King Charles: 144 books
by Charles King
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Classic western novel. According to Wikipedia: "Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York 17 March 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. King was the son of Civil War general Rufus King, grandson of Columbia University president Charles King,...
by Charles King
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Classic western novel. According to Wikipedia: "Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York 17 March 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. King was the son of Civil War general Rufus King, grandson of Columbia University president Charles King,...
by Charles King
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Classic western novel. According to Wikipedia: "Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York 17 March 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. King was the son of Civil War general Rufus King, grandson of Columbia University president Charles King,...
Their Greatest Hour
Rome, Carthage, and the Second Punic War
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
Their Greatest Hour: Rome, Carthage, and the Second Punic War is a unique look at one of the greatest conflicts in antiquity. Hannibal's audacious march through the Alps and his unchecked ravaging of Italy for nearly sixteen years against vastly superior forces, boggles the mind. Even the sheer scope...
by General Charles King
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
General Charles King was son of Rufus King of the Iron Brigade famous for their service during the Civil War. This is a work of historical fiction. Heraklion Press has included a linked table of contents for easy navigation.
by Captain Charles King
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
King was the son of Civil War general Rufus King, grandson of Columbia University president Charles King, and great grandson of Rufus King, who was one the signers of the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from West Point in 1866 and served...
Legacy of Strife
Warfare and Conflict from Classical to Modern Times
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
Legacy of Strife: Warfare and Conflict from Classical to Modern Times, examines eleven battles, wars, or revolutionary transformations that were pivotal to western history. From the Peloponnesian War to the American Revolutionary War, from the Mongols to the Franks, from the fall of the Roman Empire...
Birthright of War
Essays on Civilization's Struggles from Ancient to Modern Times
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
Birthright of War: Civilization's Struggles from Ancient to Modern Times, is a collection of over thirty short essays on battles, wars, or revolutionary transformations that were pivotal to western history. From the Bronze Age to the today, Birthright of War examines how western civilizations developed...
by Benjamin Franklin, Francis Hopkinson, John Bull
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Contents The Ephemera: An Emblem Of Human Life Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). The Whistle Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Dialogue Between Franklin And The Gout Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Consolation For The Old Bachelor Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791). John Bull Washington Irving (1783-1859)....
Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)
The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
Ray's Daughter
A Story of Manila
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
When the United States battled in the Philippines as part of an ongoing conflict that began with the Spanish-American War, Charles King served in several key military leadership roles, eventually rising to the rank of general. The novel Ray's Daughter draws on King's experiences in and around the capital city.
Lanier of the Cavalry
Or, A Week's Arrest
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Charles King was a decorated captain who served with honor in the U.S. Cavalry until a bullet wound ended his active-duty career and he turned to writing. Lanier of the Cavalry, King's last published novel, details Lieutenant Robert Lanier's triumphs on the battlefield and in love.
by Charles King
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
American author Charles King was a decorated and highly respected soldier who served in a number of notable campaigns over the course of his military career. When he decided to focus on literary work, he drew heavily on his own battlefield experiences. A Trooper Galahad is one of many of King's novels based on his time as a solider in the Indian Wars of the mid- to late 1800s.
Gods of the Upper Air
How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2019
**“Elegant and kaleidoscopic . . . This looks to be the perfect moment for King’s resolutely humane book.”
—Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times
“Captivating.”
—NPR.org
From an award-winning historian comes a dazzling history of the birth of cultural anthropology and the...