Download or read book The Legend of Lieutenant Thompson written by Neil Burckart and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story is about a young man who joins the army air corp. in 1942. He became a bomber pilot and flew thirty missions over enemy territory, was wounded twice, and received thirteen medals for his exemplary service. After the war, he moved his young family to Alaska to find work. He worked as a stevedore on the docks. In his off hours, he started commercial fishing and hunting. Eventually he became a guide. As the years passed, he became one of the very best guides in all of Alaska and has guided thousands of hunters over the years in some of the most inhospitable countries in the whole world. He is one of the charter members of the prestigious Safari Club International. Lieutenant Thompsons story goes beyond the imagination, from being attacked by angry bears to surviving more than one bush pilot accident. With more than twenty-five thousand hours of flying in the bush, he escaped a revolution in the Republic of Central Africa, where one of his planes was shot down and one of his pilots was killed. This is his story, where he performs numerous life-and-death rescues, including the Coast Guard. This book is one adventure after another. A must read for those who admire the war heroes and the adventures between man and beast and the great outdoors.
Download or read book History of the Thompson written by Sophia J. Thompson Moore and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Thompson Register A History of the Thompson Family written by Thomas McKean Thompson and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Legend of Anne Southern written by Brenda Hodge and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-01-04 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1860. In Evanston, Illinois, a young, unassuming butcher, Ruse Blackburn, wants what every man wants, to earn a decent living and marry a lovely wife. With these goals almost in his grasp, the privileged stomp on his ambitions. Ruse, rightly accused of murder and tortured, sells his soul and ends up as General William T. Shermans aidecharged with keeping the general drunk enough to do evil but sober enough to conduct war. As Shermans troops pillage Georgia, Ruse sinks deeper and deeper into madness. In the meantime, beautiful Anne Southern lives a life of lonely luxury with her two young sons at Meridian Plantation. Her husband, Allen, fires the mortar that begins the Civil War and abandons his family to fight for the Confederacy. Swept with her dependents to Atlanta by the winds of war, Anne must deal with a society in decline and a diminishing food supply. To feed her children, in an act of desperation and desire, she gives dearly to a suitor for ten pounds of jerky. Evicted from Atlanta, Anne returns to the plantation. There, she encounters Major Ruse Blackburn and his skinning knifea man with a grudge to settle and a proclivity for cutting pretty flesh. Anne finds herself completely without resources and must make difficult decisions. A very entertaining, mile-a-minute style, and remarkably vivid characters. Diana Gabaldon, New York Times bestselling author of the award winning Outlander novels.
Download or read book The Ultimate Thompson Book written by Tracie L. Hill and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Virtually every chapter and topic covered in Tracie Hill's critically acclaimed 1996 Collector Grade title Thompson: The American Legend has been expanded, and some new ones have been added in order to incorporate a vast amount of important new information augmenting every aspect of the history of the Auto Ordnance Corporation, the Thompson family, and the design and production of the hardware that bears the Thompson name. Much of this priceless new material, including personal memoirs, dimensioned blueprints and other rare memorabilia, has been bequeathed by key people who were intimately involved in the day to day operations of the company"--Publisher's description.
Download or read book The Thompson Readers written by John Gilbert Thompson and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.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.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. 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 A true and impartial Relation of the proceedings of several councels of war against W Thompson which may serve for a refutation to a scandalous paper entituled The vindication of Lieutenant General Cromwel and the late proceedings against the said W Thompson etc written by William THOMPSON (a Corporal in the Parliamentary Army.) and published by . This book was released on 1648 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Saga of the Thompson Family written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Record of the Thompson Family written by Robert Thompson Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 1900* with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Moxie written by Jim Baumer and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compendium of all things Moxie, Maine author Jim Baumer shows us why this soft drink has garnered such a loyal and vocal following. Through history, photos, festivals, and more, Moxie: Maine in a Bottle will make you feel like you have Moxie too! Representing old-fashioned values and a sense of community, Moxie is a heaping slice of Americana delivered Maine-style.
Download or read book The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life and Adventures of Joe Thompson written by Edward Kimber and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-14 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Download or read book The Magazine of American History written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book His Second Campaign written by Maurice Thompson and published by Barber Press. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1883, this rare book contains a wonderful fictional tale written by Maurice Thompson. A masterfully written narrative, this book is sure to appeal to collectors of Thompson's work and is well deserving of a place atop any bookshelf. This text has been elected for modern republication due to its literary value, proudly republished here with a new prefatory biography of its author in the hopes that it shall continue to be enjoyed by discerning readers for years to come. James Maurice Thompson (September 9, 1844 February 15, 1901) was an American novelist, most renowned for his works: Alice of Old Vincennes (1900) and The Witchery of Archery (1878)."
Download or read book Legends Lore of the Texas Capitol written by Mike Cox and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its beginning as one of the most ambitious construction projects west of the Mississippi, the imposing red granite Lone Star statehouse loomed large in Texas lore. The iconic landmark rests on a foundation of election rigging, an unsolved murder, land swaps and pre-dedication blackmail. It bore witness to the first meeting between LBJ and Lady Bird, as well as a bizarre resolution honoring the Boston Strangler. Mike Cox digs up a quarry's worth of the capitol's untold history, cataloguing everything from its ghost stories to its public art and collectible tourist kitsch.
Download or read book Tom Horn in Life and Legend written by Larry D. Ball and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the legendary gunmen of the Old West were lawmen, but more, like Billy the Kid and Jesse James, were outlaws. Tom Horn (1860–1903) was both. Lawman, soldier, hired gunman, detective, outlaw, and assassin, this darkly enigmatic figure has fascinated Americans ever since his death by hanging the day before his forty-third birthday. In this masterful historical biography, Larry Ball, a distinguished historian of western lawmen and outlaws, presents the definitive account of Horn’s career. Horn became a civilian in the Apache wars when he was still in his early twenties. He fought in the last major battle with the Apaches on U.S. soil and chased the Indians into Mexico with General George Crook. He bragged about murdering renegades, and the brutality of his approach to law and order foreshadows his controversial career as a Pinkerton detective and his trial for murder in Wyoming. Having worked as a hired gun and a range detective in the years after the Johnson County War, he was eventually tried and hanged for killing a fourteen-year-old boy. Horn’s guilt is still debated. To an extent no previous scholar has managed to achieve, Ball distinguishes the truth about Horn from the numerous legends. Both the facts and their distortions are revealing, especially since so many of the untruths come from Horn’s own autobiography. As a teller of tall tales, Horn burnished his own reputation throughout his life. In spite of his services as a civilian scout and packer, his behavior frightened even his lawless companions. Although some writers have tried to elevate him to the top rung of frontier gun wielders, questions still shadow Horn’s reputation. Ball’s study concludes with a survey of Horn as described by historians, novelists, and screenwriters since his own time. These portrayals, as mixed as the facts on which they are based, show a continuing fascination with the life and legend of Tom Horn.
Download or read book The Life and Adventures of Joe Thompson written by and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
