Refine Your Search
Limit Search Result
Type of Material
  • (4)
  •  
Subject
  • (1)
  • (3)
  • (1)
  • (1)
  •  
Author
  • (1)
  • (1)
  • (1)
  • (1)
  •  
Series
  • (1)
  • (1)
  • (1)
  • (1)
  •  
Publication Date
Target Audience
Collection
Language
Availability
Search Results: Returned 15 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 15
  • share link
    By Beck, Glenn
     2011., Adult, Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts Call No: BIOG 973.4 1 092   Edition: 1st Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts hardcover ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Combining biography and the writings of George Washington with his own insights, comments, and sidebars, Glenn Beck explores the first president of the United States and describes how Washington's beliefs and values are especially important to remember in modern times.
  • share link
    By McMurtry, Larry
     2012., Adult, Simon & Schuster Call No: BIOG 973.8   Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: A biography of General George Armstrong Custer and details the history of the Battle of Little Bighorn.
  • share link
    By Chernow, Ron
     2017., Adults, Penguin Press Call No: BIOG 973.8    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefeller, Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and inept businessman, fond of drinking to excess; or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War; or as a credulous and hapless president whose tenure came to symbolize the worst excesses of the Gilded Age. These stereotypes don't come close to capturing adequately his spirit and the sheer magnitude of his monumental accomplishments. A biographer at the height of his powers, Chernow has produced a portrait of Grant that is a masterpiece, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency. Before the Civil War, Grant was flailing. His business ventures had been dismal, and despite distinguished service in the Mexican War, he ended up resigning from the army in disgrace amid recurring accusations of drunkenness. But in the Civil War, Grant began to realize his remarkable potential, soaring through the ranks of the Union army, prevailing at the Battle of Shiloh and in the Vicksburg campaign and ultimately defeating the legendary Confederate general Robert E. Lee after a series of unbelievably bloody battles in Virginia. Along the way Grant endeared himself to President Lincoln and became his most trusted general and the strategic genius of the war effort. His military fame translated into a two-term presidency, but one plagued by corruption scandals involving his closest staff. All the while Grant himself remained more or less above reproach. But, more importantly, he never failed to seek freedom and justice for black Americans, working to crush the Ku Klux Klan and earning the admiration of Frederick Douglass, who called him 'the vigilant, firm, impartial, and wise protector of my race." After his presidency, he was again brought low by a trusted colleague, this time a dashing young swindler on Wall Street, but he resuscitated his image by working with Mark Twain to publish his memoirs, which are recognized as a masterpiece of the genre. With his famous lucidity, breadth, and meticulousness, Chernow finds the threads that bind these disparate stories together, shedding new light on the man whom Walt Whitman described as "nothing heroic... and yet the greatest hero." His probing portrait of Grant's lifelong struggle with alcoholism transforms our understanding of the man at the deepest level. This is America's greatest biographer, bringing movingly to life one of our finest but most underappreciated presidents. The definitive biography, Grant is a grand synthesis of painstaking research and literary brilliance that makes sense of all sides of Grant's life, explaining how this simple Midwesterner could at once be so ordinary and so extraordinary"--
  • share link
    By Robertson, Phil, 1946-  Schlabach, Mark, 1972-
     2013., Adults, Howard Books Call No: BIOG 791.4502   Edition: First Howard Books hardcover edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your LibraryClick here to view Summary Note: "This no-holds-barred autobiography chronicles the remarkable life of Phil Robertson, the original Duck Commander and Duck Dynasty star, from early childhood through the founding of a family business.Life was always getting in the way of Phil Robertson's passion for duck hunting. An NFL-bound quarterback, Phil made his mark on Louisiana Tech University in the 1960s by playing football and completing his college career with a master's degree in English. But Phil's eyes were not always on the books or the ball; they were usually looking to the sky. Phil grew up with the dream of living the simple life off the land like his forebears, but he soon found himself on a path to self-destruction--leasing a bar, drinking too much, fighting, and wasting his talents. He almost lost it all until he gave his life to God. And then everything changed. Phil's incredible story tells how he followed a calling from God and soon after invented a duck call that would begin an incredible journey to the life he had always dreamed of for himself and his family. With great love for his country, his family, and his maker, Phil has finally found the ingredients to the "good life" he always wanted"--
  • share link
    By Patterson, James, 1947-
     2018., Adults, Grand Central Publishing Call No: 364.152 30973   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: HOME SWEET MURDER. Lawyer Leo Fisher and his wife Sue are a sixty-one-year-old couple enjoying a quiet Sunday dinner at home. Until a man in a suit rings their front door claiming to be an SEC agent. By the end of the evening, two people will be shot, stabbed, and tortured. And two others will fare worse...