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Colonel Erbe's Daughters

Colonel Erbe's Daughters

Justine Davis Randers-Pehrson

iUniverse
2003
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Colonel Erbe's daughters have different views of woman's place in the world. The eldest, Dickey, is a confirmed feminist. Her younger sister, Petra, is employed as a cartographer in the US Land Office, rather against her will. She refuses to regard herself as a "career woman." The youngest of the trio, Agatha, is widowed in the first year of her marriage and returns to Washington from a western Army garrison, facing the need to support herself although she has no special training. Much of the story is seen through the eyes of Kurt Steiner, a veteran of the failed revolution in Germany (1848) and of the Union Army. As a friend of Colonel Erbe, and chief of the Land Office cartographic section, he tries to help the young women and becomes entangled in their lives. He features prominently in the consciousness of all three sisters.
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Colonel Brandon's Diary

Colonel Brandon's Diary

Amanda Grange

Robert Hale Ltd
2011
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At the age of eighteen, James Brandon's life is set fair. He is in love with his father's ward, Eliza, and he is looking forward to a lifetime of happiness with her. But his world is shattered when Eliza is forced to marry his brother and James joins the army in despair. Returning to England, Brandon finds Eliza in a debtor's prison where she has found herself after her divorce and subsequent destitution. He rescues her from her terrible position, but she is dying of consumption and he can do nothing but watch and wait. Heartbroken at her death, he takes some consolation from her illegitimate daughter, whom he raises as his ward. But at the age of fifteen, the young Eliza goes missing...
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Colonel Blood

Colonel Blood

David C Hanrahan

The History Press Ltd
2004
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A turncoat, spy and double agent, Colonel Blood is most notorious for being the only person to successfully steal the Crown Jewels. David Hanrahan tells the gripping tale of 17th century England's most wanted man.
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Colonel Albert Pope and His American Dream Machines

Colonel Albert Pope and His American Dream Machines

Stephen B. Goddard

McFarland Co Inc
2009
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In the 1890s Colonel Albert A. Pope was hailed as a leading American automaker. That his name is not a household word today is the very essence of his story. Pope's production methods as the world's largest manufacturer of bicycles led to the building of automobiles with lightweight metals, rubber tires, precision machining, interchangeable parts, and vertical integration. The founder of the Good Roads Movement, Pope entered automobile manufacturing while steam, electricity, and gasoline power were still vying for supremacy. The story of his failed dream of dominating U.S. automobile production is an engrossing view into America's industrial history.
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Colonel Edward E. Cross, New Hampshire Fighting Fifth

Colonel Edward E. Cross, New Hampshire Fighting Fifth

Robert Grandchamp

McFarland Co Inc
2012
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Edward Ephraim Cross (1832-1863) accomplished more in his short lifetime years than most men who live to be 100. By the eve of the Civil War, he had traveled from Cincinnati to Arizona working as a political reporter, travel writer, editor, trail hand, silver mine supervisor, and Indian fighter. In the summer of 1861, he became colonel of the Fighting Fifth New Hampshire Volunteers and gained fame as a fearless battlefield commander during action at Fair Oaks, Antietam, Fredricksburg, and Chancellorsville before being mortally wounded at Gettysburg. However, behind this great soldier lay a flawed man, an alcoholic with a short temper who fought a constant battle with words against immigrants, abolitionists, and others with whom he disagreed. This detailed biography presents a full portrait of this controversial and little-known figure, filling a critical gap in the literature of the northern Civil War experience.
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Colonel Richard Irving Dodge

Colonel Richard Irving Dodge

Wayne R. Kime

University of Oklahoma Press
2006
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Few soldiers saw more of the late-nineteenth-century West and its peoples or made more friends and acquaintances, civilian and military, than the energetic and sociable Col. Richard Irving Dodge. In this first biography of the soldier-author, Wayne R. Kime describes Dodge's early years, experiences as a writer, and forty-three-year career as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army, setting his life story in a rich historical context.Between 1848 and 1891 Dodge participated in the Great Sioux War, explored the Black Hills, commanded infantry regiments, and served as an aide-de-camp to General William Tecumseh Sherman. He was personally engaged in the ongoing power struggle between the army and the Bureau of Indian Affairs over how best to solve the country's so-called Indian problem.Dodge was a paradox. He admired Plains Indians and lamented the end of their way of life brought on by confinement on reservations and the slaughter of buffalo. Yet he also considered Indians to be ""savages"" who could be ""civilized"" only by threat of force. As Kime reveals, the contradictions in Dodge's life and thought mirrored the ambivalence that many Americans felt about Indian policy and westward expansion.
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Colonel Grenfell's Wars

