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Author : JoAnn DeLazzari
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780380764204
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (642 download)
Download or read book Scoundrel's Captive written by JoAnn DeLazzari and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Head
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1639364080
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (393 download)
Download or read book A Republic of Scoundrels written by David Head and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Founding Fathers are often revered as American saints; here are the stories of those Founders who were schemers and scoundrels, vying for their own interests ahead of the nation’s. We now have a clear-eyed understanding of Founding Fathers such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton; even so, they are often considered American saints, revered for their wisdom and self-sacrificing service to the nation. However, within the Founding Generation lurked many unscrupulous figures—men who violated the era’s expectation of public virtue and advanced their own interests at the expense of others. They were turncoats and traitors, opportunists and con artists, spies, and foreign intriguers. Some of their names are well known: Benedict Arnold and Aaron Burr. Others are less notorious now but were no less threatening. There was Charles Lee, the Continental Army general who offered to tell the British how to defeat the Americans, and James Wilkinson, who served fifteen years as a commanding general in the US Army, despite rumors that he spied for Spain and conspired with traitors. The early years of the republic were full of self-interested individuals, sometimes succeeding in their plots, sometimes failing, but always shaping the young nation. A Republic of Scoundrels seeks to re-examine the Founding Generation and replace the hagiography of the Founding Fathers with something more realistic: a picture that embraces the many facets of our nation’s origins.
Author : Jack Harpster
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Captive! written by Jack Harpster and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book recounts the amazing life story of a 16-year-old American Revolutionary-era soldier, including his captivity, adoption, and eventual flight to freedom from the Iroquois Six-Nation Indian tribes. The story is retold with historical accuracy and an even-handed treatment of the conflicting interests of the loyalists, Iroquois, and Patriots. David Ogden was born into an unusually tumultuous time in Americathe colonials were struggling to throw off the yoke of British rule while also battling the Iroquois tribes for control of their ancestral lands. The bibliography of anyone who survived a life in the late 1700s frontier days of New York would be a great tale, but David Ogden's story stands alone, even within historical context of his times. Captive! The Story of David Ogden and the Iroquois is a compelling true adventure story of one young colonial soldier's bravery, choosing a daunting 126-mile race to freedom fraught with the risk of death over being assimilated into an alien society. This story is told with all the factual historical information that was missing from all the original captivity narratives, but accurately retains the flavor of the period and the voice of the 18th-century protagonist.
Author : Felix Dahn
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book A Captive of the Roman Eagles written by Felix Dahn and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-04 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Felix Dahn's historical novel, 'A Captive of the Roman Eagles,' readers are transported to ancient Rome as they follow the story of a Germanic chieftain's daughter taken captive by Roman soldiers. The narrative is rich in detail and offers a vivid portrayal of the clash of cultures and values between the Roman Empire and the Germanic tribes. Dahn's writing style is both engaging and informative, capturing the reader's imagination while providing valuable insights into the historical context of the time period. The novel showcases Dahn's extensive research and knowledge of antiquity, making it a compelling and educational read for history enthusiasts and fiction lovers alike. With its blend of adventure, romance, and historical accuracy, 'A Captive of the Roman Eagles' is a must-read for anyone interested in the ancient world and its complex interactions.
