Author: G J Griffiths
Publisher: G J Griffiths
ISBN: 1986976645
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
What measures success or failure when you come from the workhouse? Mules; Masters & Mud is about what happened to our two cotton mill apprentices, the Quarry Bank runaways, during the Industrial Revolution. It tells their story as qualified young mule spinners with future hopes, and later when they are full grown. By the start of the Victorian period the fates and their ambitions would have collided. Serious events and incidents, personal and national, including the Peterloo Massacre, were about to impinge upon the lives of Thomas Priestley and Joseph Sefton. What would cause a qualified mule spinner to give up his comparatively safe job and risk failure, ridicule or destitution? Ambitious and determined working class individuals like Tommy and Joe had to carefully step through a pathway involving love and loyalty; persecution and prejudice, from within the social hierarchy of the times.
Mules; Masters & Mud
Author: G J Griffiths
Publisher: G J Griffiths
ISBN: 1986976645
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
What measures success or failure when you come from the workhouse? Mules; Masters & Mud is about what happened to our two cotton mill apprentices, the Quarry Bank runaways, during the Industrial Revolution. It tells their story as qualified young mule spinners with future hopes, and later when they are full grown. By the start of the Victorian period the fates and their ambitions would have collided. Serious events and incidents, personal and national, including the Peterloo Massacre, were about to impinge upon the lives of Thomas Priestley and Joseph Sefton. What would cause a qualified mule spinner to give up his comparatively safe job and risk failure, ridicule or destitution? Ambitious and determined working class individuals like Tommy and Joe had to carefully step through a pathway involving love and loyalty; persecution and prejudice, from within the social hierarchy of the times.
Publisher: G J Griffiths
ISBN: 1986976645
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
What measures success or failure when you come from the workhouse? Mules; Masters & Mud is about what happened to our two cotton mill apprentices, the Quarry Bank runaways, during the Industrial Revolution. It tells their story as qualified young mule spinners with future hopes, and later when they are full grown. By the start of the Victorian period the fates and their ambitions would have collided. Serious events and incidents, personal and national, including the Peterloo Massacre, were about to impinge upon the lives of Thomas Priestley and Joseph Sefton. What would cause a qualified mule spinner to give up his comparatively safe job and risk failure, ridicule or destitution? Ambitious and determined working class individuals like Tommy and Joe had to carefully step through a pathway involving love and loyalty; persecution and prejudice, from within the social hierarchy of the times.
Master of War
Author: Benson Bobrick
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439156506
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
In this revelatory, dynamic biography, one of our finest historians, Benson Bobrick, profiles George H. Thomas, arguing that he was the greatest and most successful general of the Civil War. Because Thomas didn't live to write his memoirs, his reputation has been largely shaped by others, most notably Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, two generals with whom Thomas served and who, Bobrick says, diminished his successes in their favor in their own memoirs. Born in Virginia, Thomas survived Nat Turner's rebellion as a boy, then studied at West Point, where Sherman was a classmate. Thomas distinguished himself in the Mexican War and then returned to West Point as an instructor. When the Civil War broke out, Thomas remained loyal to the Union, unlike fellow Virginia-born officer Robert E. Lee (among others). He compiled an outstanding record as an officer in battles at Mill Springs, Perryville, and Stones River. At the Battle of Chickamauga, Thomas, at the time a corps commander, held the center of the Union line under a ferocious assault, then rallied the troops on Horseshoe Ridge to prevent a Confederate rout of the Union army. His extraordinary performance there earned him the nickname "The Rock of Chickamauga." Promoted to command of the Army of the Cumberland, he led his army in a stunning Union victory at the Battle of Chattanooga. Thomas supported Sherman on his march through Georgia in the spring of 1864, winning an important victory at the Battle of Peachtree Creek. As Sherman continued on his March to the Sea, Thomas returned to Tennessee and in the battle of Nashville destroyed the army of Confederate General John Bell Hood. It was one of the most decisive victories of the war, and Thomas won it even as Grant was on his way to remove Thomas from his command. (When Grant discovered the magnitude of Thomas's victory, he quickly changed his mind.) Thomas died of a stroke in 1870 while still on active duty. In the entire Civil War, he never lost a battle or a movement. Throughout his career, Thomas was methodical and careful, and always prepared. Unlike Grant at Shiloh, he was never surprised