Author: Oliver Optic
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Sequel to The soldier boy. Sequel: Fighting Joe.
The Young Lieutenant
Author: Oliver Optic
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Sequel to The soldier boy. Sequel: Fighting Joe.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Sequel to The soldier boy. Sequel: Fighting Joe.
The Young Lieutenant
Author: Oliver Optic
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732685179
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Young Lieutenant by Oliver Optic
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732685179
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Young Lieutenant by Oliver Optic
The Young Lieutenant; or, The Adventures of an Army Officer
Author: Oliver Optic
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The Young Lieutenant follows the life of young Lieutenant Somers, an army officer in Massachusetts who suddenly gets in a deadly train crash. Excerpt: "If Lieutenant Somers needs any further introduction to the reader, we may briefly add, that he was a native of Pinchbrook, a town near Boston, in the State of Massachusetts. He was now entering his eighteenth year, and had enlisted in the great army of the Union as a private, with an earnest and patriotic desire to serve his imperiled country in her death-grapple with treason and traitors."
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The Young Lieutenant follows the life of young Lieutenant Somers, an army officer in Massachusetts who suddenly gets in a deadly train crash. Excerpt: "If Lieutenant Somers needs any further introduction to the reader, we may briefly add, that he was a native of Pinchbrook, a town near Boston, in the State of Massachusetts. He was now entering his eighteenth year, and had enlisted in the great army of the Union as a private, with an earnest and patriotic desire to serve his imperiled country in her death-grapple with treason and traitors."
John Young, Lt. at Elk
Author: Orton Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780941092319
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780941092319
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
The Lieutenant
Author: Kate Grenville
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 080219768X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A young astronomer in colonial Australia faces tragedy on the ground in this follow-up to the award-winning The Secret River—“A triumph. Read it at once” (The Sunday Times, UK). A stunning follow-up to her Commonwealth Writers’ Prize-winning book, The Secret River, Grenville’s The Lieutenant is a gripping story of friendship, self-discovery, and the power of language set along the unspoiled shores of 1788 New South Wales, Australia. As a boy, Daniel Rooke was an outsider. Ridiculed in school for his intellect and misunderstood by his parents, he finds a path for himself in the British Navy—and in his love for astronomy. As a young lieutenant, Daniel joins a voyage to Australia. And while his countrymen struggle to control their cargo of convicts and communicate with nearby Aboriginal tribes, Daniel constructs an observatory to chart the stars and begin the work he prays will make him famous. Out on his isolated point, Daniel becomes involved with the local Aborigines, forging an intimate connection with one girl that will change the course of his life. But when his compatriots come into conflict with the indigenous population, Daniel must turn away from the stars and declare his loyalties on the ground.
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 080219768X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A young astronomer in colonial Australia faces tragedy on the ground in this follow-up to the award-winning The Secret River—“A triumph. Read it at once” (The Sunday Times, UK). A stunning follow-up to her Commonwealth Writers’ Prize-winning book, The Secret River, Grenville’s The Lieutenant is a gripping story of friendship, self-discovery, and the power of language set along the unspoiled shores of 1788 New South Wales, Australia. As a boy, Daniel Rooke was an outsider. Ridiculed in school for his intellect and misunderstood by his parents, he finds a path for himself in the British Navy—and in his love for astronomy. As a young lieutenant, Daniel joins a voyage to Australia. And while his countrymen struggle to control their cargo of convicts and communicate with nearby Aboriginal tribes, Daniel constructs an observatory to chart the stars and begin the work he prays will make him famous. Out on his isolated point, Daniel becomes involved with the local Aborigines, forging an intimate connection with one girl that will change the course of his life. But when his compatriots come into conflict with the indigenous population, Daniel must turn away from the stars and declare his loyalties on the ground.