Author : Annette Blair
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781311821720
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (217 download)
Download or read book The Scoundrels Boxed Set written by Annette Blair and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Johnston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Prisoners of Hope written by Mary Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry A... Stern
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Captive Missionary written by Henry A... Stern and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Johnston
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465599096
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)
Download or read book Prisoners of Hope: A Tale of Colonial Virginia written by Mary Johnston and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At Jamestown, twenty miles away, the Assembly had just adjourned after a busy session. A law debarring that "turbulent people" the Quakers from further admittance into the colony, and providing cold comfort for those already within its doors, was passed with acclamation, as was another against Anabaptists, and a third concerning the hue and cry for absconding servants and slaves. The selling rates for wines and strong waters were fixed, a proper penalty attached to the planting of tobacco contrary to the statute, a regulation for the mending of the highways adopted, a fine imposed for non-attendance at church, the Navigation Act formally protested against, the trainbands strengthened, an appropriation made for the erection of new whipping-posts and pillories, a cruel mistress deprived of the slave she had mistreated, a harborer of schismatics publicly reproved, and a conciliatory message and present sent to the up-river Indians—when the Assembly adjourned with the consciousness of having nobly done its duty. The only measure upon which there was not unanimity of opinion was one proposing the erection of school-houses at convenient cross-roads, and the Governor's weight being thrown into the balance against it, it was promptly quashed. The burgesses from the fourteen counties filled the twenty houses that constituted the town to suffocation. Up-river planters, too, had come in, choosing the time the Assembly was in session to attend to their interests in the "city." Several ships were in harbor, and their captains, professing themselves tired of salt water, threw themselves upon the hospitality of their friends ashore. The crowded population overflowed into the houses of the neighboring planters, who, after the manner of their kind, entertained profusely, giving jovial welcome and good liquor to all comers. There was a constant jingling of reins along the bridle paths, a constant passing of white-sailed sloops upon the river, as gentlemen in riding coats and jack boots, or in laced coats and silk stockings, fared to and fro between plantation and town. In the intervals of business the worthy burgesses and their fellow planters made merry. They were good times—for king's men—and it behooved every loyal subject to follow (at a respectful distance) his Majesty's example, and get all possible enjoyment from a laughing world. So there were horse-races and cock-fights and bear-baitings, as well as dinners and suppers, at which much sack and aqua vitæ was drunk to king, church, and reigning beauties. And if a quarrel sprung, full armed, from the heated brains of young gallants, crossed rapiers did but add a piquancy, a dash of cayenne, to life.
Author : R. J. M. Blackett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108314104
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (83 download)
Download or read book The Captive's Quest for Freedom written by R. J. M. Blackett and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This magisterial study, ten years in the making by one of the field's most distinguished historians, will be the first to explore the impact fugitive slaves had on the politics of the critical decade leading up to the Civil War. Through the close reading of diverse sources ranging from government documents to personal accounts, Richard J. M. Blackett traces the decisions of slaves to escape, the actions of those who assisted them, the many ways black communities responded to the capture of fugitive slaves, and how local laws either buttressed or undermined enforcement of the federal law. Every effort to enforce the law in northern communities produced levels of subversion that generated national debate so much so that, on the eve of secession, many in the South, looking back on the decade, could argue that the law had been effectively subverted by those individuals and states who assisted fleeing slaves.
Author : Loretta Lynda Chase
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Captives of the Night written by Loretta Lynda Chase and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Carlyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Critical and Miscellaneous Essays written by Thomas Carlyle and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sir James Stephen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Critical and Miscellaneous Essays written by Sir James Stephen and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : T. Cole Jones
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812296559
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Captives of Liberty written by T. Cole Jones and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrary to popular belief, the American Revolutionary War was not a limited and restrained struggle for political self-determination. From the onset of hostilities, British authorities viewed their American foes as traitors to be punished, and British abuse of American prisoners, both tacitly condoned and at times officially sanctioned, proliferated. Meanwhile, more than seventeen thousand British and allied soldiers fell into American hands during the Revolution. For a fledgling nation that could barely afford to keep an army in the field, the issue of how to manage prisoners of war was daunting. Captives of Liberty examines how America's founding generation grappled with the problems posed by prisoners of war, and how this influenced the wider social and political legacies of the Revolution. When the struggle began, according to T. Cole Jones, revolutionary leadership strove to conduct the war according to the prevailing European customs of military conduct, which emphasized restricting violence to the battlefield and treating prisoners humanely. However, this vision of restrained war did not last long. As the British denied customary protections to their American captives, the revolutionary leadership wasted no time in capitalizing on the prisoners' ordeals for propagandistic purposes. Enraged, ordinary Americans began to demand vengeance, and they viewed British soldiers and their German and Native American auxiliaries as appropriate targets. This cycle of violence spiraled out of control, transforming the struggle for colonial independence into a revolutionary war. In illuminating this history, Jones contends that the violence of the Revolutionary War had a profound impact on the character and consequences of the American Revolution. Captives of Liberty not only provides the first comprehensive analysis of revolutionary American treatment of enemy prisoners but also reveals the relationship between America's political revolution and the war waged to secure it.
Author : Linus Wilson Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Notes of an Exile to Van Dieman's Land written by Linus Wilson Miller and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Wide World Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Johnston
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3732697215
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (326 download)
Download or read book Prisoners of Hope written by Mary Johnston and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-05-23 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Prisoners of Hope by Mary Johnston
Author : Thomas Carlyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Heroes, Hero-worship and the Heroic in History ; The Diamond Necklace ; Mirabeau written by Thomas Carlyle and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
