Nonfiction » History » American
Sand Bag Citadels on the Plains
by Bob Rea
Price:
$2.00 USD.
Words: 3,990.
Language:
English.
Published: April 5, 2018.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » American
The history of two frontier military outposts guarding the Fort Dodge to Camp Supply military road in the early 1870s. Written from the historic records and the words of the men and women who were there.
The Reconstruction of a Nation
by Larry Porter
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 17,690.
Language:
English.
Published: April 1, 2018.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » American
The Reconstruction of a Nation is an epic verse poem about the US Civil War. It starts with the forty years the led us into war. Then it travels, by year, through all major battles, civilian life on both sides, women in the period, politics and prisoners, slavery, newspapers, foreign reactions. It ends, explaining Reconstruction in a beaten South.
Who's Your Pharaoh? God's Message Ignored
by Jonah Whale
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 25,730.
Language:
English.
Published: March 9, 2018.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » American, Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Christianity / History
Has God been sending a message to America? Has God been sending messages to our leaders? If He has, have we been listening? "Who's Your Pharaoh" is a study of recent American history from a biblical perspective. In this book, we discover the message that God is trying to send us through recent American history. Is America ready and willing to hear it? Are you ready and willing to hear it?
Native American Heroes
by Rishi Harrison
Price:
$1.00 USD.
Words: 39,740.
Language:
English.
Published: March 2, 2018 by
Springwood Emedia.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » American, Nonfiction » History » North America
EVERY age, every race, has its leaders and heroes, read about the legends of the Native American Nations and how they influenced North American in the era of transition as European settlers began to expand the United States and change the fragment of their societies forever.
America in the Sixties: a most interesting decade
by Larry Porter
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 8,380.
Language:
English.
Published: March 1, 2018.
Categories:
Fiction » Poetry » American poetry, Nonfiction » History » American
America in the Sixties: A Most Interesting Decade, covers the nineteen sixties in the U.S. This was the only decade in U.S. history with four prominent leaders of the country assassinated. The decade began in a near nuclear holocaust. The country was forced into the Vietnam War. The Civil Rights movement grew legs. The poem covers music, feminism, hippies, and music. Don't forget technology.
Quest for the West
by Larry Porter
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 4,890.
Language:
English.
Published: February 17, 2018.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » American, Fiction » Poetry » American poetry
The Quest for the West is an epic, historical poem that tells the story of the US expansion through the years, ending when all states were occupied to the Pacific Ocean. It begins with the thirteen colonies becoming a nation. After telling the stories of the hardships of the brave souls who took the journey, it ends when the country spans from coast to coast.
Bookends in Time: A Memoir of the Columbia
by Roger Williams
Price:
Free!
Words: 1,160.
Language:
English.
Published: February 9, 2018.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Space Science, Nonfiction » History » American
I was almost there at the beginning, and I was almost there at the end. By the most amazing coincidence, I was near to the shuttle orbiter Columbia both in triumph and tragedy. This is my story, written in tribute to the lost.
Judging Everyman: the Trials of John Henry Brock
by Robert Stephen Carter
Price:
$2.95 USD.
Words: 48,760.
Language:
English.
Published: January 24, 2018.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » American
John Henry Brock was tried by the State of Texas in 1912 for murder in the death of his mistress one morning when the two of them were walking to breakfast in “Guy Town,” the bawdy district of Austin, Texas. The episode was a tragedy for the two of them and their families. This book explores Brock's history before and after that trial. His trials and judgments may be emblematic for other lives.
Kanye West for President
by Lawrence Kardashian
Price:
Free!
Words: 8,820.
Language:
English.
Published: January 15, 2018.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Civil and human rights, Nonfiction » History » American
Kanye for president of the United States. Government assassins have been caught red handed.
The Battle of Dranesville
by Greg Schroeder
Price:
Free!
Words: 1,300.
Language:
English.
Published: November 24, 2017.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » American
In late December 1861 Brigadier General J. E. B. Stuart and Brigadier General E. O. C. Ord both led their infantry brigades out of their camps in search of forage. At this time they were both relatively unknown, though the following four years would see them both immortalized, Stuart switching arms to the cavalry and Ord switching theaters to the West.
