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Doing My Bit Over There - David J. Bullis - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Doing My Bit Over There - David J. Bullis - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Motivated by patriotism, 21-year old Everard Bullis of St. Paul, Minnesota--the only boy of five siblings from a middle-class family--enlisted in the U.S. Marines in 1917 and went to the Western Front. His clear-eyed memoir describes in detail the Fifth Marine Regiment''s desperate stand against repeated German assaults at Belleau Wood, along with actions at Soissons, St. Mihiel and Blanc Mont Ridge. Historical figures appear, including Captain Frank Whitehead, George W. Hamilton ("America''s Greatest World War I Hero") and General John J. Pershing.

DKK 288.00
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Voyage of The Slave Ship - Stephen J. May - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Voyage of The Slave Ship - Stephen J. May - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Set against the backdrop of the Atlantic slave trade, this book traces the development, exhibition, and final disposition of one of J. M. W. Turner's greatest and most memorable paintings. Queen Victoria's reign (1837-1901) in Great Britain produced unprecedented wealth and luxury. For artists and writers this period was particularly noteworthy in that it gave them the opportunity to both praise their country and criticise its overreaching ambition. At the forefront of these artists and writers were men like J. M. W. Turner, Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and John Ruskin, who created some of the most enduring works of art while exposing many of the social evils of their native land. The book also analyses the man behind the painting. Aloof, gruff and mysterious, Turner resisted success. He worked as a solitary artist, travelling to Europe, sketching towns along the way, studying nature, and transferring his experiences to finished paintings upon his return to London. The son of a barber, he grew up in London and experienced many of the social issues of the age: slavery and freedom, poverty in the slums, monarchy and democracy, stability and anarchy. Turner was truly the poet of nature and its innumerable mysteries.

DKK 429.00
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The Boys of Diamond Hill - J. Keith Jones - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Boys of Diamond Hill - J. Keith Jones - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

In 1861, brothers Daniel and Pressley Boyd left their farm in Abbeville County, South Carolina to join the Confederate army. William, Thomas and Andrew soon followed, along with brother-in-law Fenton Hall. During the Civil War, they collectively fought in almost every theater of the conflict and saw firsthand every aspect of soldier life--from death and illness to friendly fire and desertion. By war''s end only Daniel survived. Based on their extensive personal correspondence, this updated edition includes 30 never before published letters, along with new research revealing additional family background and undiscovered information about the fates of the Boyd brothers and other family members.

DKK 429.00
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Edwin Booth - Arthur W. Bloom - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Edwin Booth - Arthur W. Bloom - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The great nineteenth-century stage actor Edwin Booth began his long career in 1849 as a young teenager, following in his father''s footsteps. This biography traces his life and career as a tragic actor, including his childhood; his early acting tours of California, Australia and Hawaii; his rise to fame as a touring star; his two marriages; his relationship with his brother John Wilkes Booth; his disastrous management of Booth''s Theatre in New York City; and his death in 1891. The book includes an extensive performance history detailing every known Edwin Booth performance during his more than 30 years on the stage, with reviews and other supplementary materials.

DKK 382.00
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Clark Gable, in Pictures - Chrystopher J. Spicer - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Clark Gable, in Pictures - Chrystopher J. Spicer - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

From the very beginning of Clark Gable''s screen career, the life of the glamorous film star came under the scrutiny of the camera. While audiences are familiar with the public Gable as seen through the studio lens, the private Gable as seen in photos taken by members of the public, friends, and family is much less known. This collection of candid photographs, many of them published here for the first time, has been compiled by biographer Chrystopher J. Spicer from his archives and from sources around the world. As with Spicer''s acclaimed centenary biography Clark Gable (McFarland, 2002), this volume provides rare insight into the life of the man behind the star.

