Wilbur Cross: 4 books
Disaster at the Pole
The Tragedy of the Airship Italia and the 1928 Nobile Expedition to the North Pole
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
The true story of the harrowing wreck of the airship Italia during a polar expedition and the heroic rescue attempts to save her and her crew. This is an intriguing and heart-stopping account of the tragic aviation disaster of Commander Umberto Nobile, an Italian aeronautic engineer and airship designer,...
Penn Center
A History Preserved
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
The Gullah people of St. Helena Island still relate that their people wanted to “catch the learning” after northern abolitionists founded Penn School in 1862, less than six months after the Union army captured the South Carolina sea islands. In this broad history Orville Vernon Burton and Wilbur...
by Wilbur Cross
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
From its roots in medieval romance and Elizabethan theater, through the pioneering works of Defoe and Fielding, this comprehensive 1899 study traces the origins and growth of the English novel in all its variety: the Gothic novel, the novel of manners, the historical novel, the realistic reaction, and the psychological novel, including works by his contemporaries such as James and Kipling.
by Wilbur Cross, George W. Feise, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2016
Merriam Press Historical Fiction No. 15. Second eBook Edition, 2016. Anatahan is a small island in the Marianas that during World War II during World War II. This is a semi-fictionalized account of the trials and tribulations of life on a deserted island, while a major war rages throughout the surrounding...