Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 42,58 MB
Release : 2006-11
Category :
ISBN : 1425047920
In this remarkable novel, the protagonist, white woodsman named Hawk-eye and his Mohican Indian companion Chingachgook join forces to help white military officer's daughter through hostile territory. The story is set in colonial American background and states the conflict between French and English forces. The novel is illuminated by a number of exciting scenes of battle. Must read!
Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,6 MB
Release : 2006-11
Category :
ISBN : 142504820X
In this remarkable novel, the protagonist, white woodsman named Hawk-eye and his Mohican Indian companion Chingachgook join forces to help white military officer's daughter through hostile territory. The story is set in colonial American background and states the conflict between French and English forces. The novel is illuminated by a number of exciting scenes of battle. Must read!
Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher :
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 12,66 MB
Release : 1826
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Author : Jens Voigt
Publisher : Rodale
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 16,60 MB
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1623365201
Beloved German cyclist Jens Voigt isn't a superstar in the traditional sense of the word. Although he won three stages of the Tour De France--and wore the yellow jersey twice--Voigt never claimed an overall victory. He became a star because he embodies qualities that go beyond winning and losing: sacrifice, selflessness, reliability, and devotion. European and American crowds were drawn to his aggressive riding style, outgoing nature, and refreshing realness. Voigt adopted a tireless work ethic that he carried throughout his career. In Shut Up, Legs! (a legendary Jensism), Voigt reflects upon his childhood in East Germany, juggling life as a professional cyclist and a father of six, and how he remained competitive without doping. Shut Up, Legs! offers a rare glimpse inside his heart and mind.
Author : Nancy Holder
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 20,3 MB
Release : 2011-01-25
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 143912048X
War. Rage. Magic. Love. In May 1756 war is formally declared between the British and the French. During this highly dangerous time, Isabella Sevens is travelling with her father to the British stronghold Fort William Henry. In the forest, Wusamequin, the young and handsome medicine man, looks to avenge the death of his wife and child at the hands of British soldiers. When Wusamequin spots Isabella and her father, he alerts his warriors to capture them. But Wusamequin is quite taken with how bravely Isabella battles. He orders the warriors to spare her and her tfather, and they are dragged back to their village. However, many members of the Mohican tribe still want them to be killed. In a desperate plea to Wusamequin, Isabella vows to stay as his hostage if he lets her father go.
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Publisher :
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 11,79 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Audio-visual equipment
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Author : Vaclav Smil
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 11,52 MB
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 0525507817
"Vaclav Smil is my favorite author… Numbers Don't Lie takes everything that makes his writing great and boils it down into an easy-to-read format. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning."--Bill Gates, GatesNotes From the author of How the World Really Works, an essential guide to understanding how numbers reveal the true state of our world--exploring a wide range of topics including energy, the environment, technology, transportation, and food production. Vaclav Smil's mission is to make facts matter. An environmental scientist, policy analyst, and a hugely prolific author, he is Bill Gates' go-to guy for making sense of our world. In Numbers Don't Lie, Smil answers questions such as: What's worse for the environment--your car or your phone? How much do the world's cows weigh (and what does it matter)? And what makes people happy? From data about our societies and populations, through measures of the fuels and foods that energize them, to the impact of transportation and inventions of our modern world--and how all of this affects the planet itself--in Numbers Don't Lie, Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge conventional thinking. Packed with fascinating information and memorable examples, Numbers Don't Lie reveals how the US is leading a rising worldwide trend in chicken consumption, that vaccination yields the best return on investment, and why electric cars aren't as great as we think (yet). Urgent and essential, with a mix of science, history, and wit--all in bite-sized chapters on a broad range of topics--Numbers Don't Lie inspires readers to interrogate what they take to be true.
Author : Mark Twain
Publisher :
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 34,72 MB
Release : 2020-12-31
Category :
ISBN :
Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses by Mark Twain
Author : Bob Drury
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 38,65 MB
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1250247144
The Instant New York Times Besteller National Bestseller "[The] authors’ finest work to date." —Wall Street Journal The explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for America's frontier by two bestselling authors at the height of their writing power—Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. It is the mid-eighteenth century, and in the thirteen colonies founded by Great Britain, anxious colonists desperate to conquer and settle North America’s “First Frontier” beyond the Appalachian Mountains commence a series of bloody battles. These violent conflicts are waged against the Native American tribes whose lands they covet, the French, and the mother country itself in an American Revolution destined to reverberate around the world. This is the setting of Blood and Treasure, and the guide to this epic narrative is America’s first and arguably greatest pathfinder, Daniel Boone—not the coonskin cap-wearing caricature of popular culture but the flesh-and-blood frontiersman and Revolutionary War hero whose explorations into the forested frontier beyond the great mountains would become the stuff of legend. Now, thanks to painstaking research by two award-winning authors, the story of the brutal birth of the United States is told through the eyes of both the ordinary and larger-than-life men and women who witnessed it. This fast-paced and fiery narrative, fueled by contemporary diaries and journals, newspaper reports, and eyewitness accounts, is a stirring chronicle of the conflict over America’s “First Frontier” that places the reader at the center of this remarkable epoch and its gripping tales of courage and sacrifice.
Author : D Skelton
Publisher : Random House
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 47,76 MB
Release : 2012-09-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1780577249
Indian Peter is the remarkable story of Peter Williamson, who, in 1743 at the age of 13, was snatched from an Aberdeen quayside and transported to the burgeoning American colonies to be sold into indentured servitude. Unlike many others who found themselves in similar circumstances, Peter was fortunate to be bought by a humane man who left him money when he died, enabling him to buy his own farm after marrying. According to Peter's own account, his farm was attacked in 1754, during what became known as the French and Indian War, and he was captured by the Indians, who forced him to travel with them as a slave. After escaping, he joined the British Army to fight the French and their Indian allies but his regiment was forced to surrender and he was taken to Canada as a prisoner of war. When he was eventually freed, Peter made his way back to Scotland and tracked down the men who were behind his initial kidnapping. He accused them publicly and took them to court in a landmark case that exposed the scandal of slave trading. Once settled in Edinburgh, Peter became a publican, writer, publisher and entrepreneur. He developed Edinburgh's first Penny Post system, launched a weekly magazine and shamelessly exploited his experiences for profit. Brimming with action and adventure, Indian Peter is a true-life tale of abduction, war and courtroom drama. It is an inspiring story of courage, fortitude and one man's determination to survive against seemingly insurmountable odds.
