Biography & Autobiography

Who Was Who

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Irwin Leslie Gordon



A short, humorous biography of famous people from 5000 BC to 1914. -- S. McGaughey From the Introduction, "The editor begs leave to in…

The Many-Sided Franklin

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Paul Leicester Ford



A fast-paced, somewhat racey look into the life, accomplishments and idiosyncrasies of Benjamin Franklin. Acclaimed biographer Paul L. Ford …

Preußische Jugend zur Zeit Napoleons

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Karl Immermann



Die Jugenderinnerungen Karl Leberecht Immermanns sind ursprünglich in den drei Bänden »Memorabilien« eingeschlossen, d…

American Men of Mind

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Burton Egbert Stevenson



“American Men of Mind” is a collection of short biographies of men of note in various disciplines. It is an absorbing collection of short bi…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Herbert Francis Peyser



Mozart’s earthly career was so poignantly short yet so filled with incalculable achievement that the author of this booklet finds himself co…

Lenz

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Georg Büchner



Mit Lenz wird eine Novelle von Georg Büchner benannt, wobei der Titel nicht vom Autor stammt. Büchner hat sich nachweislich sp&aum…

The Life of Charlemagne

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Notker The Stammerer



Notker's work consists of anecdotes relating chiefly to the Emperor Charlemagne and his family. It was written for Charles the Fat, great-gr…

Bismarck

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Georges Lacour-Gayet



Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) famously said, "The great questions of the day will not be settled by speeches or the decisions of the ma…

The Promised Land

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Mary Antin



Being a Jew in Russia at the end of the 19th century was not easy at all. Jews were persecuted because of their religion. So the Jews found …

Famous Impostors

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Bram Stoker



Aliases. Fraudsters. Confidence tricksters. People pretending to be what they are not, for financial, political or personal gain. Fiction is…

Eighty Years and More

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton



Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the premier movers in the original women’s rights movement, along with Susan B. Anthony, her best friend f…

The History of Mary Prince

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Mary Prince



Mary Prince was born into slavery in the West Indies. As a free woman in England she wrote her memoirs, which sold well and supported and pu…

Narrative of The Life of David Crockett

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David Crockett



Autobiography, written by David (Davey) Crockett about 2 years before his death at the Alamo in March of 1836. - Summary by Bill2147

Sherman’s Recollections of California

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William Tecumseh Sherman



This LibriVox recording comprises three chapters from American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Memoirs. The chapters deal with…

The Night Club

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Herbert George Jenkins



This work of fiction by Herbert Jenkins (1876-1923) features one of his best-loved comic characters, the affable Cockney, Joseph Bindle. It …

Mozart

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Friedrich Kerst



Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His name is one of the most recognizable names in history and one of the most enduring of composers. At age 5, this…

Vie de Mozart

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Stendhal



Mélomane passionné, Stendhal consacrera une biographie à Mozart, une à Haydn et une autre à Rossini. Vies…

The Life of Mozart

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Otto Jahn



An in depth look into the life of one of the greatest ever composers and musicians. Mozart was truly a gifted individual and this is an inte…

For Greater Things

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William T. Kane



Saint Stanislaus Kostka was a 16th century Polish novice in the Society of Jesus. Polish nobleman John Kostka was not pleased with the spir…

Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout

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J. W. Buel and J.W. Buel



BEING A TRUE AND EXACT HISTORY OF ALL THE SANGUINARY COMBATS AND HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPES OF THE MOST FAMOUS SCOUTAND SPY AMERICA EVER PRODUCED.…

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