Bitter Ocean

Bitter Ocean
Author: David Fairbank White
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2007-05-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0743229304

An authoritative chronicle of the lesser-known World War II Battle of the Atlantic documents the costly battles fought by U.S., Canadian, British, and German forces for control over the Atlantic sea lanes, in an account that draws on archival research and veteran interviews to tally the casualties suffered on both sides of the conflict. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Navajo Blessingway Singer

Navajo Blessingway Singer
Author: Frank Mitchell
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780826331816

This life history of a Navajo leader, recorded in the 1960s and first published in 1977, is a classic work in the study of Navajo history and religious traditions. "A skillful, meticulous, and altogether praiseworthy contribution to Navajo studies. . . . Although the focus of Mitchell's autobiography is upon his role as a Blessingway singer, there is much material here on Navajo history and culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Mitchell attended the government school at Fort Defiance, worked on the railroad in Arizona, served as a handyman and interpreter at several trading posts and the Franciscan missions, and later served as a tribal councilman in the 1930s and as a judge in the 1940s and 1950s. His observations on these experiences are relevant to our understanding of contemporary Navajo life."--Lawrence C. Kelly, Western Historical Quarterly "This book stands easily among the best of the 'native' autobiographies. Narrated by a thoughtful and articulate Navajo leader over a span of eighteen years, this life history is brought into English with none of the selective romanticizing that has spoiled some books. . . . (It is) a superb job of bringing one culture ever closer to another."--Barre Tolken, Western Folklore

Buried in the Bitter Waters

Buried in the Bitter Waters
Author: Elliot Jaspin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2008-05-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0465036376

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist exposes the secret history of racial cleansing in America

The Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean
Author: Michael N. Pearson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134609590

In this stimulating and authoritative overview, Michael Pearson reverses the traditional angle of maritime history and looks from the sea to its shores - its impact on the land through trade, naval power, travel and scientific exploration. This vast ocean, both connecting and separating nations, has shaped many countries' cultures and ideologies through the movement of goods, people, ideas and religions across the sea. The Indian Ocean moves from a discussion of physical elements, its shape, winds, currents and boundaries, to a history from pre-Islamic times to the modern period of European dominance. Going far beyond pure maritime history, this compelling survey is an invaluable addition to political, cultural and economic world history.

Bitter Sea

Bitter Sea
Author: Simon Ball
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 0007280378

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Figurative Language

Figurative Language
Author: Leo Hartley Grindon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 338
Release: 1879
Genre: English language
ISBN:

The Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek

The Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek
Author: Richard Kluger
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2012-03-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0307388964

Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Kluger brings to life a bloody clash between Native Americans and white settlers in the 1850s Pacific Northwest. After he was appointed the first governor of the state of Washington, Isaac Ingalls Stevens had one goal: to persuade the Indians of the Puget Sound region to leave their ancestral lands for inhospitable reservations. But Stevens's program--marked by threat and misrepresentation--outraged the Nisqually tribe and its chief, Leschi, sparking the native resistance movement. Tragically, Leschi's resistance unwittingly turned his tribe and himself into victims of the governor's relentless wrath. The Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek is a riveting chronicle of how violence and rebellion grew out of frontier oppression and injustice.