DKK 334.00
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Dive Bomber Down - Bryan J. Dickerson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Dive Bomber Down - Bryan J. Dickerson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

James A. Nist lived an extraordinary life in his 24 years. Raised on a New Jersey farm, he graduated high school at 16 and earned both a bachelor''s degree from Rutgers University and a private pilot''s license. In 1942, he joined the Navy as an aviation cadet, earning his wings and an officer''s commission in the Naval Reserve. He became proficient in three of the Navy''s high-performance combat aircraft: the SBD Dauntless dive-bomber, the F6F Hellcat fighter and the F4U Corsair fighter. In 1945, he deployed to the Pacific aboard the carrier USS Bunker Hill and flew combat missions over Japan, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Drawing on Nist''s letters and personal papers and official Navy documents, historian Bryan J. Dickerson tells the story of his great uncle''s life and service during World War II.

DKK 429.00
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Thomas J. Wood - Dan Lee - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Thomas J. Wood - Dan Lee - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Thomas J. Wood, Kentuckian, graduated fifth in his West Point class in 1846 and joined the staff of General Zachary Taylor. The Mexican War was just beginning and Wood fought in several battles after which he served under General Winfield Scott in Mexico City. In 1861, Wood became a brigadier general of volunteers and began his Civil War service with the Army of the Cumberland, with whom he fought in every campaign and most of its major battles. Wood has never before been the subject of a full length biography but is well known for a notorious lapse of judgment resulting in a Confederate breakthrough at Chickamauga that shattered the Union right flank and threatened the survival of the Army of the Cumberland. It is a moment in the war still argued about. Wood learned from his mistake, became a better general from that time on (notably at Missionary Ridge and Nashville), and redeemed himself in the eyes of his fellow officers and his civilian superiors.

DKK 334.00
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A Year in Command in Afghanistan - Michael J. Forsyth - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

A Year in Command in Afghanistan - Michael J. Forsyth - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

During his 2009-2010 combat tour in Afghanistan, battalion commander Lt. Col. Michael J. Forsyth kept a daily journal. In it he candidly wrote about his daily interactions with the Afghan government, citizens, security forces, and his intermittent conflict with the enemy. As the deployment progressed, the journal reveals that his initial expectations for peace in Afghanistan were tempered by his experiences and encounters. In the process, Col. Forsyth learned critical lessons in leadership and changed his thinking about realistic goals that can be accomplished in Afghanistan. The journal, and its subsequent annotations, also provides a glimpse into how the U.S. Army functions at the unit level and what America''s soldiers do on a daily basis.

DKK 287.00
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Brigadier General William Haines Lytle - Bryan W Lane - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Brigadier General William Haines Lytle - Bryan W Lane - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Federal Brigadier General William Haines Lytle was a poet, Civil War soldier, lawyer, orator, friend, beloved brother, jilted lover, flirt, drunk, unfocused talent and sometimes genius. He produced at least one beautiful poem that lives on to this day. This full biography of the Union Brigadier General gives ample attention to the three battles in which he fought, but does not neglect to explore his relationships with family, friends, and lovers. Talented, charming, and well-liked, even by his enemies, Lytle was a cultured gentleman who made friends easily. At the same time, he was also devoted to his troops and a fearless warrior on the battlefield. Drawing on Lytle''s own written words, the words of his family, newspaper correspondents and other primary sources, this painstakingly researched and well-illustrated biography paints a detailed portrait of William Haines Lytle.

DKK 344.00
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Feminist Narrative and the Supernatural - Katherine J. Weese - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Feminist Narrative and the Supernatural - Katherine J. Weese - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Women authors have explored fantasy fiction in ways that connect with feminist narrative theories, as examined here by Katherine J. Weese in seven modern novels. These include Margaret Atwood''s Lady Oracle , Iris Murdoch''s The Sea, the Sea , Marilynne Robinson''s Housekeeping , Carol Shields''s The Stone Diaries , Barbara Kingsolver''s The Poisonwood Bible , and Toni Morrison''s Beloved and Paradise . The fantastic devices highlight various feminist narrative concerns such as the authority of the female voice, the implications of narrative form for gender construction, revisions to traditional genre conventions by women writers, and the recovery of alternative versions of stories suppressed by dominant historical narratives. Weese also frames the fantastic elements in the scope of traditional fictional structure. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here .

