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Conduct of life Indians of North America Social life and customs Indians of North America Wars Military operations, Aerial American United States United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 99th. United States. Army Officers Drama United States. Army. United States. Army. Cavalry Drama United States. Army. Cavalry.Summary: By 1876, most of the nation's American Indians had been forcibly relocated to reservation land. In the Dakota Territory, Red Cloud had settled his people on the great Sioux Reservation, becoming wards of the government. Other Sioux leaders saw this as defeat and continued to live in the traditional way, with legendary resistance. Then an economic depression struck, and gold was discovered in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2011
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BUREgerton, Douglas R
Summary: Almost immediately after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, abolitionists began to call for the raising of black regiments. The South and most of the North responded with outrage. Southerners vowed to enslave black soldiers captured in battle, while many northerners claimed that blacks lacked the courage to fight. Yet Boston's Brahmins, always eager for a moral crusade,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 EGEWright, Stephen L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 WRISummary: Albuquerque: When Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his successful uncle John, he soon learns that family business is out to eliminate any local competition. Tiring of his uncle's underhanded tactics, Cole switches to rival operation run by Ted Wallace and his sister, Celia. But Cole soon learns John Armin is to a man to be crossed as the trio must fight for their business, and their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN CLASummary: "William Boston has just joined the all-black 24th infantry of the United States Army. A natural leader, Boston quickly rises within his troop and is looked up to by the others. When the men are sent to the South, where racism runs rampant in a merciless community, the troop is pushed to their limit. After endless brutal acts of violence, Boston and the men turn their fear and rage against the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TWEHanley, Charles J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.9042 HANTaylor, William O.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.82 TAYSummary: The story of the 'Fighting 99th' - the first squadron of black American pilots to be allowed to fight for their country. It is 1943 and the U.S. is suffering huge losses on the ground and in the air. Four newly recruited pilots are united by a desire to serve their country, at a time when black flyers were not welcomed in the Air Force. Now, the "Tuskegee Airmen" must undertake the riskiest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TUSCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie TuskegeeKoster, John P.
Summary: Was Frank Finkel a survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn? Koster presents evidence that he believes supports Finkel's claim to have been the Second Sergeant of C Company, and chronicles Finkel's escape, ordeals, and the subsequent years of his successful life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronology Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.82 FINKEL, FRANK KOSRaines, Howell
Summary: "A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist reveals the little-known story of the Union soldiers from Alabama who played a decisive role in the Civil War, and how they were scrubbed from the history books. We all know how the Civil War was won: by courageous Yankees who triumphed over the South. But as veteran journalist Howell Raines shows, it was not only soldiers from Northern states who helped...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 RAISummary: Using journals, oral histories, and drawings, this program tells the story of the famous battle, including the perspectives of the Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne, and Crow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Video 2004
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LASSummary: A frustrated city girl decides to disguise herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with handsome Major Kirby and he insists on taking her to his military academy after the train is stalled.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE MAJHyde, Thomas W. (Thomas Worcester)
Summary: "Thomas W. Hyde, a native of Maine who rose rapidly through the Union ranks and eventually received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Antietam, published his portrait of the Army of the Potomac in 1894. Following the Greek Cross tells the story of an illustrious army unit and offers rare glimpses into the Northern perspective on the war. One of the most cited - and most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of South Carolina Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7441 HYDBozzo, Linda.
Summary: "An introduction to the life of Army Rangers in the US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) describing some missions, how they train, and their role in the armed forces"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amicus High Interest, an imprint of Amicus 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 356 BOZParonto, Kris
Summary: The former Ranger and CIA contractor shares stories from the private sector and his military career to reveal how the values of the Ranger Creed can be applied by anyone to achieve personal victories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 356.167Cox, Kurt Hamilton.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenhill Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.82 COXDe Capua, Sarah
Summary: In a time when the U.S. military was segregated, the Tuskegee Airmen proved that blacks could fight as well and with as much courage as anyone. Learn about this group of exceptional pilots, whose outstanding flying and performances paved the way for the integration of the military.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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Summary: On the run after an infamous landowner murders his father, Willie becomes an expert marksman before turning Buffalo Soldier, befriending Wild Bill Hickok and earning the nickname "Deadwood Dick."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mulholland Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LANHamilton, Richard L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BookSurge 2008
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Summary: "In World War I, telephones linked commanding generals with soldiers in muddy trenches. A woman in uniform connected almost every one of their calls, speeding the orders that won the war. Like other soldiers, the "Hello Girls" swore the Army oath and stayed for the duration. A few were graduates of elite colleges. Most were ordinary, enterprising young women motivated by patriotism and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.4 COBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wom CobbsHackworth, David H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.704 HACRunyan, Aimie K.
Summary: "December 1917. As World War I rages in Europe, twenty-four-year-old Ruby Wagner, the jewel in a prominent Philadelphia family, prepares for her upcoming wedding to a society scion. Like her life so far, it's all been carefully arranged. But when her beloved older brother is killed in combat, Ruby follows her heart and answers the Army Signal Corps' call for women operators to help overseas. As...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2018