Author: George S Patton Jr
Publisher: Dale Street Books
ISBN: 9781941656402
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
IN DEFENSE OF MY SABER contains four articles written by George S. Patton, Jr in the years 1913 to 1917. At the time Patton was a young cavalry officer but already celebrated as the inventor of the Model 1913 Cavalry Saber (more commonly known as the
In Defense of My Saber
Author: George S Patton Jr
Publisher: Dale Street Books
ISBN: 9781941656402
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
IN DEFENSE OF MY SABER contains four articles written by George S. Patton, Jr in the years 1913 to 1917. At the time Patton was a young cavalry officer but already celebrated as the inventor of the Model 1913 Cavalry Saber (more commonly known as the
Publisher: Dale Street Books
ISBN: 9781941656402
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
IN DEFENSE OF MY SABER contains four articles written by George S. Patton, Jr in the years 1913 to 1917. At the time Patton was a young cavalry officer but already celebrated as the inventor of the Model 1913 Cavalry Saber (more commonly known as the
Saber's Edge
Author: Thomas A. Middleton
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1584659548
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
A combat medic reconciles his roles as a soldier, healer, and man of faith in a time of war
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1584659548
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
A combat medic reconciles his roles as a soldier, healer, and man of faith in a time of war
Cold Steel
Author: Alfred Hutton
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486449319
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
This 1889 classic by a pioneer of modern fencing offers both technical and historical views of the art of the sabre. Topics include a variety of different strokes and parries, and associated weapons. 55 illustrations.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486449319
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
This 1889 classic by a pioneer of modern fencing offers both technical and historical views of the art of the sabre. Topics include a variety of different strokes and parries, and associated weapons. 55 illustrations.
Saber & Shadow
Author: S. M. Stirling
Publisher: Riverdale, N.Y. : Baen
ISBN: 9780671721435
Category : Science fiction, Canadian
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the corrupt metropolis of Illizbuah, priests, lords, wizards, merchants, and thieves vie for power, and two homeless wanderers join forces to change the city forever. Original.
Publisher: Riverdale, N.Y. : Baen
ISBN: 9780671721435
Category : Science fiction, Canadian
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the corrupt metropolis of Illizbuah, priests, lords, wizards, merchants, and thieves vie for power, and two homeless wanderers join forces to change the city forever. Original.
The Last Cavalry Sword
Author: Anthony C. Burke
Publisher: Frontline Books
ISBN: 1399081314
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
This book tells the story of the last sword ever designed by a major power for its army to use as a weapon, not as an article of a dress uniform. The sword was the U.S. Model 1913 Cavalry Saber; the designer was George S. Patton, then a lieutenant on the staff of the Army chief of staff. Patton participated in the modern pentathlon in Stockholm in 1912, which included fencing, coming fifth overall. No one in the U.S. Army could be better suited, therefore, to design its last major edged weapon. The Last Sword provides an illustrated overview of the history of cavalry swords and their employment on the battlefield from the end of the Renaissance, through the Napoleonic Era, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, culminating with the Patton cavalry saber, and includes descriptions of a number of the more famous cavalry charges. Patton’s unswerving belief in the value of horse-mounted cavalry, and in the value of those troopers and officers being equipped with the sword he designed, is described using his own words. He continued to advocate horse-mounted cavalry right up to the start of the Second World War. Though mechanized squadrons replaced the conventional cavalry, it was not quite the end of Patton’s sword as some Model 1913 Cavalry Sabers were converted to fighting knives carried by GIs during the war. The book is fully illustrated with images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Museum of American History, the Library of Congress, the General George S. Patton Museum, the National Museum of the U.S. Army, the Connecticut Historical Society, and from private collections, most of which have never been published before.
