The Red Year
The Red Year

Author: Louis Tracy

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-02

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13:

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"The Red Year: A Story of the Indian Mutiny" authored by Louis Tracy transports readers to the tumultuous era of the Indian Mutiny. This gripping historical novel follows the adventures of a young soldier caught in the midst of the rebellion. Tracy's vivid descriptions and historical accuracy immerse readers in the chaos and courage of that era, providing a riveting glimpse into the conflicts and complexities of colonial India. "The Red Year" is a compelling tale of bravery and resilience that transports readers to a turbulent chapter in history.

Women of the Red Year
Women of the Red Year

Author: Florence Wagentreiber

Publisher: Leonaur Limited

Published: 2019-08-27

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781782828365

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Two outstanding accounts of the Indian Mutiny written by women This special Leonaur edition contains two accounts of the Indian Mutiny of 1857 as it was experienced by women whose lives were violently disrupted. Elizabeth Wagentreiber was the youngest daughter of Colonel James Skinner of the famous cavalry regiment 'Skinner's Horse'. She had originally married a Captain Radclyffe Haldane, an officer of Skinner's Horse who was killed at the Battle of Chillianwallah during the Second Anglo-Sikh War. She subsequently married George Wagentreiber. And in the Spring of 1857 the couple were living in the civilian lines at Delhi when the Indian Mutiny broke out in the Bengal Army and reports arrived that the native cavalry was running amok in the city, slaughtering Europeans. Fearful for their lives the couple escaped with their children and the harrowing account of their time as fugitives makes compelling reading. Mrs Elizabeth McMullin Muter was married to a captain of the 1st Battalion 60th King's Royal Rifles stationed in Meerut, a few hours travel east of Delhi, when the mutiny among the sepoys of the garrison broke out there on Sunday morning of May 10th, 1857. Elizabeth Muter graphically describes the horrors of those first days of the conflict from the perspective of the wives of officers who were set adrift in times of peril and uncertainty as their husbands left them to fight. This book also contains some campaign recollections by Captain Muter. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.

Red Light Women of the Rocky Mountains
Red Light Women of the Rocky Mountains

Author: Jan MacKell Collins

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 483

ISBN-13: 0826346103

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These profiles of the soiled doves who plied the oldest trade in the Rocky Mountains explain many of the facts of life in the nineteenth and twentieth century West.

Red Light Women of the Rocky Mountains
Red Light Women of the Rocky Mountains

Author: Jan MacKell

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 2011-10-12

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 082634612X

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Throughout the development of the American West, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities of the nineteenth-century Rocky Mountains. Whether escaping a bad home life, lured by false advertising, or seeking to subsidize their income, thousands of women chose or were forced to enter an industry where they faced segregation and persecution, fines and jailing, and battled the hazards of disease, drug addiction, physical abuse, pregnancy, and abortion. They dreamed of escape through marriage or retirement, but more often found relief only in death. An integral part of western history, the stories of these women continue to fascinate readers and captivate the minds of historians today. Expanding on the research she did for Brothels, Bordellos, and Bad Girls (UNM Press), historian Jan MacKell moves beyond the mining towns of Colorado to explore the history of prostitution in the Rocky Mountain states of Arizona, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Each state had its share of working girls and madams like Big Nose Kate or Calamity Jane who remain celebrities in the annals of history, but MacKell also includes the stories of lesser-known women whose role in this illicit trade nonetheless shaped our understanding of the American West.

Red Women on the Silver Screen
Red Women on the Silver Screen

Author: Lynne Attwood

Publisher: Rivers Oram Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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The Soviet Union was the first country in the world to declare women equal to men. At the same time, cinema was emerging as the newest and most accessible form of popular entertainment, and as a powerful tool in propagandizing the Party line. This book looks at the interaction between these two phenomena: at the extent to which women's new status and roles were reflected and promoted on Soviet screens throughout the country's history. Part I, written by Lynne Attwood, provides an essential framework for readers unfamiliar with Soviet studies. It offers a lucid and lively account of the milestones in Soviet history, the importance of film within this history and the changing images and experiences of Soviet women within both cinema and society. In Parts II and III, women from the former Soviet Union - film critics, directors, camera-operators and script-writers - relate their own experiences in the film industry, and their responses to the images of women portrayed on screen. This crisply-written book, illustrated with evocative photographs from Soviet films, will provide readers with a real insight into the relationship between women and film in the Soviet Union.