Download or read book Boys War Pa written by Jim Murphy and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Boys Fought Like Demons written by Britt Charles Isenberg and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than two hundred Pennsylvania units participated in the American Civil War and of all those units, the 105th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry suffered the second highest loss of life through four years of tragic conflict. Hailing from the lumber region of Western Pennsylvania, the regiment carried the sobriquet of "Wildcats" into action on many famous battlefields. From Fair Oaks to Chancellorsville, Gettysburg to Spotsylvania, "you can trace the marches of the regiment by the graves of its dead. Its work is done, it rests from its labors, the nation lives - the oppressed are free." This is Their Story of courage, devotion, patriotism, leadership, perseverance and survival.
Download or read book A Pennsylvania Boy in the Civil War Abridged Annotated written by Rev. J.D. Bloodgood Ph.D. and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most interesting and compelling descriptions of the battles of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville is found in J.D. Bloodgoods long-forgotten 1893 memoir. Bloodgood was an enlisted private of Company I, of the One Hundred and Forty-first Regiment of Pennsylvania Infantry, promoted to a sergeant, wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863, and mustered out of the service at the close of the war with a record as a good and efficient soldier. An educated man, his observations and descriptions go beyond battlefield chaos and give you the feeling of what the line soldier and officer experienced. After the war, he revisited Gettysburg and his return is a story in itself. For less than you'd spend on gas going to the library, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
Download or read book Little Pennsylvania Dutch Boy written by Sharon Schnupp Kuepfer and published by Masthof Press & Bookstore. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subtitled "Will the War Ever End?" this children's book is based on the childhood of the author's father, Clair Schnupp, author of Flying Canada (Item #3449). The author grew up hearing her father tell these stories of faith and love during World War II. Also includes his favorite childhood recipes. This is a companion volume to Sharon's earlier book, Little Prairie Girl (Item #3534), which is based on the story of her mother, Clara Durksen. Also available Little Prairie Girl Growing Up (Item #3934) which is book 2 in the series. (95pp. illus. Masthof Press, 2010.) Also read the sequel Little Pennsylvania Dutch Boy Growing Up: Will the Vision Die? (item #4108).
Download or read book From Home Guards to Heroes written by Dennis W. Brandt and published by University of Missouri. This book was released on 2006 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using their own words to describe action both on and off the battlefield, he sheds light on the lives of ordinary men: the comparative values of farm and city boys, their motives and concerns, the effect of battle on soldiers and their families, and the suffering that veterans took to the grave. Brandt also looks at soldiers' racial views, illuminating their deepest worries about the war, and at community politics and problems of discipline surrounding this ideologically divided unit.
Download or read book Moon Over Tennessee written by Craig Crist-Evans and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1999 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Boy's Civil War Journal.
Download or read book Respect to All written by Adam Bright and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book So Long Bob written by Brian Berkey and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-08-13 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In November 1941, the war that had been raging in Europe since 1939 and in China since 1937 was coming closer and closer to the United States. The US had instituted the draft in 1940 and on November 4, 1941, more than a month before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the war came home to the family of Annie and Harvey Berkey on their farm near Elton, PA. That was the day when their middle son, Bob, received his draft notice. This book presents something of their experience of the war through a compilation of the letters that his family received from Bob as well as entries from Annie's diaries and the headlines and articles from their local newspaper, the Johnstown Tribune. It is a story of how an ordinary farm family from the hills of western Pennsylvania coped with the extraordinary circumstances of being caught up in a global conflict.
Download or read book A Pennsylvania Boy in the Civil War Abridged Annotated written by Rev J. D. Bloodgood and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most interesting and compelling descriptions of the battles of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville is found in J.D. Bloodgoods long-forgotten 1893 memoir. Bloodgood was an enlisted private of Company I, of the One Hundred and Forty-first Regiment of Pennsylvania Infantry, promoted to a sergeant, wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863, and mustered out of the service at the close of the war with a record as a good and efficient soldier.An educated man, his observations and descriptions go beyond battlefield chaos and give you the feeling of what the line soldier and officer experienced. After the war, he revisited Gettysburg and his return is a story in itself.
Download or read book Caught in the Crossfire written by Anita Cole Alcorn and published by Infinity Publishing. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ben Hobbs is a resourceful, cunning boy of the Civil War era. His pa is a Confederate soldier while his cousin Josh's pa is with the Union Army--common for Kentucky, which was divided over the war. The Hobbs families are at odds but the boys are best friends and sneak off together when they can. This time it backfires, as Ben and Josh become Caught in the Crossfire of the Battle of Mill Springs, a small but decisive conflict affecting the outcome of the Civil War."--Cover back.
