Papamoa Press: 213 books
“Beast” Butler
The Incredible Career of Major-General Benjamin Franklin Butler
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
First published in 1962, this is a biography of Benjamin Franklin Butler, (1818-1893), aka “Beast” Butler, an American lawyer, politician, soldier and businessman from Massachusetts, who became best known as a political major general of the Union Army during the American Civil War, and for his...
Poltroons and Patriots
A Popular Account of the War of 1812, Vol. II
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Author Glenn Tucker’s interest in research on the War of 1812 was piqued whilst he was employed as a newspaperman in Washington, D.C.
“I wanted to find out what truly occurred when the British occupied the American capital in 1814. Nothing like Ross’s seizure of the capital of a great...
Zachary Taylor
Soldier of the Republic
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Until the publication of this first volume in 1941, Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), the 12th President of the United States, was strangely overlooked by modern-day biographers. Fortunately, journalist and newspaper editor Holman Hamilton has ably rectified this situation, and filled a large gap in the...
Mr. Lincoln’s General, U.S. Grant
An Illustrated Biography
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
Unmissable biography of General Ulysses S. Grant, edited and arranged by Roy Meredith, drawing mostly on material from General Grant’s personal memoirs, and richly illustrated throughout with more than 300 illustrations.
“GENERAL ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT, like Sherman, Sheridan, McPherson,...
Poltroons and Patriots
A Popular Account of the War of 1812, Vol. I
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Author Glenn Tucker’s interest in research on the War of 1812 was piqued whilst he was employed as a newspaperman in Washington, D.C.
“I wanted to find out what truly occurred when the British occupied the American capital in 1814. Nothing like Ross’s seizure of the capital of a great...
by Rev. Nicholas A. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Presbyterian minister Nicholas A. Davis joined the Fourth Regiment of Texas Volunteers as chaplain in 1861. Soon after, the unit moved to Virginia, where they fought in the Seven Days Campaign, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, and Fredericksburg. Rev. Davis wrote his memoir two years into battle, drawing...
John Forsyth
Political Tactician
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
First published in 1962, this is a biography of John Forsyth (1780-1841), who was Governor of Georgia and Secretary of State under both Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. Alvin Laroy Duckett chronicles Forsyth’s achievements portraying him as one of Georgia’s most versatile and accomplished...
Jim Farley’s Story
The Roosevelt Years
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
Frank, outspoken and revealing, here is the truth about two of the most controversial political figures in modern America: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Jim Farley. These are the unvarnished facts concerning the man who put Roosevelt into the White House and built up one of the most brilliantly efficient...
Henry Ward Beecher
An American Portrait
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
First published in 1927, this is the acclaimed biography of Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), the American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer and speaker best known for his support of the abolition of slavery. It was written by former American diplomat, journalist, author and humanitarian...
The Appalachian Frontier
America’s First Surge Westward
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
John A. Caruso’s The Appalachian Frontier is a stirring drama of the beginnings of American westward expansion. It traces the advance of the frontier in the area between the Ohio and Tennessee rivers and the development of the American character—those attitudes toward personal liberty and dignity...
Henry Ford
An Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
First published in 1923, this biography is widely regarded by many automotive historians as the finest and most dispassionate character study of Henry Ford ever written. Written by the Reverend Samuel S. Marquis, an Episcopalian minister who was also the head of the sociology department at Ford Motor...
by Dr. Havilah Babcock
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
First published in 1951, this book is a collection of hunting and fishing stories from Havilah Babcock, a University professor of English at the University of South Carolina who discovered his love of hunting and fishing whilst on a year’s leave of absence in South Carolina in 1926.
These...
by Sir Reginald Coupland
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
This book was first published in 1933 and incorporates material used for a course of lectures delivered at the Lowell Institute at Boston in March 1933.
Sir Reginald Coupland, author of Wilberforce, describes how Britain led anti-slavery movement, starting from the late eighteenth century,...
Famous American Duels
With Some Account of the Causes That Led to Them
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
In spite of the progress of civilization, the duel survived well into the latter part of the twentieth century in the United States. This book, first published in 1929, represents a great resource to understanding the nature of duels in American history, providing an account of the causes that led...