FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON.CHAPTER I.the gun club.During the War of the Rebellion, a new and influential club was established in tho city of Baltimore in tho State of Maryland. It is well known with what energy the taste for military matters became developed among that nation of ship-owners, shopkocpers, and mechanics. Simple tradesmen jumped their counters to become extemporized captains, colonels, and generals, without having ever passed tho School of Instruction at West Point; nevertheless, they quickly rivaled their compeers of the old continent, and, liko them, carried oil victories by dint of lavish expenditure in ammunition, money, and men.Jiut the point in which the Americans singularly dis-tanced the Europeans was in the soietoce of gunnery. Not, indeed, that their weapons retained a higher degree of perfection than theiysAbout the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and...

Под заказ:
	OZON.ru - 1543 руб.	Перейти

Рейтинг книги: 4 из 5, 7 голос(-ов).