Modern (20th C)
Fighting France
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Edith Wharton
American novelist Edith Wharton was living in Paris when World War I broke out in 1914. She obtained permission to visit sites behind the li…
Russia in 1919
Read by Expatriate
Arthur Ransome
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: On August 27, 1914, in London, I made this note in a memorandum book: "Met Arthur Ransome at_____'s; discussed a boo…
Five Months at Anzac
Read by Annise
Joseph Lievesley Beeston
A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force . From his leaving Australi…
The Underground Railroad
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William Still
"I congratulate you that, after much patient research, careful preparation, and untiring labor, you have completed your voluminous work…
Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front
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William James McGlothlin
The title is, I think, self explanatory. The nurse in question went out to France at the beginning of the war and remained there until May 1…
Poems
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Wilfred Owen
A collection of poems by the English war poet and soldier of the First World War, Wilfred Owen. Owen is regarded by historians as the leadin…
The Ascent of Denali
Read by Phil Schempf
Hudson Stuck
The story of the First Ascent of Denali by Hudson Stuck, Harry Karstens, Walter Harper and Robert Tatum in 1913, recorded in celebration of …
Mob Rule In New Orleans
Read by Holly Jenson
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Born into slavery in Mississippi in 1862, Ida B. Wells-Barnett was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist…
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Henry Morgenthau
Ambassador Morgenthau’s memoirs of his years in the service of the United States in Constantinople, (today Istanbul), are an important prima…
An Explorer in the Air Service
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Hiram Bingham
Explorer Hiram Bingham discovered Machu Picchu in 1911, as recounted in his book Inca Lands, now released on LibriVox at http://librivox.org…
The Trenches
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Frederic Manning
LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of The Trenches by Frederic Manning. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 30, 201…
The Iron Hunter
Read by Ted Lienhart
Chase Salmon Osborn
This is an autobiography by Michigan Governor Chase Osborn. Osborn was born in 1860 in a log house in Huntington County, Indiana and later a…
France, Spain and the Rif
Read by Alister
Walter Burton Harris
The Guerra del Rif—the Rif War. 1921 to 1926. It was the slogging bloody 5-year long climax of Spain’s effort to secure dominion over a terr…
Shall It Be Again?
Read by Ted Lienhart
John Kenneth Turner
While we now view America’s entry into World War I as a necessary step to save Europe from German domination, it was actually one of the mos…
The Life of Calvin Coolidge
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Horace Green
An easy to read biography of the 30th president of the United States.
The Last Voyage of the Karluk
Read by Barry Eads
Robert Abram Bartlett
In August 1913, the Karluk, flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson’s Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913–16, became trapped in the ice while saili…
The Needs of Europe
Read by Ted Lienhart
Fight The Famine Council
In October 1920, the International Economic Conference in London gathered invitees to review post-war Europe's ravaged economies. Speakers i…
The Story of Minot's Light
Read by Mark Harrington
Edward Rowe Snow
Minot's Ledge lies off the coast of Cohasset and Scituate, Massachusetts. This ledge and neighboring rock outcrops were the scene of over 40…
America's
Read by Ted Lienhart
Henry J. Reilly
"What part did we take in the Great War? Did we only lend money to our Allies, or did we really fight?" Henry …
American inquisitors
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Walter Lippmann
A discussion on modern democratic government and the conflict between majority rule and intellectual freedom, written in the aftermaths of t…