Download or read book The American Sharpe written by Gareth Glover and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2016-10-30 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sharpe and his adventures has made the 95th Foot renowned again and the discovery of an unpublished diary by an American from Charleston South Carolina who served, despite his father’s objections, as an officer in this elite regiment has caused great excitement. James Penman Gairdner was born in Charleston, South Carolina, but he was sent back to the ‘Old Country’ for his education, receiving his schooling at Harrow. After school, rather than joining his father’s merchant business he decided to become a soldier, receiving a commission in the famous 95th Rifles. He subsequently served, without a break, from the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo in January 1812 until the end of the war in 1814. He then fought in the Waterloo campaign and formed part of the Army of Occupation. He was wounded on three occasions. Throughout his service he kept a journal, which he managed to maintain on almost a daily basis. This journal, along with a number of letters that he wrote to his family, have been edited by renowned historian Gareth Glover and are presented here to the public for the first time. Readers will not find dramatic stories of great battles or adventurous escapades. Instead, Gairdner, details the everyday life of one of Wellington’s soldiers; one of marches and billets, of the weather, the places and the people of the Iberian Peninsula and of Paris and Occupied France – the real nature of soldering. His diaries also highlight the very strange relationship between these newly independent Americans and the ‘Old Country’ they had so recently fought with; which even allowed for a true American boy to fight in the British Army, but not in America!
Download or read book Brown Sharpe and the Measure of American Industry written by Gerald M. Carbone and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Brown, founder of Brown & Sharpe, was a skilled clockmaker who invented new machines, and new ways to make things. Samuel Darling, an eccentric inventor from Maine, joined up and brought with him his engine for marking precise graduations on measuring instruments. Lucian Sharpe, with his son Henry and grandson Henry, Jr., guided the company for more than a century--and along with it the global machine tools industry. The men and women of Brown & Sharpe produced and marketed a dazzling array of measuring devices, machine tools and precision machinery. They truly helped shape Rhode Island, the nation and the modern world. The history of Brown & Sharpe covers more than 150 years of technological development, labor history and public policy, culminating in history's longest strike.
Download or read book The Sharpe Library of American Politics written by M. E. Sharpe Incorporated and published by Sharpe Reference. This book was released on 2001 with total page 3944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive source for clear, convenient, and up-to-date information on every aspect of American political history, this authoritative reference is unique in reference literature. Truly comprehensive in scope, it makes a broad range of details of American politics easily accessible to researchers and students from high school through college. These illustrated volumes are the culmination of years of exhaustive research by leading experts in their fields. Together they comprise an unparalleled primary reference source on American government that no library should be without.
Download or read book The American Colonies in the Eighteenth Century written by Herbert Levi Osgood and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sharpe s Siege 9 written by Bernard Cornwell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-11-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sharpe's mission has seemed simple: capture a small unguarded French coastal fort, cripple Napoleon's supply lines, and retreat across the sea. But behind the lines, Sharpe's old enemy, Pierre Ducos, awaits Sharpe's arrival with a battalion of French soldiers and a vicious commanding general who keeps the scalps of his dead enemies as trophies. Outmaneuvered by Ducos's treachery and abandoned by his own navy, Sharpe has only two choices: to escape with the aid of the charming, unscrupulous American mercenary, Cornelius Killick, or die.
Download or read book Sharpe s Company written by Bernard Cornwell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-08-03 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To stem the Napoleonic tide, Sharpe must capture a fortress—where his wife and infant daughter are trapped—while protecting himself from a fellow officer determined to destroy him.
Download or read book The American Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sharpe s Eagle written by Bernard Cornwell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-08-03 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in Bernard Cornwell's epic Sharpe series, which completely transports the reader to an unforgettable time and place in history. At Talavera in July of 1809, Captain Richard Sharpe, bold, professional, and ruthless, prepares to lead his men against the armies of Napoleon into what will be the bloodiest battle of the war. Sharpe has earned his captaincy, but there are others, such as the foppish Lieutenant Gibbons and his uncle, Colonel Henry Simmerson, who have bought their commissions despite their incompetence. After their cowardly loss of the regiment's colors, their resentment toward the upstart Sharpe turns to treachery, and Sharpe must battle his way through sword fights and bloody warfare to redeem the honor of his regiment by capturing the most valued prize in the French Army—a golden Imperial Eagle, the standard touched by the hand of Napoleon himself.
Download or read book One who Gave His Life written by Quincy Sharpe Mills and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quincy Sharpe Mills' war letters and personal writings are a moving testament to his courage, patriotism, and ideals. This book offers a unique perspective on the American experience of World War I and sheds light on the character and values of one of its heroes. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Sharpe s London magazine a journal of entertainment and instruction entitled Sharpe s London journal entitled Sharpe s London magazine conducted by mrs S C Hall written by Anna Maria Hall and published by . This book was released on with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Sharpe s Enemy 6 written by Bernard Cornwell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A band of renegades led by Sharpe's vicious enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, holds a group of British and French women hostage on a strategic mountain pass. Outnumbered and attacked from two sides, Sharpe must hold his ground or die in the attempt.
Download or read book Sharpe s London Magazine a Journal of Entertainment and Instruction for General Reading written by and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 22-23 include illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Download or read book Sharpe s London Magazine written by Anna Maria Fielding Hall ("Mrs. S. C. Hall, ") and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Sharpe s Revenge 10 written by Bernard Cornwell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-11-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his honor and reputation are at stake, Sharpe seeks revenge--at any cost It is 1814, and the defeat of Napoleon seems imminent--if the well-protected city of Toulouse can be conquered. For Richard Sharpe, the battle turns out to be one of the bloodiest of the Peninsula Wars, and he must draw on his last reserves of strength to lead his troops to victory. But before Sharpe can lay down his sword, he must fight a different sort of battle. Accused of stealing Napoleon's personal treasure, Sharpe escapes from a British military court and embarks on the battle of his life--armed only with the unflinching resolve to protect his honor.
Download or read book Report of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution written by Daughters of the American Revolution and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
