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Biografier giver dig adgang til ægte livsfortællinger og skæbner, der har sat deres præg på verden. Her finder du bøger om både nulevende og historiske personer - fra de magtfulde til de misforståede, fra kendte navne til hverdagens helte. Vores udvalg rummer inspirerende historier om mod, passion og vilje, hvor virkelighedens stemmer får plads. Uanset om du søger en biografi med indhold til samlingen, en rørende gave eller blot ønsker at læse om mennesker, der har ændret verden, er der masser at vælge imellem. Find din næste biografi hos WilliamDam.dk og oplev fortællinger, der berører og sætter sig fast.
The Civil War was the first major American conflict in which women nurses played a significant role. This diary records the daily experiences, hardships and joys of a Southern plantation owner and widow whose patriotism prompted her to care for confederate wounded.
Jubal Anderson Early ranked among the most important generals who fought with Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. This is Early's personal account of the war, originally released in 1866. Gary W. Gallagher's introduction explicates Early's military career.
First published in 1879, this book chronicles Pheobe Pember's experiences as matron of the Confederate Chimborazo Hospital from November 1862 until the fall of Richmond in April 1865.
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847-1918) accomplished a political revolution in South Carolina when he defeated Governor Wade Hampton and the old guard Bourbons who had run the state since the end of reconstruction. This work is his biography.
In the three decades before the Civil War, James Louis Petigru became the dean of the South Carolina bar and Charleston's leading exponent of the constitutional conservatism that placed federal union above state rights. This work is his biography.
The correspondence of the nephew of poet and abolitionist leader James Russell Lowell. His letters are distinctive, well-articulated, and eminently literate,... Læs mere
A memoir of the ambitious life and controversial political career of Louisiana governor Henry Clay Warmoth (1842-1931). It provides an account of... Læs mere
Bringing together historians, political scientists, and sociologists, this book demonstrates the political relevance of first ladies throughout US... Læs mere
Serves as equal parts political memoir and reform-minded call to action as the author shares accounts from his half century of public service to illustrate the smart stewardship... Læs mere
The largest among Alex Swan's many corporate creations, The Swan Land and Cattle Company, Ltd., was one of the larger livestock companies to operate in the American... Læs mere
Civil War veteran and Indian fighter Ranald Slidell Mackenzie is not well known today. In the late nineteenth century, however,... Læs mere