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Planting the American Flag

Author : Peter C. Stuart
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786429836
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Planting the American Flag written by Peter C. Stuart and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-02-23 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A few sea captains, a couple of college professors, a battle-hardened general, a senator, a congressman, and a knavish adventurer: What could such men have in common? In addition to an eye upon the broader world and a streak of independence, each had a vision of the United States as a model sovereign. All were part of an American effort to create an overseas empire--one that would avoid the mistakes of the European powers and redefine the face of imperialism. Beginning with the 1839 voyage of Captain Charles Wilkes that opened American relations with Samoa, here are biographies of 12 men instrumental in the incorporation of America's five island dependencies. Besides Wilkes, it covers Richard W. Meade III, who negotiated a treaty with Samoa; Albert B. Steinberger, premier of Samoa; Henry Glass, who took Guam for America; Nelson A. Miles, who led the 1898 conquest of Puerto Rico; B. F. Tilley, first governor of American Samoa; Joseph B. Foraker, first congressional overseer of the possessions; William A. Jones, anti-imperialist and reformer; Frank McIntyre, military administrator of America's holdings; Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., governor of Puerto Rico; Paul M. Pearson, first civilian governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands; and Anthony M. Solomon, who inaugurated the acquisition of the Northern Mariana Islands in 1963.

Planting the Union Flag in Texas

Author : Stephen A. Dupree
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585446414
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book Planting the Union Flag in Texas written by Stephen A. Dupree and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-29 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appointed by President Lincoln to command the Gulf Department in November 1862, Nathaniel Prentice Banks was given three assignments, one of which was to occupy some point in Texas. He was told that when he united his army with Grant’s, he would assume command of both. Banks, then, had the opportunity to become the leading general in the West—perhaps the most important general in the war. But he squandered what successes he had, never rendezvoused with Grant’s army, and ultimately orchestrated some of the greatest military blunders of the war. “Banks’s faults as a general,” writes author Stephen A. Dupree, “were legion.” The originality of Planting the Union Flag in Texas lies not just in the author’s description of the battles and campaigns Banks led, nor in his recognition of the character traits that underlay Banks’s decisions. Rather, it lies in how Dupree synthesizes his studies of Banks’s various actions during his tour of duty in and near Texas to help the reader understand them as a unified campaign. He skillfully weaves together Banks’s various attempts to gain Union control of Texas with his other activities and shines the light of Banks’s character on the resulting events to help explain both their potential and their shortcomings. In the end, readers will have a holistic understanding of Banks’s “appalling” failure to win Texas and may even be led to ask how the post–Civil War era might have been different had he been successful. This fine study will appeal to Civil War buffs and fans of military and Texas history.

Impressed scene of Fremont and soldiers planting American flag with quote

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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)

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Flags of Our Fathers

Author : James Bradley
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553902768
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (539 download)

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Download or read book Flags of Our Fathers written by James Bradley and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2006-08-29 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America. In February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima—and into history. Through a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire that left the beaches strewn with comrades, they battled to the island's highest peak. And after climbing through a landscape of hell itself, they raised a flag. Now the son of one of the flagraisers has written a powerful account of six very different young men who came together in a moment that will live forever. To his family, John Bradley never spoke of the photograph or the war. But after his death at age seventy, his family discovered closed boxes of letters and photos. In Flags of Our Fathers, James Bradley draws on those documents to retrace the lives of his father and the men of Easy Company. Following these men's paths to Iwo Jima, James Bradley has written a classic story of the heroic battle for the Pacific's most crucial island—an island riddled with Japanese tunnels and 22,000 fanatic defenders who would fight to the last man. But perhaps the most interesting part of the story is what happened after the victory. The men in the photo—three were killed during the battle—were proclaimed heroes and flown home, to become reluctant symbols. For two of them, the adulation was shattering. Only James Bradley's father truly survived, displaying no copy of the famous photograph in his home, telling his son only: “The real heroes of Iwo Jima were the guys who didn't come back. ” Few books ever have captured the complexity and furor of war and its aftermath as well as Flags of Our Fathers. A penetrating, epic look at a generation at war, this is history told with keen insight, enormous honesty, and the passion of a son paying homage to his father. It is the story of the difference between truth and myth, the meaning of being a hero, and the essence of the human experience of war.

Stars and Stripes

Author : Sarah L. Thomson
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060504161
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Stars and Stripes written by Sarah L. Thomson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-06-03 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stars and Stripes" celebrates the history and symbolism of the flag. Full color.

Investigating Iwo

Author : Breanne Robertson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781732003071
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Investigating Iwo written by Breanne Robertson and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Investigating Iwo encourages us to explore the connection between American visual culture and World War II, particularly how the image inspired Marines, servicemembers, and civilians to carry on with the war and to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure victory over the Axis Powers. Chapters shed light on the processes through which history becomes memory and gains meaning over time. The contributors ask only that we be willing to take a closer look, to remain open to new perspectives that can deepen our understanding of familiar topics related to the flag raising, including Rosenthal's famous picture, that continue to mean so much to us today"--

The American Flag

Author : John R. Vile
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The American Flag written by John R. Vile and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-10-05 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when the U.S. flag is both a source of both pride and controversy, this volume provides the first encyclopedic A-to-Z treatment of the U.S. flag in American history, culture, and law. This title is a comprehensive resource for understanding all aspects of the American flag and its relationship to the American people. The encyclopedia provides a thorough historical examination of key developments in the flag's design as well as laws and court decisions related to the flag and the First Amendment. In relation to the flag's history, it also discusses evolving public attitudes about its importance as a national symbol. The encyclopedia contains illuminating scholarly essays on presentations of the flag in American politics, the military, and popular culture including art, music, and journalism. Additionally, these essays address important rules of flag etiquette and modern controversies related to them, from flag-burning to refusing to stand during the playing of the U.S. National Anthem.

