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Legends of Pirate Gold

The story of the romantic, glorious, and bloody age of pirates, and of the treasures
they left behind. This book will make that seashore vacation a new adventure!
Information on over 100 legends. Detailed descriptions of areas where treasures are
thought to be buried. Most of the sites are in the U.S., although some of the famous
"treasure islands" are included.

Treasure Legends of the Civil War

Civil War treasures in sixteen states. The book recounts with lively detail the history of
the Civil War and sprinkles the narrative well with tales of buried treasure in sixteen
states. History buffs should enjoy the book as well adventure seekers. The book covers
not only the central territories that saw action during the Civil War but the far western
states, the war at sea, and the mints and mines of Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia
and Virginia.

Echoes of the Civil War

The past is like a foreign country, "they do things differently there." Now, experience
the real passions of the Civil War, first hand. No third party interpretation stands
between you and history as it was made. The people of the time speak by themselves,
for themselves. Included are such key documents as: Declaration of Sentiments
American Anti-Slavery Society, John Brown's Final Address to the Court, A Bill to Permit
Free Negroes to Become Slaves, Robert E. Lee's Report on Gettysburg Campaign,
Confederate Report on the Condition and Treatment of Prisoners of War, Union Army
Report on the Capture of John Wilkes Booth, and many more.

Mystical Fascinations

Historical novel about Peru and a search for Paititi, the lost city of the Incas, and
hidden treasures of gold and silver that eluded the conquering Spaniards of years ago.

The Sherlock Holmes Book of Wines and Spirits

"A peek at Victorian drinking history and customs." The following is an excerpt:
Sherlock Holmes was a wine fancier. One memorable meal that Watson records
occurred on the evening of 21 September 1888, shortly before Sherlock Holmes
dispatched a murderous dart blowing pygmy to a watery grave in the Thames River
(THE SIGN OF FOUR). Holmes exhorted Inspector Athelney Jones of Scotland Yard to
dine, "I insist upon your dining with us. I have oysters and a brace of grouse, with
something a little choice in white wines." By the late nineteenth century, a variety of
wines were supposed to be set out for a proper dinner party: sherry with soup and fish,
hock or claret with roast meat, punch with turtle, champagne with whitebait, port with
venison, port or burgundy with game, sparkling wines with the confectionary, and! for
dessert port, tokay, madiera or sherry. Although the Victorian's enjoyed a variety of
wines, they moderated the excesses in quantity indulged in by their predecessors, the
Georgians. It had been the custom in Georgian times to drink a bottle, per person, after
dinner. Indeed, King William IV expected his governmental ministers to be two bottle
men, if only to keep level with the typical Anglican cleric. In THE STOCKBROKER'S
CLERK, Dr. Watson gives us a clue that Holmes had more than a casual interest in
wine, "Then Sherlock Holmes cocked his eye at me, leaning back on the cushions with
a pleased and yet critical face, like a connoisseur who had just taken his first sip of a
comet vintage." "Comet wine", is wine made in any of the years in which a notable
comet has been seen in the heavens. Such wines are reputed by wine connoisseurs to
have a superior flavor.

If Germany Won World War II

How the war was lost by the Allies and how the world looks in the year 2000. Using
authoritative sources (footnoted) the book outlines the war aims of the Nazi leadership
as if they were realized. The following is an excerpt: "With the collapse of the Soviet
Union, America stood alone. Germany began construction of bomber bases in Iceland,
the Azores, and the Canary Islands (Shirer, 879). Although Germany did not have
aircraft capable of reaching the American coast in 1942, plans for new super weapons,
to include long range bombers and submarine launched missiles, were initiated...'.In a
kind of delirium the Fuehrer pictured for himself and for us the destruction of New York
in a hurricane of fire. He described the skyscrapers being turned into gigantic burning
torches, collapsing upon one another, the glow of the exploding city illuminating the
dark sky.' (Speer,87)."

Echoes of Manassas

Through 25 original interviews the remembrances of Manassas, Virginia residents
during war and peace, prosperity and depression, and social change are dramatically
captured. These 75 stories give balanced and diverse views of life in the community.

Love, Sex, and Marriage in the Civil War

In 1861, thirty one million people lived in the United States. The economic and political
development of the North and South were so dramatically different that only a long and
bloody war could create one nation. The two sections also developed differently with
regard to the rules of love, sex and marriage. An understanding of these differences is
an invaluable aid in helping to understand the social development of the United States.
The book covers courtship, marriage, birth control and pregnancy, divorce, slavery and
the impact of the war on social customs.