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Benson Bobrick's Books
There are 8 books
1.
The Caliph's Splendor
Islam and the West in the Golden Age of Baghdad
By: Benson Bobrick
This edition: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publication date: August 14, 2012
The story of Harun al-Rashid, the celebrated caliph from The Thousand and One Nights, who ruled the Islamic world when its power was at a peak in the late eighth and early ninth centuries and when the Arab world influenced...
Other Formats: eBook
2.
Angel in the Whirlwind
By: Benson Bobrick
This edition: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
Publication date: July 12, 2011
Angel in the Whirlwind is the epic tale of the American Revolution, from its roots among tax-weary colonists to the triumphant Declaration of Independence and eventual victory and liberty, recounted by Benson Bobrick, lauded...
Other Formats: eBook
3.
Knotted Tongues
Stuttering in History and the Quest for a Cure
By: Benson Bobrick
This edition: eBook, 240 pages
Publication date: January 11, 2011
4.
Wide As the Waters
The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution It Inspired
By: Benson Bobrick
This edition: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
Publication date: November 15, 2010
Next to the Bible itself, the English Bible was -- and is -- the most influential book ever published. The most famous of all English Bibles, the King James Version, was the culmination of centuries of work by various...
Other Formats: eBook
5.
Master of War
The Life of General George H. Thomas
By: Benson Bobrick
This edition: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publication date: February 9, 2010
In this revelatory, dynamic biography, one of our finest historians, Benson Bobrick, profiles George H. Thomas, arguing that he was the greatest and most successful general of the Civil War. Because Thomas didn't live to...
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6.
The Fated Sky
Astrology in History
By: Benson Bobrick
This edition: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
Publication date: November 14, 2006
From ancient times to the present day, astrology has captured the imagination -- is it possible that human fate is influenced by the stars? Astrologers throughout the ages have advised the powerful, from popes to presidents...
Other Formats: eBook
7.
Fight for Freedom
The American Revolutionary War
By: Benson Bobrick
This edition: Hardcover, 96 pages
Publication date: September 28, 2004
Ages: 8 - 12
Renowned historian Benson Bobrick has written a moving chronicle of the American Revolution for young readers. From the first stirrings of unrest under British rule at the Boston Tea Party, to the treachery of Benedict Arnold...
8.
Testament
A Soldier's Story of the Civil War
By: Benson Bobrick
This edition: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publication date: July 27, 2004
Dear Mother,
I was very glad to hear from home this morning. It is the first time since I left Otterville. We marched from Sedalia 120 miles....I almost feel anxious to be in a battle & yet I am almost afraid. I feel very...
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