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Author : Paul Bernard Malone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book A Plebe at West Point written by Paul Bernard Malone and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hugh T Reed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Cadet Life at West Point written by Hugh T Reed and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was not more than eight years old when I first heard about West Point, and then I was told that it was Uncle Sam's Military School; that the young men there were called cadets; that they were soldiers, and that they wore pretty uniforms with brass buttons on them. The impression made upon me at the time was such that I never tired talking and asking questions about West Point. I soon learned to indicate the site on the map, and I longed to go there, that I might be a cadet and wear brass buttons. I talked about it so much that my good mother made me a coat generous with brass buttons. I called it my cadet coat, and wore it constantly. Ah! for the day I should be a big boy and be a real cadet. With a wooden gun I played soldier, and when the war broke out and the soldiers camped in our old fair grounds, I was in their camp at every opportunity. The camp was about half-way between our home farm and father's store in town, and many is the time I have been scolded for being so much at the camp. My only regret at that time was that I was not old enough to enlist, for I loved to watch the drills and linger around the camp-fires, listening to stories of the war.
Author : Robert Cowley
Publisher : Grand Central Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780446530187
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (31 download)
Download or read book West Point written by Robert Cowley and published by Grand Central Pub. This book was released on 2002 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays and photographs celebrates the first two hundred years of the illustrious military institution whose alumni include Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, Buzz Aldrin, and Norman Schwarzkopf.
Author : David Lipsky
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547523750
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)
Download or read book Absolutely American written by David Lipsky and published by HMH. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller: A “fascinating, funny and tremendously well written” chronicle of daily life at the US Military Academy (Time). In 1998, West Point made an unprecedented offer to Rolling Stone writer David Lipsky: Stay at the Academy as long as you like, go wherever you wish, talk to whomever you want, to discover why some of America’s most promising young people sacrifice so much to become cadets. Lipsky followed one cadet class into mess halls, barracks, classrooms, bars, and training exercises, from arrival through graduation. By telling their stories, he also examines the Academy as a reflection of our society: Are its principles of equality, patriotism, and honor quaint anachronisms or is it still, as Theodore Roosevelt called it, the most “absolutely American” institution? During an eventful four years in West Point’s history, Lipsky witnesses the arrival of TVs and phones in dorm rooms, the end of hazing, and innumerable other shifts in policy and practice. He uncovers previously unreported scandals and poignantly evokes the aftermath of September 11, when cadets must prepare to become officers in wartime. Lipsky also meets some extraordinary people: a former Eagle Scout who struggles with every facet of the program, from classwork to marching; a foul-mouthed party animal who hates the military and came to West Point to play football; a farm-raised kid who seems to be the perfect soldier, despite his affection for the early work of Georgia O’Keeffe; and an exquisitely turned-out female cadet who aspires to “a career in hair and nails” after the Army. The result is, in the words of David Brooks in the New York Times Book Review, “a superb description of modern military culture, and one of the most gripping accounts of university life I have read. . . . How teenagers get turned into leaders is not a simple story, but it is wonderfully told in this book.”
Author : Ted Hill
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 1470435845
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Pushing Limits written by Ted Hill and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pushing Limits: From West Point to Berkeley and Beyond challenges the myth that mathematicians lead dull and ascetic lives. It recounts the unique odyssey of a noted mathematician who overcame military hurdles at West Point, Army Ranger School and the Vietnam War, and survived many civilian escapades—hitchhiking in third-world hotspots, fending off sharks in Bahamian reefs, and camping deep behind the forbidding Iron Curtain. From ultra-conservative West Point in the ’60s to ultra-radical Berkeley in the ’70s, and ultimately to genteel Georgia Tech in the ’80s, this is the tale of an academic career as noteworthy for its offbeat adventures as for its teaching and research accomplishments. It brings to life the struggles and risks underlying mathematical research, the unparalleled thrill of making scientific breakthroughs, and the joy of sharing those discoveries around the world. Hill's book is packed with energy, humor, and suspense, both physical and intellectual. Anyone who is curious about how one maverick mathematician thinks, who wants to relive the zanier side of the ’60s and ’70s, who wants an armchair journey into the third world, or who seeks an unconventional view of several of society's iconic institutions, will be drawn to this book.
