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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
A selection of frontier and naval adventures
This is the sixth book in Cyrus Townsend Brady's 'Fights and
Fighters' series. It follows Brady's sometimes idiosyncratic
approach to his project of fascinating insights into conflict and
is divided into two broad sections. The first focuses on the drama
that was the conquest of Central and South America, with emphasis
on Panama and Balboa but also touching on Pizarro and Peru. The
second part is an exciting selection of 'adventures;' featured are
the account of the whaling ship Essex, the cruise of the Tonquin, a
piece about the American hero John Paul Jones, an interesting
account of Indian fighting along the Pitt River by the U. S. Army
under Crook in 1868 and finally an account of boyhood in the West
told in the first person. This series contains essential
information for those interested in the conflicts fought on the
American frontiers. The volumes in the 'Fights and Fighters' series
are: 1. Colonial, 2. Revolutionary, 3. Border, 4. Indian, 5.
North-Western and 6. South American. All have been or will soon be
published by Leonaur.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
The Indian wars of the north west
This, the fifth volume in Cyrus Townsend Brady's well regarded
series, American Fights and Fighters, differs somewhat in format
from other its companion volumes. Whilst Brady is always
informative, accurate, original and entertaining his books have a
tendency to include material where the subject matter appears to
have appealed to Brady at the time and was thereafter in need of a
home in one of his works. This volume, Northwest Fights and
Fighters, focuses specifically on two wars, the Nez Perce War and
the Modoc War, which the United States Army fought against the
indigenous Indian tribes of the north west in the period following
the American Civil War. The Nez Perce War was fought against that
tribe under Chief Joseph's inspired leadership and the Modoc War
was a gruelling, bitter campaign fought in the inhospitable lava
beds. The accounts and recollections of these two war comprise the
entire book and Brady therefore deals with his subjects in some
detail. He has particularly drawn upon the first hand narratives of
those combatants who fought on both sides of the conflicts and this
very much enhances the book's value, since these accounts rarely
appear elsewhere in print. In the Nez Perce section Brady of course
deals with the actions at White Bird Canyon, Cottonwood,
Clearwater, Big Hole and all the pivotal aspects of the campaign.
The Modoc War outraged the American people after the murder of the
so called 'peace commissioners' by the Modoc leader Captain Jack
and this and many other aspects of the campaign are dealt with in
considerable depth. Leonaur have already published, or will publish
all of Brady's Fights and Fighters series and together they provide
a well regarded and classic library of Americans at
war-particularly on the ever turbulent frontiers of its Westward
expansion.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
The conflicts of backwoods and high seas
This book, though not the first published in the series, is
chronologically the first in Brady's essential cycle of books on
the fights and fighters of the American nation. It includes the
adventures of the early explorers of the North American continent
including De Soto and the trials of the Huguenot colonies. No
account of the period should ignore the rapacious activities of the
'Gentlemen of the Black Flag, ' Sir Henry Morgan and other pirates
who plied their deadly trade under the Jolly Roger. The 18th
century saw a decisive confrontation between Britain and France
over no less an issue than which of those powers would dominate the
globe in terms of language, culture, influence and trade. Though
the conflict was a global one, skirmishes and battles fought in the
backwoods and mountains and on the lakes of the New World became
known as the French and Indian War, so called because both sides
could call on fierce native American tribes of the Eastern
Woodlands-the Iroquois and Huron nations respectively-in support of
their cause. The story of this war is compellingly recounted here,
from the early days of disaster to Ticonderoga and the final defeat
of the French under Montcalm by the British under Wolfe at Quebec.
