What the Yankees Did to Us - 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 What the Yankees Did to Us write by Stephen Davis. This book was released on 2012. What the Yankees Did to Us available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Like Chicago from Mrs. O'Leary's cow, or San Francisco from the earthquake of 1906, Atlanta has earned distinction as one of the most burned cities in American history. During the Civil War, Atlanta was wrecked, but not by burning alone. Longtime Atlantan Stephen Davis tells the story of what the Yankees did to his city. General William T. Sherman's Union forces had invested the city by late July 1864. Northern artillerymen, on Sherman's direct orders, began shelling the interior of Atlanta on 20 July, knowing that civilians still lived there and continued despite their knowledge that women and children were being killed and wounded. Countless buildings were damaged by Northern missiles and the fires they caused. Davis provides the most extensive account of the Federal shelling of Atlanta, relying on contemporary newspaper accounts more than any previous scholar. The Yankees took Atlanta in early September by cutting its last railroad, which caused Confederate forces to evacuate and allowed Sherman's troops to march in the next day. The Federal army's two and a half-month occupation of the city is rarely covered in books on the Atlanta campaign. Davis makes a point that Sherman's "wrecking" continued during the occupation when Northern soldiers stripped houses and tore other structures down for wood to build their shanties and huts. Before setting out on his "march to the sea," Sherman directed his engineers to demolish the city's railroad complex and what remained of its industrial plant. He cautioned them not to use fire until the day before the army was to set out on its march. Yet fires began the night of 11 November--deliberate arson committed against orders by Northern soldiers. Davis details the "burning" of Atlanta, and studies those accounts that attempt to estimate the extent of destruction in the city.
Caliban and the Yankees
Caliban and the Yankees - 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 Caliban and the Yankees write by Harvey R. Neptune. This book was released on 2009-11-30. Caliban and the Yankees available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In a compelling story of the installation and operation of U.S. bases in the Caribbean colony of Trinidad during World War II, Harvey Neptune examines how the people of this British island contended with the colossal force of American empire-building at a critical time in the island's history. The U.S. military occupation between 1941 and 1947 came at the same time that Trinidadian nationalist politics sought to project an image of a distinct, independent, and particularly un-British cultural landscape. The American intervention, Neptune shows, contributed to a tempestuous scene as Trinidadians deliberately engaged Yankee personnel, paychecks, and practices flooding the island. He explores the military-based economy, relationships between U.S. servicemen and Trinidadian women, and the influence of American culture on local music (especially calypso), fashion, labor practices, and everyday racial politics. Tracing the debates about change among ordinary and privileged Trinidadians, he argues that it was the poor, the women, and the youth who found the most utility in and moved most avidly to make something new out of the American presence. Neptune also places this history of Trinidad's modern times into a wider Caribbean and Latin American perspective, highlighting how Caribbean peoples sometimes wield "America" and "American ways" as part of their localized struggles.
The Yankees Index
The Yankees Index - 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 Yankees Index write by Mark Simon. This book was released on 2016-06-01. The Yankees Index available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Yankees fans have witnessed improbable feats, extraordinary achievements, and unmatched performances during the team's 100-plus seasons. The Yankees Index details the numbers every Yankees fan—from the rookie attending his first game at Yankee Stadium to the veteran who recalls Ron Guidry's days on the mound—should know. Author Mark Simon tells the stories behind the most memorable moments and achievements in Yankees history in this full-color book full of insightful and fun infographics and history.
Pinstripe Empire
Pinstripe Empire - 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 Pinstripe Empire write by Marty Appel. This book was released on 2014-05-06. Pinstripe Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The definitive history of the world's greatest baseball team—with an all new afterword by the author.
True Yankees
True Yankees - 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 True Yankees write by Dane A. Morrison. This book was released on 2014-12-22. True Yankees available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With American independence came the freedom to sail anywhere in the world under a new flag. Drawing on private journals, letters, ships' logs, memoirs, and newspaper accounts, this book traces America's earliest encounters on a global stage through the exhilarating experiences of five Yankee seafarers.
