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Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents an illustrated account of bookseller Henry Knox's heroic contributions during the Revolutionary War, describing how he dragged fifty-nine cannons to Boston across 225 miles filled with danger and hardship.
Author
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
" Kent Brown's stunning account of the career of Lt. Alonzo Hereford Cushing offers valuable insights into the nature of the Civil War and the men who fought it. Brown's vivid descriptions of the heat and exhaustion of forced marches, of the fury of battle, have seldom been matched in Civil War literature.
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers, Incorporated
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"Introduces the American Civil War, including the causes of the conflict, background on the Union and the Confederacy, the major battles and important historical figures, and how the Union won the war"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Regnery History
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The story of the once famous horse, recognized as late as 1997 by Life magazine as one of America's great heroes -- the greatest war horse in American history, in fact -- has unfortunately been largely forgotten. But author Robin Hutton is set to change all that. Not only has she been the force behind recognizing Reckless with a monument at the National Museum of the Marine Corps and at Camp Pendleton, but she has now put between hard covers the full...
Author
Publisher
NAL Caliber
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Describes the story of a Korean race horse who was sold to an American Marine and trained to carry heavy loads of artillery up steep hills while under fire and whose perseverance and spirit inspired the entire corps during the Korean War.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of the Mongolian mare, who, despite only measuring about thirteen hands high, became an American hero for her actions during the Korean War, being awarded two Purple Hearts for her valor and being officially promoted to staff sergeant twice, a distinction never bestowed upon an animal before or since.
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