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2008 white softcover w black spine in very good+ condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. Here in one omnibus edition are all three of Frederick Douglass' landmark autobiographies. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is one of the most influential autobiographies ever written. This classic did as much as or more than any other book to motivate the abolitionist to continue to fight for freedom in American. Frederick Douglass was born a slave, he escaped a brutal system and through sheer force of will educated himself and became an abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman, and reformer. This is one of the most unlikely and powerful success stories ever written. In Frederick Douglass' autobiography My Bondage and My Freedom we can see the power of literacy and belief. Douglass transforms himself from slave to an abolitionist, journalist, orator, and one of the most powerful voices to emerge from the American civil rights movement with… Read More

2013 gray hardcover in very good+ condition; slight wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. For foreign shipping use Biblio Export Center. Biographers have dismissed Eddy's love for Princess Hélène of Orléans as a thing of no consequence, the passing whim of an ineffectual prince who did the monarchy a favour by dying. But the recent discovery of a cache of original documents relating to their romance casts a new.

1997 off white softcover in very good condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping.

1999 green-gray softcover in very good condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping.

2010 green hardcover w black spine is in very good condition; some wear to covers, good binding, a few marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. TThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the 1929 original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

2005 purple softcover in very good+ condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. One of the best primary accounts of the Civil War by a Confederate. John Dooley was the youngest son of Irish immigrants to Richmond, Virginia, where his father prospered, and the family took a leading position among Richmonds sizeable Irish community. Early in 1862, John left his studies at Georgetown University to serve in the First Virginia Infantry Regiment, in which his father John and brother James also served. Johns service took him to Second Manassas, South Mountain, Sharpsburg (Antietam), Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg; before that last battle, Dooley was elected a lieutenant. On the third day at Gettysburg, Dooley swept up the hill in Picketts charge, where he was shot through both legs and lay all night on the field, to be made a POW the next day. Held until February 27, 1865, Dooley made his way back south to arrive home very near the Confederacys final… Read More

1994 gray softcover in very good+ condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. An important primary source for eighty years, Lee's Dispatches is now once again available to Civil War scholars, students, and enthusiasts. When first published in 1914, these letters, written between June 2, 1862, and April 1, 1865, put Lee's strategy in clearer perspective and shed new light on certain of his moves that had been in dispute.As Douglas Southall Freeman states in the Introduction, every written line of Lee's was a lesson in war. For example, the letters reveal that in 1862, when plans for the defense of Richmond were under review, the Confederate high command considered but rejected a bold proposal to strengthen Stonewall Jackson's army in the Shenandoah Valley, embark on a vigorous offensive campaign against the North, and, if necessary, abandon Richmond.Together these 215 dispatches offer a portrait of Lee that can otherwise be glimpsed only by sifting… Read More

2005 purple hardcover, ex-library, in very good- condition; some wear to covers, some stamps and writing, good binding. Large Print, US media mail for shipping.

2003 black hardcover w white DJ signed by author on title page. Book is in very good+ condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. This is the fascinating life of Captain Ray Hurst in his own words, a personal window on maritime history. Cap'n Ray tells of his nautical youth in the busy port of Norfolk, his love for boats, and his adventures as a Merchant Marine. Along the way he saw the world and fought through two wars. Seriously injured in adolescence, Ray's WWII duty included repeated convoys across the U-boat infested, lethal North Atlantic. Then after decades as a commercial mariner Ray served in Vietnam twice. He later cleared the Suez Canal after the 1973 War and was instrumental in building Hampton Roads' majestic Monitor-Merrimac Bridge- Tunnel. US media mail only for shipping.

1970 white softcover in very good condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. For foreign shipping use Biblio Export Center.

2001 blue softcover in very good condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. This is a true story of a woman's life through seven decades of the 20th century. It is an account of how this woman grows, not only through all the chapters of her own life experience, but also in responding to the many social changes of this rapidly transforming century. Born and raised in Britain during an era of female dependency, the author journeys to an affirmation of independence and self reliance. As an adolescent, she experiences life in war torn Britain and how a nation came together to face the threats of WWII. As a young adult, she describes her role, as Petty Officer, in the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS).After the national pulling together in wartime, adjusting to peacetime conditions in a changed and fast changing world was not easy. It took time, and several wrong turnings, before this woman began to find out who she was. Eventually, she was drawn to… Read More

1983 black softcover, first paperback edition, and signed by author on first page to a friend. Book is in very good+ condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. This biography starts literally at the beginning with WAC's start in New Brunswick, the move to Alberta and the starting of the first hardware store, and then the final move to the Okanagan where Bennett was to become involved in politics, leading a rather obscure existence (with a few failures along the way) before he finally bolted from the coalition government to start Social Credit in the early 1950s - a move which was much different than the grassroots movement of Social Credit in Alberta. Social Credit in BC would always be a top-down movement.