President Abraham Lincoln appointed 133 Major Generals to lead the Union Army. Their photographs and biographical sketches are provided in this candid view of the Union war effort and its high command. These senior union commanders came from varied civilian and military backgrounds. One thing in common was their inexperience in leading large armies in the field. As the war progressed so did their effectiveness in leading thousands of Union troops into massive battles with Confederate forces. Some of the generals rose to post-war military and political prominence others faded into obscurity. Featured here are rare cartes de visite (CDV), as well as other rare period images.

Lincoln's Senior Generals: Photographs and Biographical Sketches of the Major Generals of the Union Army

History

Glass, Tom

Americas

Schiffer Pub. Ltd

2000 Study of the American Superintendency

The Study of the American School Superintendency, 2000 is the ninth 10-Year Study of the American School Superintendent commissioned by AASA. This 174-page reference work on the superintendency is the largest and most comprehensive look at the men and women leading our nation's public schools. It includes a wide range of information about and from superintendents, including a close examination of: Superintendents' personal characteristics, professional experience and professional preparation and training, Superintendent/school board relations and other issues affecting education and leadership, Women and minority school leaders, The history of the school superintendent in American public education, And more! The Study of the American School Superintendency, 2000 is a valuable resource for school leaders, aspiring school leaders, and those charged with preparing and supporting school leaders. In 2007, AASA will publish the 10th study of the superintendency. So, we're making room for the new study and offering the 2000 study at more than 70% off! Buy yours now, before it's too late!

Brunner, Cryss C.

Glass, Thomas E.

Bjork, Lars

Brunner, C. Cryss

Reference

R&L Education

Art of Medicine

Glass Pubns

Slippery Stream Banks Village has droughts, dust, and thumping frogs. It’s a rural Thai village rich in community and interesting people. There’s Old Mr. Pote with his secret. There’s Uncle Song, ready to bet on anything. There's Grenade Hands, who boxes his way to national fame. And there’s Het, the narrator, who introduces us to his village. Het tells us about the community quest to win a soccer ball, the skinny village lizards, and the staircase that leads up to nothing. Through Het’s stories, we learn about the people he knows and the challenges they face together. But does Het have a talent that will lead him away from his Slippery Stream Banks home? Dust in Our Veins tells the story of Het’s village and the extraordinary things he sees in the ordinary routines of rural Thai life.

Dust in Our Veins

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Nok Kaew Publishing, LLC

A Sweeping Novel of Courage, Hardship and Redemption Spanning oceans and continents, Stenoshe takes readers on a rollicking journey of discovery set amidst the rancor of 18th-century colonial unrest. Richmond Connelly, a womanizing son of Southern plantation society, must make a hasty exit after shooting a peer in a duel. He ends up in Norfolk, Virginia, casting his lot with a seditious investment group where he trades regret for adversity. Smuggling, spying on the British, and illegally acquiring guns and ammunition in the midst of the French and Indian War are enough to get Richmond a walk to the gallows. Then he spearheads the illegal settlement of a land grant west of the Alleghany mountains-an action that threatens to lead to a devastating confrontation. On top of that, Connelly must try to protect the honor and safety of his two charges-a brother and sister who were cruelly sold into slavery by their siblings back in England. The troubles mount when Jediah Peach, a handsome British rapscallion with a mysterious occupation, arrives on the scene. What happens next sets all of their individual trajectories on a collision course that will change their lives forever-if they can survive long enough. This vividly imagined novel mixes real-life history with exciting drama that will keep readers guessing until the very last page.

Stenoshe: The Allegheny West

Contemporary

Outskirts Pr

Trouble, that's what folks buy into when they cross the mountains to settle near Jacob's Landing, because the Indians call this land home and they're tired of being pushed around. The French and Indian War set tribe against tribe that is until the settlers began arriving at Jacob's Landing in ever larger numbers. They clear the forests, kill the game, and allow no trespass. The Indians soon forget their promises to the French and English and concentrate their efforts against the settlers. Seth Bean shows up looking for work and finds two jobs. One, building rafts for Jacob, the other keeping the Indians off the backs of the settlers. Danse MacCaulley, after a month of fighting with his wife, Mary, who is terrified by the very thought of moving there, wishes he'd listened to her when the Indians tie him to a post and let their children make his life miserable. Emil Tisdale sold his farm in Maryland and built a new one at the Landing, much to his regret. Billy O'Toole, the son of a wealthy, Virginia plantation family, arrives at the head of a forty man militia unit. While scouting, he aids a family under attack by the Indians, and falls in love with their daughter Nancy. In time, he asks for her hand and they marry. But fate intervenes and he loses her to the Indians. As the British began to feel they were winning the war, they let it be known that those living west of the Allegheny Mountains were living there illegally and would be forced to retrace their steps east. However, those living at Jacob's Landing said, "The British be damned," and headed downriver.

Jacob's Landing: The Allegheny West

Genre Fiction

Outskirts Press

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