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Describes the origins and early history of the American Navy, discussing the debates by the founding fathers over the need for a permanent military, the decision to construct six heavy frigates, the campaign against Tripoli, and the war of ...
... 1937); Roger Burlingame, Of Making Many Books (S, 1946); Anna Robeson Burr, Weir Mitchell, His Life and Letters (Duffield, 1930); L. White Busbey, Uncle Joe Cannon (Ht, 1927); Nicholas Murray Butler, Across the Busy Years, 2 vols.
Although the group was diverse, they were very skilled horsemen and fighters. The Rough Riders are best remembered for their charge up San Juan Hill on July 1, 1898. Roosevelt and his Rough Riders were a colorful group of characters.
Provides the U.S. Army with a comprehensive but brief account of its past. This is the first of two volumes. It covers the Army¿s history from its birth in 1775 to the eve of WW1, when the U.S. had become a world power.
In this remarkable account of the war's first year and the events that led up to it, Pierre Berton transforms history into an engrossing narrative that reads like a fast-paced novel.
This is an account of a zoo-geographic reconnaissance through the Brazilian hinterland. The official and proper title of the expedition is that given it by the Brazilian Government: Expedicao Scientifica Roosevelt- Rondon.
Eric Flint’s acclaimed 1634: The Galileo Affair was a national bestseller from one of the most talked-about voices in his field.
The Historian Who Changed the Way Naval Battles Were Fought In 1859 Alfred Thayer Mahan graduated second in his class from the U.S. Naval Academy.