Series: The International Library of Essays on Military HistoryGosse argued that fossils are not really the remains of creatures which existed. Gosse's work was popular with neither Christians nor evo
Much imitated but never surpassed, this is the great book of pirate lore. Ranging from ancient to modern times, it explores the rise of piracy, who the pirates were and where they came from, and why t
Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888), a British naturalist, left home at age 17 and made his way to Alabama in 1838, where he had heard educated people were in demand. He was employed by Judge Reuben Saffol
