Rebel Raider - 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 Rebel Raider write by James A. Ramage. This book was released on 2014-02-17. Rebel Raider available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. At the age of twelve, American William R. Dunn decided to become a fighter pilot. In 1939 he joined the Canadian Army and was soon transferred to the Royal Air Force. He was the first pilot in the famous Eagle Squadron of American volunteers to shoot down an enemy aircraft and later became the first American ace of the war. After joining the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943, he saw action in the Normandy invasion and in Patton's sweep across France. Twenty years later he fought again in Vietnam. Dunn keenly conveys the fighter pilot's experience of war -- the tension of combat, the harsh grip of fear, the love of aircraft, the elation of victory, the boisterous comradeship and competition of the pilot brotherhood. Fighter Pilot is both a gripping story and a unique historical document.
Pirates, Privateers, and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast
Pirates, Privateers, and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast - 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 Pirates, Privateers, and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast write by Lindley S. Butler. This book was released on 2015-12-01. Pirates, Privateers, and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. North Carolina possesses one of the longest, most treacherous coastlines in the United States, and the waters off its shores have been the scene of some of the most dramatic episodes of piracy and sea warfare in the nation's history. Now, Lindley Butler brings this fascinating aspect of the state's maritime heritage vividly to life. He offers engaging biographical portraits of some of the most famous pirates, privateers, and naval raiders to ply the Carolina waters. Covering 150 years, from the golden age of piracy in the 1700s to the extraordinary transformation of naval warfare ushered in by the Civil War, Butler sketches the lives of eight intriguing characters: the pirate Blackbeard and his contemporary Stede Bonnet; privateer Otway Burns and naval raider Johnston Blakeley; and Confederate raiders James Cooke, John Maffitt, John Taylor Wood, and James Waddell. Penetrating the myths that have surrounded these legendary figures, he uncovers the compelling true stories of their lives and adventures.
Rebel Raiders
Rebel Raiders - 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 Rebel Raiders write by Lisa Trimble Actor. This book was released on 2013-02. Rebel Raiders available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. At her uncle's hillside burial, Dill Dunbar learns General John Hunt Morgan and his Rebel cavalry are headed straight for Jackson. While Pa is fighting for the Union at Vicksburg, Ma contracts diphtheria and Dill's brother must defend the town, leaving Dill to protect the farm. When the enemy soldiers arrive, Dill strikes a bargain: she will cook breakfast for all fifty-two men if they will leave the farm unharmed and not steal her brother's prized horse. But can Dill trust the enemy to keep their end of the bargain? Based on a true story.
The Rebel Raider
The Rebel Raider - 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 Rebel Raider write by Howard Swiggett. This book was released on 1934. The Rebel Raider available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Confederate Raider
Confederate Raider - 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 Confederate Raider write by John M. Taylor. This book was released on 1994. Confederate Raider available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Confederate Raider is the enthralling story of the Civil War as fought on the high seas by Raphael Semmes, the Confederacy's most famous and revered naval officer. Yet many of his Northern contemporaries considered the Yankee-hating Semmes nothing more than a pirate. In either guise, Semmes commanded the most successful sea raider of all time - the C.S.S. Alabama. During a two-year cruise, she took nearly a hundred Federal merchant vessels out of the war and became a household word on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line. Her final battle, off the coast of France against the U.S.S. Kearsarge, was an epic clash befitting the last one-on-one duel of wooden ships. A commander who carried out his mission without being able to bring his ship into a Southern port and whose crew had no allegiance to the Confederacy, Semmes is a brilliant and compelling figure in American military history.
