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Nathan Sassaman (b. 1963) is a retired United States Army officer and the author of the 2008 book Warrior King (with Joe Layden) about his experiences in the Iraq War.. Raised in Portland, Oregon, Sassaman was an A student and the son of a Methodist minister who earned appointments to both West Point and the Air Force Academy, and was also recruited by Princeton.
Warrior King is an historical novel based on the early life of Emperor Tewodros, from his origins as a commoner to his ascension to the throne following the defeat of Ras Ali. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] The events take place during the Zemene Mesafint , a period in Ethiopian history between the mid-18th and mid-19th centuries when the country had no ...
Kyūjutsu (弓術) ("art of archery") is the traditional Japanese martial art of wielding a bow as practiced by the samurai class of feudal Japan. [1] Although the samurai are perhaps best known for their swordsmanship with a katana (), kyūjutsu was actually considered a more vital skill for a significant portion of Japanese history.
These bows are said to be made of wood, horn and even steel. [2] [10] The most famous bowman in Tolkien's stories of the First Age of Middle-earth is the Elf Beleg; his bow was named Belthronding, and his arrow Dailir. Infamously Curufin, a lord of the Noldor, attempts to shoot the Elf-princess Lúthien with the bow of his brother Celegorm.
In the introduction, the book summarizes how the Clans were formed. The next chapters feature Leafpool explaining the Warrior Code to the reader, through the point of view of curious loners visiting the Clans. Leafpool tells a story about each Code, which illustrates how and why the Code came to be.
Warrior follows Ah Sahm, played by Andrew Koji, a martial artist who emigrates to the United States in the late 1870s in search of his missing sister, and is soon drawn into the underground world ...
The book follows the tale of the Badger Lord Urthstripe the Strong and his battle against Ferahgo the Assassin the least weasel.Mara, Urthstripe's young adopted daughter, and her hare friend, Pikkle, befriend Klitch, a young weasel, and Goffa, a ferret.
Stephen King has given a blunt three-word response to discovering that 23 of his books have been banned from school libraries in Florida, a law that is now being challenged by six major book ...