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From Dred Scott's tireless bid for freedom to the Cardinals' first
World Series win, It Happened in Missouri takes readers on a
rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and
episodes from the Show Me State's storied past. Find out how a
fourteen-year-old boy coordinated the settling of St. Louis.
Discover how a steam engine helped save the inaugural ride of the
Pony Express through Missouri. And read all about Harry Truman's
come-from-behind victory over Thomas Dewey in the 1948 presidential
election. These thirty stories include both famous tales, and
famous names--and little-known heroes, heroines, and happenings.
True stories of the Show Me state's most infamous crooks, culprits,
and cutthroats.
From the 1840s onward, United States military forces clashed with
the Apache, a group of Native American peoples associated with the
southwestern part of North America. US territorial expansion and
conflict - first with Mexico and then during the Civil War - led to
an escalation of hostilities that culminated in the defeat of the
Apache leader Geronimo in 1886, although fighting continued into
the 20th century. In this study the clashes at Cieneguilla (1854),
First Adobe Walls (1864), and Cibecue Creek (1881) are assessed in
detail. Fully illustrated and featuring contemporary accounts and
specially commissioned artwork, this history examines exactly how
the Apache were able to pose such a grave threat to US forces and
how their initial advantages were gradually negated by the cavalry.
Examining the tactics, equipment and training available to each
side over four decades of evolving conflict, this is an eye-opening
combatant's eye view of one of history's most intriguing campaigns.
In the early 14th century, a new weapon entered the arsenals of
European armies. This first generation of black powder weapons put
fear into the heart of the enemy and in 1453 Ottoman cannon
succeeded in pummelling the once-impregnable walls of
Constantinople. But cannons, which are both slow and cumbersome,
were difficult to use and often proved inaccurate. The first
handgonnes were the answer. Easily dismissed by later historians as
nothing more than crude tubes that shot wildly inaccurate lead
balls, more recent research has revealed the true accuracy of the
medieval handgonne together with its penetrative power. This
volume, complete with detailed illustrations and colour photographs
of reconstructed handgonnes, reveals the true history of what could
easily have been the most revolutionary weapon in history. This
book will be a must for medieval enthusiasts and re-enactors.
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