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#1 New York Times Bestseller: The definitive eyewitness account of one of the bloodiest and most pivotal battles of World War II.
On August 7, 1942, eleven thousand US Marines landed on Tulagi and Guadalcanal Islands in the South Pacific. It was the first major Allied offensive against Japanese forces; the first time in history that a combined air, land, and sea assault had ever been attempted; and, after six months of vicious fighting, a crushing...
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Landmark books volume 35
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Dramatic story of a pilot who helped to carry out the mission of bombing Tokyo with details on preparations and the actual raid.
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Landmark books volume 053
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"In 1826 an undersized sixteen-year-old apprentice ran away from a saddle maker in Franklin, Missouri, to join one of the first wagon trains crossing the prairie on the Santa Fe Trail. Kit Carson (1809-68) wanted to be a mountain man, and he spent his next sixteen years learning the paths of the West, the ways of its Native inhabitants, and the habits of the beaver, becoming the most successful and respected fur trapper of his time." "From 1842 to...
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Landmark books volume 69
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Describes the social and religious conditions surrounding the Salem witch hunts, the extensive trials and executions, and the aftermath of the hysteria.
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World landmark books volume W-47
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Contents: Part 1. The rise of Adolf Hitler -- Part 2. Hitler conquers Germany -- Part 3. Hitler conquers Europe -- Part 4. The fall of Adolf Hitler.
