Books written by Geoffrey C. Ward
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The Civil War: An Illustrated History
Portrays the lives of politicians, soldiers, and slaves during the Civil War
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The Civil War: A Random House Audio Book Plus
Integrating CD digital sound with state-of-the-art electronic books, this multimedia history chronicles the people, issues, and events of the American Civil War.
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The Vietnam War: An Intimate History
"A comprehensive look at the Vietnam War"--
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The Civil War: The complete text of the bestselling narrative history of the Civil War--based on the celebrated PBS television...
Inevitably, we grasp the war through such hyperbole. In so doing, we tend to blur the fact that real people lived through it and were changed by the event. One hundred eighty-five thousand black Americans fought to free their people.
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The Year of the Tiger
Sleek, stealthy, powerful, and beautiful, the tiger has always evoked awe, fear, and utter fascination. Once undisputed lord of vast stretches of Asia, India, and Indonesia, the tiger now stalks...
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The Vietnam War: An Intimate History
An essential work on the Vietnam War, by the award-winning Geoffrey C. Ward and documentary maker Ken Burns. **The New York Times Bestseller** **The book of the landmark documentary, The Vietnam War, by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick** The ...
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Jazz: A History of America's Music
The companion volume to the ten-part PBS TV series by the team responsible for The Civil War and Baseball. Continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed works, Geoffrey...
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Jazz: A History of America's Music
The book contains fascinating portraits of Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, and hundreds of other jazz artists. This is a companion volume to the acclaimed PBS documentary.
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The West: An Illustrated History
Presents a companion volume to the series tracing the history of the West
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Before the Trumpet: Young Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1905
This is a tale that would grip the reader even if its central character had not grown up to be FDR.
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美国内战
本书记录了美国内战的一些人和事.有阿伯拉罕·林肯,弗雷德里克·道格拉斯和罗伯特·E·李这些风云人物,还有南方的淑女和逃亡的奴隶,身穿"扬基蓝"和"叛军灰"的骑兵军官和普通士兵等.
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Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony : an Illustrated History
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were two heroic women who vastly bettered the lives of a majority of American citizens. For more than fifty years they led the...
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Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life
Jazz, as an art, has always been able to move people to higher ground. This illuminating book is a master-class on its power.
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The Civil War: An Illustrated History
"A treasure for the eye and mind" (The New York Times) about the greatest war in American history—and a magnificent companion volume to the celebrated PBS television series by one...
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Who Invented the Game?
Photographs and text present a history of baseball including the Black Sox, the Babe, breaking the barrier, and present day free agents and million dollar men.
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The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
An extraordinarily vivid and personal portrait of America's greatest political family and its enormous impact on our nation--the tie-in volume to the PBS documentary to air in the fall of 2014.
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Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony : an Illustrated History
" The relationship between these two extraordinary women and its effect on the development of the suffrage movement are richly depicted by Ward and Burns, and in the accompanying essays by Ellen Carol Dubois, Ann D. Gordon, and Martha ...
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The West
For the first time in paperback comes the magnificent, copiously illustrated companion volume to the landmark PBS television series. 400+ illustrations, many in full color.