Charleys War Vol 4 Blues Story

Author : Pat Mills
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1845763238
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charley's War (Vol. 4): Blue's Story written by Pat Mills and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2007-11-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned UK comics writer Pat Mills (Marshal Law, Sláine) and legendary artist Joe Colquhoun (Johnny Red) continue the thrilling, humorous and horrifying story of World War One soldier Charley Bourne. Home from the war thanks to an injury, Charley escapes from a terrifying air-raid, only to run into a deserter from the Foreign Legion — who tells him of the awful siege of Fort Vaux, even as both men run for their lives from the Military Police! Rich in the detailed minutiae of the terror-punctuated existence of a “Tommy”, this fourth volume of Charley’s War features an introduction and director’s commentary by Pat Mills, plus bonus content on the historical background to the story.

Author : Pat Mills
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781781086209
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charley's War Vol. 2 written by Pat Mills and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 of the most celebrated war comic of all time, re-mastered and collected in a full size edition.

Author : Pat Mills
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781781086193
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charley's War Vol. 1: Boy Soldier written by Pat Mills and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE MOST RENOWNED WAR STORY IN COMICS HISTORY RE-MASTERED TO MARK THE CENTENARY FIRST WORLD WAR. Join 16 year-old Charley Bourne as he eagerly signs up to fight on the Western front in 1916. The idealistic working class boy experiences the perilous arena of trench warfare, where every waking moment is a bitter fight for survival. As visceral, thrilling and compelling as on its debut, this intensely dramatic war story is the finest the comic book medium has ever produced. Written with acute political and historical insight by British comics legend Pat Mills, it is illustrated throughout with the breathtaking artwork of Joe Colquhoun. This first volume of Charley's War includes Charley's harrowing participation in one of the bloodiest encounters in human history - The Battle of the Somme.

Author : Pat Mills
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1840236272
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charley's War (Vol. 1): 2 June - 1 August 1916 written by Pat Mills and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1916, Charley Bourne lies about his age to enlist in the British army and fight on the battlefields of France, where thoughts of glory and patriotism are swept away by the bloody horror of trench warfare.

Author : Frances H. Casstevens
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786428708
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales from the North and the South written by Frances H. Casstevens and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2006-11-28 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 1862, James J. Archer was promoted to the rank of brigadier general by Robert E. Lee. Serving with distinction in prominent battles such as those at Bull Run, Chancellorsville and Harpers Ferry, this lawyer-turned-general earned not only the respect of his superiors but the esteem and admiration of his men. Imprisoned first at Fort Delaware and then at Johnson's Island, Archer was one of the "First Fifty" (and as it turned out only) officers to be part of a Confederate/Union prisoner exchange. Upon returning to the Confederacy, Archer resumed command and served until his death from battle wounds in October 1864. From doctors to lawyers and privates to generals, this volume records the stories of a few special people--such as General James Archer--who chose to serve their country during the Civil War. Twenty-four individuals from both sides of the Mason-Dixon line are remembered for their extraordinary and often little known contributions to the Confederate and Union causes. These include Colonel Thomas Rose, who was in charge of the Libby Prison tunnel; Colonel John R. Winston, who was one of the few to escape from the Federal prison on Johnson's Island; Sally Tompkins, who ran a private hospital in Richmond; and Sergeant Richard Kirkland, who risked his life to take water to the Federal troops at Fredericksburg. Other featured individuals include Susie Baker King Taylor, Colonel Hector McKethan, Dr. Mary Walker and Richard Thomas Zarvona. Contemporary sources include a variety of correspondence and diaries from these subjects and those who knew them. Appendices contain a roll of participants in the Great Locomotive Chase; a list of Federal prisoners who escaped through the Libby Prison tunnel; a directory of Confederate officers on board the Maple Leaf; and the history of the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Confederate Roll of Honor. A number of contemporary photographs are also included.

Author : Tim A. Ryan
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807160261
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yoknapatawpha Blues written by Tim A. Ryan and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2015-04-13 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TIM A. RYAN is associate professor of English at Northern Illinois University and the author of Calls and Responses: The American Novel of Slavery Since ""Gone with the Wind.""

