World War I and America: Told by the Americans Who Lived It 9781598535150, 1598535153

Remembering the Civil War: The Conflict as Told by Those Who Lived It 1493041754, 9781493041756

In the years following the American Civil War, many participants--generals, politicians, journalists, and soldiers--auth

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The Diary Keepers: World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It 0063070650, 9780063070653

A riveting look at the story of World War II and the Holocaust through the diaries of Dutch citizens, firsthand accounts

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The mighty eighth: the air war in Europe as told by the men who fought it 9780698197121, 0698197127

Europe has fallen. Pearl Harbor is in flames. Enter: the Eighth. In 1941 the RAF fought a desperate battle of survival a

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The Girl Who Lived Twice

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For the Glory of Their Game : Stories of Life in the NFL by the Men Who Lived It 9781617498879, 9781572436077

Stitching together first-person accounts from players who span the spectrum of playing days, For the Glory of Their Game

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Communards: The Story Of The Paris Commune Of 1871, As Told By Those Who Fought For It 0980542898, 9780980542899

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We who lived: two teenagers in World War II Poland 9781476631196, 1476631190

"Hava (Eva) Bromberg and Ephraim Sokal were Jewish teenagers in Poland when the Nazis invaded in 1939. Bromberg eva

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The silent service in World War II: the story of the U.S. Navy submarine force in the words of the men who lived it 9781612001258, 9781612001371, 1612001254

This book takes you through the war as you learn what it was like to serve on submarines in combat, the exhilaration of

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I Lived to Tell It All 9780804180863, 0440223733, 0804180865

Boozing.  Womanizing.  Brawling.  Singing.  For the last forty years George Jones has reigned as the country's king

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Bodies of War: World War I and the Politics of Commemoration in America, 1919-1933 9780814789803

The United States lost thousands of troops during World War I, and the government gave next-of-kin a choice about what t

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