For those of you who always wanted some more details about what the siege of Atlanta was like for Scarlett O'Hara and everybody else in "Gone with the Wind," this volume in the Time-Life Civil War series explains what happened when Sherman moved on the Georgia capital. "Battles for Atlanta: Sherman Moves East" starts in May of 1864 as Sherman's army began to move from its main base at Chattanooga. Atlanta was only 120 miles away, but in between was Joseph E. Johnson's Confederate Army of Tennessee and 120 miles of wild land. This book begins with a pictorial essay on "The Hard Road to Atlanta," that shows what Sherman's troops had to contend with on the march.

"Battles for Atlanta" is divided into five chapters: (1) Sherman on the March begins the chess game as Sherman maneuvers what were technically three Federal armies, to wit, of the Tennessee (under James McPherson), the Cumberland (under George Thomas), and the Ohio (under John Schofield). (2) Into the "Hell Hole" details how the Confederates were forced to give ground after battles at Dayton, Resaca, and Dallas. (3) Standoff at Kennesaw Mountain tells of the Union assault on the entrenched Confederate positions; this chapter concludes with a photo essay of a cyclorama of the fight for Atlanta completed in 1887. (4) Hood Fights Back covers what happened when Johnston was replaced by the Confederate government, which was to attack rather than play defense. This particular chapter provides the most detailed analysis of any battles in the volume, which certainly helps you to make up your own mind regarding the charges that Hood was reckless with the lives of his men. (5) The Circle of Desolation is where GWTW comes into play as Sherman's army makes a noose around Atlanta and tells of the siege that would ultimately see the Confederate city fall.

"Battles for Atlanta" is illustrated with historical photographs, sketches and watercolors, as well as tactical maps of several battles. This is also one of the better volumes for looking at a particular campaign and comes between "The Fight for Chattanooga: Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge" and "Sherman's March: Atlanta to the Sea" in detailing the final stages of the war in the West.

Mort Walker's long suffering private, Beetle Baily, has been a staple in newspapers for many years. He's even had his own postage stamp.

This book has the black and white adventures of all the familiar characters - Sarge, Generak Halftrack and Cookie among others. The drawings are big and easy to read, a real plasure after you've seen it shrunken in the daily papers.

The characters in this book are timeless and full of humor. I recommend this book highly for all of those who want to enjoy a classic comic strip.

I love this collection. I really do.

Sarge, the lovable, irate officer is no dope. He is onto Pvt. Beetle Bailey, the world's most lovable, lazy, sarge baiting, work dodging private in comic strip history! Sarge, famous for his voracious appetite, short fuse and look alike bull dog, Otto (the dog wears a sergeant's uniform like his owner) is really just a very funny, lovable character. Sarge has a lot to contend with. He has a bunch of funny oddball enlisted men to supervise in addition to some very hilarious officers. General Half-Track of the roving eye, Lt. Fuzz, the sychophant, Lt. Flap, who's as unflappable as his name suggests, Chaplain Staneglass (his NAME brings a smile to one's face) and the rest of the Camp Swampy crew will not disappoint lovers of the strip. I found this collection very funny and I would heartily recommend it. I laughed my way throughout this book. I love it!

This is a book that I first checked out from my local library about 13 years ago, and after checking it out at least 9 times, I finally found a copy of my own.

This book is wonderful, and shows just how brilliant Mort Walker really is. I think it is much better than the more recent 50th anniversary hardcover book, because the focus is so much more on the strip. From Beetle's college days, to his progression through the Army, some of these strips are so funny that you will laugh outloud.

Mort keeps his comments short and to the point, preferring to let the strips do the talking. It shows the development of the major characters, those who didn't make it, and even some censored gags, which are great!

If you are a fan of Beetle Bailey, or even just comics in general, this book is a goldmine, and well worth buying.

this book is not very popular at my country.We usually use Barrons very common.If you are get bored of classical TOELF practices this book will give you a good chance of find your mistakes and improve your score. Excelent study tips. At least worked on me!

This is a great work on Parsons' Cavalry in the Civil War: The 12, 19th, and 21st Cavalry, Morgan's Texas Battalion, the Tenth Texas Field Battery, and Johnson's Spy company. I have an ancestor in the 19th Texas Cavalry and I found this work to be complete and accurate. Well, either it is accurate, or the Confederate Research Center is accurate, but that's another story... Anyhow, this fine work covers the early Civil War days in Texas, the wild skirmishes in Arkansas, the raid into Missouri, the Red River Campaign (where the Texans, outnumbered 5 to 1, inflicted such punishment on the Yankee cavalry, infantry, artillery, and ironclads that they retreated across the Mississippi, never to return). Yee-Haw! It is a great book - I get goose bumps just readin' it.

Bailey and Strange have put together a fresh, helpful grammar of the Hebrew language which combines the best of previous works with their own creative artistry. Texts drawn directly from Hebrew Scriptures are utilized in order to bring the students attention to focus on the purpose for such studies: Biblical exegesis and understanding. The sentences used by Strange and Bailey are those found in Hebrew Scripture. In order to further familiarize the student with the language, in the final exercises the student is introduced to the most used words in the Hebrew Scriptures. As Strange notes, verbs occuring more than one hundred times and nouns found more than two hundred times are listed in the vocabulary. The general layout of the text is much like other grammars, beginning with the more basic grammatical structures, working on toward the complex and often rare constructions. The order is much like Weingreen's Hebrew Grammar, but not so complex and involved as Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar by Kautzsch. The appearance of the text is not as polished as the two texts mentioned above, in that the Hebrew letters are formed by what appears to be an IBM ball rather than typeset from Frankreuhl or other fonts. This does not in any way diminish the quality of the work itself, but it would benefit greatly from this addition. The completeness is superb, and the overall quality is above average. If the student applies diligently to this work it can only be expected that responsible Scriptural exegesis will follow.

"The Big Picture: A Guide to Field Research" gives the beginner researcher a manual to follow when conducting an ethnographic project. Carol Bailey uses real life examples throughout her book to illustrate ideas. The book is nicely written and easy to read with a subtitle for each new idea presented. Bailey explains step-by-step research strategies to guide the student ethnographer through the processes of "selecting a project" to "writing the final paper." This book covers fundamentals of field research and is a good guide for the student ethnographer. I would recommend reading this book prior to beginning any ethnographic field research project.

Wonderful book, I couldn't put it down .You will not be disapointed, Catherine Cookson Never lets you down . A Great Read , Makes you cry and Laugh !

This is a great book about a great man. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to learn about American history, the story is not only about Bill Pickett. It's about America as well, and other legends such as Will Rogers, Tom Mix and others.