Biography & Autobiography
Mark Twain's Autobiography: With An Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine - Volume II
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Mark Twain
While the Mark Twain Project has created and released a three-volume Mark Twain autobiography with extensive annotations, in the 21st centur…
A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818
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Elisabeth G. Stryker
This is a brief biography of Samuel J. Mills who was instrumental in establishing the first missionary society in the United States, and als…
Pitt
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Archibald Primrose
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, liberal prime minister (1894-1895), wrote this short biography of William Pitt, the Younger (1759-…
A Royal Son and Mother
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Pauline Von Hugel and Pauline Von Hügel
Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin (1770-1840) was an emigre Russian aristocrat and Catholic priest who is acclaimed as "The Apostle of the …
A Child's Life of St. Joan of Arc
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Mary E. Mannix
A biography of Saint Joan of Arc, geared towards children, but also can easily be enjoyed by adults.
The Women of the American Revolution Volume 1
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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…
William the Conqueror
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Edward Freeman
A brief history of the rise and reign of Duke William of Normandy, King of England. Also known as William the Bastard, and William the Great…
The Mentor: Famous English Poets
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Hamilton Wright Mabie
This is Vol. 1, No. 44, Serial No. 44 of The Mentor, published in 1913.This edition of the Mentor Magazine focuses on six of England's most …
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
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Elizabeth Robins Pennell
"Few women have worked so faithfully for the cause of humanity as Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin [1759-1797], and few have been the objects…
The Medici, Volume 2
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G. F. Young
This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise from obscurity, to its zeni…
Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians
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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…
Paul Jones
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Alexandre Dumas
Dumas's play talks of American Naval Hero John Paul Jones's romantic entanglements and affairs of honor ashore in France. He later converted…
Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua
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Samuel Downing Moore
Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua was a former slave, native of West Africa. He was sold as a slave in 1845 and worked in Brazil as a captive; however…
A Boys' Life of Booker T. Washington
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Walter Clinton Jackson
Booker T. Washington was one of the first nationally recognized African American leaders after the Civil War. He was born to a slave woman …
Biographies of Working Men
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Grant Allen
Grant Allen was an anthropologist, scientific writer, novelist and poet, though the biographer and writer Frank Harris has said of him that …