DKK 334.00
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Saints and Sinners in Queen Victoria's Courts - Tom Zaniello - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Saints and Sinners in Queen Victoria's Courts - Tom Zaniello - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This chronicle of ten controversial mid-Victorian trials features brother versus brother, aristocrats fighting commoners, an imposter to a family''s fortune, and an ex-priest suing his ex-wife, a nun. Most of these trials--never before analyzed in depth--assailed a culture that frowned upon public displays of bad taste, revealing fault lines in what is traditionally seen as a moral and regimented society. The author examines religious scandals, embarrassments about shaky family trees, and even arguments about which architecture is most likely to convert people from one faith to another.

DKK 285.00
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Mike Nichols and the Cinema of Transformation - J. W. Whitehead - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Mike Nichols and the Cinema of Transformation - J. W. Whitehead - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Mike Nichols burst onto the American cultural scene in the late 1950s as one half of the comic cabaret team of Nichols and May. He became a Broadway directing sensation, then moved on to Hollywood, where his first two films-- Who''s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) and The Graduate (1967)--earned a total of 20 Academy Award nominations. Nichols won the 1968 Oscar for Best Director and later joined the rarefied EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) club. He made many other American cinematic classics, including Catch-22 (1970), Carnal Knowledge (1971), Silkwood (1983), Working Girl (1988), Postcards from the Edge (1990), and his late masterpieces for HBO, Wit (2001) and Angels in America (2003). Filmmakers like Steven Spielberg and Steven Soderbergh regard him with reverence. This first full-career retrospective study of this protean force in the American arts begins with the roots of his filmmaking in satirical comedy and Broadway theatre and devotes separate chapters to each of his 20 feature films. Nichols'' permanent achievements are his critique of the ways in which culture constructs conformity and his tempered optimism about individuals'' liberation by transformative awakening.

DKK 523.00
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The Forrest J Ackerman Oeuvre - Christopher M. O'brien - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Forrest J Ackerman Oeuvre - Christopher M. O'brien - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Although he is most remembered for his vast collection of science fiction memorabilia; his influential magazine, Famous Monsters of Filmland ; and his frequent sci-fi convention appearances, Forrest J Ackerman (1916-2008) also left a sizeable body of work in print. An introductory biographical section traces Ackerman''s early enthusiasm for pulp magazines and film productions of a fantastic nature, his rise to prominence in "fandom," his acquisition of memorabilia, his work as a literary agent, the founding of his landmark magazine in 1958, and his friendship with a number of performers and personnel from genre films. The extensive bibliography includes listings of books, published letters, articles, fiction, verse, speeches, screenplays, comics, discography, liner notes, and periodicals edited and published by Ackerman. A thorough filmography, a selected listing of nationally televised appearances, and rare photographs of Ackerman throughout his lifetime complete this definitive catalog of one of science fiction''s most interesting personalities.

DKK 421.00
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American Airman in the Belgian Resistance - Jerome W. Sheridan - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

American Airman in the Belgian Resistance - Jerome W. Sheridan - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

In May of 1944, American airman Gerald E. Sorensen was shot down over Nazi occupied Belgium. The Belgian Resistance recovered Sorensen and sheltered him in the home of the Abeels family. Friendship between Sorensen and the Abeels blossomed and they came to consider each other as family. The Abeels were active in the Resistance and Sorensen ultimately volunteered to join his Belgian brother Roger Abeels in the Secret Army. Just moments before the British Army arrived to liberate the village of Marcq-lez-Enghien, Sorensen and Abeels were killed in combat with the Nazis, fighting side-by-side. This book tells Sorensen''s story: his upbringing, education, marriage and military service; his evasion of capture and kinship with the Abeels; his experience in the Resistance; his final combat and his impact on those he left behind. But this book is more than a biography. It recounts the courageous struggle of the Belgians who risked everything to save Allied airmen and explains why Sorensen and Abeels are extraordinary symbols of the enduring values at the heart of today''s transatlantic alliance.

