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"Through scratchboard art and quotes from the subject's letters, this picture book biography follows the life of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, who served in the Union army disguised as a man. Back matter materials include an author's note, two glossaries, recommended reading, a timeline of events, and additional historical information"--
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2001], c2001
Language
English
Description
Fusing the drama of history with the intimacy of memoir, a blockbuster anthology of previously unpublished war letters is collected by the dynamic and impassioned editor of the bestselling "Letters of a Nation". Carroll will donate all earnings to veterans' organizations nationwide. of wartime photos & facsimiles of handwritten letters.
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Ulverscroft, Linford Western
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An army patrol led by Lieutenant Shadrak Pickett is making its way through the Pioneer Mountains in south-west Montana. Its purpose is to deliver the monthly payroll to Fort Wisdom. Then Jake Rankin, an old colleague of Pickett's, asks for a ride to the next trading post, claiming his horse has died from snakebite. But Rankin's plan is to steal the payroll in such a way that Pickett takes the blame. A cunning deception by the brigand ruins Pickett's...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The jerk: Navin Johnson, the adopted son of a poor family, goes on an adventure to find his identity while his crazy inventions lead him from rags to riches.
Parenthood: A funny and loving husband tries too hard to be the perfect parent to his uniquely different kids.
Housesitter: Newton Davis' life is turned upside down when he shares the news of his girlfriend Becky turning down his proposal with dishonest waitress Gwen.
Bowfinger: Bobby Bowfinger,...
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Series
Richard Sharpe volume 23
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe... And the impossible is exactly what the formidable Major Sharpe is asked to do when he's dispatched on an undercover mission deep in the Spanish countryside. For a remote village is about to become the center of a battle for the future of Europe. Sitting high above the Almaraz bridge, it is the last link between two French armies, one in the north, the other to the south; if they meet, the British...
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Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In early 1945, Dorothy and 800 African American WACs arrive at their post in England where they are tasked with processing mail sent to GIs from their loved ones back home, an estimated 17 million pieces, and with their outlooks changed forever, return to the U.S. as the catalysts for change in America.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Hobbs & Shaw: When a cyber-enhanced super soldier sets out to steal a genetically altered virus that could destroy humanity, law man Luke Hobbs and outcast assassin Deckard Shaw must work together to save Shaw's sister and stop the virus from spreading.
San Andreas: When a magnitude nine earthquake leaves California in ruins, a helicopter pilot and his estranged wife make their way to San Francisco to save their only daughter.
The scorpion king:...