Autobiography: historical, political & military books

23603 books were found.

Tenting on the Plains: the Experiences of General Custer's Wife in Kansas and Texas

Tenting on the Plains: the Experiences of General Custer's...

Author: Elizabeth B Custer
ISBN: 9781846779435
Format: Paperback
$43.99

From the Army of the Potomac to the Plains Indian War Elizabeth 'Libby' Custer must be commended for her literary...  Read More >>

Paradise General: Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital in Iraq

Paradise General: Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital...

Author: Dave Hnida ,  George K Wilson
ISBN: 9798200112708
Format: Audio
$52.77

Dr. Dave Hnida's devastating and inspiring account follows a group of brilliant and committed doctors who staff...  Read More >>

Paradise General: Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital in Iraq

Paradise General: Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital...

Author: Dave Hnida ,  George K Wilson
ISBN: 9798200112692
Format: Audio
$52.77

Dr. Dave Hnida's devastating and inspiring account follows a group of brilliant and committed doctors who staff...  Read More >>

Paradise General: Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital in Iraq

Paradise General: Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital...

Author: Dave Hnida ,  George K Wilson
ISBN: 9798200112685
Format: Audio
$52.77

Dr. Dave Hnida's devastating and inspiring account follows a group of brilliant and committed doctors who staff...  Read More >>

The Zouave Officer: Reminiscences of an Officer of Zouaves-the 2nd Zouaves of the Second Empire on Campaign in North Africa and the Crimean War

The Zouave Officer: Reminiscences of an Officer of Zouaves-the...

Author: Jean Joseph Gustave Cler
ISBN: 9781846779176
Format: Paperback
$44.85

'Of the soldiers of the world-the Zouaves are the first and bravest' This is a rare and unusual account compiled...  Read More >>

Tenting on the Plains: the Experiences of General Custer's Wife in Kansas and Texas

Tenting on the Plains: the Experiences of General Custer's...

Author: Elizabeth B Custer
ISBN: 9781846779442
Format: Hardback
$69.86

From the Army of the Potomac to the Plains Indian War Elizabeth 'Libby' Custer must be commended for her literary...  Read More >>

Fighting Indians in the 7th United States Cavalry: the Recollections of a Bugler of the Campaign Against the Nez Perce Indians 1876-77

Fighting Indians in the 7th United States Cavalry: the...

Author: Ami Frank Mulford
ISBN: 9781846779596
Format: Paperback
$25.88

An American Indian War campaign by a serving soldier The action of this book takes place within a cavalry regiment...  Read More >>

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great

Author: Simon Dixon (University of Leeds)
ISBN: 9780060786281
Format: Paperback
$44.85

Catherine the Great remains one of the most resonant icons of imperial Russia. More than a conventional biography,...  Read More >>

With the Camel Corps Up the Nile: the 'Gordon Relief Expedition' Against the Mahdists, Sudan, 1885

With the Camel Corps Up the Nile: the 'Gordon Relief...

Author: Edward Gleichen
ISBN: 9781846779091
Format: Paperback
$25.88

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Following the Guidon: the Experiences of General Custer's Wife With the U. S. 7th Cavalry

Following the Guidon: the Experiences of General Custer's...

Author: Elizabeth B Custer
ISBN: 9781846779411
Format: Paperback
$31.05

The wife of a famous soldier on campaign on the Western Plains of America Despite a successful career during the...  Read More >>

The Zouave Officer: Reminiscences of an Officer of Zouaves-The 2nd Zouaves of the Second Empire on Campaign in North Africa and the Crimea

The Zouave Officer: Reminiscences of an Officer of Zouaves-The...

Author: Jean Joseph Gustave Cler
ISBN: 9781846779183
Format: Hardback
$73.89

'Of the soldiers of the world-the Zouaves are the first and bravest' This is a rare and unusual account compiled...  Read More >>

My Life on the Plains or Personal Experiences with Indians: Custer's Memoir of His Campaigns Against the Indian Tribes of the Western Plains

My Life on the Plains or Personal Experiences with Indians:...

