Rifle-shots at Past and Passing Events: a Poem in Three Cantos, Being Hits at Time on the Wing.

Publisher Marketing: Title: Rifle-shots at past and passing events: a poem in three cantos, being hits at time on the wing. Author: John WellsPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U. S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP00350600CollectionID: CTRG10169358-BPublicationDate: 18620101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: A poem. Possibly written by J. R. Wells. "Dedicated to George B. McClellan, Major General in the Army of the United States by the author."Collation: 112 p.; 25 cm Contributor Bio:  Wells, John Dr. John Wells is well known in the driver training profession as a specialist author ADI and PDI training materials. He works closely with the leading trade body in the industry, The Driving Instructors Association (DIA). John has provided a consultancy service for those wishing to register with ORDIT, advising on training techniques and quality, and worked extensively with the Driving Instructors Register of Ireland (DIR), writing approved training materials as Eire moves towards compulsory registration of driving tutors. He is a member of the DIA Education Committee and driver training consultant for BUSK.