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(0)Winston Groom
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Written by gifted storyteller Winston Groom (author of Forrest Gump), The Aviators tells the saga of three extraordinary aviators--Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle--and how they redefine heroism through their genius, daring, and uncommon courage.
This is the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the great age of flight. These cleverly interwoven tales of their
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After feared outlaw and revolutionary Pancho Villa kidnaps his grandchildren, railroad tycoon John Shaughnessy, known as the Colonel, ventures to El Paso with his adopted son and a band of hired cowboys on a rescue mission.
4) Shiloh 1862
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
446 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this gripping telling of the first "great and terrible" battle of the Civil War, Groom describes the dramatic events of April 6 and 7, 1862, when a bold surprise attack on Ulysses S. Grant's encamped troops and the bloody battle that ensued would alter the timbre of the war.
