Biography & Autobiography
Post Mortems Two
Read by David Wales
Charles Maclaurin
This 1925 collection of extensive essays (a second book following the first of similar title) comprises well written biographies of a few fa…
Richelieu
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George Payne Rainsford James
Written in three volumes, this fictionalized biography of Richelieu is supposedly based on a manuscript that fell into the author's hands an…
Indian Converts of Martha's Vineyard
Read by Eric Schievenin
Experience Mayhew
This work is actually two "essays" which circulated together, one addended to the other. The first, Indian converts: or, Some acco…
The Diaries of John Evelyn
Read by Anthony Ogus
John Evelyn
John Evelyn was a 17th century polymath, with interests in the fine arts, architecture, gardening, as well as anatomy and the natural scienc…
A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory
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Lucy Larcom
What was growing up like for a seaside country girl in 1800’s New England -- her expectations, occupations, education, and opportunities? Wh…
The Life of Florence Nightingale
Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Sarah Tooley
Journalist and author Sarah Tooley was best known in her time for her biography of Queen Victoria and this biography of Florence Nightingale…
We
Read by Jim Locke
Charles Lindbergh
"We" is comprised of two parts. The first ten chapters (sections) where he traces his steady and remarkable genius for flying are …
Houdini
Read by Mark Harrington
Harold Kellock
This biography of Houdini is based on Harry's many autobiographical fragments, diary entries, clippings of the era, as well as memories left…
The Seven Stairs
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Stuart Brent
An Autobiography of Stuart Brent, who in 1946 followed his bliss and opened an independent bookstore in Chicago, which became very popular a…
Sir Christopher Wren
Read by David Wales
Lawrence Weaver
This 1923 monograph on the life and work of Sir Christopher Wren was written by Lawrence Weaver, an English architectural writer and editor.…
Chicago May
Read by Jim Locke
May Churchill Sharpe
This is a cold-blooded recital of fact, a plain, unvarnished statement from a client to a lawyer. It is the history of the life of a notorio…
Finding a Way Out
Read by Jim Locke
Robert R. Moton
He says about this work: "I have tried to record the events that have given character and colour to my own life, and at the same time t…
The Youth of Washington
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Silas Weir Mitchell
Departing from the usual third person narratives of biographies, this account is told in the first person as the reminiscences of a now reti…
Twenty Years on Horseback
Read by Will Shakespeare
William Marion Weekley
William Weekley was graduate of Asbury Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky, and a bishop in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. From the au…
Father Marquette
Read by Carol Pelster
Reuben Gold Thwaites
“Father Marquette” is a biography of the French priest, devout missionary and courageous explorer who led an expedition, along with Louis Jo…