The largest collection of primary Isandlwana accounts, from British officers and men, colonial forces, civilians, and Zulu warriors who attacked the camp to deliver what was deemed a humiliating defeat for the British invading column.
Inside the Battle That Changed the Course of the Civil War
From the events that led to the clash at Gettysburg in July 1863 to the retreat of Robert E. Lees defeated Confederates, Richard Wheeler uses the words of participants - both Northern and Southern - to bring one of the Civil Wars bloodiest, most pivotal battles to life.
"Crook always maintained that, since his command occupied the field after the battle, he was not defeated at the Rosebud, and that if the battle had gone according to his orders, it would have resulted in a real triumph for his men. This view was also held by his superiors, although they called it a 'barren victory.' His part in the campaign was ......
Wild East tells the story of the British in Japan in the years of the Bakumatsu. Beginning with the first foreign treaties in the 1850s this book will concentrate on the events surrounding the Richardson Affair and the bombardments of Kagoshima and Shimonoseki in the 1860s and their effect on future Anglo Japanese relations.
Two soldiers, scouts, and showmen who left a lasting legacy, Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody. Author Bill Markley offers a thoughtful and entertaining examination of these legendary lives in this new joint biography of these two great plainsmen of the Old West.
In What Sorrows Labour in My Parents' Breast?, Brenda Stevenson provides a long overdue concise history to help the reader understand this vitally important African American institution as it evolved and survived under the extreme opposition that the institution of slavery imposed.
This book series will feature the stories of pioneer cemeteries in the western states, written by local authors, revealing the tales behind the intriguing, lost, abandoned, forgotten, and earlies pioneer cemeteries. Each book will include photos, essays, and stories of locations and individuals whose deaths and history have been forgotten-or at ......
What Lies Beneath features stories of pioneer cemeteries in the western states, written by local authors, revealing the tales behind the intriguing, lost, abandoned, forgotten, and earlies pioneer cemeteries. The author depicts the lives of these pioneers through archival images, essays, and family stories of locations and individuals whose deaths ......
What Lies Beneath features stories of pioneer cemeteries in the western states, written by local authors, revealing the tales behind the intriguing, lost, abandoned, forgotten, and earlies pioneer cemeteries. The author depicts the lives of these pioneers through archival images, essays, and family stories of locations and individuals whose deaths ......
