Murphy, Jim 1947-

A savage thunder : Antietam and the bloody road to freedom by Jim Murphy( Book )

1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 1,641 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In September 1862, two great armies faced each other across Antietam Creek. The outnumbered Confederate forces were led by General Robert E. Lee. The Union army was led by General George B. McClellan. Jim Murphy uses archival photographs, maps, and firsthand accounts to recreate one of America's most important battles

The long road to Gettysburg by Jim Murphy( Book )

5 editions published between 1992 and 2000 in English and held by 1,619 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Describes the events of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 as seen through the eyes of two actual participants, nineteen-year-old Confederate lieutenant John Dooley and seventeen-year-old Union soldier Thomas Galway. Also discusses Lincoln's famous speech delivered at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg

Inside the Alamo by Jim Murphy( Book )

4 editions published between 2003 and 2005 in English and held by 1,321 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An overview of the struggle between the Texan settlers and Mexico's General Santa Anna for control of Texas, with a detailed description of the 1836 siege of the Alamo. Includes bibliographical sketches and quotations of some of those involved

A young patriot : the American Revolution as experienced by one boy by Jim Murphy( Book )

11 editions published between 1995 and 2003 in English and held by 1,316 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Joseph Plumb Martin was only 15 in 1776 when he joined the revolutionary army in Milford Massachusetts. He spent the rest of his teen and young adult years marching, working, fighting, foraging and sometimes almost freezing and starving with his fellow patriots until the war ended in 1783. As an older man, he wrote and published his account of his wartime experiences, well known events as Washington and Lafayette and the winter at Valley Forge and the surrender at Yorktown; but also the lesser known facts such as the serious lack of food and clothing that the soldiers had to endure

The crossing : how George Washington saved the American Revolution by Jim Murphy( Book )

4 editions published between 2010 and 2016 in English and held by 1,250 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Learn how George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River helped save the American revolution

Invincible microbe : tuberculosis and the never-ending search for a cure by Jim Murphy( Book )

9 editions published between 2007 and 2015 in English and held by 1,240 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is the story of a killer that has been stalking and doing away with people for thousands of years: Tuberculosis. For centuries, TB in many forms was treated with everything from poultices and potions to the king's touch. The microorganism that causes the disease was eventually identified, more effective treatments were developed, and the cure for TB was thought to be within reach. But the TB germ simply will not die; drug-resistant varieties continue to plague and panic the human race. This biography of the deadly germ, an account of the diagnosis, treatment, and "cure" of the disease over time, and its social history, is woven together with archival prints and photographs

The great fire by Jim Murphy( )

34 editions published between 1995 and 2016 in English and held by 1,213 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Accounts of actual survivors and historical writings are woven together to create a thrilling book about the 1871 Chicago Fire, that reads like an adventure story

The giant and how he humbugged America by Jim Murphy( Book )

4 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 1,016 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A description of the Cardiff Giant mystery in which a man in upstate New York buried a ten-foot-tall, petrified model of a man, which was discovered by well diggers a year later, and set into motion a money-making spectacle

Weird & wacky inventions by Jim Murphy( Book )

15 editions published between 1978 and 2016 in English and held by 980 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Includes drawings of unusual inventions submitted to the patent office with clues to aid the reader in guessing the purpose of each invention

Gone a-whaling : the lure of the sea and the hunt for the great whale by Jim Murphy( Book )

4 editions published between 1998 and 2004 in English and held by 975 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Surveys the history of the whaling industry from its earliest days to the present, focusing on the young boys who managed to sign on for whaling voyages