Soldier Parrott - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Soldier Parrott write by J. North Conway. This book was released on 2021-07-01. Soldier Parrott available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Soldier Parrot brings a new level of research and personal grit to Civil War history with this riveting account of how Jacob Parrott, an 18-year-old, illiterate orphan from Ohio became the first soldier to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Parrott, a private in the Union Army, volunteered in 1862 for a secret mission behind Confederate lines to steal a train, tear up railroad tracks, burn bridges, and cut telegraph lines. The mission failed. Parrott and his companions were captured. Several were hung as spies and Parrott spent nearly two years in a Confederate prison. Parrott was only eighteen-years old when he volunteered for the secret mission. He had never been farther than ten miles from his home in Fairfield County. Soldier Parrott is literally the stuff of history--a fast-paced, extremely well-told tale of espionage, capture, trial, and escape. Half the team was executed; the half that escaped received the newly established Medal of Honor.
Michigan Civil War Landmarks
Michigan Civil War Landmarks - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Michigan Civil War Landmarks write by David Ingall. This book was released on 2015-04-13. Michigan Civil War Landmarks available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When America faced its greatest internal crisis, Michigan answered the call with over ninety thousand troops. The story of that sacrifice is preserved in the state's rich collection of Civil War monuments, markers, forts, cemeteries, reenactments, museums and exhibits. Discover how General George A. Custer and the famed Michigan Cavalry Brigade "saved the Union." Visit the chair that President Lincoln was assassinated in at Ford's Theatre, and view the grave of the last African American Union veteran. With a foreword by Civil War historian Jack Dempsey, this work is the first of its kind to chronicle the many Civil War landmarks in the Wolverine State.
The Business of War
The Business of War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Business of War write by David Parrott. This book was released on 2012-03-08. The Business of War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book offers a substantial reconsideration of early modern warfare and its relationship to the power of the state.
Becoming the Ex-Wife
Becoming the Ex-Wife - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Becoming the Ex-Wife write by Marsha Gordon. This book was released on 2024-08-06. Becoming the Ex-Wife available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Makes an excellent case for Parrott as an unjustly forgotten historical figure."—The New Yorker "Remind[s] us of the brazenly talented women sidelined by convention."—New York Times The riveting biography of Ursula Parrott—best-selling author, Hollywood screenwriter, and voice for the modern woman. Credited with popularizing the label "ex-wife" in 1929, Ursula Parrott wrote provocatively about divorcées, career women, single mothers, work-life balance, and a host of new challenges facing modern women. Her best sellers, Hollywood film deals, marriages and divorces, and run-ins with the law made her a household name. Part biography, part cultural history, Becoming the Ex-Wife establishes Parrott's rightful place in twentieth-century American culture, uncovering her neglected work and keen insights into American women's lives during a period of immense social change. Although she was frequently dismissed as a "woman's writer," reading Parrott's writing today makes it clear that she was a trenchant philosopher of modernity—her work was prescient, anticipating issues not widely raised until decades after her decline into obscurity. With elegant wit and a deft command of the archive, Marsha Gordon tells a timely story about the life of a woman on the front lines of a culture war that is still raging today.
Hand Book for Iowa Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
Hand Book for Iowa Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hand Book for Iowa Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument write by . This book was released on 1898. Hand Book for Iowa Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 111 pages, water staines cover.