Brady's series is regarded as a classic and these new Leonaur
editions make it available, in its entirety, to modern readers and
libraries.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
The Bloody years of the birth of a nation
The inexorable drive westward was to be the course of the American
nation until it had firmly established itself from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. For many, however, 'the West' has come to mean the
great plains of the interior with their herds of buffalo and
mounted and feathered Indian tribes like the Sioux and Cheyenne. No
less interesting is the period when the dangerous frontier between
settlements and the wilderness with all its perils lay in what is
now consider the eastern part of the USA. The period around the
closing stages of the Revolutionary Wars of the 18th century and
the turn of the 19th century was especially turbulent and is the
subject of this book. Within these pages are accounts of Bouquet
and the action at Bushy Run, Sam Brady the Ranger, Ferguson and
Kings Mountain, Boone, the heroism of Bryan's station and the
tragedy of Blue Licks, the bloody conflicts with the Red Stick
Creeks of Alabama and the fierce Indians of the Florida Everglades,
the Seminoles. Border Fights & Fighters contains riveting and
rarely told accounts of George Rogers Clark, the great Tecumseh,
George Croghan, the massacre on Raisin River and the heroic defence
of Fort Stephenson. Brady's third volume in his American Fights and
Fighters series concludes with the retelling of the struggle for
the creation of the Texas Republic, of Travis, Crockett, Huston,
the iconic Alamo and victory at San Jacinto. Those familiar with
Brady's writing will be pleased to learn that this volume is one of
his best and will be a highly rewarding reading experience for
those interested in frontier America. Leonaur editions are newly
typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in
softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth
bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric
head and tail bands.
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For Love of Country (Hardcover)
Townsend Brady Cyrus Townsend Brady, Cyrus Townsend Brady; Edited by 1stworld Library
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R675
Discovery Miles 6 750
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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If Seymour could have voiced his thought, he would have said that
the earth itself did not afford a fairer picture than that which
lay within the level radius of his vision, and which had imprinted
itself so powerfully upon his impressionable and youthful heart. It
was not the scenery of Virginia either, the landscape on the
Potomac, of which he would have spoken so enthusiastically, though
even that were a thing not to be disdained by such a lover of the
beautiful as Seymour had shown himself to be, -the dry brown hills
rising in swelling slopes from the edge of the wide quiet river;
the bare and leafless trees upon their crests, now scarce veiling
the comfortable old white house, which in the summer they quite
concealed beneath their masses of foliage; and all the world lying
dreamy and calm and still, in the motionless haze of one of those
rare seasons in November which so suggests departed days that men
name it summer again.
Volume 2 of the American Fights and Fighters series
Cyrus Brady's, 'Fights and Fighters' series became popular after
its fourth volume, Indian Fights and Fighters captured the public
imagination and brought focus to his other works. Brady was a
prolific author of fiction and non-fiction often calling on his
extensive knowledge of his own country, the United States of
America as inspiration. He has maintained his own consistent
standard for the delivery of immediate and entertaining prose in
volume two of the series-Revolutionary Fights and Fighters. In
fact, some might claim that the subject matter of this book goes
somewhat beyond his title, though not in ways that are likely to
cause complaint among its readers. Certainly the first hundred
pages describe highly interesting events in the American
revolutionary period 1775-1783. These include the defence of Fort
Sullivan, the Saratoga Campaign, Greene's campaign in the Carolinas
and several of the lesser known naval actions of the conflict. From
this point Brady takes his reader upon St. Clair's notorious and
catastrophic campaign against the Indian tribes of the North West
in 1791-4. The war with France 1798-1800 is described followed by a
riveting account of the war with Tripoli focussing on Decatur, the
Philadelphia and the Barbary pirates. The book concludes with the
War of 1812 covering several notable engagements on sea and on
land. Available in softcover and hardcover with dustjacket.
The great clash between the U.S Army and the Plains Indian tribes
Everyone who has been fascinated by the history of the American
western frontier has much for which to thank Cyrus Townsend Brady,
the author of this book. Brady was a prolific author of both
fiction and non fiction and in both genres his abiding interest and
knowledge of the history of his own country is a well demonstrated.
This book, 'Indian Fights and Fighters, ' captivated readers upon
its publication and its success made the series of which it was
part highly popular, although it was the fourth, not the first in
his 'American Fights and Fighters Series.' Several more 'Fights and
Fighters' books, based upon similar themes, followed. Brady
relates-with some scholarship and with the help of maps, plans and
illustrations-the principal engagements of the Plains Indian Wars
in the period after the Civil War. The book draws on the first hand
accounts of many of the people who were involved and is notable for
bringing before the reader accounts by those who had not previously
been published. Herein is a veritable cornucopia of western
incident, campaigns, battles, fights and massacres, the full list
of which is too numerous to catalogue here. They include the
Fetterman Massacre, the Wagon Box Fight, Beecher's Island, the
Fight on Beaver Creek, the Washita, the Rosebud and many, many
more. This book has become an invaluable, highly regarded and
enduring classic of the History of the West. Available in softcover
and hardcover with dustjacket for collectors.
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