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Comanches

The History of a People

By: T.R. Fehrenbach

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Comanches

The History of a People

By: T.R. Fehrenbach

Authoritative and immediate, this is the classic account of the most powerful of the American Indian tribes. T.R. Fehrenbach traces the Comanches’ rise to power, from their prehistoric origins to their domination of the high plains for more than a century until their demise in the face of Anglo-American expansion. Master horseback riders who lived in teepees and hunted bison, the Comanches were stunning orators, disciplined warriors, and the finest makers of arrows. They lived by a strict legal code and worshipped within a cosmology of magic. As he portrays the Comanche lifestyle, Fehrenbach re-creates their doomed battle against European encroachment. While they destroyed the Spanish dream of colonizing North America and blocked the French advance into the Southwest, the Comanches ultimately fell before the Texas Rangers and the U.S. Army in the great raids and battles of the mid-nineteenth century. This is a classic American story, vividly and poignantly told.

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Anchor

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0307774007

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9780307774002

THE SAN ANTONIO STORY

By: T.R. Fehrenbach

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THE SAN ANTONIO STORY

By: T.R. Fehrenbach

“The San Antonio Story a pictorial and entertaining commentary on the growth and development of San Antonio, Texas his is a story that will surprise you. Nationally acclaimed author T R. Fehrenbach has written an honest and open perspective of San Antonio de Padua, the first time such a history has been published. Not many American cities can claim the age, or the romantic heritage, of San Antonio. None can claim to be similar to this enigmatic and contemporary Texas city which historically has enjoyed notable progress in its own slow-paced manner. ” Within these pages is one of the most colorful and conquest filled histories any city has ever known, from the summer of 1691 when Spanish soldiers and priests found its environs “the most beautiful in New Spain". To the fitful beginnings of the early missions. . .to the devastation of plagues and the frustrations of conquering heroes. . .to the hard riding Comanches who terrorized San Antonio villagers from the high buffalo plains of West Texas. . .the beginnings were rugged and charged with destiny. You can gain a new perspective of the events which led to that historic last stand at the Alamo, an epochal place in the War of Independence with Mexico.. .how San Antonio made the Colt revolver famous. . .how Teddy Roosevelt bellied up to the Menger bar and recruited his Roughriders. _ .how the military came to town and stayed. . .how a river which was nearly paved over became a shining spot in San Antonio’s downtown. . .and how a city with passion and perseverance has developed into what O. Henry called one of America’s four unique cities.

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Grand Lake Media. LLC

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0932986048

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9780932986047

Lone Star

A History Of Texas And The Texans

By: T.R. Fehrenbach

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Lone Star

A History Of Texas And The Texans

By: T.R. Fehrenbach

An insider's history of Texas that examines the people, politics, and events which have shaped the Lone Star State, from prehistory to the modern day Here is an up-to-the-moment history of the Lone Star State, together with an insider's look at the people, politics, and events that have shaped Texas from the beginning right up to our days. Never before has the story been told with more vitality and immediacy. Fehrenbach re-creates the Texas saga from prehistory to the Spanish and French invasions to the heyday of the cotton and cattle empires. He dramatically describes the emergence of Texas as a republic, the vote for secession before the Civil War, and the state's readmission to the Union after the War. In the twentieth century oil would emerge as an important economic resource and social change would come. But Texas would remain unmistakably Texas, because Texans "have been made different by the crucible of history; they think and act in different ways, according to the history that shaped their hearts and minds.

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Da Capo Press

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0306809427

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9780306809422

U.S. Marines in Action

Two Hundred Years of Guts and Glory

By: T. R. Fehrenbach

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U.S. Marines in Action

Two Hundred Years of Guts and Glory

By: T. R. Fehrenbach

Ten major wars and two hundred minor actions comprise the history of the United States Marine Corps, and parallel the history of America itself. U.S. Marines in Action provides a comprehensive and stirring account of the activities of the military corps that has become synonymous with guts and glory. Fehrenbach dramatizes the incredible heroism of the leathernecks over two centuries of peacekeeping missions in every corner of the globe.

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Open Road Media

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1497609763

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9781497609761

Lone Star

A History of Texas and the Texans

By: T. R. Fehrenbach

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Lone Star

A History of Texas and the Texans

By: T. R. Fehrenbach

The definitive account of the incomparable Lone Star state by the author of Fire & Blood: A History of Mexico. T. R. Fehrenbach is a native Texan, military historian and the author of several important books about the region, but none as significant as this work, arguably the best single volume about Texas ever published. His account of America's most turbulent state offers a view that only an insider could capture. From the native tribes who lived there to the Spanish and French soldiers who wrested the territory for themselves, then to the dramatic ascension of the republic of Texas and the saga of the Civil War years. Fehrenbach describes the changes that disturbed the state as it forged its unique character. Most compelling is the one quality that would remain forever unchanged through centuries of upheaval: the courage of the men and women who struggled to realize their dreams in The Lone Star State.

