Rose, Alexander

Summary: "Of all people who might have solved the problem of human flight, few would have suspected Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, a fusty, old-school member of the Wurrtemburg nobility, recently ousted from the German military and convinced that a flying machine will be his ticket back to military glory. Instead, by the dawn of the twentieth century, he creates something much bigger: a system of flight...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.7092 ROS

Rose, Alexander.

Summary: In the grand tradition of John Keegan’s enduring classic The Face of Battle comes a searing, unforgettable chronicle of war through the eyes of the American soldiers who fought in three of our most iconic battles: Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355 ROS

Rose, Alexander

Summary: "James Bulloch, a sea captain turned Confederate agent, arrived in Liverpool at a crucial moment during the U.S. Civil War: a Union blockade was preventing Southern cotton exports from reaching Britain, threatening to destroy what was left of the Confederate economy-unless Bulloch could secretly arrange for the construction of a fleet of warships to break the northern grip on the South. Shortly...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins 2022

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 ROS

Rose, Alexander

Summary: In the summer of 1778, General Washington needed to know where the British would strike next. To that end, he unleashed an unlikely ring of spies in New York charged with discovering the enemy's battle plans. Washington's band included a young Quaker torn between political principle and family loyalty, a swashbuckling sailor addicted to the perils of espionage, a hard-drinking barkeep, a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 ROS

Rose, Alexander.

Summary: This spirited and engrossing narrative vividly details the life of a seminal invention--the American rifle--and shows not only how it influenced the course of the nation's history, but reflects the needs and values of America itself.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 683.422 ROS

Summary: It takes viewers into the stirring and treacherous world of the Revolutionary War and America's first spy ring. This season returns with an epic ten-episode season that builds towards one of the most notorious moments in American history, the treasonous defection of Benedict Arnold. Behind enemy lines on Long Island, Abe Woodhull is a spy for the Patriots, reporting directly to George...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Summary: A historical thriller set during the Revolutionary War. Abe Woodhull is a farmer living in British-occupied Long Island who bands together with his friends to from the Culper Ring, an unlikely team of secret agents who not only went on to help George Washington turn the tide of the war, but also gave birth to modern spycraft.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Summary: TURN: Washington's Spies takes viewers into the stirring and treacherous world of the Revolutionary War and America's first spy ring. In this season, the Patriot cause has suffered the crushing loss of their capital city of Philadelphia to the British. Washington's army faces desertion and death, and the embattled General faces conspirators from within his own ranks, as well as personal demons...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Summary: A not-so-musically-inclined band of outlaws pose as a group of amateur musicians, while secretly plotting a major heist. But the sweet landlady, who rents them their "digs," proves to be too much for these cutthroats. They decide to get rid of her ... a task they find easier said than done.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2002

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LAD