Memoirs
The Andes and The Amazon
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James Orton
This book, with the subtitle "Across the Continent of South America" describes the scientific expedition of 1867 to the equatorial…
East by West, Vol. 2
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Sir Henry W. Lucy
East by West: a Journey in the Recess is an account of British journalist Henry Lucy's travels across America and on to the Far East in 1883…
Primera epistola del Almirante don Cristóbal Colón dando cuenta de su gran desc…
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Christopher Columbus
Uno de los primeros textos que escribió Cristóbal Colón en 1493 para informar y dar a conocer en Europa del éxit…
Vanished Arizona: Recollections of the Army Life of a New England Woman
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Martha Summerhayes
"This is the lively autobiography of Martha Summerhayes, the wife of an officer in the American Army. Here, she tells many stories abou…
Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon
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Henry Fielding
Sailing voyage from England to Portugal in the mid Eighteenth Century, by one of the premier humorists, satirists, novelists and playwrights…
Memories of Old Montana
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Con Price
Con Price recalls the 1870s through the 1940s, growing up in Iowa and South Dakota before heading out on a cattle drive into Montana. Never…
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 2)
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John Hay
Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who…
In Our Convent Days
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Agnes Repplier
With her usual wit and charm, Ms. Repplier recalls her days at Eden Hall, the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Torresdale, north of Philadelph…
The Life and Adventures of Venture
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Venture Smith
Venture Smith was an African captured as a child and transported to the American colonies to be sold as a slave. As an adult, he purchased h…
Our Old Home
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
These essays, based on Hawthorne’s stay in England from 1853 to 1857 as American Consul in Liverpool, were first published in the form of a …
My Trip Abroad
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Charlie Chaplin
"A steak and kidney pie, influenza and a cablegram. There is the triple alliance that is responsible for the whole thing."So begin…
The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. II
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James Boswell
Boswell's famous work on the life of his admired friend Johnson, the formidable poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, edito…
The Story of Mary MacLane
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Mary Maclane
At the age of 19 in 1902, MacLane published her first book, The Story of Mary MacLane. It sold 100,000 copies in the first month and was pop…
Old Rail Fence Corners
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Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris
Old Rail Fence Corners is an historical treasure trove containing the stories of the first significant waves of European-American settlers i…
Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph
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Frances Sheridan
Sidney and Cecilia are best childhood friends who are forced to part for 5 years. In that interval, Sidney Bidulph - an undoubtedly good and…
Longings for Home
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Walt Whitman
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Longings for Home by Walt Whitman. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 26, 2012.Bor…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 4
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National Geographic Society
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 4 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Irrigation in CaliforniaRound about AshevilleA Trip…
A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar
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George Bethune English
As a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during the War of 1812 assigned to Marine Corps headquarters, English sailed to the…
California
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J. Tyrwhitt Brooks and Henry Vizetelly
Henry Vizetelly, writing under the pseudonym J. Tyrwhitt Brooks, recalls an expedition to California he took between 1847-1848 . Originally,…