Publisher: Frontline Books
ISBN: 1399081314
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
This book tells the story of the last sword ever designed by a major power for its army to use as a weapon, not as an article of a dress uniform. The sword was the U.S. Model 1913 Cavalry Saber; the designer was George S. Patton, then a lieutenant on the staff of the Army chief of staff. Patton participated in the modern pentathlon in Stockholm in 1912, which included fencing, coming fifth overall. No one in the U.S. Army could be better suited, therefore, to design its last major edged weapon. The Last Sword provides an illustrated overview of the history of cavalry swords and their employment on the battlefield from the end of the Renaissance, through the Napoleonic Era, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, culminating with the Patton cavalry saber, and includes descriptions of a number of the more famous cavalry charges. Patton’s unswerving belief in the value of horse-mounted cavalry, and in the value of those troopers and officers being equipped with the sword he designed, is described using his own words. He continued to advocate horse-mounted cavalry right up to the start of the Second World War. Though mechanized squadrons replaced the conventional cavalry, it was not quite the end of Patton’s sword as some Model 1913 Cavalry Sabers were converted to fighting knives carried by GIs during the war. The book is fully illustrated with images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Museum of American History, the Library of Congress, the General George S. Patton Museum, the National Museum of the U.S. Army, the Connecticut Historical Society, and from private collections, most of which have never been published before.
Polish Saber
Author: Richard Marsden
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781950626076
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Polish Saber - The use of the Polish Saber on foot in the 17th century covers the history, anecdotes and use of Poland's iconic weapon. In matters of honor and personal safety the saber was the Polish nobleman's choice of arms. The concept of the duel, the form and function of the weapon, as well as source material from Poland, Italy and Germany are blended together in an interpretation presented in full-color. The work is suitable for history enthusiasts, Historical European Martial Artists and re-creationists who wish to explore Poland's Commonwealth and the weapon that symbolized its nobility.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781950626076
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Polish Saber - The use of the Polish Saber on foot in the 17th century covers the history, anecdotes and use of Poland's iconic weapon. In matters of honor and personal safety the saber was the Polish nobleman's choice of arms. The concept of the duel, the form and function of the weapon, as well as source material from Poland, Italy and Germany are blended together in an interpretation presented in full-color. The work is suitable for history enthusiasts, Historical European Martial Artists and re-creationists who wish to explore Poland's Commonwealth and the weapon that symbolized its nobility.
Put Your Hands Here...
Author: Gordon Goulden
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1553695569
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
A surrealistic adventure set in near-future Europe. Two distinct, but incomplete personalities are brought together during the fulfillment of a Nostradamus prophecy. The traveller is a man that meets a dream-cast guide while searching coastal Portugal for exotic vineyards. According to this Zen-style teacher he is in search of his incomplete soul. His other 'half' is in France, disillusioned and trying to live out his mid-life crisis as an artist. The two are completely unaware of one another. The artist is circumstantially drawn to England where he meets a gypsy-wicca soul that accompanies him on a pilgramage to Stonehenge, while the traveller banters with the illusive body-changing teacher as he explains the unique state of affairs that needs to be accomodated to bring the souls together and work out karmic debts.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1553695569
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
A surrealistic adventure set in near-future Europe. Two distinct, but incomplete personalities are brought together during the fulfillment of a Nostradamus prophecy. The traveller is a man that meets a dream-cast guide while searching coastal Portugal for exotic vineyards. According to this Zen-style teacher he is in search of his incomplete soul. His other 'half' is in France, disillusioned and trying to live out his mid-life crisis as an artist. The two are completely unaware of one another. The artist is circumstantially drawn to England where he meets a gypsy-wicca soul that accompanies him on a pilgramage to Stonehenge, while the traveller banters with the illusive body-changing teacher as he explains the unique state of affairs that needs to be accomodated to bring the souls together and work out karmic debts.
