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The Yanks Are Starving

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ISBN 10 : 9780981648453
Pages : 563 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (648 downloads)

Download The Yanks Are Starving PDF Format Full Free by Glen Craney and published by Brigid's Fire Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two armies. One flag. No honor. The darkest day in American history. "[A] wonderful source of historical fact wrapped in a compelling novel....will both teach and entertain." -- Historical Novel Society Former political journalist Glen Craney has enthralled readers with novels set during the medieval crusades and Scottish wars of independence. Now the award-winning author brings to life the little-known story of the Bonus March of 1932, which culminated in a shocking clash between thousands of homeless veterans and U.S. Army regulars on the streets of the nation's capital. "[A] vivid picture of not only men being deprived of their veterans' rights, but of their human rights as well.... Craney performs a valuable service by chronicling it in this admirable book." — MILITARY WRITERS SOCIETY OF AMERICA "Craney has written an outstanding social and military historical novel of the United States." — MARINE VETERAN JOSEPH SPUCKLER * * * Foreword Book-of-the-Year Finalist Historical Fiction * * * * * * indieBRAG Medallion * * * * * * Chaucer Award Finalist * * * Mired in the Great Depression, the United States teeters on the brink of revolution. And the nation holds its collective breath as a rail-riding hobo leads 20,000 fellow World War I veterans on a desperate quest for justice to the steps of the U.S. Capitol. This timely epic evokes the historical novels of Jeff Sharra as it sweeps across three decades with eight Americans from different backgrounds who survive the fighting in France and come together again, fourteen years later, to determine the fate of a country threatened by communism and fascism: — Herbert Hoover, the beleaguered president. — Douglas MacArthur, the ambitious general. — Pelham Glassford, the compassionate police chief. — Walter Waters, the troubled leader of the Bonus veterans. — Floyd Gibbons, the war correspondent and famous radio broadcaster. — Joe Angelo, the Italian-American who serves as George Patton's orderly. — Ozzie Taylor, the street musician turned Harlem Hellfighter. — Anna Raber, the Mennonite nurse. We follow these men and women from the Boxer Rebellion in China to the Plain of West Point, from the persecution of conscientious objectors in the Midwest to the horrors of the Marne in France, and from the Hoovervilles of the heartland to the pitiful Anacostia encampment in the bowels of the District of Columbia. Here is an alarming portrayal of the political intrigue and government betrayal that ignited the only violent conflict between two American armies under the same flag. "One of the best and most memorable books I have ever read." — MARINE VETERAN NATHAN MERCER "Craney combines the visual imagery of a screenwriter and the objectivity of a journalist with the passions of a writer... [E]ssential reading for those who found truth and beauty co-existent in the works of John Steinbeck and John Dos Passos." — LINDA ROOT, REVIEW GROUP UK "[I] know of no other fiction writer who has made this brave, tragic protest movement the main theme of a novel, until now. Glen Craney deserves praise for recognizing the significance and dramatic potential of the Bonus Army story." — THE COMPULSIVE READER START READING THE YANKS ARE STARVING TODAY.


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The Yanks Are Starving

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Download The Yanks Are Starving PDF Format Full Free by Glen Craney and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Great Depression, a rail-riding hobo leads 20,000 hungry World War One veterans into Washington D.C. to demand jobs and service payment. This sweeping novel unfolds the shocking but little-known intrigue and government betrayal that ignited the only violent clash between two American armies under the same flag.


