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The Texan Army 1835-46

Product Description: The volunteer army that fought the Mexican dictator Santa Anna from 1835 to 1836 was immortalized in the epic battle of the Alamo. Taking arms initially to fight for the restoration of the liberal Mexican constitution of 1824, the volunteers were eventually fighting for outright Texan independence...read more

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Stuart Reid

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9781841765938 | Osprey Pub Co, October 1, 2003, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The volunteer army that fought the Mexican dictator Santa Anna from 1835 to 1836 was immortalized in the epic battle of the Alamo.

American Civil War Commanders: Confederate Leaders in the West

Product Description: Osprey's study of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). In the Western theater of war the Confederacy had the misfortune to face, with inferior resources, some of the outstanding Union leaders early in their careers...read more

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Philip Katcher

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9781841763194 | Osprey Pub Co, October 1, 2003, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Osprey's study of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865).

American War of Independence Commanders

Product Description: The commanders who led the opposing armies of the American War of Independence (1775–1783) came from remarkably different backgrounds. They included not only men from Britain and America, but from Germany, France and Spain as well...read more

By Rene Chartrand and Richard Hook (illustrator)

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9781841765686 | Osprey Pub Co, September 1, 2003, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: The commanders who led the opposing armies of the American War of Independence (1775–1783) came from remarkably different backgrounds.

Myths of Native America

Product Description: These stories originated in the canyons, plains, mountains, and vast forests of pre-Columbian North America, from the indigenous groups that inhabited the land for thousands of years. Within specific regions, each had its own arts, customs, social practices, and language...read more

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Tim McNeese (editor)

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9781568582719 | Running Pr Book Pub, July 22, 2003, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: These stories originated in the canyons, plains, mountains, and vast forests of pre-Columbian North America, from the indigenous groups that inhabited the land for thousands of years.

Us Army Frontier Scouts 1840-1921

Product Description: The role of the Frontier scout in the US Army during the period of westward expansion, was often far more important than that of the commanding officer. They possessed a priceless knowledge of the geography, people and characteristics of the great, unknown American hinterland and from the earliest days of exploration, the US Army depended on its scouts to guide troops across the plains and through the mountains as they guarded the nation's frontier settlements...read more

By Ron Field and Richard Hook (illustrator)

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9781841765822 | Osprey Pub Co, July 1, 2003, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: The role of the Frontier scout in the US Army during the period of westward expansion, was often far more important than that of the commanding officer.

Union Cavalrymen of the Civil War

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Philip Katcher

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9781410901156 | Heinemann/Raintree, June 1, 2003, cover price $34.29

American Civil War Commanders (3): Union Leaders in the West

Product Description: Osrpey's examination of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). When the War Between the States broke out in 1861, the US Army had only four line generals – and three of those were over 70 years of age and veterans of the Napoleonic period...read more

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Philip Katcher

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9781841763217 | Osprey Pub Co, March 1, 2003, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Osrpey's examination of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865).

American Civil War Commanders (2): Confederate Leaders in the East

Product Description: Osrpey's examination of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). The generals who led the brigades, divisions, corps and armies of the Confederacy were very largely products of the same professional backgrounds as their opponents in Union blue - indeed, many of them were former West Point classmates and brother officers in the pre-war US Army, who had served together on the frontier or in the Mexican War...read more

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Philip Katcher

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9781841763187 | Osprey Pub Co, December 1, 2002, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Osrpey's examination of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865).

American Civil War Commanders(1): Union Leaders in the East

Product Description: Osprey's study of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). When the War Between the States broke out in 1861, the US Army had only four line generals - and only one of them was not a septuagenarian veteran of the War of 1812...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Philip Katcher

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9781841763200 | Osprey Pub Co, April 1, 2002, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Osprey's study of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865).

