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Author: John Mercanti
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
Published: 2013-06-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780794840303
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this collector's guide, retired chief engraver of the Philadelphia Mint and designer of the reverse side of the American silver eagle bullion coin, John M. Mercanti, details the history and development of the American silver eagles program as well as other U.S. bullion coins and medals.
Author: Preston Cook
Publisher: Goff Books
Published: 2019-04-15
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781941806289
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA bold expression of a fledgling republic's aspirations and bravado, the American bald eagle has been designed, drawn, illustrated, stamped, engraved, painted, sculpted, carved, photographed, and etched by thousands of artists and artisans since 1782, when it first appeared as the central figure on the Great Seal of the United States. As America's most versatile emblem, the eagle emanates confidence during peace and prosperity, and strength during crisis and war; as a North American native species it exemplifies nature's grandeur and the advance of conservation. In all, the bald eagle is a stirring national symbol made all the more vibrant by its indisputable dominion in the sky. American Eagle: A Visual History of Our National Emblem is a visual survey that explores the eagle in American life. A remarkable book that represents American culture, politics, and history, American Eagle will be the definitive source of this national icon for generations to come.
Author: Clarence Pearson Hornung
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLargest collection illustrating the use and development of the eagle in art and design in America contains 321 photos, drawings and designs featuring eagle in hundreds of sizes and positions in every conceivable medium.
Author: Jack E. Davis
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Published: 2022-03-01
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 1631495267
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBest Books of the Month: Wall Street Journal, Kirkus Reviews From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Gulf, a sweeping cultural and natural history of the bald eagle in America. The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you’re not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as “majestic” and “noble,” yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher of babies. Taking us from before the nation’s founding through inconceivable resurgences of this enduring all-American species, Jack E. Davis contrasts the age when native peoples lived beside it peacefully with that when others, whether through hunting bounties or DDT pesticides, twice pushed Haliaeetus leucocephalus to the brink of extinction. Filled with spectacular stories of Founding Fathers, rapacious hunters, heroic bird rescuers, and the lives of bald eagles themselves—monogamous creatures, considered among the animal world’s finest parents—The Bald Eagle is a much-awaited cultural and natural history that demonstrates how this bird’s wondrous journey may provide inspiration today, as we grapple with environmental peril on a larger scale.
Author: Edmund Chuck Moy
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
Published: 2013-11-26
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780794839734
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo create this book, Moy has drawn on a lifetime of interest in coins and precious metals, leading up to his 2006 confirmation as director of the U.S. Mint. Under his tenure, demand for American gold bullion coins multiplied more than fivefold, from less than 330,000 ounces in 2007 to 1,800,000-plus ounces in 2009, and counting. The U.S. Mint went from a major producer to the world's largest producer of gold, silver, and platinum coins, with bullion coins accounting for the majority of the Mint's revenues.
Author: Norman Pearl
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9781404826458
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses the bald eagle and how it came to be the symbol for the United States.
Author: Hope Irvin Marston
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2021-03-01
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 1493062158
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a delightful story about a new family of bald eagles. From newborn's first lessons in life to the first solo flight, this beautifully illustrated book is ideal for introducing young children to the wonders of nature.
Author: Ronald H. Spector
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2020-11-03
Total Pages: 624
ISBN-13: 1982135239
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“The best book by far on the Pacific War” (The New York Times Book Review), this classic one-volume history of World War II in the Pacific draws on declassified intelligence files; British, American, and Japanese archival material; and military memoirs to provide a stunning and complete history of the conflict. This “superbly readable, insightful, gripping” (Washington Post Book World) contribution to WWII history combines impeccable research with electrifying detail and offers provocative interpretations of this brutal forty-four-month struggle. Author and historian Ronald H. Spector reassesses US and Japanese strategy and shows that the dual advance across the Pacific by MacArthur and Nimitz was more a pragmatic solution to bureaucratic, doctrinal, and public relations problems facing the Army and Navy than a strategic calculation. He also argues that Japan made its fatal error not in the Midway campaign but in abandoning its offensive strategy after that defeat and allowing itself to be drawn into a war of attrition. Spector skillfully takes us from top-secret strategy meetings in Washington, London, and Tokyo to distant beaches and remote Asian jungles with battle-weary GIs. He reveals that the US had secret plans to wage unrestricted submarine warfare against Japan months before Pearl Harbor and shows that MacArthur and his commanders ignored important intercepts of Japanese messages that would have saved thousands of lives in Papua and Leyte. Throughout, Spector contends that American decisions in the Pacific War were shaped more often by the struggles between the British and the Americans, and between the Army and the Navy, than by strategic considerations. Spector vividly recreates the major battles, little-known campaigns, and unfamiliar events leading up to the deadliest air raid ever, adding a new dimension to our understanding of the American war in the Pacific and the people and forces that determined its outcome.
Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Dial Books
Published: 2013-03-21
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 0803737718
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents a tribute to the efforts of dedicated volunteers who helped save the American bald eagle from extinction, including the story of a young boy who helped hatch an eaglet.
Author: Martha E. H. Rustad
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Published: 2014-11-01
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 1467747718
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA bald eagle doesn't sound like an attractive bird. But it's pictured on the Great Seal of the United States and on the dollar bill. Why was this bird chosen as a national symbol? Join Ms. Patel's class as they find out why bald eagles are important, what the Great Seal stands for, and how bald eagles live in the wild. A special guest also pays the class a visit!
