Jack Kelly
Author
Language
English
Description
" The technological marvel of its age, the Erie Canal grew out of a sudden fit of inspiration. Proponents didn't just dream; they built a 360-mile waterway entirely by hand and largely through wilderness. As excitement crackled down its length, the canalbecame the scene of the most striking outburst of imagination in American history. Zealots invented new religions and new modes of living. The Erie Canal made New York the financial capital of America...
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A military history of the Revolutionary War focuses on the lesser-known founding generals who fought for America's independence, including Henry Knox, a bookseller who took over the American artillery at the age of twenty-five.
4) Dracula
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
"Jonathan Harker is sent to see a client of his company in a distant part of Europe. The castle is deserted and the Count is a very strange host. But little does young Jonathan suspect that he and the people closest to him are about to be put into the worst danger and the most gruesome terror that anyone can imagine! Now they must track and destroy Dracula before he finds and destroys each of them!"--Book back cover.
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Benedict Arnold committed treason-for more than two centuries, that's all that most Americans have known about him. Yet Arnold was much more than a turncoat-his achievements during the early years of the Revolutionary War defined him as the most successful soldier of the era. God Save Benedict Arnold tells the gripping story of Arnold's rush of audacious feats-his capture of Fort Ticonderoga, his Maine mountain expedition to attack Quebec, the famous...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
During the summer of 1776, a British incursion from Canada loomed. In response, citizen soldiers of the newly independent nation mounted a heroic defense. Patriots constructed a small fleet of gunboats on Lake Champlain in northern New York and confronted the Royal Navy in a desperate three-day battle near Valcour Island. Their effort surprised the arrogant British and forced the enemy to call off their invasion. Jack Kelly's Valcour is a story of...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
It's the Moore the merrier as Jack Kelly teams up with new cast member Roger Moore for the fourth rollicking season of Maverick. Faces may change, but the card and con games remain the same, as Beau Maverick deals himself in with his cousin Bart, and they take on murder frame-ups, crooked sheriffs, cursed goldmines, comely witches, and more in the complete 32-episode collection. Featuring appearances by spaghetti western icon Lee Van Cleef and Oscar-winner...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Wisecracking ladies' man Bret Maverick and his more serious brother Bart are two handsome bachelors on the loose in the wild west. They have more success at the game of poker than the game of love. Yet they keep trying their luck in one frontier outpost after another.
11) Protection
Publisher
New Concorde
Pub. Date
[2004], �2001
Language
English
Description
Sal abandons all loyalty to his mob boss when he enters the safety of the witness protection program. He finally begins a new life and finds honest work with a real estate broker and neighbor, Ted. But if the mob wants revenge can Sal really escape his past?
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Wake Island : "Based on the incredible true story of a handful of U.S. Marines holding out against an overwhelming Japanese air, land and sea assault."
To hell and back : Based on the autobiography written by Audie Murphy.
Battle Hymn : "As a WWII fighter pilot Colonel Dean Hess (Hudson) accidentally bombed a German orphanage, killing thirty-seven children. After entering the ministry to atone for the tragedy, Hess eventually rejoins the Air Force...
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
[Widescreen].
Language
English
Description
Midway: The saga of the crucial naval battle, and the events that led to it, that turned the tide of war against the advancing Japanese Navy in 1942.
MacArthur: A biographical drama of one of the most controversial public figures of his time, General Douglas MacArthur.
To hell and back: Based on the true story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history.
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Casablanca express: "It is 1942 and the conflict between the U.S. and Germany is getting heated. Winston Churchill is kidnapped by Nazi paratroopers. Now Al Cooper must rescue him"--Container. Cold war killers: "When a plane carrying extremely valuable cargo crashed into a lake, it is still sought after twenty-seven years later. The contents of the plane are not only of interest to Russian Intelligence but of England's defense staff as well. Both...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty utility-belts)...