British Colours & Standards 1747-1881 (2): Infantry

Product Description: In this second of a two-part sequence a respected vexillologist describes, explains and illustrates a wide variety of the King's and Regimental colours carried during the 18th and 19th centuries by British Household, Regular, Militia and Volunteer infantry regiments...read more

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Ian Sumner

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9781841762012 | Osprey Pub Co, November 1, 2001, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: In this second of a two-part sequence a respected vexillologist describes, explains and illustrates a wide variety of the King's and Regimental colours carried during the 18th and 19th centuries by British Household, Regular, Militia and Volunteer infantry regiments.

British Colours & Standards 1747-1881 (1)

Product Description: In this first of a two-part sequence a respected vexillologist describes, explains and illustrates a wide variety of the standards and guidons carried during the 18th and 19th centuries by British Household, Regular, Yeomanry and Volunteer cavalry units...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Ian Sumner

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9781841762005 | Osprey Pub Co, September 1, 2001, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: In this first of a two-part sequence a respected vexillologist describes, explains and illustrates a wide variety of the standards and guidons carried during the 18th and 19th centuries by British Household, Regular, Yeomanry and Volunteer cavalry units.

Union Cavalryman 1861-1865

By Richard Hook and Philip Katcher

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9781841762579 | Osprey Pub Co, March 1, 2001, cover price $16.95

People Who Made History in Ancient Rome

Provides information about ancient Rome and profile the lives of nine famous Romans: Tarquin, Spartacus, Julius Caesar, Virgil, Julia Augusta, Agrippina, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, and Constantine. (view table of contents)

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Patricia Levy

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9780739827499 | Heinemann/Raintree, January 1, 2001, cover price $29.93 | About this edition: Provides information about ancient Rome and profile the lives of nine famous Romans: Tarquin, Spartacus, Julius Caesar, Virgil, Julia Augusta, Agrippina, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, and Constantine.

People Who Made History Native Americans

Provides brief biographies of important Native American figures, including Pocahontas, Tecumseh, Sequoyah, Sacagasea, Geronimo, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull. (view table of contents)

By Jason Hook and Richard Hook (illustrator)

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9780739827505 | Heinemann/Raintree, January 1, 2001, cover price $29.93 | About this edition: Provides brief biographies of important Native American figures, including Pocahontas, Tecumseh, Sequoyah, Sacagasea, Geronimo, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull.

Lawrence of Arabia

Product Description: T. E. Lawrence, or Lawrence of Arabia as he is better known, is best remembered for his role in the Arabia during the First World War. These revolts are part of many smaller conflicts that sprang up at the time of the Great War and such scattered episodes as these were what made a singularly savage European war into the world's first truly global conflict...read more

By Richard Hook (photographer) and David Nicolle

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9781841761145 | Osprey Pub Co, October 1, 2000, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: T.

British Redcoat

Product Description: Objects of grotesque caricature and popular distrust in their own times, British Redcoats nevertheless represented a formidable fighting force and laid the foundations of the British Empire. The British Army was drawn from a far lower percentage of the population than almost any other European army, and at home they were employed chiefly as a police force...read more

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Stuart Reid

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9781841761534 | Osprey Pub Co, September 1, 2000, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Objects of grotesque caricature and popular distrust in their own times, British Redcoats nevertheless represented a formidable fighting force and laid the foundations of the British Empire.

Stories from Native North America

A collection of traditional stories retold from North American Indians, including 'Coyote and Old Turkey' and 'How Loon Outsmarted Winter'. (view table of contents)

By Richard Hook and Linda Theresa Raczek

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9780739820339 | Steck-Vaughn Co, May 1, 2000, cover price $11.50 | About this edition: A collection of traditional stories retold from North American Indians, including 'Coyote and Old Turkey' and 'How Loon Outsmarted Winter'.

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9780739813362 | Heinemann/Raintree, January 1, 2000, cover price $29.93 | About this edition: A collection of traditional stories retold from North American Indians, including 'Coyote and Old Turkey' and 'How Loon Outsmarted Winter'.

