The Great Missouri Raid - 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 Great Missouri Raid write by Michael J. Forsyth. This book was released on 2015-03-14. The Great Missouri Raid available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1864, General Sterling Price with an army of 12,000 ragtag Confederates invaded Missouri in an effort to wrest it from the United States Army's Department of Missouri. Price hoped his campaign would sway the 1864 presidential election, convincing war-weary Northern voters to cast their ballots for a peace candidate rather than Abraham Lincoln. It was the South's last invasion of Northern territory. But it was simply too late in the war for the South to achieve such an outcome, and Price grossly mismanaged the campaign, guaranteeing the defeat of his force and of the Confederate States. This book chronicles the Confederacy's desperate, final, ill-fated attempt to win a decisive victory.
Character-Based Film Series Part 1
Character-Based Film Series Part 1 - 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 Character-Based Film Series Part 1 write by Terry Rowan. This book was released on 2016-04-09. Character-Based Film Series Part 1 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A group of films on a character-based series, which include Andy Hardy, Benji, Billy Jack, Blondie, Captain Nemo, Dr. Kildare, The Falcon, Francis the Talking Mule, Harry Potter, Henry Aldrich, Jason Voorhees, Jungle Jim. The Lone Ranger, Ma 8 Pa Kettle, Matt Dillon, Michael Myers, Robin Hood, Santa Claus, Superman, Tarzan and Zorro. These and other characters make this interesting book
The Collapse of Price's Raid
The Collapse of Price's Raid - 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 Collapse of Price's Raid write by Mark A. Lause. This book was released on 2016. The Collapse of Price's Raid available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As the Civil War was drawing to a close, former Missouri governor Sterling Price led his army on one last desperate campaign to retake his home state for the Confederacy, part of a broader effort to tilt the upcoming 1864 Union elections against Abraham Lincoln and the Republicans. In The Collapse of Price's Raid: The Beginning of the End in Civil War Missouri, Mark A. Lause examines the complex political and social context of what became known as "Price's Raid," the final significant Southern operation west of the Mississippi River. The success of the Confederates would be measured by how long they could avoid returning south to spend a hungry winter among the picked-over fields of southwestern Arkansas and northeastern Texas. As Price moved from Pilot Knob to Boonville, the Raid brutalized and alienated the people it supposedly wished to liberate. With Union cavalry pushing out of Jefferson City, the Confederates took Boonville, Glasgow, and Sedalia in their stride, and fostered a wave of attacks across northern Missouri by guerrillas and organizations of new recruits. With the Missouri River to their north and the ravaged farmlands to their south, Price's men continued west. At Lexington, Confederates began encountering a second Federal army newly raised in Kansas under General Samuel R. Curtis. A running battle from the Little Blue through Independence to the Big Blue marked the first of three days of battle in the area of Kansas City, as the two Federal armies squeezed the Confederate forces between them. Despite a self-congratulatory victory, Union forces failed to capture the very vulnerable army of Price, which escaped down the Kansas line. The follow-up to Price's Lost Campaign: The 1864 Invasion of Missouri, Lause's The Collapse of Price's Raid is a must-have for any reader interested in the Civil War or in Missouri state history.
Westerns in a Changing America, 1955-2000
Westerns in a Changing America, 1955-2000 - 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 Westerns in a Changing America, 1955-2000 write by R. Philip Loy. This book was released on 2014-07-15. Westerns in a Changing America, 1955-2000 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For many, the Westerns of 1930 to 1955 were a defining part of American culture. Those Westerns were one of the vehicles by which viewers learned the values and norms of a wide range of social relationships and behavior. By 1955, however, Westerns began to include more controversial themes: cowardly citizens, emotionally deranged characters, graphic violence, marital infidelity, racial prejudice, and rape, among other issues. This work examines the manner in which Westerns reflected the substantial social, economic and political changes that shaped American culture in the latter half of the twentieth century. Part One of this work considers shifting themes as the genre reacted to changes unfolding in the broader social landscape of American culture. Part Two examines the manner in which images of cowboys, outlaws, lawmen, American Indians and women changed in Westerns as the viewers were offered new understanding of the frontier experience.
The American Western A Complete Film Guide
The American Western A Complete Film Guide - 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 American Western A Complete Film Guide write by Terry Rowan. This book was released on 2012-11-18. The American Western A Complete Film Guide available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A comprehensive film guide featuring films and television shows of the great American western. The stories of the men and women who tamed the old West. Also featuring actors and directors who made these films possible.