by an enemy. Unlike Sherman, he never panicked in battle but always remained calm and focused. He was derided by both men as "Slow Trot Thomas," but as Bobrick shows in this brilliant biography, he was quick to analyze every situation and always knew what to do and when to do it. He was not colorful like Grant and Sherman, but he was widely admired by his peers, and some, such as Grant's favorite cavalry commander, General James H. Wilson, thought Thomas the peer of any general in either army. He was the only Union commander to destroy two Confederate armies in the field. Although historians of the Civil War have always regarded Thomas highly, he has never captured the public imagination, perhaps because he has lacked an outstanding biographer -- until now. This informed, judicious, and lucid biography at last gives Thomas his due.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439156506
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
In this revelatory, dynamic biography, one of our finest historians, Benson Bobrick, profiles George H. Thomas, arguing that he was the greatest and most successful general of the Civil War. Because Thomas didn't live to write his memoirs, his reputation has been largely shaped by others, most notably Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, two generals with whom Thomas served and who, Bobrick says, diminished his successes in their favor in their own memoirs. Born in Virginia, Thomas survived Nat Turner's rebellion as a boy, then studied at West Point, where Sherman was a classmate. Thomas distinguished himself in the Mexican War and then returned to West Point as an instructor. When the Civil War broke out, Thomas remained loyal to the Union, unlike fellow Virginia-born officer Robert E. Lee (among others). He compiled an outstanding record as an officer in battles at Mill Springs, Perryville, and Stones River. At the Battle of Chickamauga, Thomas, at the time a corps commander, held the center of the Union line under a ferocious assault, then rallied the troops on Horseshoe Ridge to prevent a Confederate rout of the Union army. His extraordinary performance there earned him the nickname "The Rock of Chickamauga." Promoted to command of the Army of the Cumberland, he led his army in a stunning Union victory at the Battle of Chattanooga. Thomas supported Sherman on his march through Georgia in the spring of 1864, winning an important victory at the Battle of Peachtree Creek. As Sherman continued on his March to the Sea, Thomas returned to Tennessee and in the battle of Nashville destroyed the army of Confederate General John Bell Hood. It was one of the most decisive victories of the war, and Thomas won it even as Grant was on his way to remove Thomas from his command. (When Grant discovered the magnitude of Thomas's victory, he quickly changed his mind.) Thomas died of a stroke in 1870 while still on active duty. In the entire Civil War, he never lost a battle or a movement. Throughout his career, Thomas was methodical and careful, and always prepared. Unlike Grant at Shiloh, he was never surprised by an enemy. Unlike Sherman, he never panicked in battle but always remained calm and focused. He was derided by both men as "Slow Trot Thomas," but as Bobrick shows in this brilliant biography, he was quick to analyze every situation and always knew what to do and when to do it. He was not colorful like Grant and Sherman, but he was widely admired by his peers, and some, such as Grant's favorite cavalry commander, General James H. Wilson, thought Thomas the peer of any general in either army. He was the only Union commander to destroy two Confederate armies in the field. Although historians of the Civil War have always regarded Thomas highly, he has never captured the public imagination, perhaps because he has lacked an outstanding biographer -- until now. This informed, judicious, and lucid biography at last gives Thomas his due.
The Throw-back
Author: George Brown Burgin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
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Category : English
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Ford Power Age
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Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Jim
Author: Charles G. D. Sir Roberts
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
"Jim: The Story of a Backwoods Police Dog" by Charles G. D. Sir Roberts is a heartwarming tale that celebrates the loyalty and courage of a remarkable police dog named Jim. Roberts' narrative takes readers deep into the backwoods, where Jim's bravery and dedication shine as he assists in law enforcement efforts. This book is a touching and inspiring read for those who appreciate stories of the unbreakable bond between humans and their canine companions.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
"Jim: The Story of a Backwoods Police Dog" by Charles G. D. Sir Roberts is a heartwarming tale that celebrates the loyalty and courage of a remarkable police dog named Jim. Roberts' narrative takes readers deep into the backwoods, where Jim's bravery and dedication shine as he assists in law enforcement efforts. This book is a touching and inspiring read for those who appreciate stories of the unbreakable bond between humans and their canine companions.
