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|  | The Campaigns of General Nathan Bedford Forrest & of Forrest's Cavalry by Albert Castel, J. P. Pryor, Thomas Jordan
In June 1861, practically unschooled, without military training or experience, Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private. Yet by the Civil War's end he was a lieutenant general whose dazzling exploits and bloody victories caused him to be regarded by his Northern opponents as a devil, by Southerners as a living legend, and by historians as the greatest cavalry commander and one of the few authentic military geniuses produced by the war. His spectacular, unparalleled career has intrigued generations of Civil War scholars and enthusiasts. Subsequent biographies or studies of him have never totally superseded The Campaigns of General Nathan Bedford Forrest (1868) by General Thomas Jordan (West Pointer and chief of staff to Generals Beauregard, Albert Sidney Johnston, and Braxton Bragg) and the professional journalist J.P. Pryor. Forrest himself gave them complete access to his military papers, spent many hours being interviewed by them, and closely supervised their writing. Hence, this work is not just a flat campaign study of Forrest--in effect, it is his military memoir and as such, remains the most valuable source on Forrest and his cavalry. AUTHOR: Albert Castel, J. P. Pryor, Thomas Jordan
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Ida B. Wells by Dennis B. Fradin, Judith Bloom Fradin
A biography of civil rights activist Ida B. Wells. Although born a slave, Wells became one of the first leaders of the American civil rights movement. A founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Wells was also a crusader for women's suffrage. She also spearheaded a national campaign to stop the horrific practice of lynching. This book is illustrated with archival photographs and prints. AUTHOR: Dennis B. Fradin, Judith Bloom Fradin
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Biography Beverly Gherman by Beverly Gherman
Description not available.Offers an in-depth look at the man behind the camera and the personal inspirations that led to some of his most memorable photos, enhanced with black-and-white photos throughout. Teacher's Guide available. AUTHOR: Beverly Gherman
PUBLISHER: Little Brown Children's Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Trotsky by Dmitri Volkogonov, Geoffrey Howard
At last, based on full access to Soviet and Western archives, as well as interviews with surviving members of the Trotsky family and others, Dmitri Volkogonov offers a breakthrough reinterpretation. No source is ignored: Volkogonov even interviewed a member of Stalin`s NKVD hit squad that assassinated Trotsky. Through his access to internal memos sent between Trotsky, Lenin, and Stalin, we learn of the blistering intensity of the animus between Stalin and Trotsky that began under Lenin with petty disputes over military strategy, continued under Stalin with a series of public trials of so-called Trotskyites, and culminated in the extensive planning for and eventual assassination of Trotsky. The result is a stunning work, one that compares the flesh-and-blood Trotsky with the Orator-in-Chief of revolutionary ideology, and discovers contradictions both profound and deadly. Volkogonov unsparingly illustrates Trotsky`s rigidity and ruthlessness, and he takes issue with Trotsky`s military leadership. He shows us that Trotsky`s unwavering, monomaniacal commitment to world communist revolution made him, at times, both corrupt and foolishly myopic. We learn that Trotsky was both the man who gave away his own gold watch to a brave Red Army soldier and the man who advocated the use of blocking units, in which a rear line of soldiers were ordered to shoot their frontline comrades if they failed to charge. Ultimately, as Volkogonov shows, the tragedy of Trotsky is that his internal inconsistencies were a natural part of the entire revolutionary movement, for Trotsky had declared intellectual war on virtually everyone . Volkogonov`s account of the eternal revolutionary will stand as definitive formany years to come. AUTHOR: Dmitri Volkogonov, Geoffrey Howard
PUBLISHER: Free Press, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Osama Bin Laden
Description not available.A biography of the Islamic extremist who uses his family wealth to fund and support worldwide terrorism and who has been linked to many terrorist attacks since the 1980s.
PUBLISHER: ABDO Publishing Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | A Knock at Midnight by Clayborne Carson, Peter Holloran
Original recordings AUTHOR: Clayborne Carson, Peter Holloran
PUBLISHER: Time Warner AudioBooks
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Biographies
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