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The Cotillion Brigade

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ISBN 10 : 9780996154123
Pages : 399 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (154 downloads)

Download The Cotillion Brigade PDF Format Full Free by Glen Craney and published by Brigid's Fire Press. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgia burns. Sherman’s Yankees are closing in. Will the women of LaGrange run or fight? Based on the true story of the celebrated Nancy Hart Rifles, The Cotillion Brigade is a sweeping epic of the Civil War’s ravages on family and love, the resilient bonds of sisterhood amid devastation, and the miracle of reconciliation between bitter enemies. “Gone With The Wind meets A League Of Their Own.” 1856. Sixteen-year-old Nannie Colquitt Hill makes her debut in the antebellum society of the Chattahoochee River plantations. A thousand miles to the north, a Wisconsin farm boy, Hugh LaGrange, joins an Abolitionist crusade to ban slavery in Bleeding Kansas. Five years later, secession and total war against the homefronts of Dixie hurl them toward a confrontation unrivaled in American history. Nannie defies the traditions of Southern gentility by forming a women’s militia and drilling it to prepare for Northern invaders. With their men dead, wounded, or retreating with the Confederate armies, only Captain Nannie and her Fighting Nancies stand between their beloved homes and the Yankee torches. Hardened into a slashing Union cavalry colonel, Hugh duels Rebel generals Joseph Wheeler and Nathan Bedford Forrest across Tennessee and Alabama. As the war churns to a bloody climax, he is ordered to drive a burning stake deep into the heart of the Confederacy. Yet one Georgia town—which by mocking coincidence bears Hugh’s last name—stands defiant in his path. Read the remarkable story of the Southern women who formed America’s most famous female militia and the Union officer whose life they changed forever. Editorial Praise: Historical Novel Society Editor's Choice Award: The story reflects the author’s impeccable research and passion for the subject. The Cotillion Brigade will appeal to readers who enjoy reading poignant, character-driven Civil War stories that will resonate in their minds long after finishing them. Highly recommended." Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal Winner: "[H]istorical fiction at its best: solid research combined with great storytelling." InD'tale Magazine's Crowned Heart for Excellence:"[A] must-read! The story is beautifully told...readers will feel they are in the scenes.... a fantastic journey."


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The Lucifer Genome

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ISBN 10 : 9780981648484
Pages : 273 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (648 downloads)

Download The Lucifer Genome PDF Format Full Free by Glen Craney and published by Brigid's Fire Press. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stolen relic ... the world's oldest human molecule ... DNArmaggedon. Somebody with lots of guns and a demonic gene-altering plan has just heisted the world's most precious meteorite. Only one man—a former Defense Intelligence agent with a shady past—can prevent Hell being spawned on Earth. Cas Fielding has been surfing away his retirement years on the waves of Malibu. But his rum-hazed hibernation is disrupted when an old associate in the spook business corners him with an assignment. Islam’s most revered relic—the Black Stone of Kaaba—has disappeared from Mecca. The mission is best suited for the insane or suicidal, but Fielding—an old Army Ranger who is the only Westerner alive to have infiltrated the radical Bedouin tribes—accepts the task of trying to recover the Stone before the Saudi royal family can be disgraced and toppled for losing it. In need of some intellectual firepower, he hooks up with Dr. Marly McKinney, a sultry but difficult Ivy League expert on meteorites. They descend into the global underground meteorite market, only to find themselves trapped between a holy rock and an Apocalyptic hard place. What readers are saying about The Lucifer Genome: "Dan Brown meets Carl Hiaasen--Big Thumbs Up!" "[A] non-stop read with a great ending." "This book was a great thriller. I couldn't put it down." START READING THE LUCIFER GENOME TODAY.


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The Virgin of the Wind Rose

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ISBN 10 : 9780981648439
Pages : 407 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (648 downloads)