Master of Sorrows
Author: Justin Travis Call
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
ISBN: 1982592508
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
You’ve heard the story before: an orphaned boy, raised by a wise old man, comes to a fuller knowledge of his magic and uses it to fight the great evil threatening his world. But what if that hero were destined to become the new dark lord? The Academy of Chaenbalu has stood against magic for centuries. Hidden from the world, acting from the shadows, it trains its students to detect and retrieve magic artifacts, which it jealously guards from the misuse of others. Because magic is dangerous: something that heals can also harm, and a power that aids one person may destroy another. Of the academy’s many students, only the most skilled can become avatars—warrior thieves, capable of infiltrating the most heavily guarded vaults—and only the most determined can be trusted to resist the lure of magic. More than anything, Annev de Breth wants to become one of them. But Annev carries a secret. Unlike his classmates who were stolen as infants from the capital city, Annev was born in the village of Chaenbalu, was believed to be executed, and then unknowingly raised by his parents’ killers. Seventeen years later, he struggles with the burdens of a forbidden magic, a forgotten heritage, and a secret deformity. When Annev is subsequently caught between the warring ideologies of his priestly mentor and the Academy’s masters, he must finally decide whether to accept the truth of who he really is ... or embrace the darker truth of what he may one day become.
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
ISBN: 1982592508
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
You’ve heard the story before: an orphaned boy, raised by a wise old man, comes to a fuller knowledge of his magic and uses it to fight the great evil threatening his world. But what if that hero were destined to become the new dark lord? The Academy of Chaenbalu has stood against magic for centuries. Hidden from the world, acting from the shadows, it trains its students to detect and retrieve magic artifacts, which it jealously guards from the misuse of others. Because magic is dangerous: something that heals can also harm, and a power that aids one person may destroy another. Of the academy’s many students, only the most skilled can become avatars—warrior thieves, capable of infiltrating the most heavily guarded vaults—and only the most determined can be trusted to resist the lure of magic. More than anything, Annev de Breth wants to become one of them. But Annev carries a secret. Unlike his classmates who were stolen as infants from the capital city, Annev was born in the village of Chaenbalu, was believed to be executed, and then unknowingly raised by his parents’ killers. Seventeen years later, he struggles with the burdens of a forbidden magic, a forgotten heritage, and a secret deformity. When Annev is subsequently caught between the warring ideologies of his priestly mentor and the Academy’s masters, he must finally decide whether to accept the truth of who he really is ... or embrace the darker truth of what he may one day become.
Horses and Mules in the Civil War
Author: Gene C. Armistead
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786473630
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Horses and mules served during the Civil War in greater number and suffered more casualties than the men of the Union and Confederate armies combined. Using firsthand accounts, this history addresses the many uses of equines during the war, the methods by which they were obtained, their costs, their suffering on the battlefields and roads, their consumption by soldiers, and such topics as racing and mounted music. The book is supplemented by accounts of the "Lightning Mule Brigade," the "Charge of the Mule Brigade," five appendices and 37 illustrations. More than 700 Civil War equines are identified and described with incidental information and identification of their masters.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786473630
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Horses and mules served during the Civil War in greater number and suffered more casualties than the men of the Union and Confederate armies combined. Using firsthand accounts, this history addresses the many uses of equines during the war, the methods by which they were obtained, their costs, their suffering on the battlefields and roads, their consumption by soldiers, and such topics as racing and mounted music. The book is supplemented by accounts of the "Lightning Mule Brigade," the "Charge of the Mule Brigade," five appendices and 37 illustrations. More than 700 Civil War equines are identified and described with incidental information and identification of their masters.
