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War Party (released in the Philippines as Toy Soldiers Too) is a 1988 film directed by Franc Roddam and starring Billy Wirth and Kevin Dillon. Set in present-day Montana , it explores the tension and mistrust that can characterize interactions between Native Americans and White Americans .
America: The Story of Us has been nominated for four Emmy Awards for the episode "Division", which traced the growing tensions between the North and South, as well as contrasts between plantation and urban economies. The nominations were in the categories for non-fiction programming of "Outstanding Cinematography", "Outstanding Picture Editing ...
In May 2019, the first book in the Revolution Trilogy, The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775–1777 [22], was published by Henry Holt and edited, as all of Atkinson's books have been, by John Sterling. The New York Times selected The British Are Coming for its 100 Notable Books of 2019. [23]
During the war Leasor wrote over 300 news stories on the Burma campaign, and also contributed features for the BBC and All India Radio as well as for virtually every British national newspaper. In November 1944 he left Burma to become a sub-editor of Contact , a bi-weekly newspaper for the forces of India Command in Delhi and South East Asia ...
In Bookmarks November/December 2004 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.00 out of 5) from based on critic reviews with the critical summary saying, "In the end, Plot Against America is an "epic, unforeseen and unexpected" (San Francisco Chronicle)—just like history". [6]
The New York Times Book Review reported that although Kennedy does "consider minorities and women" in the book, they are "decidedly secondary" and "[d]ead white males predominate". [48] Oshinsky criticized the book's inattention to popular culture, [53] and the Book Review stated that "American culture, particularly popular culture, is all but ...
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He became the author of thirty-nine books. He wrote his historical adventure stories in his home on Signal Mountain, Tennessee, which was the setting for many of his fiction stories. His book, The Perilous Road, which was published in 1958, won the Newbery Honor in 1959. [5] Winter Danger earned the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1962. [6]