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Story of the War in South Africa, 1899-1900

A. T. Mahan

The work is a historical study of the South African War of 1899‑1902, written by the American naval officer…

Pyrrhus Makers of History

Jacob Abbott

Jacob Abbott’s work is a nineteenth‑century historical narrative that treats the life of Pyrrhus, king of…

Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History

Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 2 is a compendium of concise biographical sketches that together portray the…

Ride Proud, Rebel!

Andre Norton

The work is a juvenile‑fiction narrative set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, written by Andre…

Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama

Walter L. Fleming

Walter L. Fleming’s work is a scholarly survey of Alabama’s transition from the ante‑bellum era through the…

The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade: August 1914 to March 1915

Lord Edward Gleichen

The work is a first‑hand campaign diary of the 15th Infantry Brigade, written by Edward Lord Gleichen, who…

Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965

Morris J. MacGregor

The work is a scholarly administrative history that traces the dismantling of legal, administrative, and…

Sound Military Decision

Naval War College

Sound Military Decision is a formal treatise produced by the United States Naval War College, first issued in…

Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2

Ian Hamilton

The volume is a wartime diary by Sir Ian Hamilton, the British commander who led the Gallipoli campaign, and…

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915

Various

The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1

Frederick Whymper

Frederick Whymper’s The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism is a sprawling survey of…

Cover of A journal, of a young man of Massachusetts, late a surgeon on board an American privateer, who was captured at sea by the British in May, eighteen hundred and thirteen and was confined first, at Melville Island, Halifax, then at Chatham, in England, and last at Dartmoor prison: Interspersed with observations, anecdotes and remarks, tending to illustrate the moral and political characters of three nations. To which is added, a correct engraving of Dartmoor prison, representing the massacre of American prisoners.

A journal, of a young man of Massachusetts, late a surgeon on board an American privateer, who was captured at sea by the British in May, eighteen hundred and thirteen and was confined first, at Melville Island, Halifax, then at Chatham, in England, and last at Dartmoor prison: Interspersed with observations, anecdotes and remarks, tending to illustrate the moral and political characters of three nations. To which is added, a correct engraving of Dartmoor prison, representing the massacre of American prisoners.

Benjamin Waterhouse

This work is a first‑person journal kept by Benjamin Waterhouse, a young Massachusetts surgeon who served…

Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 19)

United States. War Department

The work is an official United States Army manual that codifies infantry drill, tactics, and related…

The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner

J. Wilkinson

John Wilkinson’s “The Narrative of a Blockade‑runner” is a first‑hand memoir that blends personal…

Cover of A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 6, September 1, 1812-August 5, 1813: The siege of Burgos, the retreat from Burgos, the campaign of Vittoria, the battles of the Pyrenees

A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 6, September 1, 1812-August 5, 1813: The siege of Burgos, the retreat from Burgos, the campaign of Vittoria, the battles of the Pyrenees

Charles Oman

Charles Oman’s sixth volume in his monumental “History of the Peninsular War” picks up where the previous…

South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 8) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899

Louis Creswicke

Louis Creswicke’s first volume of “South Africa and the Transvaal War” is a comprehensive historical study…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay’s fourth volume of The History of England continues his sweeping chronicle of the…

Ins neue Land

Gabriele Reuter

Der Roman Ins neue Land von Gabriele Reuter ist ein ausgedehntes Werk der deutschen Gegenwartsliteratur des…

A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition

P. T. Ross

A Yeoman’s Letters is a first‑hand collection of wartime correspondence by P. T.

The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3.

A. T. Mahan

The work is a detailed historical study of Union and Confederate naval operations along the Gulf of Mexico…

The Life of Napoleon I (Complete)

J. Holland Rose

The work is a scholarly biography that seeks to rewrite the conventional narrative of Napoleon’s career by…

Napoleon's British visitors and captives, 1801-1815

John Goldworth Alger

John Goldworth Alger’s work is a scholarly survey of the tangled web of British individuals who found…

Hannibal Makers of History

Jacob Abbott

The work is a scholarly juvenile history that treats the life and wars of Hannibal as a straight‑forward…

The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)

J. Holland Rose

This work is a scholarly survey of European political development from the unification of Germany in 1870…