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The Boys in White (Abridged, Annotated)

Author : Julia S. Wheelock

Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS

Page : 152 pages

File Size : 24,60 MB

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Category : History

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Considered one of the lesser known heroes of the Civil War, Julia Susan Wheelock's diary is a searing, honest, compassionate look at America's great disaster. Traveling to the south when notified of her brother's injury in battle, she arrived too late to care for him. But she stayed to nurse thousands more. She met Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Clara Barton and others of note during the war. She wrote letters for and held the hands of dying young men. She reminds us that soldiers are not the only ones who suffer in war. Julia was inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame in October, 2002 Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers, tablets, and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.



The Unlocked Book: John Wilkes Booth by His Sister (Abridged, Annotated)

Author : Asia Booth Clarke

Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS

Page : 118 pages

File Size : 21,6 MB

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Category : Biography & Autobiography

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Though written during her exile in England, from which she would not return until her death, Asia Booth Clarke's memoir of her famous brother was not published until 1938. She had given the "locked book" to a friend for keeping "to publish sometime if he sees fit." The friend did not see fit to publish it while Asia, her brother Edwin Booth, or her former husband John Clarke were still alive. So it was left to Eleanor Farjeon to complete the task after the death of her father. This is a unique look at the man who changed the world by assassinating Abraham Lincoln. Long viewed as a demon, fanatic, madman, and narcissist, Asia Clarke's memoir attempts to humanize the man she deeply loved and who was loved by many friends and family members. This fascinating account adds to the complexity and mystery of Booth and his actions. Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.



A Southern Tour Through Northern Eyes (Abridged, Annotated)

Author : H. Cowles Atwater

Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS

Page : 107 pages

File Size : 47,14 MB

Release : 2016-11-21

Category : History

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With Civil War on the horizon and bitter feelings growing on both sides, Cowles Atwater made a three-month tour of the South in 1857 to see for himself the conditions of slavery. Much of what he found surprised him and much confirmed his worst fears. In this account of his trip, he attempted an honest assessment of what he saw and heard. He asked questions, listened, talked to free African-Americans and slaves, as well as slaveholders and poor whites. Read this fascinating true story of the south just before the storm broke. Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers, tablets, and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.



Recollections of Full Years (Abridged, Annotated)

Author : Helen Herron Taft

Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS

Page : 360 pages

File Size : 44,75 MB

Release : 1917-01-01

Category : Biography & Autobiography

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As ambitious as her husband, William Howard Taft, Helen Herron may be the most underrated of all our First Ladies. She encouraged Taft in all his political accomplishments and he may not have become president without her. He preferred the judiciary and eventually became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Helen (Nellie) Taft was the first wife of a president to ride down Pennsylvania Avenue with her husband on inauguration day and the only woman who was wife of both a president and a chief justice. She is best known for working with the wife of the Japanese Ambassador to import and plant more than 3,000 cherry trees around the Washington Tidal Basin. Witty, intelligent, open-minded, and curious about the world, she is even today beloved in the Philippines, where her husband served as head of the civil government in 1900. She and her husband courted criticism for including Filipinos in social affairs. In this volume, she recounts her full life as partner to U.S. President William Howard Taft.



A Life's Voyage (Abridged, Annotated)

Author : Ambrose Cowperthwaite Fulton

Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS

Page : 479 pages

File Size : 19,14 MB

Release : 2019-03-15

Category : Biography & Autobiography

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In Ambrose Fulton’s ninety-two years, seventy of which he chronicled here, he lived enough for any ten men. A sailor, miller, real estate man, and Iowa pioneer, it seems the role he enjoyed the most was social commentator and historian. In that role he provides us with not only a look at pioneer Iowa but at the tumultuous years through which he lived, including the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution. He was well-read and well-traveled and he entertains as he takes you on his life's voyage. Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the movement that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.



A Pennsylvania Boy in the Civil War (Abridged, Annotated)

Author : Rev. J.D. Bloodgood Ph.D.

Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS

Page : 172 pages

File Size : 15,67 MB

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One of the most interesting and compelling descriptions of the battles of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville is found in J.D. Bloodgoods long-forgotten 1893 memoir. Bloodgood was an enlisted private of Company I, of the One Hundred and Forty-first Regiment of Pennsylvania Infantry, promoted to a sergeant, wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863, and mustered out of the service at the close of the war with a record as a good and efficient soldier. An educated man, his observations and descriptions go beyond battlefield chaos and give you the feeling of what the line soldier and officer experienced. After the war, he revisited Gettysburg and his return is a story in itself. For less than you'd spend on gas going to the library, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.



A One-Armed General in the Indian Wars (Abridged, Annotated)

Author : Major General O. O. Howard

Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS

Page : 299 pages

File Size : 29,49 MB

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This is a rare book of keen observation, respect, and in some instances even affection for Native Americans of his time. (It's a good bet his editor or the marketing department had something to do with the language.) General Oliver O. Howard commanded Union forces in the American Civil War and lost his right arm at the Battle of Fair Oaks in 1862. After recovery, he continued in important commands, including the Army of the Tennessee. He fought at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. For nine years after the Civil War, he was commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau and worked to integrate free African Americans into southern society. Howard was also a leader in promoting higher education for freedmen, most notably in founding of Howard University in Washington and serving as its president 1867–73. He accepted the surrender of the famous chief Joseph, and led campaigns and negotiations with an astonishing number of the western tribes. No student of the Indian Wars in the United States should miss reading this book. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.



Audubon's Western Journal: 1849-1850 (Abridged, Annotated)

Author : John Woodhouse Audubon

Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS

Page : 106 pages

File Size : 36,4 MB

Release : 1906-01-01

Category : History

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John Woodhouse Audubon was the son of the famous naturalist, John James Audubon, and was a respected naturalist and painter in his own right. In 1849, he journeyed out to the American West and Mexico. He describes early California and the Gold Rush of '49. Audubon took notes of scenes and occurrences by the way. In his descriptions he exhibits the keen observation of the naturalist and the trained eye of the artist. The result is a remarkable picture of social conditions in Mexico, of birds and trees, of sky and mountains and the changing face of nature, of the barrenness of the desert and the difficulties of the journey, of the ruined missions of California, of methods of mining, and of the chaos of races and babel of tongues in the gold fields. It was Audubon’s intention to rewrite his notes and to publish them. One part was printed privately and given to a few friends but distractions at home prevented the completion of the work. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above. Buy it today!



A New York Surgeon: 1856 (Abridged, Annotated)

Author : Dr. Edward H. Dixon

Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS

Page : 364 pages

File Size : 23,24 MB

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Category : Medical

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"...the surgeon is destitute of human sympathy; so far as its more familiar manifestations are concerned, it ought to be so; for tremulous hands and tear-blinded eyes are but illy calculated for surgical duties; but I think it will be found that surgeons enjoy no immunity from the ordinary emotions of the body and heart." In this state-of-the-art, sometimes humorous, always compassionate book about his medical practice, Dr. Edward Dixon reveals to the lay audience what it was like being a practitioner of the healing arts in mid-nineteenth century America. Covering topics as diverse as tuberculosis, whooping cough, scarlet fever, and the detriments of celibacy, he writes in simple prose about case studies from his own career. For the first time, this long-out-of-print book is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.



Lincoln in the Telegraph Office (Abridged, Annotated)

Author : David Homer Bates

Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS

Page : 228 pages

File Size : 34,25 MB

Release : 1939-01-01

Category : History

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Given the amount of time that Abraham Lincoln spent in the telegraph office of the War Department next door to the White House, it is unfortunate that there are no photos of him there. But we have this fascinating account of his time there. During times of crisis, tension, and victory, Lincoln spent hours and hours in the company of his "boys" in that office. There are many Lincoln anecdotes you will not read anywhere else and they help to complete a view of this extraordinary president. David Bates was one of the boys. From 1861-1866 he was the manager of the War Department telegraph office and a cipher (code) operator. In this intimate and interesting book, first published in 1907, Bates relates what it was like working alongside Abraham Lincoln and Edwin Stanton (Secretary of War). He also discusses the codes and methods used during the Civil War to transmit important messages. One of the unsung heroes of the American Civil War was Major Thomas Eckert, who was in charge of all military telegraphic operations. Greatly trusted by both Lincoln and War Secretary Stanton, Eckert was employed in many very important actions during the war. For the first time, this long-out-of-print book is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.