John Reeve Carpenter
Auteur de Pirates: Scourge of the Seas
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Œuvres de John Reeve Carpenter
A Fire in the Wilderness: The First Battle Between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee (2021) 32 exemplaires
The Lost Indictment of Robert E. Lee: The Forgotten Case against an American Icon (2018) 27 exemplaires
Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant (2023) 12 exemplaires
Piratas / Pirates: El azote de los mares / Scourge of the Seas (Spanish Edition) (2008) 1 exemplaire
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- 5
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- 177
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In the spring of 1864, President Lincoln feared that he might not be able to save the Union. The Army of the Potomac had performed poorly over the previous two years, and many Northerners were understandably critical of the war effort. Lincoln assumed he'd lose the November election, and he firmly believed a Democratic successor would seek peace immediately, spelling an end to the Union. A Fire in the Wilderness tells the story of that perilous time when the future of the United States depended on the Union Army's success in a desolate forest roughly sixty-five miles from the nation's capital.
At the outset of the Battle of the Wilderness, General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia remained capable of defeating the Army of the Potomac. But two days of relentless fighting in dense...… (plus d'informations)