Michael Ballard: 17 books
by Michael Ballard
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
Projecting life 200 years into the future, WAGE-SLAVE'S ESCAPE gives the reader a direct experience via an oral history of what happened to the world when the climate went haywire, describing who survived and what changes occurred in relations between human beings.
Civil War Mississippi
A Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2000
In the Civil War Mississippi experienced a protracted and devastating invasion, and Confederate and Union armies fought fiercely at Corinth, Holly Springs, Iuka, Port Gibson, Vicksburg, and many other sites throughout the state.
With both tourists and Civil War buffs in mind, archivist Michael...
Grant at Vicksburg
The General and the Siege
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
On May 22, 1863, after two failed attempts to take the city of Vicksburg by assault, Major General Ulysses S. Grant declared in a letter to the commander of the Union fleet on the Mississippi River that “the nature of the ground about Vicksburg is such that it can only be taken by a siege.” The...
Maroon and White
Mississippi State University, 1878-2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Mississippi State University was founded in 1878 and opened its doors in 1880 as a land-grant school de-signed for teaching agriculture and mechanical arts. Building upon the work of John K. Bettersworth, Michael B. Ballard traces the evolution of this institution. From the beginning, first president...
Vicksburg
The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2005
Michael Ballard provides a concise yet thorough study of the 1863 battle that cut off a crucial river port and rail depot for the South and split the Confederate nation, providing a turning point in the Civil War. The Union victory at Vicksburg was hailed with as much celebration in the North as the...
1865
America Makes War and Peace in Lincoln’s Final Year
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
In 1865 Americans faced some of the most important issues in the nation’s history: the final battles of the Civil War, the struggle to pass the Thirteenth Amendment, the peace process, reconstruction, the role of freed slaves, the tragedy of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, and the trials of the...
The Battle of Vicksburg
A UNC Press Civil War Short, Excerpted from Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
The Vicksburg campaign was among the longest of the Civil War, lasting from 26 May 1862 to 4 July 1863. This Civil War Short provides a compelling narrative of the final six weeks of the campaign, excerpted from Michael Ballard's Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi, which blends strategy...
by Fiction River, Allyson Longueira, Irette Y. Patterson
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
From baking a magical love spell to having the opportunity to rectify a mistake from the past to hunting a serial killer, Debut Writers’ Showcase highlights stories from Fiction River’s first year that marked a first professional sale for these up-and-coming authors. Since first appearing in a...
by Phil Ballard, Michael Moncur
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2008
In just a short time, you can learn how to use Ajax, JavaScript, and PHP to create interactive interfaces to your web applications by combining these powerful technologies. No previous Ajax programming experience is required. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson in this book...
The Civil War in Mississippi
Major Campaigns and Battles
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
From the first Union attack on Vicksburg in the spring of 1862 through Benjamin Grierson's last raid through Mississippi in late 1864 and early 1865, this book traces the campaigns, fighting, and causes and effects of armed conflict in central and North Mississippi, where major campaigns were waged...
The Civil War in Mississippi
Major Campaigns and Battles
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2011
From the first Union attack on Vicksburg in the spring of 1862 through Benjamin Grierson's last raid through Mississippi in late 1864 and early 1865, this book traces the campaigns, fighting, and causes and effects of armed conflict in central and North Mississippi, where major campaigns were waged...
Fiction River: Time Streams
An Original Anthology Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Time-travel stories open the entire world and all of time to writers’ imaginations. The fifteen writers in this third original anthology in the Fiction River line explore everything from Chicago gangsters to Japanese tsunamis, and travel from 2013 to the nineteenth century to a vast future. Featuring...
The Gilded Age
Perspectives on the Origins of Modern America
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2006
The United States that entered the twentieth century was vastly different from the nation that emerged from the Civil War. Industrialization, mass immigration, the growing presence of women in the work force, and the rapid advance of the cities had transformed American society. Broad in scope, The Gilded...
by Phil Ballard, Michael Moncur
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Learn JavaScript in 24 Hours
Covers JavaScript 1.8+, Ajax and jQuery
In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you can learn how to create dynamic, interactive Web pages with the popular and ubiquitous JavaScript web programming language.
Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach,...
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