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Hardtack and Coffee

The Unwritten Story of Army Life

by John D. Billings ...

First published more than 100 years ago, Hardtack And Coffee is John Billings’ absorbing first-person account of the everyday life of a U.S. Army soldier during the Civil War.Billings attended a reunion of Civil War veterans in 1881 that brought together a group of survivors whose memories and stories of the war compelled him to write this account.It is set in November, 1860. Lincoln has been ... Read more

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First published more than 100 years ago, Hardtack And Coffee is John Billings’ absorbing first-person account of the everyday life of a U.S. Army soldier during the Civil War.Billings attended a reunion of Civil War veterans in 1881 that brought together a group of survivors whose memories and stories of the war compelled him to write this account.It is set in November, 1860. Lincoln has been
... Read more
Hard Tack and Coffee (Illustrated Edition)

The Unwritten Story of Army Life

by John D. Billings ...

Madison & Adams Press presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil War enthusiasts and all people curious about the personal accounts and true life stories of the unknown soldiers, the well known commanders, politicians, nurses and civilians amidst the war. Hard Tack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story ... Read more

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Madison & Adams Press presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil War enthusiasts and all people curious about the personal accounts and true life stories of the unknown soldiers, the well known commanders, politicians, nurses and civilians amidst the war. Hard Tack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story
... Read more
Hard Tack and Coffee

by John D Billings ...

First published more than 100 years ago, Hard Tack And Coffee is John Billings’ absorbing first-person account of the everyday life of a U.S. Army soldier during the Civil War.Billings attended a reunion of Civil War veterans in 1881 that brought together a group of survivors whose memories and stories of the war compelled him to write this account.It is set in November, 1860.Lincoln has been ... Read more

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First published more than 100 years ago, Hard Tack And Coffee is John Billings’ absorbing first-person account of the everyday life of a U.S. Army soldier during the Civil War.Billings attended a reunion of Civil War veterans in 1881 that brought together a group of survivors whose memories and stories of the war compelled him to write this account.It is set in November, 1860.Lincoln has been
... Read more
70 Civil War Memoirs of Union Soldiers

Firsthand Union Accounts of Battle, Prison, Naval Service, Emancipation, and Civil War Memory

by John D. Billings, Charles W. Reed, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Henry Sheridan, Ulysses S. Grant, J. W. Gibson, George Perkins, Henry B. James, Henry Bascom Smith, Henry Martyn Kieffer, Charles A. Fuller, Willard W. Glazier, Joseph Warren Keifer, John McElroy, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, James Madison Page, Alonzo Cooper, Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Louis Richards, S. Emma E. Edmonds, Samuel Scoville, Henry H. Meacham, Frank A. Rollin, Richard Taylor, John Beatty, Leander Stillwell, Charles Anderson Dana, James Harvey Kidd, Jacob D. Cox, Stanton P. Allen, Hampton Sidney Thomas, James Harrison Wilson, Frederick L. Hitchcock, James R. Carnahan, Joseph W. Grant, Richard J. Fulfer, John Lockwood, Henry C. Meyer, D. H. Fletcher, Samuel H. Fletcher, H. Clay Trumbull, James Madison Stone, Allen Ripley Foote, Thomas Kirwan, E. H. Clement, Edward Mott Robbins, Martin A. Haynes, Grenville Mellen Dodge, John G. B. Adams, Ansel D. Nickerson, Warren Olney, Daniel Avery Langworthy, Joshua M. Addeman, Eugene Winslow Watson, Samuel Dana Greene, John Lorimer Worden, H. Ashton Ramsay, Bradford Ripley Jr. Wood, John Watson Foster, R. E. McBride, Charles Carleton Coffin, Wickham Hoffman, George T. Ulmer, William A. Canfield, Abner Doubleday, John M. Batten, Lawrence Van Alstyne, David W. Stafford, Charles C. Nott, John Levi Maile, William N. Tyler, John Azor Kellogg, James Pike, Lot D. Young, Susie King Taylor ...

70 Civil War Memoirs of Union Soldiers assembles a capacious documentary portrait of the Union war effort, bringing battlefield recollection into conversation with camp life, military command, naval service, imprisonment, medicine, espionage, and emancipation. Its styles range from terse campaign narratives and tactical analyses to reflective autobiographical sketches and vivid eyewitness ... Read more

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70 Civil War Memoirs of Union Soldiers assembles a capacious documentary portrait of the Union war effort, bringing battlefield recollection into conversation with camp life, military command, naval service, imprisonment, medicine, espionage, and emancipation. Its styles range from terse campaign narratives and tactical analyses to reflective autobiographical sketches and vivid eyewitness
... Read more
Hardtack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life

by John D. Billings ...

During the summer of 1881 I was a sojourner for a few weeks at a popular hotel in the White Mountains. Among the two hundred or more guests who were enjoying its retirement and good cheer were from twelve to twenty lads, varying in age from ten to fifteen years. When tea had been disposed of, and darkness had put an end to their daily romp and hurrah without, they were wont to take in charge a ... Read more

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During the summer of 1881 I was a sojourner for a few weeks at a popular hotel in the White Mountains. Among the two hundred or more guests who were enjoying its retirement and good cheer were from twelve to twenty lads, varying in age from ten to fifteen years. When tea had been disposed of, and darkness had put an end to their daily romp and hurrah without, they were wont to take in charge a
... Read more
Hardtack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life

by John D. Billings ...