Author : Michael Morpurgo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849435715
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Private Peaceful written by Michael Morpurgo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-24 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Private Peaceful relives the life of Private Tommo Peaceful, a young First World War soldier awaiting the firing squad at dawn. During the night he looks back at his short but joyful past growing up in rural Devon: his exciting first days at school; the accident in the forest that killed his father; his adventures with Molly, the love of his life; and the battles and injustices of war that brought him to the front line. Winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year, Private Peaceful is by the third Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo, award-winning author of War Horse. His inspiration came from a visit to Ypres where he was shocked to discover how many young soldiers were court-martialled and shot for cowardice during the First World War. This edition also includes introductory essays by Michael Morpurgo, Associate Director of Private Peaceful production Mark Leipacher, as well as an essay from Simon Reade, adaptor & director of this stage adaptation of Private Peaceful.

Author : Pat Mills
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0857683004
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charley's War (Vol. 9): Death from Above written by Pat Mills and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brand-new volume of never-before-collected comic strip! Things are looking up for Charley after he meets the love of his life, but the happy occasion of their wedding is destroyed by the roar of destructive Zeppelin Bombers from Berlin! The ninth action-packed volume of Charley's War is rich in the detailed minutiae of the terror-punctuated existence of a Tommy.

Author : Ronald D. Smith
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826266665
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thomas Ewing Jr. written by Ronald D. Smith and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2008-11-03 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Ohio family with roots in the South, the Ewings influenced the course of the Midwest for more than fifty years. Patriarch Thomas Ewing, a former Whig senator and cabinet member who made his fortune as a real estate lawyer, raised four major players in the nation’s history—including William Tecumseh “Cump” Sherman, taken into the family as a nine-year-old, who went on to marry his foster sister Ellen. Ronald D. Smith now tells of this extraordinary clan that played a role on the national stage through the illustrious career of one of its sons. In Thomas Ewing Jr.: Frontier Lawyer and Civil War General, Smith introduces us to the Ewing family, little known except among scholars of Sherman, to show that Tom Jr. had a remarkable career of his own: first as a real estate lawyer, judge, soldier, and speculator in Kansas, then as a key figure in national politics. Smith takes readers back to Bleeding Kansas, with its border ruffians and land speculators, reconstructing the rough-and-tumble of its courtrooms to demonstrate that its turmoil was as much about claim-jumping as about slavery. He describes the seat-of-the-pants law practice in which Ewing worked with his brothers Hugh and Charlie and foster brother Cump. He then tells how Tom came to national prominence in the fight over the proslavery Lecompton Constitution, was instrumental in starting up the Union Pacific Railroad, and became the first chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. Ewing obtained a commission in the Union Army—as did his brothers—and raised a regiment that saw significant action in Arkansas and Missouri. After William Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence, Kansas, he issued the dramatic General Order No. 11 that expelled residents from sections of western Missouri. Then this confidant of Abraham Lincoln’s went on to courageously defend three of the assassination conspirators—including the disingenuous Samuel Mudd—and lobbied the key vote to block the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Smith examines Ewing’s life in meticulous detail, mining family correspondence for informative quotes and digging deep into legal records to portray lawmaking on the frontier. And while Sherman has been the focus of most previous work on the Ewings, this book fills the gaps in an interlocking family of remarkable people—one that helped shape a nation’s development in its courtrooms and business suites. Thomas Ewing Jr.: Frontier Lawyer and Civil War General retells a chapter of Kansas history and opens up a panoramic view of antebellum America, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Gilded Age.

Author : Pat Mills
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1781169144
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charley's War: A Boy Soldier in the Great War written by Pat Mills and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From renowned UK comics writer Pat Mills (Marshal Law, Requiem, Vampire Knight, Sláine) and legendary artist Joe Colquhoun (Johnny Red) comes a truly classic piece of British comics history, by turns thrilling, humorous and horrifying. Often heralded as the greatest British comic strip ever created, Charley's War tells the gripping story of an underage British soldier called Charley Bourne fighting during World War I. Now with completely remastered comic strips, this is the definitive edition of Charley’s War, covering Charley's first arrival in the trenches, the battle of the Somme, and a terrifying zeppelin raid over London. It is an ideal starting place for new readers.