Fields Of Honor

Author : Edwin C. Bearss
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781426206207

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Fields of Honor by Edwin C. Bearss Pdf

Few historians have ever captured the drama, excitement, and tragedy of the Civil War with the headlong elan of Edwin Bearss, who has won a huge, devoted following with his extraordinary battlefield tours and eloquent soliloquies about the heroes, scoundrels, and little-known moments of a conflict that still fascinates America. Antietam, Shiloh, Gettysburg: these hallowed battles and more than a dozen more come alive as never before, rich with human interest and colorful detail culled from a lifetime of study. Illustrated with detailed maps and archival images, this 448-page volume presents a unique narrative of the Civil War's most critical battles, translating Bearss' inimitable delivery into print. As he guides readers from the first shots at Fort Sumter to Gettysburg's bloody fields to the dignified surrender at Appomattox, his engagingly plainspoken but expert account demonstrates why he stands beside Shelby Foote, James McPherson, and Ken Burns in the front rank of modern chroniclers of the Civil War, as the Pulitzer Prize-winning McPherson himself points out in his admiring Introduction. A must for every one of America's countless Civil War buffs, this major work will stand as an important reference and enduring legacy of a great historian for generations to come.

Author : Robert Stanek
Publisher : RP Books & Audio
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781575458366

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Fields of Honor by Robert Stanek Pdf

In this continuation of Robert Stanek's multilayered epic fantasy, Great Kingdom must rebuild the cities and lands devastated by war. King Andrew Alder must decide whether to repair the alliance or retaliate. Meanwhile, the twelve clans emerge from myth and shadow, the plot of King Jarom Tyr'anth grows bold and someone will pay the ultimate price for treachery and betrayal.

Author : John Mayfield,Todd Hagstette
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611177299

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The Field of Honor by John Mayfield,Todd Hagstette Pdf

Current research on the history and evolution of moral standards and their role in Southern society For more than thirty years, the study of honor has been fundamental to understanding southern culture and history. Defined chiefly as reputation or public esteem, honor penetrated virtually every aspect of southern ethics and behavior, including race, gender, law, education, religion, and violence. In The Field of Honor: Essays on Southern Character and American Identity, editors John Mayfield and Todd Hagstette bring together new research by twenty emerging and established scholars who study the varied practices and principles of honor in its American context, across an array of academic disciplines. Following pathbreaking works by Bertram Wyatt-Brown, Dickson D. Bruce, and Edward L. Ayers, this collection notes that honor became a distinctive mark of southern culture and something that—alongside slavery—set the South distinctly off from the rest of the United States. This anthology brings together the work of a variety of writers who collectively explore both honor's range and its limitations, revealing a South largely divided between the demands of honor and the challenges of an emerging market culture—one common to the United States at large. They do so by methodologically examining legal studies, market behaviors, gender, violence, and religious and literary expressions. Honor emerges here as a tool used to negotiate modernity's challenges rather than as a rigid tradition and set of assumptions codified in unyielding rules and rhetoric. Some topics are traditional for the study of honor, some are new, but all explore the question: how different really is the South from America writ large? The Field of Honor builds an essential bridge between two distinct definitions of southern—and, by extension, American—character and identity.

Author : Benjamin Cummings Truman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Dueling
ISBN : UOM:39015005390102

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The Field of Honor by Benjamin Cummings Truman Pdf

Author : Margaret Vandercook
Publisher : Litres
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785040479436

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The Camp Fire Girls on the Field of Honor by Margaret Vandercook Pdf

Author : Sally Pont
Publisher : Harvest Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002-09-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0156027046

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Fields of Honor by Sally Pont Pdf

Provides a study of the founding fathers of college football and the evolution of the modern game in the years following World War II at Miami University of Ohio.

Author : John W. Primomo
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476605814

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The Appomattox Generals by John W. Primomo Pdf

Joshua L. Chamberlain of Maine and John B. Gordon of Georgia led the Union and Confederate armies, respectively, at the formal surrender ceremony at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, on April 12, 1865. In one of the most dramatic and memorable moments of the Civil War, as the Confederate soldiers marched through the Union lines to stack their weapons and flags, Chamberlain, moved by the historic moment and desiring to pay honor to a valiant, defeated foe, ordered his Union soldiers to salute Gordon's Confederates. Gordon, surprised but stirred by the same emotion, immediately responded, and ordered his men to return the salute. Both men had volunteered for military service, feeling a strong need to fight for their respective causes. They entered military service as low level officers with no formal military training. Repeatedly, they exhibited exceptional aptitude and responsibility, rising through the ranks as they received the glowing accolades of their superiors. Yet, they remained humble, continually demonstrating extraordinary courage, which earned them the respect of their men. Ultimately, their heroism and leadership culminated in their meeting as the commanders at the Appomattox Courthouse surrender. After the war, Chamberlain and Gordon entered politics in their respective states.

