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United States Naval Vessels: The Official United States Navy Reference Manual Prepared by the Division of Naval Intelligence - 1 September 1945

This book comprises four manuals compiled from official sources during World War II Manuals such as those in this book, were distributed widely through the fleet and used constantly as…

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Admiral of the Ocean Sea - A Life of Christopher Columbus

Samuel Eliot Morison

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…

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The Two-ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War

Samuel Eliot Morison

Originally published in 1963, this volume highlights the major components: the preparation for war, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the long war of attrition between submarines and convoys in…

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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

Samuel Eliot Morison

The twelfth volume in Samuel Eliot Morison’s classic History of the United States Naval Operations in World War II returns to the Pacific for a dramatic retelling of the Battle…

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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

Samuel Eliot Morison

Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, 1947-62.

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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

Samuel Eliot Morison

Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, 1947-62.

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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

Samuel Eliot Morison

Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, 1947-62.

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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

Samuel Eliot Morison

Describes the prominent role of the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps, whose suicidal bombings offered the main resistance to the Allied occupation of Mindoro. This book includes an account of the…

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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

Samuel Eliot Morison

Volume 5 covers the six major engagements in waters surrounding Guadalcanal. From the Solomon Islands campaign to the courageous actions of Edson’s Raiders at the Battle of the Bloody Ridge…

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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

Samuel Eliot Morison

Volume 6 traces the gradual turning of the Pacific War from the overconfident Japanese to the determined, undersupplied Allies. It examines the pivotal Papuan campaign, the Huan Gulf and Bougainville…

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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

Samuel Eliot Morison

The seventh volume in Admiral Morison’s History of the United States Naval Operations in World War II picks up operations in the Aleutians where they were broken off after the…

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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

Samuel Eliot Morison

The eighth volume of Admiral Morison’s History of United States Naval Operations in World War II covers five of the most eventful months of the Pacific war, from March to…

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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

Samuel Eliot Morison

The ninth volume in Admiral Morison’s history takes up the story of American naval activities in the Mediterranean where Volume II left off, and covers three major amphibious operations -…

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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

Samuel Eliot Morison

The tenth volume in Samuel Eliot Morison’s classic History of the United States Naval Operations in World War II focuses on the war on enemy submarines, a war fought up…

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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

Samuel Eliot Morison

Here Morison describes the Normandy landings as well as the dirty work in the dark that preceded them: deceptions, diversions, commando raids, parachute drops, mine sweepings, air bombing, and naval…

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The Liberation of the Philippines: Luzon, Mindanao, the Visayas, 1944-1945

Samuel Eliot Morison

After the Battle of Leyte Gulf, which crushed Japanese naval power in the Pacific even more effectively than American naval chiefs were aware at the time, the U.S. moved against…

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Victory in the Pacific: 1945

Samuel Eliot Morison

In this concluding narrative volume of his remarkable series, Morison describes the two most famous campaigns in which he participated: Iwo Jima and Okinawa; he spares no details in describing…

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A History of the Constitution of Massachusetts (1917)

Samuel Eliot Morison

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…

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The Life and Letters of Harrison Gray Otis: Federalist 1765-1848 V2

Samuel Eliot Morison

The Life and Letters of Harrison Gray Otis: Federalist 1765-1848 V2 is a historical biography written by Samuel Eliot Morison. The book delves into the life and political career of…

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The Life and Letters of Harrison Gray Otis V1: Federalist 1765-1848

Samuel Eliot Morison

""The Life and Letters of Harrison Gray Otis V1: Federalist 1765-1848"" by Samuel Eliot Morison is a comprehensive biography of Harrison Gray Otis, a prominent figure in American politics during…

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The Puritan Pronaos: Studies in the Intellectual Life of New England in the Seventeenth Century

Samuel Eliot Morison

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The European Discovery of America: Volume 1: The Northern Voyages, AD 500-1600

Samuel Eliot Morison

Presents a comprehensive and gripping account of all voyages across the North Atlantic to the New World before 1600.

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The Great Explorers: The European Discovery of America

Samuel Eliiot Morison

An abridgement of the two-volume work, The European Discovery of America , which describes the early voyages that led to the discovery of the New World.

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Samuel Eliot Morison’s Historical World: In Quest of a New Parkman

Gregory M. Pfitzer

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Fullness of Life: A Memoir of Elizabeth Shaw Morison, 1886-1945

Samuel Eliot Morison,Elizabeth Shaw Morison

""Fullness of Life"" is a memoir written by Samuel Eliot Morison about his wife, Elizabeth Shaw Morison. Elizabeth was born in 1886 and lived through the early 20th century until…

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Three Centuries of Harvard, 1636-1936

Samuel Eliot Morison,Dru C. Morison

Samuel Eliot Morison sat down to tell the whole story of Harvard informally and briefly, with the same genial humor and ability to see the human implications of past events…

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Samuel Clarke, D.D., Theologian and Philosopher

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Samuel Clarke, D.D., Theologian and Philosopher

J A Morison

This book serves as a biography of Samuel Clarke, tracing his theological and philosophical contributions from his early life to his career as a renowned scholar and commentator on important…

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Fullness of Life: A Memoir of Elizabeth Shaw Morison, 1886-1945

Samuel Eliot Morison,Elizabeth Shaw Morison

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The Founding of Harvard College: With a New Foreword by Hugh Hawkins

Samuel Eliot Morison

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samuel Eliot Morison traces the roots of American universities back to Europe, providing a lively contemporary perspective…a realistic picture of the founding of the first American university…

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Edward Channing: A Memoir

Samuel Eliot Morison,Edward Channing

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Historical Markers Erected by Massachusetts Bay Colony

Samuel Eliot Morison

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A History Of The Constitution Of Massachusetts

Samuel Eliot Morison

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A History of the Constitution of Massachusetts

Samuel Eliot Morison

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Samuel Eliot Morison

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Samuel Eliot Morison

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New England Life in the Eighteenth Century: Representative Biographies from Sibley’s Harvard Graduates

Clifford K. Shipton

In 1859 John Sibley began a series of biographical sketches of all Harvard graduates; at his death in 1885 he had published three volumes, covering the Classes from 1642-1689. In…

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The Class Lives of Samuel Eliot and Nathaniel Holmes Morison: Harvard, 1839

Samuel Eliot 1887-1976 Morison

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The Class Lives of Samuel Eliot and Nathaniel Holmes Morison: Harvard, 1839

Samuel Eliot 1887-1976 Morison

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Views of Harvard: A Pictorial Record to 1860

Hamilton Vaughan Bail

How Harvard College looked, from its beginnings to 1860, is shown in this collection of views, many heretofore unpublished, of its buildings and grounds. These lithographs, watercolors, charcoal drawings, and…

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Harvard Guide to American History

Oscar Handlin,Arthur Meier Schlesinger,Samuel Eliot Morison

This thoroughly revised, comprehensive guide to American history reflects the explosive growth in historical publications and materials in the past two decades, and the expanding interests of American historians.

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