Biography & Autobiography
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…
Houdini
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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…
Finding a Way Out
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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…
Journal of Francis Asbury
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Francis Asbury
As one of the first two bishops of the Methodist church in America and one of the most well-known circuit riders during the spread of Method…
Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters
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Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…
Twenty Years on Horseback
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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
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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…
My Actor-Husband
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William James McGlothlin
In presenting this autobiography to the public, the author feels it incumbent upon herself to impress upon her readers the fidelity and stri…
Charles James Fox
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Henry Offley Wakeman
Charles James Fox (1749-1806) was a prominent British Whig member of Parliament and the arch-rival of William Pitt the Younger. A staunch op…
Eminent Doctors: Their Lives and Their Work
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George Thomas Bettany
Short biographies of doctors who were leaders in their profession. From the birth of the renowned Edinburgh School of Medicine, to William H…
George Castriot, surnamed Scanderbeg, King of Albania
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Marin Barleti
This is an early account of the life of George Castriot, Dominus Albaniae; An Albanian princeling and Ottoman military commander who rebelle…
A Pickle For the Knowing Ones
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Timothy Dexter
Timothy Dexter, a business man in the late 1700's, writes about his thoughts and his life. He is an unconventional man who follows his own …
Life of Liszt
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Ludwig Nohl
The Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer, Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886), is still regarded as one of the greatest classical musicians of all …
Stories of Grit
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Archer Wallace
"There are just two classes of boys who should be permitted to read these fascinating pages.The ambitious boys are in one class; those …