Author : Paul Blodgett Elliott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : UOM:39015074797617

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On the Field of Honor by Paul Blodgett Elliott Pdf

Author : Jonathan Rand
Publisher : Chamberlain Brothers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1596090391

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Fields of Honor by Jonathan Rand Pdf

Recounts the life and accomplishments of Pat Tillman, who left professional football to join the Army in response to the September 11, 2001, attacks and was killed in a combat situation in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004.

Author : Frances Wilson Huard
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547359944

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My Home in the Field of Honor by Frances Wilson Huard Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "My Home in the Field of Honor" by Frances Wilson Huard. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : United States. Quartermaster's Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : National cemeteries
ISBN : HARVARD:HX6LSQ

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Roll of Honor by United States. Quartermaster's Department Pdf

Author : John Lewis Barkley
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700620197

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Scarlet Fields by John Lewis Barkley Pdf

The train was packed with men. Men lying as still as if they were already dead. Men shaking with pain. One man raving, jabbering, yelling, in delirium. Everywhere bandages . . . bandages . . . bandages . . . and blood. Those words describe the moment when Private John Lewis Barkley first grasped the grim reality of the war he had entered. The rest of Barkley's memoir, first published in 1930 as No Hard Feelings and long out of print, provides a vivid ground-level look at World War I through the eyes of a soldier whose exploits rivaled those of Sergeant York. A reconnaissance man and sniper, Barkley served in Company K of the 4th Infantry Regiment, a unit that participated in almost every major American battle. The York-like episode that earned Barkley his Congressional Medal of Honor occurred on October 7, 1918, when he climbed into an abandoned French tank and singlehandedly held off an advancing German force, killing hundreds of enemy soldiers. But Barkley's memoir abounds with other memorable moments and vignettes, all in the words of a soldier who witnessed war's dangers and degradations but was not at all fazed by them. Unlike other writers identified with the "Lost Generation," he relished combat and made no apology for having dispatched scores of enemy soldiers; yet he was as much an innocent abroad as a killing machine, as witnessed by second thoughts over his sniper's role, or by his determination to protect a youthful German prisoner from American soldiers eager for retribution. This Missouri backwoodsman and sharpshooter was also a bit of a troublemaker who smuggled liquor into camp, avoided promotions like the plague, and had a soft heart for mademoiselles and fruleins alike. In his valuable introduction to this stirring memoir, Steven Trout helps readers to better grasp the historical context and significance of this singular hero's tale from one of our most courageous doughboys. Both haunting and heartfelt, inspiring and entertaining, Scarlet Fields is a long overlooked gem that opens a new window on our nation's experience in World War I and brings back to life a bygone era.

Author : John William Leonard
Publisher : London : T.F. Unwin
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Klondike River Valley (Yukon)
ISBN : UCSD:31822031029366

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The Gold Fields of the Klondike by John William Leonard Pdf

Author : Benjamin Cummings Truman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Dueling
ISBN : UCAL:$B273687

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The Field of Honor by Benjamin Cummings Truman Pdf

Author : James Webb
Publisher : Canelo
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781788635196

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Fields of Fire by James Webb Pdf

James Webb’s classic, scorching novel of the Vietnam War. They each had their reasons for becoming a Marine. They each had their illusions. Goodrich came fresh from Harvard. Snake got the tattoo before he even got the uniform. Hodges was haunted by the spirits of family heroes. Three young men, from vastly different worlds, were plunged into a white-hot, murderous melting pot of jungle warfare in the An Hoa Basin, Vietnam, 1969. They had no way of knowing what awaited them. For nothing could have prepared them for the madness of what they found. And in the heat and horror of battle they took on new identities, took on each other, and were reborn in fields of fire... Fields of Fire is a searing story of poetic power, razor-sharp observation, and non-stop combat, perfect for fans of Tim O’Brien, Karl Marlantes and Apocalypse Now. Praise for Fields of Fire ‘Few writers since Stephen Crane have portrayed men at war with such a ring of steely truth’ The Houston Post ‘A novel of such fullness and impact, one is tempted to compare it to Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead’The Oregonian ‘Webb gives us an extraordinary range of acutely observed people, not one a stereotype ... Fields of Fire is a stunner’ Newsweek ‘Webb pulls off the scabs and looks directly, unflinchingly on the open wounds of the Sixties’ Philadelphia Inquirer ‘The unmistakable sound of truth’ Time