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  • THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
    THEODORE W TAYLOR
    Landmark legislation, such as the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975, as well as increasing federal subsidies for Native Americans, growing demand for the energy resources located on the 50 million acres of Native American lands, expanding numbers of Native Americans and their interest groups, devastating reservation unemployment, and other factors h...

    $1,060.00

  • THE MAGNIFICENT MITSCHER
    THEODORE TAYLOR
    "First-class . . . more than the biography of a great aviator and military leader. It also is a detailed and lively history of naval aviation." — The New York Times Air Adm. Marc Mitscher is a legend in military circles for developing an entirely new concept of war at sea. His skills as both a carrier tactician and genius for leading men rank him with the best World War II comb...

    $249.00

  • TO KILL THE LEOPARD
    THEODORE TAYLOR
    "A high-impact techno-thriller [that] brings readers into the heart of WWII's Battle of the Atlantic . . . To Kill the Leopard is a winner." — Publishers Weekly The U-boat under Horst Kammerer's command bears a leopard insignia, and Kammerer is indeed a feral hunter as he torpedoes Sully Jordan's oil tanker. The merchant marine escapes with his life—only to encounter Kammerer a...

    $179.00

  • THE FLIGHT OF JESSE LEROY BROWN
    THEODORE TAYLOR
    This biography of America's first African American naval aviator is a "compelling portrait of a quiet hero [and] the racial climate between 1926 and 1959" ( Booklist). "In the late 1940s, when every aspiring black pilot had heard of the army's Tuskegee program, Jesse Leroy Brown set his sights on becoming a navy aviator. An outstanding student and top athlete, the 17-year-old's...

    $229.00

  • H.M.S. HOOD VS. BISMARCK
    THEODORE TAYLOR
    An account of the WWII sea battle by the author of The Cay: "The story of the Bismarck is one of exciting high adventure, and [Taylor] captures it nicely." — The New York Times From the award-winning author, this is a compelling history of the sinking of British battlecruiser H.M.S. Hood in the cold waters of the North Atlantic in 1941. It was a great loss to the Royal Navy and...

    $229.00

  • BILLY THE KID
    THEODORE TAYLOR
    This YA Western adventure imagines an alternate fate for the famous outlaw: " Readers will hang on anxiously and eagerly as the plot gallops [forward]" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).   William H. Bonney Jr., better known as Billy the Kid, isn't afraid to take risks. But when a train passenger recognizes him in the middle of a heist near his hometown, it seems like the od...

    $119.00