Modern (19th C)

Daring Deeds of Famous Pirates

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Edward Keble Chatterton


Edward Chatterton, a prolific British author of maritime adventures, presents fascinating stories of pirates and their exploits from earlies…

Yellowstone Expedition of 1870

Read by Phil Schempf


Gustavus Cheyney Doane


Lt. Gustavus Doane was a member of the 1870 Yellowstone Expedition led by Henry Washburn. Washburn requested military support from General H…

Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire

Read by Barbara Baker


Henriette Lucie Dillon, marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet


An aristocratic Frenchwoman's personal record of the dazzling extravagance of the Ancien Régime, of the court of Marie Antoinette, of…

The City That Was

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Stephen Smith


This 1911 history of the public health revolution that transformed New York City in the nineteenth century is also about every city and town…

History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume II, From the Death of Alexande…

Read by S S Kim


Simon Dubnow


Simon Dubnow was born in 1860 to a poor Jewish family in Belarussian town of Mstsislaw and later became an authority of Jewish history and a…

Stories of the Lifeboat

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Frank Mundell


There's fury in the tempest,And there's madness in the waves;The lightning snake coils round the foam,The headlong thunder raves;Yet a boat …

The Women of the American Revolution Volume 1

Read by Celine Major


Elizabeth F. Ellet


Excerpt from Preface: Their patriotic sacrifices were made with an enthusiasm that showed the earnest spirit ready on every occasion to appe…

The South American Republics, Part I

Read by Piotr Nater


Thomas Cleland Dawson


The question most frequently asked me since I began my stay in South America has been: "Why do they have so many revolutions there?&quo…

The Emancipation of South America

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Bartolomé Mitre


THREE great names stand forth conspicuous in the annals of America, those of Washington, Bolívar, San Martin. Of Washington, the grea…

Oscar Wilde: The Complete Interviews

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Various


This complete collection of Oscar Wilde’s English language interviews gives listeners the opportunity to hear one of history’s greatest conv…

Norway and the Union with Sweden

Read by Ærik Bjørnsson


Fridtjof Nansen


A History of the politics surrounding The Union of Norway with Sweden, from 1814-1905, from the Norwegian perspective - Summary by Æri…

Mark Twain; his life and work. A biographical sketch

Read by John Greenman


William M. Clemens


As far as anyone has been able to establish, Will Clemens was NOT related to Sam Clemens (Mark Twain), though they did become acquaintances.…

The Book of Buried Treasure

Read by Tony Posante


Ralph Delahaye Paine


Described by the author as: BEING A TRUE HISTORY OF THE GOLD, JEWELS, AND PLATE OF PIRATES, GALLEONS, ETC., WHICH ARE SOUGHT FOR TO THIS DAY…

A Century of Negro Migration

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Carter Woodson


Dr. Woodson describes the internal migration of African Americans within the United States, including the Northern Migration and the draw of…

Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism

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Allen Putnam


"It is not our purpose to write history, but to give new explanation of old events. The long and widely tolerated theory that New Engla…

The Causes Of The American Civil War

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John Lothrop Motley


John Lothrop Motley (1814 – 1877) was an American author and popular diplomat, who helped to prevent European intervention on the side of th…

An Apache Campaign In The Sierra Madre

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John Gregory Bourke


An account of the expedition [of the U.S. Army] in pursuit of the hostile Chiricahua Apaches in the spring of 1883. (Book subtitle) Bourke w…

Two American Slavery Documents

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James Mars


This recording contains two original documents. 1) Life of James Mars, a Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut, by James Mars (1869). James …

Oration by Frederick Douglass Delivered on the Occasion of the Unveiling of the…

Read by Edward Graham V


Frederick Douglass


This is the speech given by Fredrick Douglass at the unveiling of the Freedmen's Monument in Lincoln Park, Washington DC, April 14, 1876 alo…

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…

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Various


These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…

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