Stonewall Goes West

Author : R. E. Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03
Category : United States
ISBN : 0988892200

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Stonewall Goes West by R. E. Thomas Pdf

Praise for Stonewall Goes West: "It's no easy task to accurately depict individual personalities, let alone write believable fictional conversations and interactions between them; nonetheless, the author excels at both." - Dr. Mathew Lively, author of Calamity at Chancellorsville Stonewall Jackson's death at the Battle of Chancellorsville is the great "what if" of the Civil War. In Stonewall Goes West, the fabled Jackson survives his wounding at Chancellorsville in 1863 to assume command of the South's Army of Tennessee. In a final bid to reverse the failing fortunes of the Confederacy, a maimed but unbowed General Jackson confronts not only Sherman's Union armies on the western front, but his own recalcitrant generals. Stonewall Goes West gives the classic "what if" a fresh, new answer in a fast-paced tale, rich with authentic detail, filled with battle and strategy, and populated by the Civil War's most colorful personalities.

Author : S. C. Gwynne
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781451673302

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Rebel Yell by S. C. Gwynne Pdf

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the epic New York Times bestselling account of how Civil War general Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson became a great and tragic national hero. Stonewall Jackson has long been a figure of legend and romance. As much as any person in the Confederate pantheon—even Robert E. Lee—he embodies the romantic Southern notion of the virtuous lost cause. Jackson is also considered, without argument, one of our country’s greatest military figures. In April 1862, however, he was merely another Confederate general in an army fighting what seemed to be a losing cause. But by June he had engineered perhaps the greatest military campaign in American history and was one of the most famous men in the Western world. Jackson’s strategic innovations shattered the conventional wisdom of how war was waged; he was so far ahead of his time that his techniques would be studied generations into the future. In his “magnificent Rebel Yell…S.C. Gwynne brings Jackson ferociously to life” (New York Newsday) in a swiftly vivid narrative that is rich with battle lore, biographical detail, and intense conflict among historical figures. Gwynne delves deep into Jackson’s private life and traces Jackson’s brilliant twenty-four-month career in the Civil War, the period that encompasses his rise from obscurity to fame and legend; his stunning effect on the course of the war itself; and his tragic death, which caused both North and South to grieve the loss of a remarkable American hero.

Author : Craig L. Symonds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015040697289

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Stonewall of the West by Craig L. Symonds Pdf

This text offers a critical biography of Patrick Cleburne. It explores the sources of Cleburne's commitment to the Southern cause, his growth as a combat leader from Shiloh to Chickamauga and his emergence as one of the Confederacy's most effective field commanders.

Author : Nico Medina,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781524786014

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What Was Stonewall? by Nico Medina,Who HQ Pdf

How did a spontaneous protest outside of a New York City bar fifty years ago spark a social movement across America? Find out about the history of LGBTQ rights in this Who HQ title. In the early-morning hours of June 28, 1969, police arrived at the Stonewall Inn's doors and yelled, "Police! We're taking the place!" But the people in this New York City neighborhood bar, members of the LGBTQ community, were tired of being harassed. They rebelled in the streets, turning one moment into a civil rights movement and launching the fight for equality among LGBTQ people in the United States.

Author : New York Public Library,Jason Baumann
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780525505303

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The Stonewall Reader by New York Public Library,Jason Baumann Pdf

For the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fight for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and the activists who spearheaded it, with a foreword by Edmund White. Finalist for the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction, presented by The Publishing Triangle Tor.com, Best Books of 2019 (So Far) Harper’s Bazaar, The 20 Best LGBTQ Books of 2019 The Advocate, The Best Queer(ish) Non-Fiction Tomes We Read in 2019 June 28, 2019 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, which is considered the most significant event in the gay liberation movement, and the catalyst for the modern fight for LGBTQ rights in the United States. Drawing from the New York Public Library's archives, The Stonewall Reader is a collection of first accounts, diaries, periodic literature, and articles from LGBTQ magazines and newspapers that documented both the years leading up to and the years following the riots. Most importantly the anthology spotlights both iconic activists who were pivotal in the movement, such as Sylvia Rivera, co-founder of Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), as well as forgotten figures like Ernestine Eckstein, one of the few out, African American, lesbian activists in the 1960s. The anthology focuses on the events of 1969, the five years before, and the five years after. Jason Baumann, the NYPL coordinator of humanities and LGBTQ collections, has edited and introduced the volume to coincide with the NYPL exhibition he has curated on the Stonewall uprising and gay liberation movement of 1969.

