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Milt Schornack and the Royal Bobcat GTOs - Milt Schornack - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The original muscle car, the Royal Bobcat GTO was the baby of a burgeoning Detroit subculture, one not sanctioned by the big automakers of the early 1960s. In a post-World War II America hungry for chrome, flash and speed, Royal Pontiac in Royal Oak, Michigan, modified and sold its souped-up versions of GTOs to customers, and in the process created a demand for custom street racers in America. Founded by Ace Wilson, the Royal name became synonymous with speed. This book outlines the history of the Royal Bobcat GTO, from the people--including Milt Schornack, the mechanic who raced for Royal Pontiac and was responsible for the custom Bobcats--to the fabled midnight test runs on northern Detroit''s famous Woodward Avenue. Fourteen chapters, illustrated with 25 photographs of vintage GTOs, the infamous Car & Driver road test photos against a Ferrari GTO, and more, chronicle the history of a car that changed the focus of the Detroit auto industry for the next decade. Former editor-in-chief of Hot Rod Magazine Ro McGonegal contributes a foreword.

DKK 283.00

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The English Royal Family of America, from Jamestown to the American Revolution - Michael A. Beatty - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

For about a century and a half after they arrived from Britain, America''s first permanent colonists considered themselves to be British, largely English. They were proud of their heritage and loyal to their country. Britain''s royal family truly was the royal family of America--until the era of the American Revolution, when the colonies fought for their independence from England and its rulers. Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, Charles II, James II, William III and Mary II, Anne, George I, George II, and George III--the English royals who were also the royals of early America--are all covered in this work. It begins with Queen Elizabeth I, as it was during her rule that Sir Walter Ralegh established his settlements in America, and ends with King George III, as it was during his rule that the American Revolution began. A biographical sketch is provided for each royal and his or her spouse and legitimate children. Brief mention is made of mistresses and illegitimate children.

DKK 375.00

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Custer and the Front Royal Executions of 1864 - Jay W. Simson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

For nearly a century and a half most historians of the Civil War have accepted the claim by Confederate Colonel John S. Mosby that George Armstrong Custer bears all of the guilt associated with the summary executions of six of Mosby''s Rangers at Front Royal, Virginia on September 23, 1864. This book challenges that view through a comprehensive look at the events of the day and a history of the persons involved, contending that Custer was not responsible for these executions, being neither present on the scene nor the initiating officer.

DKK 334.00

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The American Eagle Squadrons of the Royal Air Force - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

While the United States sought to remain neutral in the early years of World War II, some Americans did not. This book is the first to provide the operational records and combat reports of the three American "Eagle" Royal Air Force squadrons--units comprised of volunteer American pilots who served with the British prior to the U.S. entering the war. The records tell the story of the more than 200 pilots who, against federal law, flew with the British in their fight against Nazi Germany. While some Americans served individually in other RAF units, these three squadrons--the 71st, 121st and 133rd--were the only ones organized exclusively for Americans. They were the first of dozens of American fighter squadrons that would soar over Europe.

DKK 759.00

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Royalty Who Wait - Olga S. Opfell - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Only seven European monarchies remain intact today; all are constitutional monarchies. Four empires and 16 kingdoms have disappeared in Europe during the last two centuries. The Bourbon kingdom in France vanished first, in 1830; the Greek kingdom most recently, in 1973. Former sovereigns still consider themselves to be kings. Princes, dukes and counts remain, possessed of far-reaching connections to currently reigning monarchs. For some of them the path to headship of the royal houses has been complicated, taking many twists and turns. Two world wars caused the greatest attrition in monarchies. Exile has been bitter for some, happier for others, but in and out of exile the heads of royal families live well. Many are successful in business and as financiers. Many are enthusiastic followers of sports. Some manage large estates; others are still trying to regain royal properties. The chapters are arranged in the chronological order in which the kingdoms disappeared. This book profiles twenty-one heads of formerly regnant houses of Europe, set in historical perspective, and recounting varied life styles, occupations, and interests. At the end of each chapter is a chart or set of charts depicting the line of succession of the headship of the house.