Our Flag

Author : Francis Scott Key (3rd.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Flag written by Francis Scott Key (3rd.) and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Story of the American Flag

Author : Wayne Whipple
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of the American Flag written by Wayne Whipple and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the American flag from the arrival of the first explorers to the present day. Includes poems and songs concerning the flag.

The Ghosts of Iwo Jima

Author : Robert S. Burrell
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 160344517X
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Ghosts of Iwo Jima written by Robert S. Burrell and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-07 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In February 1945, some 80,000 U.S. Marines attacked the heavily defended fortress that the Japanese had constructed on the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima. Leaders of the Army Air Forces said they needed the airfields there to provide fighter escort for their B-29 bombers. At the cost of 28,000 American casualties, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions dutifully conquered this desolate piece of hell with a determination and sacrifice that have become legendary in the annals of war, immortalized in the photograph of six Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi. But the Army Air Forces’ fighter operations on Iwo Jima subsequently proved both unproductive and unnecessary. After the fact, a number of other justifications were generated to rationalize this tragically expensive battle. Ultimately, misleading statistics were presented to contend that the number of lives saved by B-29 emergency landings on Iwo Jima outweighed the cost of its capture. In The Ghosts of Iwo Jima, Captain Robert S. Burrell masterfully reconsiders the costs of taking Iwo Jima and its role in the war effort. His thought-provoking analysis also highlights the greater contribution of Iwo Jima’s valiant dead: They inspired a reverence for the Marine Corps that proved critical to its institutional survival and its embodiment of American national spirit. From the 7th War Loan Campaign of 1945 through the flag-raising at Ground Zero in 2001, the immortal image of Iwo Jima has become a symbol of American patriotism itself. Burrell’s searching account of this fabled island conflict will advance our understanding of World War II and its continuing legacy for the twenty-first century. At last, the battle’s ghosts may unveil its ultimate, and most crucial, lessons.

Story of the American Flag

Author : Samuel Fallows
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Story of the American Flag written by Samuel Fallows and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Flag Maker

Author : Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618267576
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (675 download)

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Download or read book The Flag Maker written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

The Street Photographer's Manual

Author : David Gibson
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 050054526X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Street Photographer's Manual written by David Gibson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated edition profiles twenty of the world’s leading street photographers and teaches readers how to capture profound urban moments. In recent years, photo sharing on social media has rejuvenated street photography, and its spirit has been reborn. The Street Photographer’s Manual is about the possibilities of street photography as a medium, and how it can be approached in an accessible way. The book begins with an overview of street photography, examining its past, present, and future, and looking at how the genre has changed over time. The reader is then introduced to twenty of the most acclaimed international street photographers. This new, revised edition features six new photographers: Troy Holden, Merel Schoneveld, Melissa Breyer, David Gaberle, Michelle Groskopf, and Craig Whitehead. Integrated within the profiles are twenty fully illustrated tutorials, including how to shoot a face in a crowd and how to train your eye to observe and capture the unexpected. The Street Photographer’s Manual shows you that being a street photographer is partly about looking for luck. But luck requires inspiration—and that is where this book is indispensable.

An American Flag

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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (191 download)

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The True Story of the American Flag

Author : John Henry Fow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The True Story of the American Flag written by John Henry Fow and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Race

Author : James Schefter
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307756866
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Race written by James Schefter and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-06-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Indispensable to anyone interested in the space race."--Houston Chronicle In 1963, a young reporter for Time-Life named James Schefter was given a dream job: cover America's race to the moon. Since the astronauts were under contract to Life for their stories, Schefter was given complete access to the biggest players at NASA. But at the time, his primary role was to excite the public about the new, expensive, experimental space program, and he couldn't write about everything he saw. In The Race, he does. From drunken astronaut escapades to near disasters to ferocious political battles, the race to the moon was anything but the smooth process it appeared. There were vicious fights between the engineers, feuds and practical jokes, near-fatal accidents, and dozens of brave, smart, and colorful characters pulling off the greatest exploration in the history of humankind. Like Undaunted Courage and D-Day, this is a tale of achieving the extraordinary against extraordinary odds. As incredible as the "official" story of the space program is, the true, behind-the-scenes tale is more thrilling, more entertaining, and ultimately more ennobling.

The Care and Display of the American Flag

Author : Sharpman.com
Publisher : Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
ISBN 13 : 9781584793212
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book The Care and Display of the American Flag written by Sharpman.com and published by Stewart, Tabori, & Chang. This book was released on 2004 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American flag has always been a powerful symbol of national pride and a prominent way for citizens to express their patriotism. But despite honorable intentions, many of us are not familiar with the rules that govern the use of our flag. In the straightforward, informative voice that has made them a vital resource for readers across the country, the editors of SharpMan.com have set forth the proper way to: Hang the Flag, Carry the Flag, Clean the Flag, Fold the Flag, Store the Flag, Dispose of the Flag. In addition you'll learn fun, useful flag facts and the history of the Red, White, and Blue: How is the American salute to the flag unusual? Has the U.S. government ever paid its bill to the designer of our flag? Should you wear a flag on your T-shirt? The answers to these questions, and so much more, can be found in this book. Book jacket.