Caesar's Legions: The Roman Soldier 753 Bc to 117 Ad

Product Description: The city of Rome was founded, not by the sons of Mars as myth would have it, but by the amalgamation of separate communities of the Palatine and Quirinal hills around 600 BC. From such humble beginnings grew a culture which, by the 1st Century AD, held dominion over much of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Ron Embleton (illustrator), Richard Hook (illustrator), Angus McBride (illustrator), Simon Northwood, Nicholas V. Sekunda and Michael Simkins

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9781841760445 | Osprey Pub Co, January 1, 2000, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The city of Rome was founded, not by the sons of Mars as myth would have it, but by the amalgamation of separate communities of the Palatine and Quirinal hills around 600 BC.

The Spanish Armada

Product Description: This text describes the unfolding of events and charts in detail the specifications of every ship of the Royal Navy and the Spanish Armada. The illustrations bring the details of the soldiers, sailors and their equipment to life.

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and John Tincey

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9781841760285 | Osprey Pub Co, January 1, 2000, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: This text describes the unfolding of events and charts in detail the specifications of every ship of the Royal Navy and the Spanish Armada.

The Spartans

Product Description: The Spartans were the only full time army in ancient Greece and were a truly elite force. The state was dedicated to creating superbly trained soldiers. It was these Spartan hoplites that would face the Persian Empire at the pass of Thermopylae...read more

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Nicholas V. Sekunda

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9781855329485 | Osprey Pub Co, October 1, 1999, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The Spartans were the only full time army in ancient Greece and were a truly elite force.

Illustrated Myths of Native America: The Southwest, Western Range, Pacific Northwest and California

Product Description: Incorporating the full cultural, geographical and historical background to each tribal region and tradition, Tim McNeese retells some sixty myths and legends of native Americans.

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Tim McNeese

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9780713727005 | Blandford Pr, April 1, 1999, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Incorporating the full cultural, geographical and historical background to each tribal region and tradition, Tim McNeese retells some sixty myths and legends of native Americans.

Spanish-American War 1898

Product Description: An authority on the US Army of the 19th century transports readers back to this first war fought by the US as a global superpower and the subsequent campaign in the Phillippines, a guerilla war precursor of Vietnam. This book is a thorough analysis of the US Army and the Spanish and Filipino forces, with chapters detailing the range of theiruniforms, weapons and equipment, from the US Marines and US Cavalry to the exoyic appearance of the Spanish guerillas and Filipino Bolomen...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Ron Field and Richard Hook (illustrator)

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9781857532722 | Brasseys Uk Ltd, December 1, 1998, cover price $32.95 | About this edition: An authority on the US Army of the 19th century transports readers back to this first war fought by the US as a global superpower and the subsequent campaign in the Phillippines, a guerilla war precursor of Vietnam.

The Spartan Army

Product Description: Although Sparta's early history is not clear, by the end of the 8th century most of the other cities of Lakedaimon had been reduced to subject status. The Lakedaimonians were the only full time army in ancient Greece and were thus truly an elite force...read more

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Nicholas Sekunda

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9781855326590 | Osprey Pub Co, September 1, 1998, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Although Sparta's early history is not clear, by the end of the 8th century most of the other cities of Lakedaimon had been reduced to subject status.

My First Bible Words: A Kid's Devotional

Presents more than 100 devotions, including entries that define words from the Bible, with activities, Bible verses, and prayers

By Corbert Gauthier (illustrator), Frances Hook (illustrator), Richard Hook (illustrator), William O. Noller and Kenneth Nathaniel Taylor

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9780842343992 | Tyndale House Pub, June 1, 1998, cover price $10.99 | About this edition: Presents more than 100 devotions, including entries that define words from the Bible, with activities, Bible verses, and prayers

Illustrated Myths of Native America: The Northeast, Southeast, Great Lakes and Great Plains

Product Description: The first in a series covering the myths and legends of Native Americans, this volume covers the tribes of the Northeast, Southeast, Great Lakes and Great Plains. It retells over 50 myths and legends, placing them in the context of the cultural, geographical and historical background of each tribal region and tradition...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Richard Hook (illustrator) and Tim McNeese

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9780713726664 | Blandford Pr, May 1, 1998, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: The first in a series covering the myths and legends of Native Americans, this volume covers the tribes of the Northeast, Southeast, Great Lakes and Great Plains.

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