Virginia volunteered to drive an ambulance in WWII France. She rescued downed airmen, radioed vital information to the Allies, and led three battalions of French Resistance forces in guerrilla warfare. Known as la dame qui boite or the Limping Lady, she rose to the top of the Gestapo's Most Wanted list. The Limping Lady helped change the course of history as the spy with the wooden leg. An award-winning action-packed biography for kids ages 10 and older. Midwest Book Awards First Place Young Adult Nonfiction Mom's Choice Awards Gold Moonbeam Children's Book Awards Silver IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Silver Major themes: - perseverance; overcoming adversity - fulfilling life dreams - WWII history - espionage and guerrilla warfare - inspiring women - unconventional heroes - living with a handicap; prosthetic limbs
My Well-balanced Life on a Wooden Leg
Author: Al CappPublisher: Daniel & Daniel Publishers
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Category : Cartoonists
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The late, great cartoonist recalls his life and career, both as the creator of Li'l Abner and as a person who grew up with only one leg, in these hilarious essays written with gentle nostalgia and biting humor. 16-pages of cartoons.
Knockin' on Wood
Author: Lynne BaraschPublisher: Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside
ISBN: 9781550419740
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
This inspiring biography tells the story of Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates (1907-1998), an African American who overcame the hardship of losing a leg at the age of 12 in a factory accident and went on to become a world-renowned tap dancer. Full color.
The Living Age
Author: The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders
Author: Marshall BrownePublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312291495
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Inspector Anders of the Rome Police force became a national hero when he closed down an anarchist group ten years ago. But in the action he lost a leg - and his nerve. Since then he has made his moral compromises with the corruption of the Italian state. Now he has been given one last job before early retirement: to close an inquiry into the murder of a respected judge in southern Italy. Once there he finds himself drawn into a shadowy world of corruption and power, and becomes increasingly involved with both the case and the judge's widow. Anders must maneuver through layers of corruption as he struggles to close the murder case. Then the judge's widow offers him the chance to redeem his life with one last explosive act of courage. The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders is a remarkable debut sure to captivate and intrigue.