Susy has made her home the little enclave of San Pedro. Through flavors and memories, the ladies of Sea Foam Lane will discover more about themselves during the holiday season.When a sports car is left in the charming cul-de-sac of Sea Foam Lane a few days prior to Christmas, five of the six ladies living in the houses on this lovely street go into a frenzy. Only Susy, the newest in the neighborhood, seems to not share their excitement.Susy is more interest...

William N. Tyler's "The Dispatch Carrier and Memoirs of Andersonville Prison" offers a harrowing yet illuminating account of the Civil War, intertwining personal narrative and historical record. Through a compelling first-person perspective, Tyler documents his experiences as a dispatch carrier, capturing the precariousness of wartime communication and the emotional weight of his duties. The literary style is characterized by vivid imagery and stark realism, immersing readers in the brutal...

In April 1861 war was declared between the Union and the Confederacy.When the news came it made Fletcher nervous, as he was working but didn’t want to miss his chance to enlist; reaching an agreement, he began his journey the following day.Two years later, on the third day at Gettysburg, Fletcher recalls how he became temporarily afflicted with a “bad case of cowardly horror” following the order to prepare to charge. But Fletcher could also be a restless man and was brave t...

Almost more remarkable than having survived the horrors of the Confederate prison at Andersonville is the fact that Melvin Grigsby could 33 years later pen this often hilarious recounting of his experiences in the American Civil War.He does not shy away from descriptions of life as it was in Andersonville. In fact, this is one of the best accounts of life in Rebel confinement. Over 13,000 of the 45,000 Union POWs died in the squalor of the camp.But Grigsby's education and i...

"Capture and Escape: A Narrative of Army and Prison Life" by John Azor Kellogg is a gripping memoir that recounts the harrowing experiences of a soldier during the Civil War. Kellogg's vivid storytelling brings to life the trials faced by soldiers on the battlefield and the grim realities of life in a Confederate prison. His narrative is not just a personal account but also a reflection on the broader themes of courage, resilience, and the human spirit in the face of adversity, making it a...

Historical novel from the Civil War series, sequel to The Guns of Bull Run. According to Wikipedia: "Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862 - 1919), was an American author of popular juvenile historical fiction. Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor...

The novel is part of the "Rodney" series, which follows the adventures of a young boy named Rodney, who grows up during the American Civil War. In "Rodney, the Overseer," Rodney has grown older and finds himself in a position of responsibility as an overseer on a plantation. The story explores Rodney’s challenges in managing the plantation during a tumultuous period, where he has to deal with issues such as managing labor, facing moral dilemmas, and encountering dangers from those who oppo...

In "Personal Recollections of the Civil War," James Madison Stone presents a poignant memoir that intricately weaves personal narrative with historical observation. Employing a vivid and evocative literary style, Stone captures the harrowing realities of warfare through detailed descriptions and reflective commentary. The book is not merely a chronicle of events; rather, it serves as a window into the psychological landscape of a soldier during one of America's most tumultuous periods. As ...

Recollections of Captain J. J. Kellogg. The day we left home for the war was an eventful one, and the incidents crowded into that day will never be effaced from my memory. There was a rally that afternoon, upon which occasion we added some important names to our company roll. Some of the boys who then enlisted in our ranks were prominent in our local society and passed current in the ranks of our best young people. Others came out of their obscurity for the first time on that occasion, and...

The camp, battle, and prison experiences of a common soldierThis fast-paced memoir was written in 1905 by 61-year-old Samuel W. Hankins while he was living in the Soldiers Home in Gulfport, Mississippi. It vividly details his years as a Confederate rifleman from the spring of 1861, when at a mere sixteen years of age he volunteered for the 2d Mississippi Infantry, through the end of the war in 1865, when he was just twenty years old and maimed for life.

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. A LIEUTENANT AT EIGHTEEN is the third of the series of The Blue and the Gray – on Land. The stirring events of thirty-four years ago, when the first gun of the Great Rebellion awoke the nation from its slumber of thirteen years of peace, transformed the older boys of the day into men. Thousands of them who lacked three or four years of their majority, and some of them even six or seven years of it, floc...

The place of poetry in the cultural development of a race or people has always been one of importance; indeed, poets are prone, with many good reasons for their conceit, to hold their art the most important. Thus while essentially wishing to draw the public ear to the work of the younger Negro poets, there have been included with their poems those of modern Negro poets already established and acknowledged, by virtue of their seniority and published books, as worthy practitioners of their a...