Drawing on hundreds of oral histories as well as never-before-available information from around the world, Ambrose tells the true story of how the Allies broke through Hitler's Atlantic Wall, revealing that the intricate plan for the invasion had to be abandoned before the first shot was fire. Focusing on the 24 hours of June 6, 1944, D-Day brings to life the stories of the men and women who made history -- from top Allied and Axis strategic commanders...

3) Crazy Horse and Custer: the parallel lives of two American warriors

Author

Ambrose, Stephen E

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English

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Book - Regular Print, eBook

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A dual portrait of the leader of the Oglala Sioux and the general of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry in 1876 cites the battle of June 25th and chronicles the sometimes striking similiarities of the lives of both men.

4) Band of brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Author

Ambrose, Stephen E

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

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English

5) Nothing like it in the world: the men who built the transcontinental railroad, 1863-1869

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Ambrose, Stephen E

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

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English

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Book - Large Print, Book - Regular Print

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The account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage. It is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad-the investors who risked their businesses and money; the enlightened politicians who understood its importance; the engineers and surveyors who risked, and sometimes lost, their lives; and the Irish and Chinese immigrants, the defeated Confederate soldiers, and the other laborers who did the backbreaking and...

6) To America: personal reflections of an historian

Author

Ambrose, Stephen E

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Pub. Date

[2002]

Language

English

7) Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944

Author

Ambrose, Stephen E

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Pub. Date

1988.

Language

English

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Recounts the initial airborne mission that paved the way for the Normandy landings, detailing the mission's preparations, hand-to-hand fighting, heroics, and importance

8) Rise to globalism: American foreign policy since 1938

Author

Ambrose, Stephen E

Publisher

Viking Penguin

Pub. Date

1997.

Language

English

9) Undaunted courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of the American West

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Ambrose, Stephen E

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English

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Audiobook on CD, Book - Regular Print

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"In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River to the Rockies, over the mountains, down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean and back. Lewis and his partner, Captain William Clark, endured incredible hardships and saw incredible sights. Lewis is supported by a rich variety of colorful characters: Jefferson, whose interest in exploring and acquiring the American...

10) Citizen soldiers: the U.S. Army from the Normandy beaches to the Bulge to the surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945

Author

Ambrose, Stephen E

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

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Language

English

11) Band of brothers

Author

Ambrose, Stephen E

Series

Chivers sound library

Publisher

Chivers North America

Pub. Date

[2001]

Language

English

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The story of the Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division and their experiences in WWII, including parachuting into France on D-day and capturing Hitler's Eagle's Nest.

12) The good fight: how World War II was won

Author

Ambrose, Stephen E

Publisher

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

2001.

Language

English

13) The victors: Eisenhower and his boys, the men of World War II

Author

Ambrose, Stephen E

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Pub. Date

[1998]

Language

English

14) Lewis & Clark: voyage of discovery

Author

Ambrose, Stephen E

Publisher

National Geographic Society

Pub. Date

2002.

Language

English

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Chronicles the epic journey of Lewis and Clark across uncharted wilderness to the Pacific Ocean, in a narrative that incorporates entries from the explorers' journals.