Burke Davis

In graphic novel format, tells the story of Amelia Earhart, the daring female aviator who disappeared while attempting to become the first women to pilot a plane around the world.

This volume deals with the destructive march of Sherman and his men through Georgia and the Carolinas. Sherman's March is the vivid narrative of General William T. Sherman's devastating sweep through Georgia and the Carolinas in the closing days of the Civil War. Weaving together hundreds of eyewitness stories, Burke Davis graphically brings to life the dramatic experiences of the 65,000 Federal troops who plundered their way through the South and those of the anguished -- and often defiant -- Confederate women and men who sought to protect themselves and their family treasures, usually in vain. Dominating these events is the general himself -- "Uncle Billy" to his troops, the devil incarnate to the Southerners he encountered. "What gives this narrative its unusual richness is the author's collation of hundreds of eyewitness accounts ... The actions are described in the words, often picturesque and often eloquent, of those who were there, either as participants -- Union soldiers, Confederate soldiers -- in the fighting and destruction or as victims of Sherman's frank vow to 'make Georgia howl.' Mr. Davis inter-cuts these scenes with close-ups of the chief actors in this nightmarish drama, and he also manages to give us a coherent historical account of the whole episode. A powerful illustration of the proposition put forth in Sherman's most famous remark.

The marriage of Selina and Ashley Dent had ended three years ago in divorce and frustration - on her side as well as his. Now he had come dramatically back into her life - at the exact moment that her young brother had got himself into serious trouble - and it appeared that the only way she could save her brother was to give in to Ashley's insistence that they should remarry. So what choice had she? It soon became clear that he attracted her as much as he had ever done - yet had anything changed, really? For how could Selina ever manage to overcome the terrible fear that had ruined the marriage the first time?

An account of the black soldiers, sailors, spies, scouts, guides, and wagoners who participated and sacrificed in the struggle for American independence.

Mitchell, now known as the "Father of the U.S. Air Force," fought against the short-sightedness of top military leaders regarding air power after World War I. He went on to embarrass the Navy by proving that aircraft could indeed sink destroyers, which had been thought impossible. He was ultimately court-martialed for insubordination, and his contributions were grudgingly acknowledged after his death.

Contemporary photographs and drawings accompany a description of the final fighting of the Civil War and of Lee's surrender to Grant.

Discusses the militia in early America and its duties in times of peace and war. Describes the weapons, flags, music, and clothing used by the Williamsburg Company in their 20th-century re-enactments of colonial musters.

Informative. Legendary Chesty Puller as related to Burke Davis. OOO-RAH!

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Hardly any biography could contain the robust and romantic Jeb Stuart, but John W. Thomason, Jr. goes as far as anyone ever has in pinning down the quality of the Confederate cavalry commander.

Describes the siege of Yorktown which caused Lord Cornwallis and his British troops to surrender to General Washington and his Continental Army.