Author: General George Armstrong Custer
ISBN: 9781846779619
Format: Paperback
$58.05

The memoirs of the most famous American cavalryman Those who pursue fame are occasionally fated to acquire it for...  Read More >>

Escaping the Holocaust: One Family's Flight from Vienna to Shanghai and Beyond

Escaping the Holocaust: One Family's Flight from Vienna...

Author: Helen Weiner Betts
ISBN: 9781450526913
Format: Paperback
$42.24

The author's parents were the first of this extended family to escape Vienna before the holocaust. They settled...  Read More >>

The March to Corunna: Letters from Moore's Army in Portugal and Spain During the Peninsular War by a British Officer 1808-1809

The March to Corunna: Letters from Moore's Army in Portugal...

Author: Robert Ker Porter, Sir
ISBN: 9781846779244
Format: Hardback
$71.25

Essential correspondence from Iberia Perhaps the best way to describe this excellent collection of letters from...  Read More >>

Fighting Indians in the 7th United States Cavalry: the Recollections of a Bugler of the Campaign Against the Nez Perce Indians 1876-77

Fighting Indians in the 7th United States Cavalry: the...

Author: Ami Frank Mulford
ISBN: 9781846779602
Format: Hardback
$46.58

An American Indian War campaign by a serving soldier The action of this book takes place within a cavalry regiment...  Read More >>

Pa's Story

Pa's Story

Author: Lt Col Richard M Doezema Usmc(ret)
ISBN: 9781452814612
Format: Paperback
$39.60

Pa's Story: A Marine Reflects on War and His Life  Read More >>

With the Camel Corps Up the Nile: the 'Gordon Relief Expedition' Against the Mahdists, Sudan, 1885

With the Camel Corps Up the Nile: the 'Gordon Relief...

Author: Edward Gleichen
ISBN: 9781846779107
Format: Hardback
$46.58

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The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini: Introduction by James Fenton

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini: Introduction...

Author: Benvenuto Cellini ,  James Fenton
ISBN: 9780307592743
Format: Hardback
$73.92

"""Anne Macdonell's translation first included in Everyman's Library, 1907""--T.p. verso."  Read More >>

An Angel from Hell: Real Life on the Front Lines

An Angel from Hell: Real Life on the Front Lines

Author: Ryan A Conklin
ISBN: 9780425233948
Format: Hardback
$65.87

"An edgy, gripping report from the front lines by a young veteran and cast member of ""The Real World: Brooklyn,...  Read More >>

The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama

The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama

Author: David Remnick
ISBN: 9781400043606
Format: Hardback
$79.07

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of King of the World, the first full biography of Barack Obama...  Read More >>

My Life on the Plains or Personal Experiences With Indians: Custer's Memoir of His Campaigns Against the Indian Tribes of the Western Plains

My Life on the Plains or Personal Experiences With Indians:...

Author: General George Armstrong Custer
ISBN: 9781846779626
Format: Hardback
$87.09

The memoirs of the most famous American cavalryman Those who pursue fame are occasionally fated to acquire it for...  Read More >>

The Sea Captain's Odyssey

The Sea Captain's Odyssey

Author: Marvin Dale Shepherd
ISBN: 9780984520701
Format: Paperback
$65.87

In 1838 a sixteen-year-old boy names Hans Buhne sailed from his home in Flensburg, Denmark and began his first adventure...  Read More >>

Tocqueville's Discovery of America

Tocqueville's Discovery of America

Author: Leo Damrosch ,  Leo Damrosch
ISBN: 9780374278175
Format: Undefined
$71.28

Prize-winning biographer Damrosch retraces Alexis de Tocqueville's nine-month journey through America in 1831-1832,...  Read More >>

Life of Abraham Lincoln

Life of Abraham Lincoln

Author: John Hugh Bowers Ph D
ISBN: 9781451584035
Format: Paperback
$20.99

John Hugh Bowers has created a short sketch of one of the most famous Americans. In this 90-page volume, Bowers...  Read More >>

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