It was with much difficulty that I was induced to give to the public a narrative of my experience as a scout and spy. It was the intense interest with which the people have listened to my narratives, whenever I have related them, and their earnest entreaties to have them published, that have prevailed upon me to do so.I entered the army from purely patriotic motives. I had no vain ambition to gratify, but simply a desire to sustain and perpetuate the noble institutions that had been...

"Four Years a Scout and Spy" by E. C. Downs is a gripping memoir that recounts the author's experiences during the tumultuous years of the American Civil War. Downs, who served as a scout and spy for the Union Army, provides a firsthand account of the dangers and challenges faced by those who operated behind enemy lines. His narrative is filled with vivid descriptions of battles, espionage, and the complexities of war, offering readers a unique perspective on a pivotal moment in American h...

In "Four Years a Scout and Spy: General Bunker," E. C. Downs provides a gripping firsthand account of espionage and reconnaissance during the American Civil War. Written in a candid and evocative style, Downs's narrative captures the harrowing realities faced by scouts and spies in the field, blending historical detail with personal anecdotes. The book is rich in descriptions of military strategy, the landscape of war, and the moral complexities of intelligence work, offering readers a nua...

" In the darknes you will see the stars Fairest One; they will shine for you in a place you thought would never contain life"I had grown up hearing these words uttered by my father. Now, here on Europa, a planet full of wonder and mistery, I've discovered the caves my father of actually do exist. Trouble is, nothing's gone to plan since we've been here. What's more, now that the Youphelons, our ancestors, have trethened my life; the race to get to Allieasure and the Court of The Fi...

The first novel of the EUROPA Trilogy, Europa: Dreams is 634 pages long. The story begins as Sarah Green faces the most difficult decision of her life. "If someone told you your life was going to end then offered you an olive branch to save it, would you take it?" This is the question Sarah asks the reader after a chance sequence of events, culminates in her opening an email in her spam from a Commodore Adrian Reese, who leads her to an unknown RAF base at an undisclosed location in Englan...

Saddle up to take on the weird west in the Horror on the Range anthology!Headlined by tales from Undertaker Books' resident Western yarn-spinners, D.L. Winchester and C.M. Saunders, this anthology will bring new adventures from Aggie and Dylan Decker!But that's not all!Eleven other scribes join the fun, taking you on a horrific adventure all over tarnation and back again, facing varmints both human and monstrous. Zombies? Offal Monsters? Rattlesnakes? They're all wi...

The clothes we wear tell stories about us—and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ethnic dress, their history, and their cultural significance within the United States.The clothing artifacts documented here have been or are now regularly worn by Americans as everyday clothing, fashion, ethnic or religious identifiers, or style statements. They embody the cultural histo...

Examines the emotional, formal, and environmental dimensions of war commemorationExperiencing War Memorials is a compelling edited collection of essays that examines how war is commemorated through public memorials and the powerful emotions and ideologies these sites generate. Drawing on fields such as war studies, affect studies, public memory studies, and the environmental humanities, the volume demonstrates that commemoration is not only an int...

This capacious anthology charts espionage as lived experience, historical record, and popular legend. Its twenty memoirs and biographical sketches move across military intelligence, clandestine travel, counterespionage, disguise, interrogation, and political intrigue, combining firsthand testimony with Victorian and early modern biographical narration. Civil War adventures, accounts of revolutionary loyalties, and reflections on the professionalization of secret service emerge as especiall...

Hidden Heroes: 20 Riveting Spy Memoirs & Biographies gathers nineteenth- and early twentieth-century writings on espionage, military intelligence, disguise, reconnaissance, and clandestine service. Combining memoir, biography, historical narrative, adventure writing, and reflective portraiture, the volume situates the spy at the meeting point of warfare, journalism, imperial expansion, and popular romance. Its most compelling accounts trace Civil War infiltrations, diplomatic intrigue, sco...

Particular focus on prerequisites required for effective herd health management (HHM) programmes, including understanding bovine disease epidemiology, improving disease surveillance (including the use of sensors), data-driven decision-making based on cow health records, as well as advances in understanding and optimising immune responseReviews HHM issues across the dairy cow life cycle, from reproduction and calf health to the transition stage and replacement of stock...

Examining globally invasive alien birds, the first part of this book provides an account of 32 global avian invasive species (as listed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group, ISSG). It acts as a one stop reference volume; it assesses current invasive status for each bird species, including details of physical description, diet, introduction and invasion pathways, breeding behaviour, natural habitat. It also looks at the environmental impact of each species, as well as current and future...