Donald L Miller

Depicting its turbulent beginnings to its current status as one of the world's most dynamic cities, City of the Century tells the story of Chicago-and the story of America, writ small. From its many natural disasters, including the Great Fire of 1871 and several cholera epidemics, to its winner-take-all politics, dynamic business empires, breathtaking architecture, its diverse cultures, and its diverse population of writers, journalists, and artists,...

Although most people associate the term D-day with the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944, it is military code for the beginning of any offensive operation. In the Pacific theater during World War II there were more than one hundred D-days. The largest-and last-was the invasion of Okinawa on April 1, 1945, which brought together the biggest invasion fleet ever assembled, far larger than that engaged in the Normandy invasion. D-Days in the Pacific tells...

Tras Hermanos de sangre y The Pacific, Los amos del aire es el libro que ha inspirado la nueva serie de Steven Spielberg y Tom Hanks para Apple TV. Los amos del aire es la historia personal de los bombarderos aliados que en la Segunda Guerra Mundial golpearon con su carga letal el mismísimo corazón del Tercer Reich. Combinando el poder del rigor histórico con la fuerza narrativa propia de la mejor ficción, su aclamado autor, Donald L. Miller,...

Traces the history of American Negroes in the Armed Forces from colonial times and the Revolutionary War to the Vietnamese War. Includes their role in helping win and settle the far West.

"City of the Century chronicles Chicago's dramatic transformation from a swampy frontier town of fur traders and Native Americans to a massive metropolis that was the quintessential American city of the nineteenth century. The film tells how innovation, ingenuity, determination and ruthlessness created empires in what was a marshy wasteland and describes the hardships endured by millions of working men and women whose labor helped a capitalist class...