The Book of Wealth
The Book of Wealth

Author: Hubert Howe Bancroft

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2013-08-22

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9781477559604

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Hubert Howe Bancroft's 10-volume BOOK OF WEALTH explores the origins and influence of wealth, from the earliest civilizations to the dawn of the Twentieth Century. The books offer an in-depth look at the history of economics and finance relative to the history of the human race, and include Bancroft's extraordinary insights into the psychology of economic exchange as he examines the individuals, organizations and nations that have attained great wealth. In BOOK FOUR, Bancroft reveals the tribal origins of France, the rise, and fall, of the various Kings Louis, and Napoleon's ill-fated conquests. We learn about Switzerland, its dramatic scenery and historic locales; Holland's ongoing battles against invading armies and the unending onslaught of the sea; the rich history of tiny Belgium; and finally, the many wars, and cultural wealth of Austria and Hungary.

The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. 7 (Classic Reprint)
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. 7 (Classic Reprint)

Author: Hubert Howe Bancroft

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-07

Total Pages: 788

ISBN-13: 9781330884928

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Excerpt from The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. 7 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth
Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth

Author: Hubert Howe Bancroft

Publisher:

Published: 1892

Total Pages: 768

ISBN-13:

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Biographies of businessmen, miners, ranchers. industrialists, explorers, railroad men, shippers, lumber men, etc., with descriptions of their enterprises. It is a history of the development of the West.

"An Arch Rebel Like Myself"

Author: Gene C. Armistead

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2018-08-02

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1476674612

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Dan Showalter was Speaker Pro Tem of the California State Assembly at the outbreak of the Civil War and the exemplar of treason in the Far West among the pro-Union press. He gained notoriety as the survivor of California's last political (and actual, fatal) duel, for his role in the display of a Confederate flag in Sacramento, and for his imprisonment after an armed confrontation with Union troops. Escaping to Texas, he distinguished himself in the Confederate service in naval battles and in pursuit of Comanche raiders. As commander of the 4th Arizona Cavalry, he helped recapture the Rio Grande Valley from the Union and defended Brownsville against a combined Union and Mexican force. Refusing to surrender at war's end, he fled to Mexico, where he died of a wound sustained in a drunken bar fight at age 35.