Dragonfrigate Wizard Halcyon Blithe
Author: James M. Ward
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765351111
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Halcyon Blithe, being a young man of good breeding and lineage as well as endowed with the qualities and abilities recognized as great potential, is ready to seek his fortune among those who tend and sail the awesome nautical juggernauts--the dragonships which harness the bodies and strength of living dragons with seafaring technology--as he accepts his rank as Dragonfrigate Wizard Halcyon Blithe. In the latest chapter of the young wizard's nautical education he finds himself second in command of a captured enemy vessel that must engage a demonship in combat. When he returns to port, Blythe is assigned duty on a dwarven dragonship. It is on this very ship that he and his shipmates encounter deceitful politics before they can regain the security of their Arcanian dragonship and trusted crewmates. Combining elements of Hornblower with Harry Potter, and Robert Louis Stevenson with Robin Hobb, Dragonfrigate Wizard Halcyon Blithe is a nautical tale rich in magic and intrigue set against a panorama of fantastic naval battles.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765351111
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Halcyon Blithe, being a young man of good breeding and lineage as well as endowed with the qualities and abilities recognized as great potential, is ready to seek his fortune among those who tend and sail the awesome nautical juggernauts--the dragonships which harness the bodies and strength of living dragons with seafaring technology--as he accepts his rank as Dragonfrigate Wizard Halcyon Blithe. In the latest chapter of the young wizard's nautical education he finds himself second in command of a captured enemy vessel that must engage a demonship in combat. When he returns to port, Blythe is assigned duty on a dwarven dragonship. It is on this very ship that he and his shipmates encounter deceitful politics before they can regain the security of their Arcanian dragonship and trusted crewmates. Combining elements of Hornblower with Harry Potter, and Robert Louis Stevenson with Robin Hobb, Dragonfrigate Wizard Halcyon Blithe is a nautical tale rich in magic and intrigue set against a panorama of fantastic naval battles.
The Sun King Prophecy
Author: Jim Packheiser
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462003281
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Two disparate worlds must work together if one is to survive. For millennia, humans have gone about their daily lives, blissfully unaware of the centuries-old conflict on another plane of existence. But these two places, these two peoples share a common thread, one that binds them together through the primeval prophecy of the Sun King. The lands of exotic Somnium have long been ravaged by war. For a blood-and conflict-filled century, two ancient armies have battled with no end in sight. The evil black hordes of the Shadow Elves have waged a constant campaign of death and destruction upon the Sun Elves. For over a hundred years, the forces of good have gone without the sweet taste of victory. The last, best hope for the Sun Elves lives on only in the promise of a thousand-year-old prophecy of a savior from another race, one that has long been absent from the ravaged lands of Somnium: humanity. In Auburn, California, a young man and his uncle are busy working on a project in the yard when their lives change dramatically. There, Brendan and Will discover a mysterious rock formation and the journey that awaits inside takes them further away from any known reality than their imaginations could possibly conceive. Could this young man or his uncle really be the fulfillment of the Sun King prophecy?
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462003281
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Two disparate worlds must work together if one is to survive. For millennia, humans have gone about their daily lives, blissfully unaware of the centuries-old conflict on another plane of existence. But these two places, these two peoples share a common thread, one that binds them together through the primeval prophecy of the Sun King. The lands of exotic Somnium have long been ravaged by war. For a blood-and conflict-filled century, two ancient armies have battled with no end in sight. The evil black hordes of the Shadow Elves have waged a constant campaign of death and destruction upon the Sun Elves. For over a hundred years, the forces of good have gone without the sweet taste of victory. The last, best hope for the Sun Elves lives on only in the promise of a thousand-year-old prophecy of a savior from another race, one that has long been absent from the ravaged lands of Somnium: humanity. In Auburn, California, a young man and his uncle are busy working on a project in the yard when their lives change dramatically. There, Brendan and Will discover a mysterious rock formation and the journey that awaits inside takes them further away from any known reality than their imaginations could possibly conceive. Could this young man or his uncle really be the fulfillment of the Sun King prophecy?
A Shadow of Doubt
Author: Skye Hoffert
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 1615795448
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Enter a world where myths and legends come to life and magic is more than a fable. An intriguing tale unfolds as Saber; a young Fairion struggles to find the truth of his existence in a twisted string of lies that goes far deeper than he knows. Skye Hoffert is a new, young author who enjoys writing as a hobby. She wrote her first book at age fourteen and is currently working on the sequel. Born in Williams Lake, she now resides in Kelowna B.C.
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 1615795448
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Enter a world where myths and legends come to life and magic is more than a fable. An intriguing tale unfolds as Saber; a young Fairion struggles to find the truth of his existence in a twisted string of lies that goes far deeper than he knows. Skye Hoffert is a new, young author who enjoys writing as a hobby. She wrote her first book at age fourteen and is currently working on the sequel. Born in Williams Lake, she now resides in Kelowna B.C.