DKK 421.00

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Death Rites and Hawaiian Royalty - Ralph Thomas Kam - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The bones of Hawaii''s King Kamehameha the Great were hidden at night in a secret location. In contrast, his successor Kamehameha III had a half-mile-long funeral procession to the Royal Tomb watched by thousands. Drawing on missionary journals, government publications and Hawaiian and English language newspapers, this book describes changes in funerary practices for Hawaiian royalty and details the observance of each royal death beginning with that of Kamehameha in 1819. Funeral observances of Western royalty provided an extravagant model for their Hawaiian counterparts yet many indigenous practices endured. Mourners no longer knocked out their teeth or tattooed their tongues but mass wailing, feather standards and funeral dirges continued well into the 20th century. Dozens of historic drawings and photographs provide rare glimpses of the obsequies of the Kamehameha and Kalakaua dynasties. Descriptions of the burial sites provide locations of the final resting places of Hawaii''s royalty.

DKK 421.00

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The Making of Women Artists in Victorian England - Jo Devereux - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

When women were admitted to the Royal Academy Schools in 1860, female art students gained a foothold in the most conservative art institution in England. The Royal Female College of Art, the South Kensington Schools and the Slade School of Fine Art also produced increasing numbers of women artists. Their entry into a male-dominated art world altered the perspective of other artists and the public. They came from disparate levels of society--Princess Louise, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, studied sculpture at the National Art Training School--yet they all shared ambition, talent and courage. Analyzing their education and careers, this book argues that the women who attended the art schools during the 1860s and 1870s--including Kate Greenaway, Elizabeth Butler, Helen Allingham, Evelyn De Morgan and Henrietta Rae--produced work that would accommodate yet subtly challenge the orthodoxies of the fine art establishment. Without their contributions, Victorian art would be not simply the poorer but hardly recognizable to us today.

DKK 325.00

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We Kept Britain Flying - Leonard F. Guttridge - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Corporal Leonard Guttridge was among the many unsung heroes of the Battle of Britain--the Royal Air Force mechanics and armorers who patched bullet holes, repaired engines, refueled empty tanks and replenished ammunition, enabling outnumbered pilots to return to the skies. His journal, written in tiny notebooks, at moments under enemy fire, chronicles the battle and its human toll, and portrays the tenacity of the RAF ground crews without whom the British could not have defeated the German Luftwaffe.

DKK 325.00

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Understanding the Castle Ruins of England and Wales - Lise Hull - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Medieval castles were not just showcases for the royal and powerful, they were also the centerpieces of many people''s daily lives. A travel guide as well as a historical text, this volume looks at castles not just as ruined buildings, but as part of the cultural and scenic landscape. The 88 photographs illustrate the different architectural concepts and castle features discussed in the text. The book includes glossaries of terminology, an appendix listing all the castles mentioned and their locations, notes, bibliography and index.

DKK 262.00

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Innocent on the Bounty - Nessy Heywood - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This is the first complete publication of a rare collection of letters and poems written from 1790 to 1792--many of which have never appeared in print--telling the true story of Peter Heywood, a young Royal Navy midshipman on H.M.S. Bounty accused of mutiny, and his devoted sister, Nessy, who worked tirelessly to save him from being condemned and executed for this crime. This edition is a faithful transcription of a manuscript held at the Newberry Library in Chicago--one of only five surviving manuscripts.

DKK 329.00

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From Vietnam to the Arctic Circle - Jack Whitehouse - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

As a U.S. Navy officer, Jack Whitehouse served aboard a World War II-era destroyer at the peak of the Vietnam War, ran special operations on a patrol gunboat out of Guantanamo Bay following the Cuban Missile Crisis and deployed with the Royal Norwegian Navy to counter Soviet threats north of the Arctic Circle. His detailed memoir recounts American efforts to win the Cold War from the perspective of a young lieutenant on the front lines 1964-1975 and the personal struggles and perseverance of sailors fighting an existential enemy at sea.