The Windsor Magazine
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
20 Practice Sets For Rbi Assistant Preliminary Examination 2022
Author: Team Prabhat
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN: 9353228727
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
20 Practice Sets for RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination 2022 by Team Prabhat: "20 Practice Sets for RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination 2022" by Team Prabhat is a comprehensive practice guide designed specifically for aspirants preparing for the RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination. This book consists of 20 practice sets that closely simulate the actual exam pattern and difficulty level, allowing candidates to assess their knowledge, improve their speed, and enhance their problem-solving skills. With detailed solutions and explanations, this book serves as an invaluable resource to help candidates familiarize themselves with the exam format and maximize their performance in the RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination. Key Aspects of the Book "20 Practice Sets for RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination 2022": Realistic Practice Sets: The book contains 20 practice sets that closely resemble the RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination in terms of question types, difficulty level, and time duration. By solving these practice sets, candidates can simulate the exam environment and gain confidence in their preparation. Detailed Solutions and Explanations: Each practice set is accompanied by detailed solutions and explanations, enabling candidates to understand the correct approach to solving the questions. This helps in identifying strengths and areas for improvement, allowing for targeted practice and better performance in the actual exam. Comprehensive Coverage of Syllabus: The practice sets cover all the sections and topics included in the RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination, including English Language, Numerical Ability, and Reasoning Ability. This ensures that candidates can practice and strengthen their skills in each subject area, enhancing their overall performance in the exam. Team Prabhat, the collective author of "20 Practice Sets for RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination 2022," comprises experienced educators and experts in the field of banking exams. With their vast knowledge and understanding of the RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination, they have created a comprehensive practice guide that helps candidates strengthen their problem-solving abilities, time management skills, and overall exam performance. The expertise of Team Prabhat makes this book an indispensable resource for aspirants looking to excel in the RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination and secure a rewarding career in the banking sector.
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN: 9353228727
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
20 Practice Sets for RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination 2022 by Team Prabhat: "20 Practice Sets for RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination 2022" by Team Prabhat is a comprehensive practice guide designed specifically for aspirants preparing for the RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination. This book consists of 20 practice sets that closely simulate the actual exam pattern and difficulty level, allowing candidates to assess their knowledge, improve their speed, and enhance their problem-solving skills. With detailed solutions and explanations, this book serves as an invaluable resource to help candidates familiarize themselves with the exam format and maximize their performance in the RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination. Key Aspects of the Book "20 Practice Sets for RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination 2022": Realistic Practice Sets: The book contains 20 practice sets that closely resemble the RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination in terms of question types, difficulty level, and time duration. By solving these practice sets, candidates can simulate the exam environment and gain confidence in their preparation. Detailed Solutions and Explanations: Each practice set is accompanied by detailed solutions and explanations, enabling candidates to understand the correct approach to solving the questions. This helps in identifying strengths and areas for improvement, allowing for targeted practice and better performance in the actual exam. Comprehensive Coverage of Syllabus: The practice sets cover all the sections and topics included in the RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination, including English Language, Numerical Ability, and Reasoning Ability. This ensures that candidates can practice and strengthen their skills in each subject area, enhancing their overall performance in the exam. Team Prabhat, the collective author of "20 Practice Sets for RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination 2022," comprises experienced educators and experts in the field of banking exams. With their vast knowledge and understanding of the RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination, they have created a comprehensive practice guide that helps candidates strengthen their problem-solving abilities, time management skills, and overall exam performance. The expertise of Team Prabhat makes this book an indispensable resource for aspirants looking to excel in the RBI Assistant Preliminary Examination and secure a rewarding career in the banking sector.
The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California
Author: Richard Francis Sir Burton
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 – 1890) was a British explorer, writer, scholar, and soldier. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. "The City of the Saints and across the Rocky Mountains to Canada" was first published in London in 1861. It is a description of this trip with the detail and close scholarly writing that were Burton's hallmark.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 – 1890) was a British explorer, writer, scholar, and soldier. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. "The City of the Saints and across the Rocky Mountains to Canada" was first published in London in 1861. It is a description of this trip with the detail and close scholarly writing that were Burton's hallmark.