William O Stoddard: 12 books

An American author, inventor, and assistant secretary to Abraham Lincoln during his first term. Contents Winter Fun (1885) The Noank's Log (1900) The Red Mustang (1890) Two Arrows (1886) Crowded Out o' Crofield (1890) Ahead of the Army (1903) The Lost Gold of the Montezumas (1898) Dab Kinzer...

A unique work on the years of the Lincoln presidency that provides a look at White House life that is fascinating in detail and intimate in its viewpoint. William O. Stoddard was one of three private secretaries to Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. His view back to his youth in the White House...

Theodore Roosevelt once said that the only man he ever envied was John Hay, who had constant interaction with Abraham Lincoln during his presidency. One of Lincoln's other secretaries was William Stoddard, who later wrote extensively about Lincoln. In this volume, Stoddard focuses on Lincoln at work....

Early one bright June morning, not long ago, a high knoll of a prairie in southern New Mexico was occupied as it had never been before. Rattlesnakes had coiled there; prairie-dog sentinels and wolves and antelopes, and even grim old buffalo bulls, had used that swelling mound for a lookout station....

A truly thrilling historical tale of Vikings and their ships.

THE GODS OF THE MONTEZUMAS. It was a gloomy place. It would have been dark but for a heap of blazing wood upon a rock at one side. That is, it looked like a rock at first sight, but upon a closer inspection it proved to be a cube of well-fitted, although roughly finished, masonry. It was about six feet...

Adventure and intrigue with the Army years ago. Quite a thrilling tale if one is interested in the workings of the military.

It was a gloomy place. It would have been dark but for a heap of blazing wood upon a rock at one side. That is, it looked like a rock at first sight, but upon a closer inspection it proved to be a cube of well-fitted, although roughly finished, masonry. It was about six feet square, and there were...

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Global Multiculturalism offers a rich collection of case studies on ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity drawn from thirteen countries_each unique in the way it understands, negotiates, and represents its diversity. A multi-disciplinary group of authors shows how, in different nations, identity...