Billings was a veteran of the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Artillery Battery during the Civil War, but he is best known for his 1888 book Hardtack and Coffee, a reference to the most common food and drink given to soldiers during the war. Billings book is not about battles but is instead about everyday life for the Union soldiers of the Civil War, who spent a huge majority of their time in camp ... Read more

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Billings was a veteran of the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Artillery Battery during the Civil War, but he is best known for his 1888 book Hardtack and Coffee, a reference to the most common food and drink given to soldiers during the war. Billings book is not about battles but is instead about everyday life for the Union soldiers of the Civil War, who spent a huge majority of their time in camp
... Read more
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Sparks and Shattered Glass

A Gripping Gaslamp Fantasy: When a Magic Glassmaker Uncovers a Dead Woman's Secrets, Her Entire Village Threatens to Burn

by John Newbill ...

Narrated by John Newbill ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Lanterns of Morrowfen
Unabridged

8 hours 18 min

In a village built on polite lies, the truth is a dangerous spark.Welcome to Brindlewake, a rain-soaked province where domestic magic reigns and the dead do not vanish until their stories are settled. Bryony Bracken is an apprentice memory-glassmaker, weaving ashes and intentions into beautiful lanterns that guide departed spirits to rest. For a girl who fears conflict above all else, crafting ... Read more

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In a village built on polite lies, the truth is a dangerous spark.Welcome to Brindlewake, a rain-soaked province where domestic magic reigns and the dead do not vanish until their stories are settled. Bryony Bracken is an apprentice memory-glassmaker, weaving ashes and intentions into beautiful lanterns that guide departed spirits to rest. For a girl who fears conflict above all else, crafting
... Read more
Hardtack and Coffee

by John D. Billings, Charles W. Reed ...

One of the most important memoirs of the American Civil War, this is also one of the few to describe what life was really like for the common soldier. The author, a Union veteran of the Army of the Potomac, tells of how the men enlisted or were conscripted; how they lived in camp and on the march; what they ate and foraged; how they were equipped and provided for; how they lived, amused themselves ... Read more

$4.22 CAD

One of the most important memoirs of the American Civil War, this is also one of the few to describe what life was really like for the common soldier. The author, a Union veteran of the Army of the Potomac, tells of how the men enlisted or were conscripted; how they lived in camp and on the march; what they ate and foraged; how they were equipped and provided for; how they lived, amused themselves
... Read more
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Archivist and the Dead Glass, The

A Spellbinding Fantasy Mystery — When the magical lanterns recording a town's memories suddenly go blind, a methodical archivist must hunt a saboteur trying to erase history.

by John Newbill ...

Narrated by John Newbill ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Quiet Cases of Lanternvale
Unabridged

9 hours 5 min

In a village where magic records every human emotion, a deliberately blank lantern isn't just an anomaly—it's a crime against history.In the quiet, magical valley of Lanternvale, the truth is indisputable. Memory lanterns hang above every street and shop, their enchanted glass absorbing ambient human emotion and reflecting it as a brilliant, shifting tapestry of light. This emotional residue forms ... Read more

$28.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In a village where magic records every human emotion, a deliberately blank lantern isn't just an anomaly—it's a crime against history.In the quiet, magical valley of Lanternvale, the truth is indisputable. Memory lanterns hang above every street and shop, their enchanted glass absorbing ambient human emotion and reflecting it as a brilliant, shifting tapestry of light. This emotional residue forms
... Read more
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Baker and the Violet Regret, The

A heartwarming Cozy Fantasy mystery where a solitary baker must use ambient magic to solve a village's hidden sorrow—without ruining the quiet peace of her pastry shop.

by John Newbill ...

Narrated by John Newbill ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Quiet Cases of Lanternvale
Unabridged

8 hours 4 min

In a village where magic reflects your deepest feelings, a sudden burst of violet light over the morning bread could ruin a solitary baker's quiet life.Welcome to the Dawnrise Bakery in the enchanting valley of Lanternvale, where ambient magic illuminates the emotions of the villagers in beautiful, swirling colors. Winifred Ward, a retired mediator turned baker, has spent years cultivating a ... Read more

$28.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In a village where magic reflects your deepest feelings, a sudden burst of violet light over the morning bread could ruin a solitary baker's quiet life.Welcome to the Dawnrise Bakery in the enchanting valley of Lanternvale, where ambient magic illuminates the emotions of the villagers in beautiful, swirling colors. Winifred Ward, a retired mediator turned baker, has spent years cultivating a
... Read more
EmotiConversations

Working through Our Deepest Places

by Holly Hall-Pletcher, John Pletcher ...

How do you juggle workplace emotions? Dark and stormy seasons blow your way. Spectacular new opportunities emerge. Grief and loss descend. Financial crises loom. Office politics and busyness press on your soul. What about romantic tensions, rivalry, and bouts of bitterness? Must leaders shrug, settle, and simply tolerate such rugged scenarios, or could your accompanying responses actually become ... Read more

$23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

How do you juggle workplace emotions? Dark and stormy seasons blow your way. Spectacular new opportunities emerge. Grief and loss descend. Financial crises loom. Office politics and busyness press on your soul. What about romantic tensions, rivalry, and bouts of bitterness? Must leaders shrug, settle, and simply tolerate such rugged scenarios, or could your accompanying responses actually become
... Read more
Hardtack and Coffee or The Unwritten Story of Army Life

by John D. Billings ...

Hardtack and Coffee or The Unwritten Story of Army Life (1887) is a memoir by John D. Billings. Billings was a veteran of the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery Battery in the American Civil War. Originally published in 1888, Hard Tack and Coffee quickly became a best seller, and is now considered one of the most important books written by a Civil War veteran. "Hard Tack and Coffee" is ... Read more

$1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Hardtack and Coffee or The Unwritten Story of Army Life (1887) is a memoir by John D. Billings. Billings was a veteran of the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery Battery in the American Civil War. Originally published in 1888, Hard Tack and Coffee quickly became a best seller, and is now considered one of the most important books written by a Civil War veteran. "Hard Tack and Coffee" is
... Read more

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