soldiers

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The Brothers' war

Civil War letters to their loved ones from the Blue and Gray
1988
A collection of ninety letters written during the Civil War by Union and Confederate soldiers on the battlefields.

The Civil War notebook of Daniel Chisholm

a chronicle of daily life in the Union Army, 1864-1865
1989
A nineteen-year-old Union soldier chronicles the last battles of the Civil War.

The sharp end

the fighting man in World War II
1980

In the shadow of the Alamo

2001
Conscripted into the Mexican army, fifteen-year-old Lorenzo Bonifacio makes some unexpected alliances and learns some harsh truths about General Santa Anna as the troops move toward the Battle of the Alamo.

Yoni Netanyahu

commando at Entebbe
1997
A biography of the young man whose dedication to Zahal, the Israeli military, made him a national hero after he was killed in the rescue mission at Uganda's Entebbe airport in 1976.

Prophecy

2013
When Kira, the only female in the king's army, a demon slayer, and the prince's personal bodyguard, learns of a demon invasion overtaking her kingdom, she flees with the prince to keep him safe. Following an ancient prophecy, Kira battles hordes of demons to keep her charge safe and help him fulfill his destiny.

Sharpe's tiger

Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799
1997

Princess of the Midnight Ball

2010
A retelling of the tale of twelve princesses who wear out their shoes dancing every night, and of Galen, a former soldier now working in the king's gardens, who follows them in hopes of breaking the curse.

Horse soldiers

the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to victory in Afghanistan
2010
Recounts events during which, immediately after the attacks of September 11, 2001, a small group of U.S. Special Forces soldiers entered Afghanistan on horseback to capture the city of Mazar-i-Sharif and were ambushed in a battle in which they were outnumbered forty to one.

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