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"In 1846, the Mexican-American War cast together Latter-day Saints fleeing persecution and the U.S. Army on a desperate mission to capture California. The Mormon Battalion-including two pregnant laundresses-must march two thousand miles. Among the army's First Dragoons, Moses Cole, a Virginia farm boy running from his abusive father, grows to manhood under the mentorship of a tormented alcoholic and former professor. Among the Mormons, Orson Everett...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Atria books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
370 pages : map ; 24 cm
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English
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"A Long Petal of the Sea meets Luis Alberto Urrea's The House of Broken Angels in this epic historical romance about a Mexican woman and an Irish-American soldier who fall in love in the thick of the Mexican-American War"--
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2019.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
733 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
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English
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It's 1845. Texas joins the union and Mexico threatens war over the disputed Texas border. Meanwhile, expansionists dream of an America that sprawls all the way to the Pacific Coast. Can a conflict with an already war-torn Mexico satisfy this lust for territory? The Mexican-American War becomes the heroic proving ground for future Civil War generals and presidents of the United States, Mexico, and the Confederacy. But the glories of victory are tempered...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
255 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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""Changing Flags" is the true story of John Riley, a cocky Irish professional soldier who deserts the U.S. Army to fight for Mexico at first for money, then for something loftier in the Mexican War of 1846-48. With gritty action, romance, and humor, it brings to life his torturous journey of reformation and that of rowdy Irish and German fellow deserters who follow him in pursuit of a shared dream. Their epic tale begins in Michigan when Riley launches...
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Series
Battalion of St. Patrick volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
""To the Color" is the continuing true story of John Riley: young (28), cynical, charming, a professional Irish soldier who deserts the U.S. army to fight for Mexico at first for money, then for something loftier in the Mexican War of 1846-48. With gritty action, humor, pathos, and romance, it not only brings to life his torturous journey of reformation but that of the rough-hewn Irish and German fellow deserters who follow him in pursuit of a shared...
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2000.
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English
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In Gone for Soldiers, Jeff Shaara carries us back 15 years before the momentous conflict he has so brilliantly chronicled, to a time when the Civil War's most familiar names are fighting for another cause, junior officers marching under the same flag in an unfamiliar land, experiencing combat for the first time in the Mexican-American War.
In March 1847, 8,000 soldiers landed on the beaches of Vera Cruz, led by the army's commanding...
In March 1847, 8,000 soldiers landed on the beaches of Vera Cruz, led by the army's commanding...
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Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 18 cm
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English
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"A decade after they fought for Texas, Travis and Chase plunge into the brutal madness of the Mexican American War. And amidst the fighting and suffering, they discover how much has changed, what has stayed the same, and that in a furious fight for survival, they've made the most dangerous enemy of all...a murderer fighting on their own side..." --page [4] of cover.
14) One man's hero
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Based on the true story of the Saint Patrick Battalion, a group of soldiers enlisted from Ireland to fight in the Mexican War. When they are treated harshly for their religious convictions, they escape across the border into the enemy territory of Mexico, where they must convince a Mexican rebel leader to let them fight agianst the U.S. so they can protect their beliefs.
15) The Mexican War
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Pub. Date
[1992]
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the causes, events, campaigns, personalities, and aftermath of the Mexican War.
17) War with Mexico
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Pub. Date
[1993]
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the issues, including the concept of manifest destiny, that led to war between the United States and Mexico in 1846, the events of the war, and the impact of its outcome.
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