Colonel Grenfell's Wars

Stephen Z. Starr

Louisiana State University Press
1995
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In the predawn hours of March 7, 1868, four prisoners aided by a guard escaped from Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas and headed a small, open fishing boat into a violent storm in the Gulf of Mexico. The men were never seen again.One of them, Colonel George St. Leger Grenfell, was a British soldier of fortune who had come to America in 1862 and earned himself a unique place in the Confederate Valhalla. In this biography Stephen Z. Starr recounts the fascinating story of this romantic and neglected character.Grenfell was a talented cavalry officer who served with John H. Morgan, Braxton Bragg, and J. E. B. Stuart. Yet his congenital restlessness hampered his effectiveness. In one of his most fantastic adventures, Grenfell plotted to help northern Copperheads take over the governments of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois and establish a Northwestern Confederacy. When the plan, the ""Chicago Conspiracy"" as it became known, to attack Camp Douglas, free Confederate prisoners, and capture Chicago was discovered, Grenfell, along with 150 cohorts, was arrested. He and six of the principal collaborators were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Grenfell and three fellow prisoners planned the escape that apparently ended in tragedy, although rumors that the legendary soldier of fortune was still alive persisted for many years.
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Colonel John Pelham

Colonel John Pelham

The University of North Carolina Press
1995
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Even before the end of the Civil War Colonel John Pelham had become a legendary figure of the Confederacy. General Lee called him ""the gallant Pelham,"" and on seeing the young artillerist employ but a single gun to hold up the advance of three Union divisions and over a hundred guns at Fredericksberg, he exclaimed: ""It is glorious to see such courage in one so young."" ""Stonewall"" Jackson, who relied implicitly on Pelham in tight situations said: ""It is really extraordinary to find such nerve and genius in a mere boy. With a Pelham on each flank I believe I could whip the world."" ""Jeb"" Stuart, the dashing cavalry chief, claimed that ""John Pelham exhibited a skill and courage which I have never seen surpassed. I loved him as a brother."" Major John Esten Cooke, a fellow-officer and tent-mate, wrote: ""He is the bravest human being I ever saw in my life."" And one of Pelham's veteran gunners asserted: ""We knew him -- we trusted him -- we would have followed him anywhere, and did."" Shortly after the outbreak of hostilities in the spring of 1861, Cadet Pelham slipped away from West Point to join the Confederacy. Following the fierce Battle of First Manassas, in which he fought side-by-side with ""Stonewall"" Jackson, Pelham was assigned to ""Jeb"" Stuart's command with orders to organize the Stuart Horse Artillery. This mounted unit -- dashing from action to action on the battlefield -- provided General Lee's army with invaluable mobile firepower which saved many desperate situations. In over sixty battles Pelham's blazing guns saw furious action against Union infantry, cavalry, artillery, gunboats and even locomotives. Although he fought against tremendous odds, Pelham never lost an artillery duel or a single gun! Colonel Pelham was an outstanding figure on the battlefield and off. The modest, boyish-looking commander of the Horse Artillery was as calm and popular with his gunners under fire as he was with beautiful Southern belles in the ballroom. This action-packed book fully describes the incredible feats of the adventurous, romantic artillery genius of the Confederacy.
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Colonel Benjamin Stephenson and the History of Early Illinois

Colonel Benjamin Stephenson and the History of Early Illinois

Sidney G. Denny; Jason Stacy

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESS
2025
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Colonel Benjamin Stephenson and the History of Early Illinois details the life of Colonel Benjamin Stephenson through unique access to primary sources, including the house in which Stephenson lived--and which still stands--and connects it to the larger history of the surrounding area, state, and country. Once published as a series of articles, Denny's unpublished manuscript was discovered in 2024, just months after his passing. This book continues his legacy, informs modern readers of the significance of Colonel Stephenson, and situates his life story among the broader and deeper history of Illinois pioneers and American politics.
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Colonel Chabert