Download The Virgin of the Wind Rose PDF Format Full Free by Glen Craney and published by Brigid's Fire Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mysterious Templar code has eluded scholars for centuries. Does the key to unlocking its explosive message lie buried with Christopher Columbus? Rookie State Department lawyer Jaqueline Quartermane was never much good at puzzles. But now, assigned to investigate the ritual murder of an American missionary in Ethiopia, she must solve the world's oldest palindrome—the infamous SATOR Square—to thwart a religious conspiracy that reaches back to the 15th century and a secretive monastic order of Portuguese sea explorers. Separated by half a millennium, two espionage plots dovetail in this breakneck dual-narratives thriller, driven by history's most closely guarded mystery.... ... the shocking secret that Columbus took to the grave. If you're a fan of monastic cryptography, secret societies, relic heists, and esoteric conspiracies, don't wait to join the search for The Virgin of the Wind Rose. What readers are saying: "Impeccably research, high velocity! . . . If you love Steve Berry, Dan Brown or Umberto Eco, you may have a new author favorite in Glen Craney." -- BEST THRILLERS "An exciting journey across time, with more twists and turns than a strawberry Twizzler.... Highly recommended." -- QUARTERDECK MAGAZINE "Grips you in its teeth and whirls you through history... Naturally this novel will be compared to the books of Dan Brown but the quality of writing in The Virgin of the Wind Rose has the edge for me." -- ROSIE AMBER REVIEWS "Fantastic and enthralling.... [W]ill keep you glued to your couch. Most certainly a tour-de-force." -- DAVID BEN EFRAIM, QBR REVIEWS "I stayed up all night to finish this great read and was left wanting more... Mr. Craney is a master of holding back and building the suspense." -- ONE BOOK SHY OF A FULL SHELF "Move over, Dan Brown!" -- SWEET MYSTERIES * * * Books and Benches Magazine Book-of-the-Year Finalist * * * * * * indieBRAG Medallion * * *


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The Spider and the Stone

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ISBN 10 : 9780981648415
Pages : 432 pages
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Download The Spider and the Stone PDF Format Full Free by Glen Craney and published by Brigid's Fire Press. This book was released on with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scotland's survival hangs on an outlaw king on the run. James Douglas vows to avenge his father's murder. Isabelle MacDuff prays to escape a fate worse than death. As the 14th century dawns, their fellow Scots scrap over the empty throne. Seizing the opportunity to enlarge his kingdom, the brutal Edward Longshanks of England invades his weakened neighbor to the north. Yet one young warrior--who will become feared by his enemies as the Black Douglas--stands in the path of three Plantagenet monarchs. Their clans are sworn rivals, but James pursues the ravishing Isabelle, whose forefathers for centuries have inaugurated kings on the hallowed Stone of Destiny. Their world is upturned when James befriends Robert Bruce, a bitter foe of the MacDuffs. Both James and Isabelle must make agonizing decisions that will draw the armies to the bloody field of Bannockburn. Here is the story of the remarkable events following the execution of William Wallace of Braveheart fame. Set during the Bruce wars of independence, The Spider and the Stone is the unforgettable saga of the star-crossed love, religious intrigue, fierce friendship in arms, and heroic sacrifice that preserved Scotland's freedom during its time of greatest peril. START READING THE STIRRING STORY OF THE BLACK DOUGLAS TODAY. * * * Chaucer Award First-Place Historical Fiction * * * * * * Foreword Finalist Book-of-the-Year Historical Fiction * * * * * * indieBRAG Medallion * * * * * * BTS Magazine Reader's Choice Honorable Mention * * * What Readers Are Saying: "The best book I've read this year. Touched my Scottish-American warrior's heart." -- JOHN GRAHAM, SENESCHAL, SOCIETY OF CREATIVE ANACHRONISM "Many a tale of Robert the Bruce has been told. This is the best of historical fiction.... I suspect my greatest great uncle Gilbert Hay would spin an equal tale but doubtfully one so enchanting. Thank you for a grand read. You are blessed in storyteller’s craft!" -- WILLIAM HAY, DESCENDANT OF SCOTTISH POET GILBERT HAY "The battle scenes are detailed and vivid, giving the reader a ringside seat at Scotland's desperate fight for freedom.... Spider will hold readers in suspense." -- IND'TALE MAGAZINE "[B]est historical fiction I have read in years." -- TO READ, OR NOT TO READ "Sons of Scotland, sweep me away! [The story] will stay burning in my mind for days to come." -- AS THE FINAL PAGE TURNS "[Craney] has woven a well-crafted, interesting tale." -- HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY "One of the best historical fiction novels I have read in a long time....a wonderful weaving of history, adventure, love, conflict and more." -- 2READANDREVIEWED