DKK 334.00

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Queens, Empresses, Grand Duchesses and Regents - Olga S. Opfell - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This book presents the lives and accomplishments of 39 women rulers--not "in-name-only," but wielders of real power. Celebrated queens like England''s Elizabeth I share equal space here with lesser-known monarchs like Giovanna I of Naples and Maria da Gloria of Portugal. The ﬂamboyant, such as Christina of Sweden, contrast with the moralistic, like Maria Theresa of Austria. Each is the heroine of an often dramatic story involving dynastic interplay and court politics. The complex forces that have impeded or sparked the royal performances are detailed.

DKK 334.00

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Bill Lambert - Samuel J. Wilson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

World War I fighter pilot William C. Lambert of Ironton, Ohio, flew for the British Royal Air Force in 1918. When he left the Western Front in August, he had 22 victories--then the most achieved by any American pilot. (By the time of the Armistice in November, his total was surpassed by Eddie Rickenbacker, the former race car driver from Columbus, Ohio, with 26 victories.) Lambert survived the war and lived into his eighties, unwilling until late in life to seek public acclaim for his war record. This book examines his life and the wartime experiences that defined it.

DKK 382.00

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Frederic Franklin - Frederic Franklin - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

With a ballet career spanning well over eight decades, legendary dancer Frederic Franklin was one of the twentieth century''s great ballet stars. This biography, rich with original interviews, covers his entire career from young dance student in the early 1920s to his most recent position as choreographer with Britain''s Royal Ballet in November 2004. Each chapter covers a different period of Franklin''s life, including the peak of his performing career as a principal dancer with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, his legendary professional partnership with Alexandra Danilova, and his role in introducing ballet to millions of Americans during World War II.

DKK 429.00

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Music in Biblical Life - Jonathan L. Friedmann - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Music was integral to the daily life of ancient Israel. It accompanied activities as diverse as manual labor and royal processionals. At key junctures and in core institutions, musical tones were used to deliver messages, convey emotions, strengthen communal bonds and establish human-divine contact. This book explores the intricate and multifaceted nature of biblical music through a detailed look into four major episodes and genres: the Song of the Sea (Exod. 15), King Saul and David''s harp (1 Sam. 16), the use of music in prophecy, and the Book of Psalms. This investigation demonstrates how music helped shape and define the self-identity of ancient Israel.

DKK 429.00

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Black Baseball in New York City - Larry Lester - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Covering the post-Civil War period through the 1950s, this richly illustrated--300 photographs!--history examines black baseball in and around New York City, focusing on its economic impact and cultural legacy. The author documents such famed teams as the Cuban Giants, Lincoln Stars/Giants, Black Yankees, Newark Eagles, and Brooklyn Royal Giants, along with a number of other historically important clubs, as well as the integration of Major League Baseball''s Dodgers, Yankees and Giants. The photos include rare images of Willie Wells, Smokey Joe Williams, Satchel Paige, Minnie Minoso, Monte Irvin, Martin Dihigo, Pete Hill, Rap Dixon and Cannonball Redding, among many others.

DKK 429.00

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A Backseat View from the Phantom - Fleet S. Lentz - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

As a 26-year old Marine radar intercept officer (RIO), Fleet Lentz flew 131 combat missions in the back seat of the supersonic F-4 B Phantom II during the wind-down of the Vietnam War. Overcoming military regulations, he and his fellow Marines at The Rose Garden (Royal Thai Air Base Nam Phong) kept sorely needed supplies moving in while moving combat troops out of Southeast Asia. His personal and accessible memoir describes how pilots and RIOs executed dangerous air-to-ground bombing missions in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos--quite different from the air-to-air warfare for which they had trained--and kept themselves mission-capable (and human) while surviving harsh circumstances.

