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Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
"The eastern campaigns of the Civil War involved the widespread use of field fortifications, from Big Bethel and the Peninsula to Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Charleston, and Mine Run. While many of these fortifications were meant to last only as long as the battle and often were not detailed in official records, Earl J. Hess argues that their history is deeply significant. Even before the onset of trench warfare at the Wilderness in May 1864, the...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Historian Michael Wood hosts this dramatic and colorful journey across 2,000 years and 16 countries. At the heart of this epic story is the enigmatic character of Alexander the Great who set out at age 21 and conquered most of the known world before he was 30. Using texts of Greek and Roman historians as his guide, Wood searches for the truth behind legends that depict Alexander as both a brilliant visionary and ruthless conqueror.
303) Mount Rushmore
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Pub. Date
2005.
Description
Using home movies owned by the sculptor's family, long-forgotten archival footage and still photographs, and beautiful original photography, Mount Rushmore tells a story that is as bizarre and wonderful as the monument itself.
Pub. Date
℗♭2009
Description
Bent's Fort was the largest trading post for hundreds of miles. It was a crossroads of culture for the Indians of the Plains, the trappers of the mountains, and the traders of the Southwest. Yet, in August of 1849, this guiding light of western expansion burned out. What happened to Bent's Old Fort - the fur trading empire that helped fuel the flow of commerce on the Santa Fe Trail? What kind of legacy did it leave behind for the American West - and...
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