Historical biography books
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Biographies
Biographies
15 Days of Hell PB
15 Days of Hell: One Man's Battle for PeleliuLew Shuman and Jordan WinerPaperback134 Pages2015 The diary and memoir of Dr. Jordan Winer and his personal un-edited words of his time as a navy corpsman on the island of Peleliu during the invasion of...40 Thieves on Saipan - Paperback
40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of WWII's Bloodiest Battles by Joseph Tachovsky with Cynthia KraackPaperback338 PagesAugust 2021 An elite platoon of Marine Scout-Snipers, Lieutenant Frank Tachovsky’s “40...A Company Of Heroes PB
A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories about the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us by Marcus Brotherton Paperback368 Pages2020 THE "MUST-READ"* BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTARY FOR PUBLIC TELEVISIONAfter the Band...A Different Shade of Justice - PB
A Different Shade of Justice: Asian American Civil Rights in the South by Stephanie HinnershitzPaperback296 pages2020 In the Jim Crow South, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and, later, Vietnamese and Indian Americans faced obstacles similar to those...A Flicker in Eternity DVD
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Crown The Inky Count: Fame, Revolution, Treason, and rendering Real Patina of Cards Cristo, shy Tom Reiss
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