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1) Invisible generals: rediscovering family legacy, and a quest to honor America's first Black generals
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xxiii, 225 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"In Invisible Generals, Melville shares his quest to rediscover his family's story across five generations, from post-Civil War America to modern day Asia and Europe. In life, the Davises were denied the recognition and compensation they'd earned, but through his journey, Melville uncovers something greater: that dedication and self-sacrifice can move proverbial mountains -- even in a world determined to make you invisible. Invisible Generals recounts...
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xii, 306 pages : maps, illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"A gripping exploration of the intense psychology and character of Benedict Arnold, arguing that he was essential to victory before he was a traitor. Benedict Arnold committed treason -- for more than two centuries, that's all that most Americans have known about him. Yet Arnold was much more than a turncoat -- his achievements during the early years of the Revolutionary War defined him as the most successful soldier of the era. GOD SAVE BENEDICT...
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xx, 459 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"An authoritative biography of the second-highest-ranking and most controversial Confederate general, who rejoined the Union after the Civil War, advising other Confederate soldiers to put that war behind them. After joining an interracial government in New Orleans, Longstreet fought against white supremacists when they attacked these postwar elected officials, for which he was vilified and attacked by other Southerners, and blamed for the South's...
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259 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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Barely able to walk and rendered mute by the cancer metastasizing in his throat, Ulysses S. Grant is scratching out words, hour after hour, day after day. Desperate to complete his memoirs before his death so his family might have some financial security and he some redemption, Grant journeys back in time. He had once been the savior of the Union, the general to whom Lee surrendered at Appomattox, a twice-elected president who fought for the civil...
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