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Open Road Media

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1497609704

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9781497609709

Fire & Blood

A History of Mexico

By: T. R. Fehrenbach

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Fire & Blood

A History of Mexico

By: T. R. Fehrenbach

Mexican history comes to life in this “fascinating” work by the author of Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans (The Christian Science Monitor). Fire & Blood brilliantly depicts the succession of tribes and societies that have variously called Mexico their home, their battleground, and their legacy. This is the tale of the indigenous people who forged from this rugged terrain a wide-ranging civilization; of the Olmec, Maya, Toltec, and Aztec dynasties, which exercised their sophisticated powers through bureaucracy and religion; of the Spanish conquistadors, whose arrival heralded death, disease, and a new vision of continental domination. Author T. R. Fehrenbach connects these threads with the story of modern-day, independent Mexico, a proud nation struggling to balance its traditions against opportunities that often seem tantalizingly out of reach. From the Mesoamerican empires to the Spanish Conquest and the Mexican Revolution, peopled by the legendary personalities of Mexican history—Montezuma, Cortés, Santa Anna, Juárez, Maximilian, Díaz, Pancho Villa, and Zapata—Fire & Blood is a “deftly organized and well-researched” work of popular history (Library Journal).

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Open Road Media

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1497609739

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9781497609730

U.S. Marines in Action

Two Hundred Years of Guts and Glory

By: T. R. Fehrenbach

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Two Hundred Years of Guts and Glory

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This Kind of War

The Classic Korean War History - Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

By: T. R. Fehrenbach

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This Kind of War

The Classic Korean War History - Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

By: T. R. Fehrenbach

Updated with maps, photographs, and battlefield diagrams, this special fiftieth anniversary edition of the classic history of the Korean War is a dramatic and hard-hitting account of the conflict written from the perspective of those who fought it. Partly drawn from official records, operations journals, and histories, it is based largely on the compelling personal narratives of the small-unit commanders and their troops. Unlike any other work on the Korean War, it provides both a clear panoramic overview and a sharply drawn you were there account of American troops in fierce combat against th.

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Potomac Books, Inc.

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1597978787

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9781597978781

The Battle of Anzio

By: T. R. Fehrenbach

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The Battle of Anzio

By: T. R. Fehrenbach

A major turning point of WWII: The incredible true story of Allied forces who held a strip of Italian beach against Nazi bombardment. The Battle of Anzio was among the most bloody of the World War II conflicts. T. R. Fehrenbach’s accurate account stunningly depicts the reality of the Allied forces’ fight for survival on an Italian beach as they stormed what Winston Churchill called the soft underbelly of the Axis powers. In one of the turning points of the war, the allies clung to a narrow strip of sand while German planes swooped in from above and artillery shells and mortar fire pounded them on the ground. This is a true and dramatic account of the battle from the perspective of a soldier and military historian, told with pride, compassion, and spirit. T. R. Fehrenbach’s account of war needs no embellishing and brings you into the thick of the action.

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1497603811

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This Kind of War

The Classic Korean War History - Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

By: T. R. Fehrenbach

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The Classic Korean War History - Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

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U of Nebraska Press

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1597978787

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U.S. Marines in Action

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E-Rights/E-Reads Limited

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158586062X

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9781585860623

Anzio

The Soldier's Stories from the Front Lines

By: T. R. Fehrenbach

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Anzio

The Soldier's Stories from the Front Lines

By: T. R. Fehrenbach

Operation Shingle was a bold gamble by the Allies to break the stalemate in Italy. The plan was to outflank the German army firmly entrenched behind their Gustav Line with an amphibious assault at Anzio that would sunder the German defenses and leave the road to Rome wide open. When the Allied troops launched the surprise assault on January 22, 1944, they did it with too few men, too few supplies, and too little support. The result was a desperate battle fought by men who knew there were only two options: victory or death. Utilizing first-hand accounts of front-line soldiers, after-action reports, and official histories, T.E. Fehrenbach vividly recreates that period where brave men rose to the challenge against incredible odds, and wrested victory from the jaws of certain defeat.

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Book's by T.R. Fehrenbach

Comanches

Comanches

THE SAN ANTONIO STORY

THE SAN ANTONIO STORY

Lone Star

Lone Star

U.S. Marines in Action

U.S. Marines in Action

Lone Star

Lone Star

Fire & Blood

Fire & Blood

U.S. Marines in Action

U.S. Marines in Action

This Kind of War

This Kind of War

The Battle of Anzio

The Battle of Anzio

This Kind of War

This Kind of War

U.S. Marines in Action

U.S. Marines in Action

Anzio

Anzio

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