Amazing tales for making men out of boys
Record details
- ISBN: 9780061766138 (acid-free paper)
- ISBN: 0061766135 (acid-free paper)
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Physical Description:
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xv, 364 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. - Edition: 1st US ed.
- Publisher: New York : William Morrow, c2009.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Holding out for a hero -- The Penlee lifeboatmen -- A few good men -- John Paul Jones and the birth of the US Navy -- How curiously the course of one's life may be turned -- The demons of Camerone -- The trouble with the truth -- The battle of Isandlwana -- The heroic age -- D-day and the beach called Omaha -- When Britannia ruled the waves -- The Yangtze incident -- The loneliness of command -- Josiah Harlan, the man who would be king -- The luck of the Irish -- Sir Ernest Shackleton and the imperial trans-Antarctic expedition -- In search of a place in the world -- The flight of the Nez Perces -- First, women and children -- The Birkenhead drill -- For England's sake and duty -- The thin red line and the charge of the Light Brigade -- We're following the leader -- The Battle of Trafalgar -- A long way from home -- Moonwalkers and Apollo 13 -- Enemy at the gates -- Constantinople -- Old age and guile beat youth and enthusiasm -- Dien Bien Phu -- The field of human conflict -- The siege of the Alamo -- Their finest hour -- Thermopylae -- For the boy. |
Target Audience Note: | Adult. |
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Subject: | Masculinity Men Courage Male friendship |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Terrace Public Library | 170.81 Oli (Text) | 35151000091918 | Adult Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |