Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard
Title | Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
Publisher | New York Review of Books |
Total Pages | 436 |
Release | 2001-04-30 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780940322738 |
Having killed off Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle began a new series of tales on a very different theme. Brigadier Gerard is an officer in Napoleon's army—ecklessly brave, engagingly openhearted, and unshakable, if not a little absurd, in his devotion to the enigmatic Emperor. The Brigadier's wonderful comic adventures, long established in the affections of Conan Doyle's admirers as second only to those of the incomparable Holmes, are sure to find new devotees among the ardent fans of such writers as Patrick O'Brian and George MacDonald Fraser.
Brigadier
Title | Brigadier PDF eBook |
Author | Judy Andrekson |
Publisher | Tundra Books |
Total Pages | 98 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0887769047 |
A biography of Brigadier, the beloved Toronto police horse that tragically died in the line of duty.
Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue
Title | Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue PDF eBook |
Author | Roger D. Hunt |
Publisher | Stan Clark Military Books |
Total Pages | 746 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
Brief biographies of Union Officers decorated for service performed during the United States Civil War.
Fighting Brigadier
Title | Fighting Brigadier PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Harclerode |
Publisher | Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | 298 |
Release | 2010-10-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1526739186 |
In the 1930s James Hill was forced to leave the Army because he was under 26 when he married. Recalled to the colors, he won his MC with the BEF in 1940. He was one of the first to volunteer for airborne forces and became second-in-command of 1 PARA. He was in the thick of the expansion of Airborne forces in 1941-42 and took command of 1 PARA in North Africa, winning his first DSO. He converted 10th Bn The Essex Regiment to 9 PARA and later in 1943 took command of 3 Parachute Brigade, playing a major role in the D-Day Landings. Wounded twice, his Brigade captured the key Merville Battery.The Brigade recovered to England in September 1944 before returning to Europe to contain the German winter Bulge offensive. In March 1945 his Brigade played a key role in the Rhine Crossing and raced east to block the Russian advance on Denmark.Post war Brigadier Hill was a leading figure in the Parachute Regiment and revered by fellow Paras. He died in 2006.
Brigham and the Brigadier
Title | Brigham and the Brigadier PDF eBook |
Author | James F. Varley |
Publisher | Westernlore Publications |
Total Pages | 352 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Brigadier General John D. Imboden
Title | Brigadier General John D. Imboden PDF eBook |
Author | Spencer Tucker |
Publisher | University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | 389 |
Release | 2010-09-12 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0813128773 |
" John D. Imboden is an important but often overlooked figure in Civil War history. With only limited militia training, the Virginia lawyer and politician rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Confederate Army and commanded the Shenandoah Valley District, which had been created for Stonewall Jackson. Imboden organized and led the Staunton Artillery in the capture of the U.S. arsenal at Harper’s Ferry. He participated in the First Battle of Bull Run/Manassas and organized a cavalry command that fought alongside Stonewall Jackson in his Shenandoah Valley Campaign. The Jones/Imboden Raid into West Virginia cut the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and ravaged the Kanawha Valley petroleum fields. Imboden covered the Confederate withdrawal from Gettysburg and later led cavalry accompanying Jubal Early in his operations against Philip Sheridan in Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Imboden completed his war service in command of Confederate prisons in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Spencer C. Tucker fully examines the life of this Confederate cavalry commander, including analysis of Imboden’s own post-war writing, and explores overlooked facets of his life, such as his involvement in the Confederate prison system, his later efforts to restore the economic life of his home state of Virginia by developing its natural resources, and his founding of the city of Damascus, which he hoped to make into a new iron and steel center. Spencer C. Tucker, John Biggs Professor of Military History at the Virginia Military Institute, is the author of Vietnam and the author or editor of several other books on military and naval history. He lives in Lexington, Virginia.
Prison Journey
Title | Prison Journey PDF eBook |
Author | Farrukh B. Ali |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Pakistan |
ISBN | 9789694025735 |