Colonel Chabert

Honore De Balzac

NEW DIRECTIONS PUBLISHING CORPORATION
1997
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Colonel Chabert, a Napoleonic War hero supposedly killed in the Battle of Eylau, returns to Paris after a long convalescence to find his wife remarried, and his pension gone. He employs a young, well-known lawyer to at least reclaim his pension. It is a game of wits: first to convince the lawyer that he is who he says he is; secondly to get his wife to admit to his identity and thereby give up some of her wealth. Once the lawyer believes Chabert's story, the wife must be made to part with his pension...
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Colonel Hamilton and Colonel Burr

Colonel Hamilton and Colonel Burr

Arthur S. Lefkowitz

Stackpole Books
2020
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The final meeting of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr took place on the banks of the Hudson in 1804. Their first was in August 1775 at the Continental Army camp outside Boston, during the early months of the Revolutionary War. Their wartime experiences shaped their lives and contributed to the fraying of the friendship that ended in the famous duel. Colonel Hamilton and Colonel Burr recounts the dramatic Revolutionary War service of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. The war helped turn Burr into an outsider: his early mentor and patron General Richard Montgomery died in battle, and Burr failed to secure a place on Washington’s staff, despite valorous service at New York in 1776, New Jersey in 1777, Valley Forge, and Monmouth in 1778. Ever ambitious, he would live the rest of his life on the fringes of greatness. Hamilton, thanks in large part to his relationship with Washington forged during the war, would enter the pantheon of the country’s Founding Fathers. Not only did he serve as Washington’s chief aide for four years, he served well at New York and Trenton, crossed the Delaware on Christmas night 1776, and commanded three battalions at Yorktown.The Revolutionary War remains an important source of the Hamilton-Burr conflict, and Lefkowitz explores their roles vividly and traces the war through their later careers and conflicts.
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Colonel Greene and the Copper Skyrocket

Colonel Greene and the Copper Skyrocket

C. L. Sonnichsen

University of Arizona Press
2016
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Winner of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame's Western Heritage Wrangler Award for Outstanding Western Biography Winner of the Western Writers of America's Spur Award for Best Western Non-Fiction Book "A solid account of a southwestern 'character' who has flitted in and out of frontier and economic history." American Historical Review "A creditable work on a fascinating individual. In delightful writing style [Sonnichsen] has reconstructed Greene's life, explaining the ambitions as well as the frailties of this extraordinary entrepreneur." History "A rewarding study of the later days of mining." Arizona and the West"
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Colonel Theodore Roosevelt

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt

Adler David A.

Holiday House Inc
2014
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A portrait of the man who grew from a sickly child into a passionate conservationist, skilled outdoorsman, and Nobel Peace Prize-winning mediator, as well as one of the U.S.'s most colorful and energetic presidents.
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Colonel Brandon in His Own Words

Colonel Brandon in His Own Words

Micah Hansen; Shannon Winslow

Heather Ridge Arts
2022
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Colonel Brandon is the consummate gentleman: honorable, kind almost to a fault, ever loyal and chivalrous. He's also silent and grave, though. So, what events in his troubled past left him downcast, and how does he finally find the path to a brighter future? In Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen gives us glimpses, but not the complete picture. Now Colonel Brandon tells us his full story in His Own Words. He relates the truth about his early family life and his dear Eliza - his devotion to her and the devastating way she was lost to him forever. He shares with us a poignant tale from his military days in India - about a woman named Rashmi and how she likewise left a permanent mark on his soul. And of course Marianne. What did Brandon think and feel when he first saw her? How did his hopes for her subsequently rise, plummet, and then eventually climb upwards again? After Willoughby's desertion, what finally caused Marianne to see Colonel Brandon in a different light? This is not a variation but a supplement to the original story, chronicled in Brandon's point of view. It's a behind-the-scenes look at the things Jane Austen didn't tell us about a true hero - the very best of men.
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