Left at the Bay of Pigs and Other Sorrows: The Roots and Branches of the Kennedy Assassination
by Paul Reidinger
Price:
Free!
Words: 16,200.
Language:
English.
Published: November 22, 2017.
Categories:
Essay » Political, Nonfiction » History » American
The Kennedy assassination, though a perfect crime or close to it, can be understood if not solved.
Now's the Day and Now's the Hour
by Carl Peterson
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 36,540.
Language:
English.
Published: November 19, 2017.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » American, Nonfiction » History » Revolutionary
This is one of the best short histories of this period of Texas history I've ever seen. Peterson has incorporated the accuracy of a historian with the "tied-togetherness" of a novelist to make an easy and informative read. He broadjumps the endless minutia of the day and homes-in on the major points. He has created a real & serious snapshot of one of the major events in the forming of our nation.
The Declaration Of Independence, A Short Explanation
by Ron Howson
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 35,170.
Language:
English.
Published: November 3, 2017.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » American
As time goes by, languages change. Words and the way they are used change and their meanings can change. What may have sounded normal two hundred years ago could be hard to understand today. The purpose of the following is to define some of the words used in the Declaration using definitions and examples from that time period in a simple manner. Enjoy!
Humans on the Menu: The Tragic Story of the Donner Party
by Kenneth R. Rooks
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 93,900.
Language:
English.
Published: September 26, 2017.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » American, Nonfiction » History » Modern / 19th Century
The history of the west contains many tragic events and one of the most famous of these is the cannibalism that took place in the High Sierras. More terrible than fiction, this is the true story of the tragic sufferings endured by the Donner Party. The scenes of horror and despair which took place in the snowy Sierra in the winter of 1846-7, needs no exaggeration, or embellishment.
Benjamin Franklin- a timeline of greatness
by callum keene
Price:
Free!
Words: 8,750.
Language:
English.
Published: September 20, 2017.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » American
A timeline of Benjamin Franklin and his life, from invention to diplomacy and everything in between, its in this book
Cannibalism in the High Sierras
by James Creamwood
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 107,500.
Language:
English.
Published: September 6, 2017.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » North America, Nonfiction » History » American
The history of California contains many tragic events and one of the most famous of these is the cannibalism that took place in the High Sierras. More terrible than fiction, this is the true story of the tragic sufferings endured by the Donner Party. The scenes of horror and despair which took place in the snowy Sierra in the winter of 1846-7, needs no exaggeration, or embellishment.
The Gibson Girl
by Allison Bruning
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 1,410.
Language:
English.
Published: August 27, 2017 by
Marfa House.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » American, Nonfiction » History » History of things
Before Barbie, the Gibson Girl epitomized female fashion and beauty of her era. She was the image every woman aspired to in Progressive America . She not only influenced fashion but changed all of American society. But, who exactly was this elusive Gibson girl?
Wild Roses and Prairie Needles
by Ellen Opprecht
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 34,820.
Language:
English.
Published: August 4, 2017 by
Kurt Opprecht.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » American
True stories of life on a Montana farm in the 1940’s. Ellen Haugen Opprecht brings warmth and drama to remarkable events that were the fabric of her world on the banks of the Milk River with a family of six plus livestock, wildlife, trucks, tractors, fires, floods and the occasional snake.
Justice, Texas Style: Sam Bean
by Bill Russo
Price:
Free!
Words: 3,300.
Language:
English.
Published: July 26, 2017.
Categories:
Fiction » Western, Nonfiction » History » American
Justice, Texas Style in the wild days of the late 1800s and early 1900s was swift, violent and capricious. In many lawless places, the only law was that which was laid down by the most feared law-breaker. Criminals often wandered back and forth between 'lawing' and 'theiving'. Lawmen did the same. Based on real life people, this is the story of luckless Sam Bean, son of flamboyant Judge Roy Bean
AN AVIATORS DREAM
by Charles R. Kuhn
Price:
$2.95 USD.
Words: 20,920.
Language:
English.
Published: July 22, 2017.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » American
The true story of a young woman from the 1930S who pursued her dream of aviation, flying during WWIIi as part of the WASPs, the Women Air Force Service Pilots during WWII.