Lieutenant Dangerous
Author: Jeff Danziger
Publisher: Steerforth
ISBN: 1586422731
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
"A must-read war memoir… with zero punches pulled, related by one of the most incisive observers of the American political scene." —KIRKUS (starred review) "Funny, biting, thoughtful and wholly original." —Tim O'Brien, author of The Things They Carried Jeff Danziger, one of the leading political cartoonists of his generation, captures the fear, sorrow, absurdity, and unintended but inevitable consequences of war with dark humor and penetrating moral clarity. If there is any discipline at the start of wars it dissipates as the soldiers themselves become aware of the pointlessness of what they are being told to do. A conversation with a group of today’s military age men and women about America’s involvement in Vietnam inspired Jeff Danziger to write about his own wartime experiences: “War is interesting,” he reveals, “if you can avoid getting killed, and don’t mind loud noises.” Fans of his cartooning will recognize his mordant humor applied to his own wartime training and combat experiences: “I learned, and I think most veterans learn, that making people or nations do something by bombing or sending in armed troops usually fails.” Near the end of his telling, Danziger invites his audience—in particular the young friends who inspired him to write this informative and rollicking memoir—to ponder: “What would you do? . . . Could you summon the bravery—or the internal resistance—to simply refuse to be part of the whole idiotic theater of the war? . . . Or would you be like me?”
Publisher: Steerforth
ISBN: 1586422731
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
"A must-read war memoir… with zero punches pulled, related by one of the most incisive observers of the American political scene." —KIRKUS (starred review) "Funny, biting, thoughtful and wholly original." —Tim O'Brien, author of The Things They Carried Jeff Danziger, one of the leading political cartoonists of his generation, captures the fear, sorrow, absurdity, and unintended but inevitable consequences of war with dark humor and penetrating moral clarity. If there is any discipline at the start of wars it dissipates as the soldiers themselves become aware of the pointlessness of what they are being told to do. A conversation with a group of today’s military age men and women about America’s involvement in Vietnam inspired Jeff Danziger to write about his own wartime experiences: “War is interesting,” he reveals, “if you can avoid getting killed, and don’t mind loud noises.” Fans of his cartooning will recognize his mordant humor applied to his own wartime training and combat experiences: “I learned, and I think most veterans learn, that making people or nations do something by bombing or sending in armed troops usually fails.” Near the end of his telling, Danziger invites his audience—in particular the young friends who inspired him to write this informative and rollicking memoir—to ponder: “What would you do? . . . Could you summon the bravery—or the internal resistance—to simply refuse to be part of the whole idiotic theater of the war? . . . Or would you be like me?”
Lieutenant Kijé ; Young Vitushishnikov
Author: I︠U︡riĭ Nikolaevich Tyni︠a︡nov
Publisher: Marsilio Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Publisher: Marsilio Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Visions of Tomorrow
Author: Tom Easton
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1602399980
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Gathers science fiction stories that accurately predicted future developments, including "The Land Iron Clads" by H.G. Wells, which foresaw tank warfare in 1903, and a tale that so closely depicted the atomic bomb in 1944 it worried the FBI.
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1602399980
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Gathers science fiction stories that accurately predicted future developments, including "The Land Iron Clads" by H.G. Wells, which foresaw tank warfare in 1903, and a tale that so closely depicted the atomic bomb in 1944 it worried the FBI.
The Young Men of France and the War
Author: Barbara Frances comtesse de Curson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Final Approach
Author: C D Baxter
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1647024986
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Final Approach By: C D Baxter Being involved in the military, it seems there is very little time to have a personal life at all. But the story of Frank and Jeanie, along with other friends, proves this to not be the case. In the heat of battle, friendship and love are put to the test. These heroes must face battles in love and life, along with battle grounds. This feel-good story will have you wondering that maybe there are still good people in the world.
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1647024986
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Final Approach By: C D Baxter Being involved in the military, it seems there is very little time to have a personal life at all. But the story of Frank and Jeanie, along with other friends, proves this to not be the case. In the heat of battle, friendship and love are put to the test. These heroes must face battles in love and life, along with battle grounds. This feel-good story will have you wondering that maybe there are still good people in the world.