Historic Battlefields In 500 Walks

Author : Steve Fallon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1667200496
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historic Battlefields in 500 Walks written by Steve Fallon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tour hundreds of historic battlefields across the world with this captivating guide to exploring the sites where empires rose and fell. Stretching across the millennia from prehistoric times to the 20th century and covering every continent except Antarctica, Historic Battlefields in 500 Walks is a guide to exploring hundreds of trails, paths, and landscapes on foot, with insightful commentary on the significance of each battle in world history. Whether you’re looking to travel to far-off lands from the comfort of your armchair or planning a trip that includes tours of these historic sites, you’ll find plenty of captivating facts about the places where the fates of nations and empires were decided, including the Battle of Hastings, the Fall of Constantinople, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of the Somme, the Liberation of Europe, and more. Full-color photos and maps are included, making this a handy guidebook for anyone who is planning their next expedition.

Author : Editors of Thunder Bay Press
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1667203738
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historic Battlefields in 500 Walks written by Editors of Thunder Bay Press and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2029-09-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tour hundreds of historic battlefields across the world with this captivating guide to exploring the sites where empires rose and fell. Stretching across the millennia from prehistoric times to the 20th century and covering every continent except Antarctica, Historic Battlefields in 500 Walks is a guide to exploring hundreds of trails, paths, and landscapes on foot, with insightful commentary on the significance of each battle in world history. Whether you’re looking to travel to far-off lands from the comfort of your armchair or planning a trip that includes tours of these historic sites, you’ll find plenty of captivating facts about the places where the fates of nations and empires were decided, including the Battle of Hastings, the Fall of Constantinople, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of the Somme, the Liberation of Europe, and more. Full-color photos and maps are included, making this a handy guidebook for anyone who is planning their next expedition.

Author : Sarah Baxter
Publisher : Aurum
ISBN 13 : 1781319375
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the World in 500 Walks written by Sarah Baxter and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From prehistory to the present day, take a grand tour of world events at eye-level perspective with accounts that combine knowledgeable commentary with practical detail. You may even be inspired to lace up your own boots! From geologic upheavals and mad kings to trade routes and saints' ways, this book relates the tales behind the top 500 walks that have shaped our society. It's easy to imagine travelling back in time as you read about convicts and conquistadors, silk traders and Buddhists who have hiked along routes for purposes as varied as the terrain they covered.

Author : Mary Caperton Morton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1645176282
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World's Best National Parks in 500 Walks written by Mary Caperton Morton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tour the world's national parks via five hundred walks and hikes through preserved natural beauty.

Author : David Clark
Publisher : Amalgamated Book Services
ISBN 13 : 9781840130096
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Battlefield Walks written by David Clark and published by Amalgamated Book Services. This book was released on 1997-08-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephen O'Shea
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802719090
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Back to the Front written by Stephen O'Shea and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War I is beyond the memory of almost everyone alive today. Yet it has left as deep a scar on the imaginative landscape of our century as it has on the land where it was fought. Nowhere is that more evident than on the Western Front-the sinuous, deadly line of trenches that stretched from the coast of Belgium to the border of France and Switzerland, a narrow swath of land in which so many million lives were lost. For journalist Stephen O'Shea, the legacy of the Great War is personal (both his grandfathers fought on the front lines) and cultural. Stunned by viewing the "immense wound" still visible on the battlefield of the Somme, and feeling that "history is too important to be left to the professionals," he set out to walk the entire 450 miles through no-man's-land to discover for himself and for his generation the meaning of the war. Back to the Front is a remarkable combination of vivid history and opinionated travel writing. As his walk progresses, O'Shea recreates the shocking battles of the Western Front, many now legendary-Passchendaele, the Somme, the Argonne, Verdun-and offers an impassioned perspective on the war, the state of the land, and the cultivation of memory. His consummate skill with words and details brings alive the players, famous and faceless, on that horrific stage, and makes us aware of why the Great War, indeed history itself, still matters. An evocative fusion of past and present, Back to the Front will resonate, for all who read it, as few other books on war ever have.

Author : David T. Gilbert
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847859126
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil War Battlefields written by David T. Gilbert and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walk in the footsteps of history with this stunning volume that brings more than thirty Civil War battlefields to life. From the “First Battle of Bull Run” to Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House four years later, this book celebrates the history and scenic beauty of these hallowed grounds in a large-format, beautifully produced volume. Explore more than thirty Civil War battlefields— from Antietam to Chancellorsville, Gettysburg to Shiloh—including the first five national battlefield parks preserved by veterans in the 1890s. Each battlefield features extensive photos of the key sites and monuments, as well as beautiful landscapes and historic archival photography. The essays enable the reader to understand each battlefield from a strategic perspective—its topography, geography, and military value—the battle’s seminal moments, and its historical significance, and guide the reader on how best to tour the grounds on foot. With maps, rarely seen archival photos, and stunning contemporary photography, this photo- and information-packed book is an inspirational bucket list for Civil War and history buffs, as well as those who wish to walk in the literal boot steps of American history.

Author : David Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781840130102
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Battlefield Walks written by David Clark and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Reed
Publisher : Pen & Sword
ISBN 13 : 9781848848368
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walking D-Day written by Paul Reed and published by Pen & Sword. This book was released on 2012 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Walking D-Day introduces the visitor not only to the places where the Allies landed and first clashed with the Germans defenders but to the Normandy landscape over which the critical battles that decided the course of the war were fought"--Publisher.

Author : Mel White
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426210159
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secrets of the National Parks written by Mel White and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies hidden treasures and lesser-known points of interest in each of America's national parks.