Download or read book The War Against Boys written by Christina Hoff Sommers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated and revised edition of the controversial classic—now more relevant than ever—argues that boys are the ones languishing socially and academically, resulting in staggering social and economic costs. Girls and women were once second-class citizens in the nation’s schools. Americans responded with concerted efforts to give girls and women the attention and assistance that was long overdue. Now, after two major waves of feminism and decades of policy reform, women have made massive strides in education. Today they outperform men in nearly every measure of social, academic, and vocational well-being. Christina Hoff Sommers contends that it’s time to take a hard look at present-day realities and recognize that boys need help. Called “provocative and controversial...impassioned and articulate” (The Christian Science Monitor), this edition of The War Against Boys offers a new preface and six radically revised chapters, plus updates on the current status of boys throughout the book. Sommers argues that the problem of male underachievement is persistent and worsening. Among the new topics Sommers tackles: how the war against boys is harming our economic future, and how boy-averse trends such as the decline of recess and zero-tolerance disciplinary policies have turned our schools into hostile environments for boys. As our schools become more feelings-centered, risk-averse, competition-free, and sedentary, they move further and further from the characteristic needs of boys. She offers realistic, achievable solutions to these problems that include boy-friendly pedagogy, character and vocational education, and the choice of single-sex classrooms. The War Against Boys is an incisive, rigorous, and heartfelt argument in favor of recognizing and confronting a new reality: boys are languishing in education and the price of continued neglect is economically and socially prohibitive.
Download or read book The Last Brother written by Trinka Hakes Noble and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 1863 the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fought outside the sleepy Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg. In The Last Brother the story of one small boy is told amidst the dramatic events of those early days of July. Though he is only 11 years old, Gabe is a bugler in the Union Army. He takes his responsibility very seriously; after all, there are over 60 different battle calls for buglers to learn. But what is even more important to Gabe is watching over his older brother Davy who, as a foot soldier, is right in the thick of the fighting. Two of Gabe's older brothers have already perished, and he is not willing to lose the only one he has left. During those long days, Gabe meets another young bugler -- one who fights for the other side. Suddenly, what was so definite and clear has become complicated by friendship and compassion. Does one have to choose between service to country, to kin or to a friend? As the cannons fire and the battle rages on, Gabe must do his duty while searching for a way to honor all that he holds dear.Trinka Hakes Noble is the noted author of numerous award-winning picture books, including The Scarlet Stockings Spy, the ever-popular Jimmy's Boa series and Meanwhile Back at the Ranch (both featured on "Reading Rainbow"). Her many awards include ALA Notable Children's Book, Booklist Children's Editors' Choice, IRA-CBC Children's Choice, Learning: The Year's Ten Best, and several Junior Literary Guild Selections. Trinka makes her home in Bernardsville, New Jersey. Robert Papp's award-winning artwork includes hundreds of illustrations for major publishers across the United States, and his first children's book, The Scarlet Stockings Spy was named an IRATeacher's Choice in 2005. Robert lives in historic Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Download or read book The Breaker Boys written by Pat Hughes and published by . This book was released on 2014-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nate Tanner is a rich boy whose family owns coal mines near Hazleton, Pennsylvania. He has everything a kid could want or need - except a friend. Then he meets Johnny, an easygoing Polish American boy who works sorting coal in a filthy, dark building called a breaker. Unaware that Nate is the boss's son, Johnny invites him to play baseball with the breaker boys. As the summer of 1897 progresses, Nate finds himself piling lie on top of lie to keep his identity secret from Johnny, and the friendship secret from his family. In the patch town where the mining families live, Nate confronts disturbing realities; back at home, he learns of his family's fears about the future. Meanwhile, the miners are joining a labor union to challenge the owners - and the owners are trying to stop a strike. As Nate's moment of truth draws near, so does a violent confrontation that will alter coal country lives forever. Originally published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, now in paperback for the first time, "The Breaker Boys" explores both sides of a timeless issue through a nuanced portrayal of both immigrant laborers and the coal-mine owners who employed them.
Download or read book What a Boy Saw in the Army written by Jesse Bowman Young and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Frontier Country written by Patrick Spero and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-09-26 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Frontier Country, Patrick Spero addresses one of the most important and controversial subjects in American history: the frontier. Countering the modern conception of the American frontier as an area of expansion, Spero employs the eighteenth-century meaning of the term to show how colonists understood it as a vulnerable, militarized boundary. The Pennsylvania frontier, Spero argues, was constituted through conflicts not only between colonists and Native Americans but also among neighboring British colonies. These violent encounters created what Spero describes as a distinctive "frontier society" on the eve of the American Revolution that transformed the once-peaceful colony of Pennsylvania into a "frontier country." Spero narrates Pennsylvania's story through a sequence of formative but until now largely overlooked confrontations: an eight-year-long border war between Maryland and Pennsylvania in the 1730s; the Seven Years' War and conflicts with Native Americans in the 1750s; a series of frontier rebellions in the 1760s that rocked the colony and its governing elite; and wars Pennsylvania fought with Virginia and Connecticut in the 1770s over its western and northern borders. Deploying innovative data-mining and GIS-mapping techniques to produce a series of customized maps, he illustrates the growth and shifting locations of frontiers over time. Synthesizing the tensions between high and low politics and between eastern and western regions in Pennsylvania before the Revolution, Spero recasts the importance of frontiers to the development of colonial America and the origins of American Independence.
Download or read book The Irish Boys written by Harton Semple and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Common Men in the War for the Common Man written by Dr. Verel R. Salmon and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the never before told story of hundreds of American who went to war in defense of their beliefs, to seek adventure and to see some of the world beyond their rural Pennsylvania neighborhoods. Developed largely in the words of the soldiers of the 145th Pennsylvania Infantry, Common Men highlights some of the men's lives before the war and then carries the reader through trials and triumphs from enlistment, jubilant send-off, action from Antietam through Gettysburg and casualty. Democracy and the Union are sustained through the action of common men, men not always given the best of orders. -- back cover.