DKK 334.00

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The Irish in Baseball - David L. Fleitz - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Professional baseball took root in America in the 1860s during the same years that the sons of the first wave of Irish famine refugees began to reach adulthood, and the Irish quickly demonstrated a special affinity for baseball. This is a survey of the enormous contribution of the Irish to the American pastime and the ways in which Irish immigrants and baseball came of age together. Chapters cover Irish immigrants in Boston; the Chicago White Stockings; the Shamrocks, Trojans and Giants; Charlie Comiskey; Patsy Tebeau and the Hibernian Spiders; Ned Hanlon and the Orioles; Hugh Duffy and Tommy McCarthy, the "Heavenly Twins"; umpires; John McGraw; "Wild Bill" Donovan, Patrick Joseph "Whiskey Face" Moran, and Connie Mack; the Red Sox and the Royal Rooters; and more.

DKK 288.00

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Relics of the Franklin Expedition - Garth Walpole - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Sir John Franklin''s Arctic expedition departed England in 1845 with two Royal Navy bomb vessels, 129 men and three years'' worth of provisions. None were seen again until nearly a decade later, when their bleached bones, broken instruments, books, papers and personal effects began to be recovered on Canada''s King William Island. These relics have since had a life of their own--photographed, analyzed, cataloged and displayed in glass cases in London. This book gives a definitive history of their preservation and exhibition from the Victorian era to the present, richly illustrated with period engravings and photographs, many never before published. Appendices provide the first comprehensive accounting of all expedition relics recovered prior to the 2014 discovery of Franklin''s ship HMS Erebus .

DKK 429.00

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The Kaiser's Confidante - Richard Jay Hutto - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

New York City native Mary Esther Lee (1837-1914) first married in 1864 the Prince von Noer, brother of the Queen of Denmark, and was created a princess in her own right after his death. An active philanthropist to Protestant causes, she then married Count Alfred von Waldersee whose close ties to the Prussian court made her an intimate friend of Kaiser Wilhelm II and a mentor and valued friend to his young wife. Although she preferred to remain in the background, Mary''s influence caused intense jealousy by those at court who resented her friendship with the kaiser and kaiserin. This biography chronicles the remarkable life of an American woman whose wealth and influence enabled her to rise to power in the Prussian royal court.

DKK 287.00

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The Tudors on Film and Television - Sue Parrill - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

With its mix of family drama, sex and violence, Britain''s Tudor dynasty (1485-1603) has long excited the interest of filmmakers and moviegoers. Since the birth of movie-making technology, the lives and times of kings Henry VII, Henry VIII, and Edward VI and queens Mary I, Jane Grey and Elizabeth I have remained popular cinematic themes. From 1895''s The Execution of Mary Stuart to 2011''s Anonymous, this comprehensive filmography chronicles every known movie about the Tudor era, including feature films; made-for-television films, mini-series, and series; documentaries; animated films; and shorts. From royal biographies to period pieces to modern movies with flashbacks or time travel, this work reveals how these films both convey the attitudes of Tudor times and reflect the era in which they were made.

DKK 500.00

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British Blockade Runners in the American Civil War - Joseph Mckenna - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Perhaps more than all the campaigns of the Union armies, the Union naval blockade--covering all major Southern ports along 3,500 miles of coastline for the duration of the war--brought down the Confederacy. The daring exploits of Confederate blockade runners are well known--but many of them were British citizens operating out of neutral ports such as Nassau, Havana and Bermuda. Focusing on British involvement in the war, this history names the overseas bankers and manufacturers who, in critical need of cotton and other Confederate exports, financed and equipped the fast little ships that ran the blockade. The author attempts to disentangle the names and aliases of the captains--many of whom were Royal Navy officers on temporary leave--and tells their stories in their own words.

