William Albert Robinson's Books

Deep Water and Shoal

By: William Albert Robinson

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This is William Albert Robinson’s seminal 1944 travel book, "Deep Water and Shoal". Complete with cannibal encounters and contretemps with hostile tribesmen, this fascinating and exciting account of twenty-five-year-old Robinson’s epic sailing adventure is highly recommended for fans of fascinating travel writing. Few have written a book about sailing round the world as good as Mr. Robinson's, which is arguably one of the most enthralling travel books ever written. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

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302

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Read Books Ltd

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1473388538

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9781473388536

Literature and Painting In Quebec

From Imagery to Identity

By: William J. Berg

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Literature and Painting In Quebec

From Imagery to Identity

By: William J. Berg

This unique study explores how Quebec's landscapes have been represented in both literature and visual art throughout the centuries, from the writing of early explorers such as Cartier and Champlain to work by prominent contemporary authors and artists from the province. William J. Berg traces recurrent images and themes within these creations through the most significant periods in the development of a Quebecois identity that was threatened initially by the wilderness and indigenous populations, and later by the dominance of British and American influences. Focusing on the interplay between nature and culture in landscape representation, Literature and Painting in Quebec contends that both have reflected and fashioned the meaning of French-Canadian nationhood. As such, Literature and Painting in Quebec presents a new perspective to approach the notion of national identity, a quest that few groups have engaged in more persistently than the Quebecois.

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417

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University of Toronto Press

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1442698306

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9781442698307

A Family Practice

The Russell Doctors and the Evolving Business of Medicine, 1799-1989

By: William D. Lindsey,William L. Russell,Mary L. Ryan

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A Family Practice

The Russell Doctors and the Evolving Business of Medicine, 1799-1989

By: William D. Lindsey,William L. Russell,Mary L. Ryan

A Family Practice is the sweeping saga of four generations of doctors, Russell men seeking innovative ways to sustain themselves as medical practitioners in the American South from the early nineteenth to the latter half of the twentieth century. The thread that binds the stories in this saga is one of blood, of medical vocations passed from fathers to sons and nephews. This study of four generations of Russell doctors is an historical study with a biographical thread running through it. The authors take a wide-ranging look at the meaning of intergenerational vocations and the role of family, the economy, and social issues on the evolution of medical education and practice in the United States.

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332

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University of Arkansas Press

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1682261271

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9781682261279

"Burning Rails as We Pleased"

The Civil War Letters of William Garrigues Bentley, 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

By: William Garrigues Bentley

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"Burning Rails as We Pleased"

The Civil War Letters of William Garrigues Bentley, 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

By: William Garrigues Bentley

William Garrigues Bentley chose to leave the safety of home and family at age 19 fight for the Union. He enlisted in the 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company G, in 1862 and served for three long years before being honorably discharged. His firsthand account details his day-to-day life as a soldier, the long marches around Kentucky, skirmishes with the Rebs, joining with Sherman's army in the Atlanta campaign and then chasing Hood into Tennessee and fighting in the bloody battle at Franklin, and on to rejoin Sherman in the winter of 1865 for the final months of the Carolina campaign. This book--compiled from a collection of 142 of Bentley's newly discovered letters and other documents--not only is an important historical record but also offers an insight into the political thoughts and feelings of the time. The book includes a complete roster of the 104th Ohio.

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246

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McFarland

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0786426969

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9780786426966

Accrington Pals: The 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment

A History of the Battalion Raised from Accrington, Blackburn, Burnley and Chorley in World War One

By: William Bennett Turner

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Accrington Pals: The 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment

A History of the Battalion Raised from Accrington, Blackburn, Burnley and Chorley in World War One

By: William Bennett Turner

Follow the footsteps of the Pals in their journey from Lancashire to their training camps in England and Wales and to the villages and battlefields of France. A comprehensive account, with maps and pictures, of a Pals Battalion's service throughout the war.

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255

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Casemate Publishers

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1783832304

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9781783832309

Forgotten Heroes

Police Officers Killed in Early Florida, 1840-1925

By: William Wilbanks

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Forgotten Heroes

Police Officers Killed in Early Florida, 1840-1925

By: William Wilbanks

The stories of 117 officers, from the years 1840 through 1925, who were killed in the line of duty.

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232

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5631140705

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9785631140707

Jackie and Campy

The Untold Story of Their Rocky Relationship and the Breaking of Baseball’s Color Line

By: William C. Kashatus

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Jackie and Campy

The Untold Story of Their Rocky Relationship and the Breaking of Baseball’s Color Line

By: William C. Kashatus

Looks at the rivalry between African American Brooklyn Dodgers teammates Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella, whose attitudes toward integration and race relations differed so much that they became estranged for nearly ten years.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803246331

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9780803246331

The Confederate Resurgence of 1864

By: William Marvel

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The Confederate Resurgence of 1864

By: William Marvel

William Marvel’s The Confederate Resurgence of 1864 examines a dozen understudied Confederate and Union military operations carried out during the spring of 1864 that, taken cumulatively, greatly revived white southerners’ hopes for independence. Among the pivotal moments during this period were the sinking of the USS Housatonic by the CSS Hunley; Nathan Bedford Forrest’s defeat of William Sooy Smith’s cavalry raid; and the Confederate army’s victory at Olustee, Florida. The repulse of Union advances on Dalton, Georgia; botched Union raids on Richmond; and the capture of the Union garrison in Plymouth, North Carolina, likewise suggested that the tide of fighting had turned toward the Confederate cause. These events boosted the morale of southern troops and citizens, and caused grave concerns about the war effort in the North and in the mind of Abraham Lincoln. In late 1863 and early 1864, dejection and despair prevailed in the South: Union soldiers had vanquished Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg, the Confederate nation had been cut in two, Tennessee was lost, and Braxton Bragg’s army had been utterly routed at Chattanooga. Defeatism loomed in the South during the first weeks of 1864, and the ease with which William T. Sherman rampaged across Mississippi illustrated the dominance of Union forces, while Confederates’ ineffectual assault on New Bern accentuated their weakness. Yet between February 20 and April 30, southern troops enjoyed an unbroken string of successes that included turning back a concerted Union offensive during the Red River campaign as well as Forrest’s triumphant incursions into Union City, Paducah, and Fort Pillow. Aided by flawed strategy implemented by Union army officers, the achievements of Confederate forces restored hope and confidence in camp and on the southern home front. The Confederacy’s battlefield successes during the early months of 1864 remained almost unnoticed by Civil War scholars until recently and have never been investigated in detail until now. The victories invigorated southern combatants, demonstrating how abruptly the most dismal military prospects could be reversed. Without that experience, Marvel argues, the Confederates who faced Sherman and Grant in the spring of that year would certainly have displayed less ferocity and likely would have succumbed more quickly to the demoralization that ultimately led to the collapse of Confederate resistance.

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LSU Press

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0807183059

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9780807183052

Book's by William Albert Robinson

Deep Water and Shoal

Deep Water and Shoal

Literature and Painting In Quebec

Literature and Painting In Quebec

A Family Practice

A Family Practice

"Burning Rails as We Pleased"

"Burning Rails as We Pleased"

Accrington Pals: The 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment

Accrington Pals: The 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment

Forgotten Heroes

Forgotten Heroes

Jackie and Campy

Jackie and Campy

The Confederate Resurgence of 1864

The Confederate Resurgence of 1864

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