DKK 334.00
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Edward J. Steptoe and the Indian Wars - Ron Mcfarland - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Edward J. Steptoe and the Indian Wars - Ron Mcfarland - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Steptoe''s escape from encirclement by 1,000 Northern Plateau Indians in 1858 is a familiar story from the Indian Wars. Yet the details of the Battle of Pine Creek (or Tohotonimme) and its aftermath remain subjects of debate. Outnumbered six to one, Steptoe''s 164 troops slipped away in the night. Newspapers called it a "disaster." A few weeks later, Colonel George Wright avenged the defeat and Steptoe, who had suffered a stroke months before the battle, lived his final years in relative obscurity in his native Virginia as the Civil War erupted. This definitive biography of Steptoe chronicles the career of a field officer who served nearly four years in the Second Seminole War, won commendation for gallantry during the Mexican War, performed admirably (though controversially) in the Utah Territory, undertook construction of forts at Walla Walla in the newly defined Washington Territory and engaged with various tribes throughout his deployments. His personal letters reveal a thoughtful, sensitive commander who came to question his choice of career even before his final battle.

DKK 429.00
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Syd Chaplin - Lisa K. Stein - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Syd Chaplin - Lisa K. Stein - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This is the first study of the life and art of Sydney Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin''s brother, a person notable not only for his importance in establishing his brother''s career, but in several other early Hollywood enterprises, including the founding of United Artists and the Syd Chaplin Aircraft Corporation, America''s first domestic airline. Sydney also had a successful film career, beginning in 1914 with Keystone and culminating with a string of popular films for Warner Bros. in the 1920s. Sydney''s film career ended in 1929 because of an assault charge by an actress. This incident proved to be only the last in a string of scandals, each causing him to move to another place, another studio, or another business venture.

DKK 429.00
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Anomalous Experiences - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Anomalous Experiences - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Thirteen essays on the psychology and parapsychology of anomalous experience explore a range of phenomena, including extrasensory perception, haunting experiences, apparitions, alien contacts, seance room activity, and out-of-body experiences. The contributors are Daryl J. Bem, Etzel Cardena, Jezz Fox, Rachel Fox, Christopher C. French, Victoria Hamilton, Craig D. Murray, Ciaran O''Keeffe, Steve Parsons, Chris A. Roe, Julia Santomauro, Simon J. Sherwood, Christine Simmonds-Moore, Paul Stevens, Michael Thalbourne, Caroline Watt, Richard Wiseman and Robin Wooffitt.

DKK 334.00
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Pan Am Ferry Tales - W. Gordon Schmitt - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Pan Am Ferry Tales - W. Gordon Schmitt - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

During World War II, an eccentric band of barnstormers, stunt flyers and commercial pilots joined military recruits to form the Pan American Air Ferries. These civilian pilots helped develop a strategically crucial and highly efficient system for shuttling aircraft to Allied forces around the world that contributed significantly to key campaigns throughout the war. W. Gordon Schmitt''s engaging, often amusing memoir recounts the close calls and indelible characters he encountered as navigator in the PAAF, from Brazil to Africa to the Middle East and beyond.

DKK 334.00
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Pioneers of Amphibious Warfare, 1898-1945 - Leo J. Daugherty - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Pioneers of Amphibious Warfare, 1898-1945 - Leo J. Daugherty - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The planning that allowed for the successful amphibious landings at the end of World War II actually began during the 1880s as the Marine Corps sought to define its role in the new Steel Navy. Officers braved skepticism, indifference and outright opposition to develop an amphibious warfare doctrine, with each service contributing. From the 1898 war with Spain through the disastrous 1915 Australian landing to the successful World War II assaults in the Pacific and northwest France, this chronological history explores the successes and failures pivotal to the concept of amphibious warfare through the lives and careers of fourteen officers instrumental to its development. Profiles include General George S. Patton, Jr.; Rear Admiral Walter C. Ansel, USN; Lieutenant General John A. Lejeune, USMC; Admiral William Sims, USN; and Colonel Robert W. Huntington, USMC.

DKK 523.00
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Jack the Ripper - Case Solved, 1891 - J. J. Hainsworth - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Jack the Ripper - Case Solved, 1891 - J. J. Hainsworth - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Is there anything new to be read about Jack the Ripper, whose identity has been sought by countless “Ripperologists” for more than 120 years? This book answers an emphatic “yes!” Drawing on recently discovered sources, the author argues that the Ripper's identity was no mystery to the police in 1891. Assistant Commissioner Sir Melville Macnaghten, having discovered that the murderer was a young barrister who drowned himself in the River Thames, went to elaborate lengths to both reveal and conceal his identity. Along with a famous writer, Macnaghten shared the solution with the public, yet altered the data just enough to protect the deceased suspect's respectable family. Dozens of photos are included, some never before seen.

DKK 334.00
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The Man Who Made Babe Ruth - Brian Martin - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Man Who Made Babe Ruth - Brian Martin - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

At six-feet-six, the hulking Martin Leo Boutilier (1872-1944) was hard to miss. Yet the many books written about Babe Ruth relegate the soft-spoken teacher and coach to the shadows. Ruth credited Boutilier--known as Brother Matthias in the Congregation of St. Francis Xavier--with making him the man and the baseball player he became. Matthias saw something in the troubled seven-year old and nurtured his athletic ability. Spending many extra hours on the ballfield with him over a dozen years, he taught Ruth how to hit and converted the young left-handed catcher into a formidable pitcher. Overshadowed by a fellow Xavierian brother who was given the credit for discovering the baseball prodigy, Matthias never received his due from the public but didn''t complain. Ruth never forgot the father figure who continued to provide valuable counsel in later life. This is the first telling of the full story of the man who gave the world its most famous baseball star.

DKK 334.00
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George W. Hamilton, USMC - Mark Mortensen - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

George W. Hamilton, USMC - Mark Mortensen - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

In its list of the "Top 10 Badass Marines," Leatherneck magazine declared that Major George W. Hamilton "never asked anyone to do anything he wasn''t prepared to do himself...and do better." Indeed, the author of A History of the United States Marine Corps once called Hamilton "the most outstanding Marine Corps hero in World War I." A leader of the first major American assault on June 6, 1918, and the last ranking officer in the American Expeditionary Forces to learn that the war was over, Hamilton remained in the thick of the fighting from start to finish. Although he earned the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, the Croix de Guerre, and two Medal of Honor recommendations for his service, Hamilton''s fame stalled when he died prematurely in 1922. With this first complete biography, Hamilton takes his rightful place among the first rank of American military heroes.

DKK 334.00
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Dracula in Visual Media - Caroline Joan Picart - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Dracula in Visual Media - Caroline Joan Picart - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This is a comprehensive sourcebook on the world''s most famous vampire, with more than 700 citations of domestic and international Dracula films, television programs, documentaries, adult features, animated works, and video games, as well as nearly a thousand comic books and stage adaptations. While they vary in length, significance, quality, genre, moral character, country, and format, each of the cited works adopts some form of Bram Stoker''s original creation, and Dracula himself, or a recognizable vampiric semblance of Dracula, appears in each. The book includes contributions from Dacre Stoker, David J. Skal, Laura Helen Marks, Dodd Alley, Mitch Frye, Ian Holt, Robert Eighteen-Bisang, and J. Gordon Melton.

DKK 429.00
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