Hugh Ambrose
1) The Pacific
Author
Language
English
Description
This book reveals the intertwined odysseys of four U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy carrier pilot during World War II; each served in a different part of the war, but their respective duties required every ounce of their courage and strength to defeat an enemy who preferred suicide to surrender.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Historian Hugh Ambrose deepens the experience of the HBO miniseries The Pacific—revealing the intertwined odysseys of four U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy carrier pilot and producing a powerful blend of first-person immediacy and historical perspective.
Sidney C. Phillips, an easygoing Alabama teenager, enlisted along with a buddy. “Manila John” Basilone was the son of immigrants who found happiness in the rough-and-ready...
Sidney C. Phillips, an easygoing Alabama teenager, enlisted along with a buddy. “Manila John” Basilone was the son of immigrants who found happiness in the rough-and-ready...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The passage of the 18th Amendment (banning the sale of alcohol) and the 19th (women's suffrage) in the same year is no coincidence. These two Constitutional Amendments enabled women to redefine themselves and their place in society in a way historians have neglected to explore. Liberated Spirits describes how the fight both to pass and later to repeal Prohibition was driven by women, as exemplified by two remarkable women in particular. With fierce...