Biography & Autobiography
Lincoln, The Lawyer
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Frederick Trevor Hill
This biography of Abraham Lincoln focuses on his practice as a lawyer. (Summary by MaryAnn)
The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott; Volume 1 of 'Scott's Last Expedition' (Ver…
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Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Scott’s ill-fated journey to the Antarctic Pole in 1911 is part triumph, part tragedy – but also a mythic adventure story which has …
Six Radical Thinkers: Bentham, J.S. Mill, Cobden, Carlyle, Mazzini, T.H. Green
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John Maccunn
A radical is a person who holds extreme or unconventional convictions and who advocates fundamental political, economic, or social reforms. …
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…
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Various
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Curiosities of Street Literature
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Various
This is a collection of broadsides from London. Broadsides are short, popular publications, a precursor to today's tabloid journalism. The c…
Walpole
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John Morley
Robert Walpole, 1st Duke of Orford (1676-1745), is generally regarded as the first prime minister of Great Britain. This is a short biograph…
Palmetto Leaves
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
After the Civil War, Harriet and her husband Charles bought an Orange Plantation in Mandarin, on the upper east coast of Florida, where they…
An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah
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Beth Ellis
An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah, by Beth Ellis, is a well-edited, turn-of-the-century journal documenting a young woman’s visi…
The Autobiography of Jesse H. Pomeroy
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Jesse Pomeroy
Jesse Harding Pomeroy was only 12 years old when he was arrested for the assault of 7 boys near his home in the South Boston area of Massach…
The Apostle of Alaska: The Story of William Duncan of Metlakahtla
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John W. Arctander
This is this story of William Duncan, an English missionary, who established a colony among the Tsimshian people of the Pacific Northwest. …
Letters to a Friend, Written to Mrs. Ezra S. Carr, 1866-1879
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John Muir
When John Muir was a student in the University of Wisconsin he was a frequent caller at the house of Dr. Ezra S. Carr. The kindness shown hi…
From Alien To Citizen
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Edward A. Steiner
Edward Steiner spent his life figuring out how America manages to take in aliens from all over the world, who bring with them a huge diversi…
The Chronicles of America Volume 08 - The Quaker Colonies
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Sydney Fisher
The Quaker Colonies describes the Quaker emigration to the colonies in the sixteen and seventeen hundreds and at the same time its involveme…
The Age of Elizabeth
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Mandell Creighton
This short history by the eminent British historian, Mandell Creighton, places Elizabeth and her reign within the context of 16th century Eu…
Social Life in England 1750-1850
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F. J. Foakes-Jackson
In 1916, the Cambridge historian, F.J. Foakes-Jackson braved the wartime Atlantic to deliver the Lowell Lectures in Boston. In these wide-ra…
An Intimate View of Robert G. Ingersoll
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I. Newton Baker
Written as a tribute to Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll after his death, by Isaac Newton Baker, his secretary of 14 years, and presented to the …
The Soul of an Immigrant
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Constantine Panunzio
Constantine Panunzio (1884-1964) begins his autobiography by describing his childhood in Molfetta, Italy. At age 13, he left home as a sailo…