Author : Younghill Kang
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143136286

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East Goes West by Younghill Kang Pdf

A beautiful collectible hardcover edition of the father of Korean American literature's "wonderfully resplendent evocation of a newcomer's America" (Chang-rae Lee, author of Native Speaker) A Penguin Vitae Edition Having fled Japanese-occupied Korea for the gleaming promise of the United States with nothing but four dollars and a suitcase full of Shakespeare to his name, the young, idealistic Chungpa Han arrives in a New York teeming with expatriates, businessmen, students, scholars, and indigents. Struggling to support his studies, he travels throughout the United States and Canada, becoming by turns a traveling salesman, a domestic worker, and a farmer, and observing along the way the idealism, greed, and shifting values of the industrializing twentieth century. Part picaresque adventure, part shrewd social commentary, East Goes West casts a sharply satirical eye on the demands and perils of assimilation. It is a masterpiece not only of Asian American literature but also of American literature. Penguin Vitae―loosely translated as "Penguin of one's life"―is a deluxe hardcover series from Penguin Classics celebrating a dynamic and diverse landscape of classic fiction and nonfiction from seventy-five years of classics publishing. Penguin Vitae provides readers with beautifully designed classics that have shaped the course of their lives, and welcomes new readers to discover these literary gifts of personal inspiration, intellectual engagement, and creative originality.

Author : Chris Mackowski,Brian Matthew Jordan
Publisher : Savas Beatie
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781954547063

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The Great “What Ifs” of the American Civil War by Chris Mackowski,Brian Matthew Jordan Pdf

“Thought-provoking and entertaining . . . What if Lincoln had dodged the assassin’s bullet? What if Lee had waged guerrilla warfare in April 1865?” —Gordon C. Rhea, author of the Overland Campaign series “What if. . . ?” Every Civil War armchair general asks the question. Possibilities unfold. Disappointments vanish. Imaginations soar. More questions arise. “What if . . .” can be more than an exercise in wistful fantasy. A serious inquiry sparks rigorous exploration, demands critical thinking, and unlocks important insights. The Great “What Ifs” of the American Civil War: Historians Tackle the Conflict’s Most Intriguing Possibilities is a collection of fourteen essays by the historians at Emerging Civil War, and includes a Foreword by acclaimed alternate history writer Peter G. Tsouras. Each entry focuses on one of the most important events of the war and unpacks the options of the moment. To understand what happened, we must look with a clear and objective eye at what could have happened, with the full multitude of choices before us. “What if” is a tool for illumination. These essays also explode the assumptions people make when they ask “what if” and then jump to wishful conclusions. This collection offers not alternate histories or counterfactual scenarios, but an invitation to ask, to learn, and to wonder . . . “A lively and engaging examination of those perennial ‘second guesses’ no student of the war fails to appreciate. No ‘pie in the sky’ here—each exploration is firmly rooted in fact, with a keen appreciation of context, providing provocative insight without sacrificing history.” —David A. Powell, author of the award–winning series The Chickamauga Campaign

Author : R. E. Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-19
Category : United States
ISBN : 0988892227

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Mother Earth, Bloody Ground by R. E. Thomas Pdf

A continuation of the story of what might have happened if Stonewall Jackson had survived the Battle of Chancellorsville. In this segment, Jackson is pitted againt Union General William Sherman in the South.

Author : Martin Duberman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780593083994

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Stonewall by Martin Duberman Pdf

The definitive account of the Stonewall Riots, the first gay rights march, and the LGBTQ activists at the center of the movement. “Martin Duberman is a national treasure.”—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker On June 28, 1969, the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York's Greenwich Village, was raided by police. But instead of responding with the typical compliance the NYPD expected, patrons and a growing crowd decided to fight back. The five days of rioting that ensued changed forever the face of gay and lesbian life. In Stonewall, renowned historian and activist Martin Duberman tells the full story of this pivotal moment in history. With riveting narrative skill, he re-creates those revolutionary, sweltering nights in vivid detail through the lives of six people who were drawn into the struggle for LGBTQ rights. Their stories combine to form an unforgettable portrait of the repression that led up to the riots, which culminates when they triumphantly participate in the first gay rights march of 1970, the roots of today's pride marches. Fifty years after the riots, Stonewall remains a rare work that evokes with a human touch an event in history that still profoundly affects life today.

Author : Cash Cashion
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524527518

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Going West on the Silk Road by Cash Cashion Pdf

The book starts at the end of his first book, The Cowboy and the Eight Immortals, as they plan to leave China via the Silk Road, where the paleontologist plans to dig for bones and ship them back to the United States. They plan to travel the Silk Road back to the Black Sea and then to England, where Ryans Lady Jane lives. The run into the Second Afghan War at the Khyber Pass and are stopped from completing their first objective. Then they finally see Dr. Watson, and Lady Jane takes Watson back to England, while Ryan goes back to China to save Empress Kin a second time from people seeking her throne.

Author : Robert G. Tanner
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0811720640

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Stonewall in the Valley by Robert G. Tanner Pdf

Copyright date 1996; previously published: Doubleday & Co., 1976.

Author : Maurice Gee
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459623774

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Going West by Maurice Gee Pdf

For all the promise of his name, Jack Skeat cannot be a poet. His friend Rex Petley eel-catcher, girl-chaser, motorbike rider takes that prize. Is he also a murderer? And why, forty years later, does he drown out on the Gulf? Jack has to find out, and is drawn to examine their lives. Going West has long been regarded as one of the most autobiogr...

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015084573297

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Engineering by Anonim Pdf

Author : James I. Robertson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Generals
ISBN : 9780689824197

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Standing Like a Stone Wall by James I. Robertson Pdf

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Author : George Francis Robert Henderson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1018018034

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Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War; Volume 2 by George Francis Robert Henderson Pdf

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