Biography & Autobiography

Edward the First (Version 2)

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Thomas Frederick Tout


Part of the Twelve English Statesmen series of books. Edward I, was one of the greatest of the medieval monarchs, driven either by a deep co…

Robert Louis Stevenson

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G. K. Chesterton


This short early twentieth century biography of Robert Louis Stevenson by polymath Chesterton and journalist Nicoll is also sometimes entitl…

Mozart's Youth

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Franz Hoffmann and Franz Hoffmann


This short account of the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is part of the “Life Stories for Young People” series. It is written in an engaging …

The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin

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Harry Houdini


This work is by Harry Houdini, and was an attempt, by him, to undermine the public reverence for the man regarded as the master of modern ma…

Daniel Boone

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Katharine Elliott Wilkie


"Get out of Kentucky and stay out!" the Indians told Daniel Boone. But Daniel Boone did not scare easily.There was the time his da…

Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, Vol I

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Charles Lewis Meryon and Lady Hester Stanhope


Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as related by herself in Conversations with her Physician, comprising her opinions and anecdotes of som…

The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known, Version 2

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Joseph Jacobs


From the time of the Ancients to expeditions to the North Pole, Jacobs tells the adventure story of the discovery of the different lands and…

Ingersoll on HUMBOLDT, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 1, Lecture…

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Robert G. Ingersoll


Col. Ingersoll begins his lectures on famous people as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of genius…

George Sand

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Bertha Thomas


A Victorian Novelist herself, Bertha Thomas presents a biography of the Life of George Sand - Summary by Christine Rottger

Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspon…

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Henry William Fischer


This work brings new understanding of the life and work of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) while living and traveling abroad. Twain and fellow h…

"Abe" Lincoln's Anecdotes and Stories

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R. D. Wordsworth


According to the compiler, R.D. Wordsworth, this is a collection of the best stories told by Lincoln which made him famous as America's Best…

The Complete Works of Brann, The Iconoclast, Volume 12

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William Cowper Brann


William Cowper Brann earned the nickname “The Iconoclast” by fearlessly attacking established beliefs and institutions which he thought to b…

The Lives of the Queens of England, Volume 10

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Agnes Strickland


The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by he…

The Diary of a Russian Lady

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Barbara Doukhovsky


This book was not intended to be published, and it is to accident that we owe its appearance.The author, from her childhood, followed affect…

Indian Converts of Martha's Vineyard, in New-England

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Experience Mayhew


This work is actually two "essays" which circulated together, one addended to the other. The first, Indian converts: or, Some acco…

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