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  1. Far bright star
    a novel
    Published: 2010, c2009
    Publisher:  Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C

    The year is 1916. The enemy, Pancho Villa, is elusive. The terrain is unforgiving, the intense heat and dust both relentless and overpowering. Through the mountains and across the long dry stretches of Mexico, Napoleon Childs, an aging cavalryman,... more

    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
    Online-Ressource
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    The year is 1916. The enemy, Pancho Villa, is elusive. The terrain is unforgiving, the intense heat and dust both relentless and overpowering. Through the mountains and across the long dry stretches of Mexico, Napoleon Childs, an aging cavalryman, leads an expedition of inexperienced horse soldiers on seemingly fruitless searches. Napoleon has weathered the storms of battle with a toughness that has become like a second skin, with the Rattler, a horse who's as flinty and seasoned as he. But this time, Napoleon can't control one of his young soldiers who has a penchant for reckless, dramatic actions--and who singlehandedly, in his desire to prove himself, makes a move that is the beginning of the end. Before long, Napoleon's patrol is at the mercy of an enemy who is intent not only on killing Napoleon's men but on something much bigger: avenging a brutal act

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781565125926; 9781565129801
    Edition: 1st ed
    Subjects: Revolutionaries; Cavalry; Soldiers
    Other subjects: Villa, Pancho (1878-1923)
    Scope: Online-Ressource (218 p), port
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    First paperback edition

    ""Cover""; ""Praise for Far Bright Star""; ""Also by Robert Olmstead""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Epigraph""; ""1""; ""2""; ""3""; ""4""; ""5""; ""6""; ""7""; ""8""; ""9""; ""10""; ""11""; ""12""; ""13""; ""14""; ""15""; ""16""; ""17""; ""18""; ""19""; ""20""; ""21""; ""22""; ""23""; ""24""; ""25""; ""Reader�s Guide""; ""The Last of the Horse Soldiers: A Note from the Author""; ""Questions for Discussion""; ""About the Author""; ""Other Algonquin Readers Round Table Novels""

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  2. Die Funktion und Bedeutung der Reiter- und Pferdeführerdarstellungen auf attischen Grab- und Weihreliefs des 5. und 4. Jhs. v. Chr.
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Archaeopress, Oxford

    Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Akademiebibliothek
    Te 1960=St: TB GRA
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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
    1 B 135362
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    Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg
    TX 2011/50
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    Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften, Abt. Klassische Archäologie, Bibliothek
    Frei 11: 30 B/TILL/1
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    Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
    2010 D 2456
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    Bereichsbibliothek Altertumswissenschaften, Abteilung Archäologie
    M 1040
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    Universitätsbibliothek Kiel, Zentralbibliothek
    Bereich Klassische Archäologie
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    Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig
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    Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
    62.4° 684
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: German
    Media type: Dissertation
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781407306780
    RVK Categories: LG 2700
    Series: Array ; 2137
    Subjects: Horsemen and horsewomen in art; Horses in art; Equestrian order (Athens); Cavalry; Relief (Sculpture), Greek; Relief (Sculpture), Greek; Relief (Sculpture), Greek; Votive offerings; Votive offerings; Sepulchral monuments; Sepulchral monuments
    Scope: IX, 136, 31 S., Ill.
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    Zugl.: Heidelberg, Univ., Diss., 2000