William Robertson: 33 books

“Scarlet coat to red-tabs It is a common aspect of uncommon men that their lives are so exceptional that they cannot be adequately described in a few words. So much the better then that the author of this autobiography left posterity his remarkable life story. William ‘Wully’ Robertson...

Sir William “Wully” Robertson was the first (and only) man to rise from the lowliest rank of private soldier to the highest rank of Field Marshal within the British Army. Determined, strong-willed and militarily conservative he served ably in field and staff positions in India and South Africa;...

Sir William “Wully” Robertson was the first man to rise from the lowliest rank of private soldier to the highest rank of Field Marshal within the British Army. Determined, strong-willed and militarily conservative he served ably in field and staff positions in India and South Africa; always chary...

The Problem of Edwin Drood William Robertson Nicoll, journalist, editor, and man of letters (1851-1923) This ebook presents «The Problem of Edwin Drood», from William Robertson Nicoll. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of...

Includes Civil War Map and Illustrations Pack – 224 battle plans, campaign maps and detailed analyses of actions spanning the entire period of hostilities. General Boggs was a native of Georgia and after much service as an engineer in the pre-war army resigned his command when his home state succeeded...

At the time of writing this book, William Robertson was a homemaker. His poems bring a new passion to the ancient domestic scene, and to everything else he looks at out of that often-turbulent centre. He ventures with care "into a swelling sea/ of silted meanings" equipped with his own elegant...

In his 1921 autobiography, Sir William Robertson chronicles his rise from a private in the British army at the age of seventeen up through his appointment to Field Marshal in 1920—the first person to do so. An absorbing narrative, he relates rising from the lowest to highest ranks, illuminating his brilliant military career and extraordinary leadership skills.

"I'll take wolves an' panthers any day over men. 'Least ya KNOW they wants to gnaw off yer leg," growled Lightnin' Jack Hawkins after his family was annihilated by the worst sort of treachery. Now, he and his brother, Red Hawk, found themselves in a grim situation. Facing a winter without proper supplies,...

The Battle of Chickamauga was the third bloodiest of the American Civil War and the only major Confederate victory in the conflict's western theater. It pitted Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee against William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland and resulted in more than 34,500 casualties. In this...

The nearly ten-month struggle for Petersburg, Virginia, is well known to students of the Civil War. Surprisingly few readers, however, are aware that Petersburg’s citizens felt war’s hard hand nearly a week before the armies of Grant and Lee arrived on their doorstep in the middle of June 1864....

New York Times bestselling author and star of A&E’s Duck Dynasty, Willie Robertson, teams up with William Doyle, the bestselling coauthor of American Gun, to share the history of America’s most well known hunters. American Hunter is an amazing compilation of the history of America’s greatest...

America is the ultimate start-up venture – and these are the heroes who made it happen The history of the United States is, to a remarkable degree, the story of its entrepreneurs, those daring movers and shakers who dreamed big and risked everything to build better lives for themselves and...

TERROR TIME is William P. Robertson's third collection of horror stories and his hardest hitting yet. The anthology kicks off with a second visit from femme fatale, Lauren Watson, who wreaks havoc on another branch of her family. The author also immerses his Bucktail Civil War characters, Bucky Culp...

**New York Times Bestseller • “A celebration of sport fishing in America, its history, locales, and impact.” — *New York Times Book Review *** An essential book for everyone who loves casting a line into our nation's waters, The American Fisherman, by outdoorsman Willie Robertson...