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Tales from one of the original mountaineers in the raw land of the west. W. T. Hamilton—also known as, Wildcat Bill, gives the listener a first-hand account of life outdoors in the Old West. Hamilton relates how a mountain man relied on his wits and specialized knowledge in order survive the inhospitable environments. From trailblazing to trading with Indians, he keeps us on the edge of our seats.

In his concise, richly detailed memoir My Sixty Years on the Plains, fur-trapper W. T. Hamilton - also known as "Wildcat Bill"-gives the listener a first-hand account of life outdoors in the Old West. From trailblazing to trading with Indians, Hamilton relates how a mountain man relied on his wits and specialized knowledge in order to survive the inhospitable environments. 

One month after the Bay of Pigs fiasco, when President John F. Kennedy pressed Congress about America’s “urgent national needs”, he named expanding US special operations forces along with putting a man on the moon. Captain William Hamilton was the officer tasked with creating the finest unconventional warriors ever seen. Merging his own experience commanding Navy Underwater Demolition Teams with expertise from Army Special Forces and the CIA, and working with his subordinate, Roy Boehm, he cast the mold for sea-, air-, and land-dispatched night fighters. 

Descubre el salvaje Oeste narrado por un hombre que lo vivió durante seis décadas. Este libro reúne las memorias de William Thomas Hamilton (1822–1908), uno de los últimos representantes de la generación de tramperos que vivió la frontera norteamericana antes de su transformación definitiva.

World War II, the Philippines. Johnny Oldfield tells what it’s like to grow up in a Japanese prison camp, his pivotal teenage years filled with danger and defeat, adventure and intrigue, cruelty and betrayal, starvation and death, survival and liberation.

A unique collection of eyewitness accounts from some of the greatest diarists and journal writers of the last two centuries.

November - the 11th month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, when the land becomes bleaker, harsher but no less beautiful for that. For our poets, including Hood, Arnold, Melville, Alford, and Hardy, there is much to write and comment on.

Voices from the Valley is a teaching and discipleship broadcast from the Valley community where saints in exile gather to be sharpened by Scripture, formed by covenant, and equipped for faithfulness in Babylon. Featuring sermons, biblical studies, roundtable conversations, and global contributions from Valley International, this show exists to proclaim Christ as King and train His people to live like it.Whether you're sitting under the Word in Tampa or tuning in from across the world, these are the voices of a scattered yet unified people, standing firm until Zion comes.

Across fifty poems our classic poets including Christina Georgina Rossetti, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Thomas Hardy & Dante Gabriel Rossetti find verse and tender words to match the occasion. Their descriptions of nature’s ever-evolving landscape and humanity’s ever-changing lives emblazon the page with the lively ink that shapes us all.