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  • Historic Tales of Seneca County, New York

    by Walter Gable ...
    Series series American Chronicles
    Located in the Finger Lakes region of New York, Seneca County has a fascinating history. Early settlers courageously fought off wild animals from wolves to panthers to tame the land and keep the new settlements safe. The rise and fall of the mill industry led to the demise of ghost towns like the Kingdom. The jailhouse murder of John Walters in 1887 fostered improved conditions in the county jail. ... Read more

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  • Seneca County and the Civil War

    by Walter Gable ...
    Though hundreds of miles away from the death and destruction of the battlefield, Seneca County, New York, contributed more than its share for the preservation of the Union. Many brave men left home to fight, suffering hardships and casualties. John Hoster was captured in 1864 and held at the infamous Andersonville prison camp, and his journal has provided invaluable insight into what soldiers held ... Read more

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  • The Seneca Army Depot

    Fighting Wars from the New York Home Front

    by Walter Gable, Carolyn Zogg ...
    Even before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States began to prepare to enter World War II. When the army decided to build a depot in Seneca County in 1941, dozens of families were given only days to vacate the homes they loved and land they had farmed for generations. The depot provided vital jobs for residents, but it also continued to cause controversy even after it was established--all ... Read more

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    An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor

    by Donald Stratton, Ken Gire ...
    The New York Times bestselling memoir of survival and heroism at Pearl Harbor"An unforgettable story of unfathomable courage." — Reader's DigestIn this, the first memoir by a USS Arizona sailor, Donald Stratton delivers an inspiring and unforgettable eyewitness account of the Pearl Harbor attack and his remarkable return to the fight.At 8:10 a.m. on Decem... ... Read more

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  • Valiant Women

    The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II

    by Lena S. Andrews ...
    National Bestseller * Goodreads Choice Awards FinalistA groundbreaking new history of the role of American servicewomen in WWII, illuminating their forgotten yet essential contributions to the Allies’ victory, hailed as "an ingenious look at WWII” (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review)Includes a chapter on the famed Six Triple Eight, America's all-black, all-women battalion led by Charity ... Read more

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  • Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Salutes the Armed Forces

    by Bathroom Readers' Institute ...
    Series series Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
    Army, Air Force, or Marine—read all about them in the latrine!Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and the Coast Guard—the patriotic folks at the Bathroom Readers Institute have stormed the proverbial beaches of Normandy and beyond to bring you this salute to the greatest force for good on planet Earth! Make your way through the ranks and read about the history, triumphs, trials, trivia, and humor of ... Read more

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  • On Hallowed Ground

    The Story of Arlington National Cemetery

    by Robert M. Poole ...
    On Hallowed Ground opens with the long-delayed funeral of four servicemen, brought home for final honors at Arlington National Cemetery almost forty years after they disappeared in Vietnam. To understand how this tradition of extraordinary care for our war dead began, Robert Poole traces the founding of Arlington Cemetery on what had been the family plantation of Robert E. Lee. After resigning his ... Read more

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  • Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles

    America’s First Black Paratroopers

    by Tanya Lee Stone ...
    They became America’s first black paratroopers. Why was their story never told? Sibert Medalist Tanya Lee Stone reveals the history of the Triple Nickles during World War II.World War II is raging, and thousands of American soldiers are fighting overseas against the injustices brought on by Hitler. Back on the home front, the injustice of discrimination against African Americans plays out as much ... Read more

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  • Most Honorable Son

    A Forgotten Hero's Fight Against Fascism and Hate During World War II

    by Gregg Jones ...
    **Foreword by Naomi Ostwald Kawamura of DenshoIntroduction by William Fujioka of JANMAfterword by Jonathan EigThe first comprehensive biography of unjustly forgotten Japanese American war hero Ben Kuroki, who fought the Axis powers during World War II and battled racism, injustice, and prejudice on the home front.WINNER OF THE NEBRASKA BOOK AWARD**Ben Kuroki was a twenty-four-year-old Japanese ... Read more

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  • A Few Good Women

    America's Military Women from World War I to the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

    by Evelyn Monahan, Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee ...
    In this riveting narrative history, women veterans from the world wars, Vietnam, the Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq tell their extraordinary stories.Evelyn M. Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee spent fifteen years combing through archives, journals, histories, and news reports, and gathering thousands of eyewitness accounts, letters, and interviews for this unprecedented chronicle of America’s ... Read more

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  • The Texas City Disaster, 1947

    by Hugh W. Stephens ...
    On April 16, 1947, a small fire broke out among bags of ammonium nitrate fertilizer in the hold of the ship Grandcamp as it lay docked at Texas City, Texas. Despite immediate attempts to extinguish the fire, it rapidly intensified until the Grandcamp exploded in a blast that caused massive loss of life and property. In the ensuing chaos, no one gave much thought to the ship in the next slip, the ... Read more

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  • Secret Heroes

    Everyday Americans Who Shaped Our World

    by Paul Martin ...
    Secret Heroes is a remarkable compendium by Paul Martin, former Executive Editor of National Geographic Traveler, that illuminates the lives of thirty forgotten American heroes. Gathering together remarkable stories about unknown champions, explorers, inventors, and innovators who never made the pages of American history textbooks—not George Washington, but the tailor who saved his life…twice; the ... Read more

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