An American Knight
Title | An American Knight PDF eBook |
Author | Norman J. Fulkerson |
Publisher | American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family |
Total Pages | 211 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781877905414 |
Colonel John W. Ripley, USMC was president of Southern Seminary, Southern Virginia College.
An American Knight
Title | An American Knight PDF eBook |
Author | Norman Fulkerson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 2010-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781877905438 |
The Bridge at Dong Ha
Title | The Bridge at Dong Ha PDF eBook |
Author | Estate of John G. Miller |
Publisher | Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | 120 |
Release | 1996-08-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1612511570 |
This is the true story of the legendary Vietnam War hero John Ripley, who braved intense enemy fire to destroy a strategic bridge and stall a major North Vietnamese invasion into the South in April 1972. Told by a fellow Marine, the account lays bare Ripley's innermost thoughts as he rigged 500 pounds of explosives by hand-walking the beams beneath the bridge, crimped detonators with his teeth, and raced the burning fuses back to shore, thus saving his comrades from certain death. First published in 1989, the book has broad appeal as a riveting tale of adventure. But John Miller has taken this daring act of heroism beyond the specifics of time and place to provide new insights into the nature of war and warriors, characteristics that have remained unchanged for centuries and will remain valid for generations to come. It has been on the Marine Corps Commandant's recommended reading list since 1990. Newly illustrated by Col. Charles Waterhouse, USMCR (Ret.).
The Black Knight
Title | The Black Knight PDF eBook |
Author | Clifford Worthy |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 232 |
Release | 2019-01-08 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 9781641800303 |
In the 1940s, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point was out of reach for most African Americans due to racial barriers. Clifford Worthy was one of the first who was accepted and excelled as a Black Knight of the Hudson. His courageous Army service around the world balanced military and family life, even as they raised a child with special needs.
The Essential Etheridge Knight
Title | The Essential Etheridge Knight PDF eBook |
Author | Etheridge Knight |
Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press |
Total Pages | 103 |
Release | 1986-12-15 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 0822991098 |
Winner of the 1987 American Book Award The Essential Etheridge Knight is a selection of the best work by one of the country’s most prominent and liveliest poets. It brings together poems from Knight’s previously published books and a section of new poems.
Arabian Knight
Title | Arabian Knight PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas W. Lippman |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 364 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
Bill Eddy knew the Arabs and the Middle East better than any other American of the 20th century, and the work of his eventful life helped to establish the United States as the dominant strategic power in the region. Born in Lebanon, he spoke Arabic like a native. He was a Marine Corps hero of World War I, a prominent scholar of classical English literature, a brilliant spymaster in North Africa during the Allied landings there in World War II, and a major player in the Washington power games that led to the creation of the CIA. He was the impresario of President Franklin Roosevelt's landmark meeting with King Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia in 1945, and his work as the senior U.S. diplomat in Jeddah cemented the improbable alliance of the United States and the desert kingdom. To know his story is to understand why the United States today is an indispensable force in the Arab world--for better or worse. -- Jacket flap.
The Knight
Title | The Knight PDF eBook |
Author | Gene Wolfe |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Total Pages | 548 |
Release | 2005-08 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780765347015 |
Now in paperback--the first book in Wolfe's critically acclaimed two-volume epic fantasy, written in the Tolkien tradition, about a boy who learns about fighting, magic, love, and loyalty in a thrilling, coming-of-age story.