Ruby Sisson Library

"From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara comes the riveting final installment in the Civil War series that began with A Blaze of Glory and continued in A Chain of Thunder and The Smoke at Dawn. November 1864: As the Civil War rolls into its fourth bloody year, the tide has turned decidedly in favor of the Union. A grateful Abraham Lincoln responds to Ulysses S. Grant's successes by bringing the general east, promoting Grant to command...

"They were charismatic and forward thinking, imaginative and courageous, compassionate and resolute, and, at times, arrogant, vengeful and reckless. For hundreds of years, Native American leaders from Massasoit, Tecumseh, and Tenskwatawa, to Major Ridge, Geronimo, and Fools Crow valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture. Sometimes, their strategies were militaristic, but more often they were diplomatic,...

"Mr. and Mrs. Watson and their porcine wonder, Mercy, are off to the Bijou Drive-In. What will happen when the Lincoln Sisters, Frank, Stella, and a gaggle of familiar characters get the same idea for a night out? With the tempting scent of hot buttered popcorn wafting through the air, everyone's favorite pig leads the way in this hilarious romp featuring movies, mayhem, and Mercy!" -- p. [4] of cover.

Presents the life of the Shawnee Indian who tried to unite all the American Indian tribes against invasion by the white man.

"To know what war is, one should follow our tracks," Gen. William T. Sherman once wrote to his wife, describing the devastation left by his armies in Georgia. Sherman's Ghosts is an investigation of those tracks, as well as those left across the globe by the American military in the 150 years since Sherman's infamous "March to the Sea." Sherman's Ghosts opens with an epic retelling of General Sherman's fateful decision to terrorize the South's...

"The conquest of indigenous land in the American East through corrupt treaties and genocidal violence laid the groundwork for the conquest of the American West. Acclaimed author Peter Stark exposes the fundamental conflicts at play through the little-known but consequential struggle between two extraordinary leaders. William Henry Harrison was born to a prominent Virginia family, son of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He journeyed...

An army of 60,000 troops marched from Atlanta to Savannah, laying waste to virtually everything in their path, crushing the South's will to fight.

Examines the life and career of the Union Civil War General, most remembered for his march through Atlanta that helped the North achieve victory..

General William Tecumseh Sherman's burning of Atlanta in 1864 established his legacy as a ruthless leader. Yet Sherman proved a far more complex character than his legendary military tactics reveal. Evolving from a spirited student at West Point, Sherman became a general who fought in some of the Civil War's most decisive campaigns, including Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Atlanta, and Savannah - all rendered here in graphic detail. James Lee McDonough...

Among the towering figures of the Civil War, none is more enigmatic than General William Tecumseh Sherman. Widely denounced as fiendishly destructive and even insane for his infamous March to the Sea across Georgia, Sherman was a brilliant commander and strategist who helped bring the bloody war to a swifter and surer end. Yet he left a legacy of "total war" against unarmed civilians and their property which has haunted military leaders and all Americans...