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FDR and the American Crisis

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ISBN 10 : 9780385753616
Pages : 336 pages
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Download FDR and the American Crisis PDF Format Full Free by Albert Marrin and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive biography of president Franklin Delano Roosevelt for young adult readers, from National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin, is a must-have for anyone searching for President's Day reading. Brought up in a privileged family, Franklin Delano Roosevelt had every opportunity in front of him. As a young man, he found a path in politics and quickly began to move into the public eye. That ascent seemed impossible when he contracted polio and lost the use of his legs. But with a will of steel he fought the disease—and public perception of his disability—to become president of the United States of America. FDR used that same will to guide his country through a crippling depression and a horrendous world war. He understood Adolf Hitler, and what it would take to stop him, before almost any other world leader did. But to accomplish his greater goals, he made difficult choices that sometimes compromised the ideals of fairness and justice. FDR is one of America’s most intriguing presidents, lionized by some and villainized by others. National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin explores the life of a fascinating, complex man, who was ultimately one of the greatest leaders our country has known.


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The Lost History of the Capitol

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ISBN 10 : 9781493055913
Pages : 402 pages
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Download The Lost History of the Capitol PDF Format Full Free by Edward P. Moser and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost History of the Capitol is an account of the many bizarre, tragic, and violent episodes that have occurred in and around the Capitol Building, from the founding of the federal capital city in 1790 up to contemporary times, including the events of January 6, 2021. In this 230-year span, the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the neighborhoods nearby have witnessed dozens of high-profile scandals, trials, riots, bombings, and personal assaults, along with not a few significant achievements. It is a popular work about the U.S. Capitol Building and its environs.


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The War Against the Vets

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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
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ISBN 10 : 9781640120686
Pages : 256 pages
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Download The War Against the Vets PDF Format Full Free by Jerome Tuccille and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2018-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Who Murdered the Vets?” writer Ernest Hemingway demanded in an impassioned article about the deaths of hundreds of former soldiers. Their fate came as part of the larger and often overlooked story of veterans of the Great War and their deplorable treatment by the government they once served. Three years earlier, under orders from President Herbert Hoover, General Douglas MacArthur led the U.S. military through the streets of the nation’s capital against an encampment of veterans and their families. The vets were suffering the ravages of the Great Depression and seeking an early payment of promised war bonuses. Tanks, troops, and cavalry burned down tents and leveled campsites in a savage and lethal effort to disperse the protesters, resulting in the murder of several demonstrators. The administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt subsequently shipped the vets to distant work camps in the Florida Keys, where they were housed in flimsy tent cities that fell prey to a hurricane of which the authorities had been given ample warning. It was in reaction to the hundreds of bodies left in the storm’s wake that Hemingway penned his provocative words. The War Against the Vets is the first book about the Bonus Army to describe in detail the political battles that threatened to tear the country apart, as well as the scandalous treatment of the World War I vets.


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Publisher : Publishing Concepts (Baltimore, MD)
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ISBN 10 : UOM:39015079206911
Pages : 364 pages
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Download Anacostia PDF Format Full Free by John R. Wennersten and published by Publishing Concepts (Baltimore, MD). This book was released on 2008 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located in Washington, D. C., the Anacostia River is a poster child for America's tragically neglected, abused urban waterways. There are compelling ethical grounds for remedying this river's environmental problems, for the Anacostia in our time demonstrates that environmental burdens like pollution and resource depletion are not shared equally. Wennersten's book offers a corrective to the uncritical assumptions of growth for its own sake, and development at the cost of our waters, our natural resources, and the health of our citizenry.


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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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ISBN 10 : 0618874453
Pages : 182 pages
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Download Tough Times PDF Format Full Free by Milton Meltzer and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skillfully blending historical fact and fast-paced fiction, Meltzer delivers a dramatic, insightful novel set during the Great Depression, and brings alive a period when families desperately tried to cope as hopelessness gripped the nation. Includes an Authors Note.