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Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Chronicles Churchill's life at the time of the Boer War when he was captured and taken prisoner. He pulled off a daring escape, after which he enlisted and then went back to liberate the others that had been captured with him. Millard presents an epic story of bravery, savagery and chance encounters with historical characters such as Rudyard Kipling and Mohandas Ghandi that would shape Churchill's future.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
A narrative account of the twentieth president's political career offers insight into his background as a scholar and Civil War hero, his battles against the corrupt establishment, and Alexander Graham Bell's failed attempt to save him from an assassin's bullet.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"For millennia the location of the Nile River's headwaters was shrouded in mystery. In the 19th century, ... European powers sent off waves of explorations intended to map the unknown corners of the globe--and extend their colonial empires. Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke were sent by the Royal Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. Burton spoke twenty-nine languages, and was a decorated soldier ... Speke was a young aristocrat...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the 1914 expedition of Theodore Roosevelt into the unexplored heart of the Amazon basin to explore and map the region surrounding a tributary called the River of Doubt, detailing the perilous conditions they faced.