DKK 608.00

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Betrayer's Waltz - Jennifer Bowers Bahney - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Born into one of 19th century Europe''s more powerful families, Archduchess Marie Valerie was the favorite daughter of Austria''s Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth. Determined to marry for love, in 1890 she wed her cousin, Franz Salvator of Tuscany and bore him 10 children. The dashing Archduke was not faithful. His affair with Stephanie Richter, a young, middle-class Jewish woman with a knack for flattering powerful men, led to an illegitimate child, a royal title of her own and a career as a double-agent in the prelude to World War II. Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe became vital to Adolf Hitler, betraying the German Jews, the British government, and her home country of Austria--until Hitler betrayed her, leaving her without allies or protectors.

DKK 334.00

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The Quest for the Hittites - Fausto Labruto - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Hittites, one of the most powerful peoples of the ancient Near East, successfully challenged all other nations, including almighty Egypt, from their Anatolian stronghold. Then, their empire collapsed, was consigned to oblivion, and lay forgotten. Three thousand years later, a motley group of scholars, archaeologists, and adventurers rediscovered the Hittites in an enterprise spanning a century and weaving through the worlds of German kaisers, Turkish sultans, and even the Nazis. This is the history of the rediscovery of the Hittites, a story packed with intrigue and played out against a compelling historical backdrop. It involves colorful characters like an explorer fluent in 29 languages and an archaeologist who slept in royal tombs, along with Victorian historians, cuneiform experts, code-crackers, and grave robbers. These unlikely sleuths uncovered the very roots of the Hittite Empire.

DKK 320.00

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The British Aristocracy in Popular Culture - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

As traditional social hierarchies fall away, ever steeper levels of economic inequality and the entrenchment of new class distinctions lend a new glamor to the idea of aristocracy: witness the worldwide popularity of Downton Abbey , or the seemingly insatiable public fascination with the private lives of the British royal family. This collection of new essays investigates the enduring attraction to the icon of the aristocrat and the spectacle of aristocratic society. It traces the ambivalent reactions the aristocracy provokes and the needs (political, ideological, psychological, and otherwise) it caters to in modern times when the economic power of the landed classes have been eroded and their political role curtailed. In this interdisciplinary collection, aristocracy is considered from multiple viewpoints, including British and American literature, European history and politics, cultural studies, linguistics, visual arts, music, and media studies.

DKK 571.00

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Milt Schornack and the Royal Bobcat GTOs - Milt Schornack - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The English Royal Family of America, from Jamestown to the American Revolution - Michael A. Beatty - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Custer and the Front Royal Executions of 1864 - Jay W. Simson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The American Eagle Squadrons of the Royal Air Force - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Royalty Who Wait - Olga S. Opfell - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Death Rites and Hawaiian Royalty - Ralph Thomas Kam - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Making of Women Artists in Victorian England - Jo Devereux - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

We Kept Britain Flying - Leonard F. Guttridge - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Understanding the Castle Ruins of England and Wales - Lise Hull - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Innocent on the Bounty - Nessy Heywood - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

From Vietnam to the Arctic Circle - Jack Whitehouse - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Queens, Empresses, Grand Duchesses and Regents - Olga S. Opfell - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Bill Lambert - Samuel J. Wilson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Frederic Franklin - Frederic Franklin - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Music in Biblical Life - Jonathan L. Friedmann - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Black Baseball in New York City - Larry Lester - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

A Backseat View from the Phantom - Fleet S. Lentz - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Irish in Baseball - David L. Fleitz - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Relics of the Franklin Expedition - Garth Walpole - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Kaiser's Confidante - Richard Jay Hutto - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Tudors on Film and Television - Sue Parrill - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

British Blockade Runners in the American Civil War - Joseph Mckenna - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Betrayer's Waltz - Jennifer Bowers Bahney - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Quest for the Hittites - Fausto Labruto - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The British Aristocracy in Popular Culture - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

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