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The writer starts his intensive memoir with these words: «My intention is to give a succinct account of some of my adventures, dangers and sufferings during my several campaigns in the revolutionary army.» Contents: Campaign of 1776. Campaign of 1777. Campaign of 1778. Campaign of 1779. Campaign of 1780. Campaign of 1781. Campaign of 1782. Campaign of 1783.
| Автор | Joseph Plumb Martin |
Main focus of Grant's writing in his autobiography is on his military career during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. Original edition of Grant's Memoirs was published by Mark Twain shortly after Grant's death.
| Автор | Ulysses S. Grant |
Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 tells a story of the shipwreck of the Medusa frigate, its aftermath, and the tales of its survivors. Later in the book the author, Jean Baptiste Henri Savigny, describes the area where the shipwreck took place as well as his thoughts about colonization and about the practice of slavery.
| Автор | Jean Baptiste Henry Savigny |
"Between the Lines" is the recollection of Henry Bascom Smith who worked for the United States secret service as a spy during the Civil War. This book brings fascinating stories about U.S. secret service operations during the Civil War supplemented with the authentic documents from this turbulent epoch.
| Автор | Henry Bascom Smith |
"Memoirs of Service Afloat During the Civil War" is a book of Raphael Semmes' Civil War recollections. In this work Semmes defended both his actions at sea and the political actions of the southern states. The book is viewed as one of the most cogent but bitter defenses written about the South's «Lost Cause.»
| Автор | Raphael Semmes |
From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America is the memoir of General James Longstreet, one of the leading Confederate generals during the American Civil War. Longstreet in his memoirs refuted most of the criticism of his war record during the Civil War.
| Автор | James Longstreet |
"Japan" by Various. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a...
| Автор | Various |
"My Memoirs of the Civil War" is a compilation of sketches, memoirs and letters Louisa May Alcott sent home during the weeks she spent as a volunteer nurse for the Union Army during the American Civil War in Georgetown. While serving as a nurse, Alcott wrote letters to her family in Concord. At the urging of others, she prepared them later for publication.
| Автор | Louisa May Alcott |
"Memoirs of a Veteran" is a book of reminiscences of Captain Isaac Hermann who served in the three branches of the Confederate Army. Captain Herman writes about his personal experiences and observations from the Civil War. He dedicated his book to the future generation, desiring that horrors of war never repeat again in his country.
| Автор | Isaac Hermann |
In this edition John Dewey stresses the importance of the social and interactive processes of learning. It also emphasizes experience, experiment, purposeful learning and freedom as essential components of progressive education. He also synthesizes, criticizes, and expands upon the democratic (or proto-democratic) educational philosophies of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Plato.
| Автор | Джон Дьюи |
Sorrel's memoir, «Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer», was published posthumously, in 1905. Historian Douglas Southall Freeman deemed Sorrel's book one of the best accounts of the personalities of the major players in the Confederacy, characterized by «a hundred touches of humor and revealing strokes of swift characterization.»
| Автор | Gilbert Moxley Sorrel |
"Civil War Live" is a record of personal observations and experiences of Charles Carleton Coffin during the Civil War, with an occasional look at affairs in general to give clearness and provide necessary explanation to the reader. Contents: My Days and Nights on the Battlefield Following the Flag Four Years of Fighting Winning His Way
| Автор | Charles Carleton Coffin |