Tag: Pole

December 9, 2024

Operation North Pole

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Free Download Operation North Pole: Unravelling the Truth Behind the Execution of 50 SOE Agents in the Second World War
by Stephen Wynn
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1399000136 | 216 Pages | True ePUB | 6.7 MB

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September 13, 2024

The American Liberty Pole Popular Politics and the Struggle for Democracy in the Early Republic

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Free Download Shira Lurie, "The American Liberty Pole: Popular Politics and the Struggle for Democracy in the Early Republic "
English | ISBN: 0813950112 | 2023 | 240 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
During the American Revolution and into the early republic, Americans fought with one another over the kinds of political expression and activity that independence legitimized. Liberty poles―tall wooden poles bearing political flags and signs―were a central fixture of the popular debates of the late eighteenth century. Revolutionary patriots had raised liberty poles to symbolize their resistance to British rule. In response, redcoats often tore them down, sparking conflicts with patriot pole-raisers.

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April 26, 2024

The South Pole An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912

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Free Download Captain Roald Amundsen, Roland Huntford, "The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912"
English | 2000 | ISBN: 0815411278, 140433288X | EPUB | pages: 896 | 12.7 mb
Roald Amundsen records his race to be the first man to reach the South Pole. Amundsen’s expertise enabled him to succeed where his predecessors, and competitors, did not. His rival Captain Robert F. Scott not only failed to reach the Pole first, but―due to poor preparation and miscalculation―died with the rest of his party on their return trip. The South Pole remains one of the greatest and most important books on polar exploration.

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