Author : Paul Bernard Malone
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230281766
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (817 download)
Download or read book A Plebe at West Point written by Paul Bernard Malone and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIII AN ACADEMIC FAILURE The bugle pealed out a long call that floated through camp, and each cadet jumped to his appointed tent-pole, or laid hold of the ropes which held the tent at its corners. A tap of the drum and these ropes dropped; the tent-flaps fell together, and as the next tap sounded, the white canvas homes which had sheltered the corps of cadets for the summer of 189-, came down together with a crash. "Out with the tent-poles, Rory, quick, hang fast to the ridge-pole, Jacques," urged Douglas, as he sprang over the fallen tent, for there was a keen rivalry between the companies as to which could dismantle and fold up tentage according to regulations in the shortest time, and B Company was determined to win. "Over with it, Rory," shouted Douglas, as he flung the heavy canvas across the floor, snapped out the flaps, and got his first fold perfectly and well in advance of every other plebe in the company; "come on boys, work hard, we've got to win." Jacques was slow and clumsy as well as woefully unenthusiastic, but Douglas and Roderick made up for all his defects, and within a minute and a half after the last tap of the drum, they had their tentage folded and were standing in front of the tentfloor. "Assemble!" commanded Townsend, the first sergeant, when the last man had completed his work, and as the company rushed around him, he gave the signal for the corps yell. One hundred lusty throats roared out the call with an appropriate termination as token of the company's victory: --" Rah, rah, ray; rah, rah, ray; West Point, West Point, Arme6; ray, ray, ray; U. S. M. A., West Point, B Company, B Company, B Company!" One by one the other companies followed and took up the yell, and then the whole battalion formed line upon...
Author : H. Irving Hancock
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point. Or, Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life written by H. Irving Hancock and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-08-12 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point. Or, Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life' by H. Irving Hancock, readers are taken on a journey through the trials and tribulations faced by young cadet Dick Prescott during his second year at the prestigious military academy. The book is written in a straightforward and engaging style, suitable for young adult readers, with emphasis on the values of duty, honor, and self-discipline that are central to the military experience. Set in the early 20th century, the novel provides a glimpse into the rigorous training and camaraderie found at West Point, while exploring themes of perseverance and personal growth. Hancock's attention to detail and descriptive prose bring the academy and its inhabitants to life, making it an immersive reading experience. H. Irving Hancock, a prolific writer known for his military fiction, draws upon his own experiences to create a compelling narrative that sheds light on the realities of life as a cadet. Recommended for readers interested in historical fiction, military literature, and coming-of-age stories.
Author : Henry Ossian Flipper
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 162558377X
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (255 download)
Download or read book The Colored Cadet at West Point written by Henry Ossian Flipper and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-10 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Ossian Flipper (21 March 1856 - 3 May 1940) was an American soldier, former slave, and the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877, earning a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army.
Author : Paul Bernard Malone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book A West Point Yearling written by Paul Bernard Malone and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "During the period covered by this volume, hazing had become a serious menace to the discipline of the Military Academy. The efforts on the" part of the authorities to suppress the vice met with but little co-operation from the cadets who believed that no plebe could he inspired with the proper sense of instantaneous obedience except by the so-called system of hazing which had been practiced for many years at the Academy. So strong, honest and deep-seated was this belief that the cadet who opposed it was subject to suspicion as a sycophant and “boot-lick.” Among the opponents of the system, however, was Douglas Atwell, president of the yearling class, a recognized and stalwart leader among his comrades. In these pages an effort is made to trace his struggle against the growing opposition of his class; in a word, to follow out the system of hazing to its logical consequences. The early experiences of our hero had admirably fitted him for the crisis with which he soon found himself confronted. As a poor country boy on a lonely farm, he had acquired that hard "horse" sense which recognizes the fundamental and rejects convenient theory; as a soldier in the U.S. Army in the Philippines, he had trained his fearless nature to ignore consequences, and as a plebe at West Point he had seen the folly of the "system", the injustice of the "code", and now with his whole heart he resolved to oppose many of his classmates"--Introduction.
Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801862939
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Duty, Honor, Country written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Goodpaster.-- "Journal of Higher Education"
Author : Rick Atkinson
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 1429979046
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book The Long Gray Line written by Rick Atkinson and published by Picador. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestseller about West Point's Class of 1966, by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Rick Atkinson. "A story of epic proportions [and] an awesome feat of biographical reconstruction."—The Boston Globe A classic of its kind, The Long Gray Line is the twenty-five-year saga of the West Point class of 1966. With a novelist's eye for detail, Rick Atkinson (author of the Liberation Trilogy) illuminates this powerful story through the lives of three classmates and the women they loved—from the boisterous cadet years, to the fires of Vietnam, to the hard peace and internal struggles that followed the war. The rich cast of characters also includes Douglas MacArthur, William C. Westmoreland, and a score of other memorable figures. The class of 1966 straddled a fault line in American history, and Atkinson's masterly book speaks for a generation of American men and women about innocence, patriotism, and the price we pay for our dreams
Author : Joe Drape
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805094903
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Soldiers First written by Joe Drape and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Joe Drape reveals the unique pressures and expectations that make a year of Army football so much more than just a tally of wins and losses. The football team at the U.S. Military Academy is not like other college football teams. At other schools, athletes are catered to and coddled at every turn. At West Point, they carry the same arduous load as their fellow cadets, shouldering an Ivy League–caliber education and year-round military training. After graduation they are not going to the NFL but to danger zones halfway around the world. These young men are not just football players, they are soldiers first. New York Times sportswriter Joe Drape takes us inside the world of Army football, as the Black Knights and their third-year coach, Rich Ellerson, seek to turn around a program that had recently fallen on hard times, with the goal to beat Navy and "sing last" at the Army-Navy game in December. The 2011 season would prove a true test of the players' mettle and perseverance. Drawing on his extensive and unfettered access to the players and the coaching staff, Drape introduces us to this special group of young men and their achievements on and off the field. Anchoring the narrative and the team are five key players: quarterback Trent Steelman, the most gifted athlete; linebacker Steve Erzinger, who once questioned his place at West Point but has become a true leader; Andrew Rodriguez, the son of a general and the top scholar-athlete; Max Jenkins, the backup quarterback and the second-in-command of the Corps of Cadets; and Larry Dixon, a talented first-year running back. Together with Coach Ellerson, his staff, and West Point's officers and instructors, they and their teammates embrace the demands made on them and learn crucial lessons that will resonate throughout their lives—and ours.
Author : Lewis L. Zickel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Jews of West Point in the Long Gray Line written by Lewis L. Zickel and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Bernard Malone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (129 download)
Download or read book A Plebe at West Point written by Paul Bernard Malone and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Maureen Oehler DuRant
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738554976
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (549 download)
Download or read book West Point written by Maureen Oehler DuRant and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West Point presents a unique visual history of an essential American institution. Built directly into the granite above the Hudson River, West Point began its military history during the Revolutionary War and continues today, preparing officers for the U.S. Army. The cadets appointed to the U.S. Military Academy march on hallowed ground, privileged to take their place in "the Long Gray Line," among America's best and brightest.
Author : Lisa Browne Joiner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781611532180
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Mom's Guide to Surviving West Point written by Lisa Browne Joiner and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advice from moms who have "been there, done that" at the United States Military Academy. Information includes how things work, what to expect, how to dress, how to meet the needs of your cadet during the 47 month adventure.
Author : Robert Charlwood Richardson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book West Point written by Robert Charlwood Richardson and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
