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  Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West

  by Cotter Smith, Stephen Ambrose

  In this sweeping adventure story, Stephen E. Ambrose, the bestselling author od D-Day, presents the definitive account of one of the most momentous journeys in American history. Ambrose follows the Lewis and Clark Expedition from Thomas Jefferson's hope of finding a waterway to the Pacific, through the heart-stopping moments of the actual trip, to Lewis's lonely demise on the Natchez Trace. Along the way,... (more)
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  The Wild Blue : The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45

  by Stephen Ambrose

  Stephen Ambrose is the acknowledged dean of the historians of World War II in Europe. In three highly acclaimed, bestselling volumes, he has told the story of the bravery, steadfastness, and ingenuity of the ordinary young men, the citizen soldiers, who fought the enemy to a standstill -- the band of brothers who endured together. The very young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II against... (more)
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  Citizen Soldiers : The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany - June 7, 1944 to May 7, 1945 (abridged: audio)

  by Stephen Ambrose

  In this riveting account, historian Stephen Ambrose continues where he left off in his #1 bestseller D-Day. Ambrose again follows the individual characters of this noble, brutal, and tragic war, from the high command down to the ordinary soldier, drawing on hundreds of interviews to re-create the war experience with startling clarity and immediacy. From the hedgerows of Normandy to the overrunning of Germany,... (more)
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  Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors

  by Stephen Ambrose

  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 25 and chronicles the sometimes striking similarities in the lives of both men. Reprint. LJ.
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  Lewis & Clark

  by Stephen E. Ambrose, Sam Abell

  Lewis & Clark Probably no one knows more about Meriwether Lewis and William Clark than bestselling author and historian Stephen Ambrose, and Lewis & Clark: Voyage of Discovery reflects his superb command of -- and deep affection for -- this epic American journey. Highlighted by Sam Abell's stunning photographs, this engrossing historical narrative interweaves choice entries from the explorers'... (more)
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  Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1938, Eighth Revised Edition

  by Douglas Brinkley, Stephen Ambrose

  This is a classic survey of US foreign policy from 1938 to President Clinton's second term, now fully revised.
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  To America : Personal Reflections of an Historian

  by Stephen Ambrose

  Completed shortly before Ambrose's untimely death, To America is a very personal look at our nation's history through the eyes of one of the twentieth century's most influential historians. Ambrose roams the country's history, praising the men and women who made it exceptional. He considers Jefferson and Washington, who were progressive thinkers (while living a contradiction as slaveholders), and celebrates... (more)
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  D Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II

  by Stephen Ambrose

  Stephen E. Ambrose draws from more than 1,400 interviews with American, British, Canadian, French, and German veterans to create the preeminent chronicle of the most important day in the twentieth century. Ambrose reveals how the original plans for the invasion were abandoned, and how ordinary soldiers and officers acted on their own initiative. D-Day is above all the epic story of men at the most demanding... (more)