Biography & Autobiography
George Sand
Read by Christine Rottger
Bertha Thomas
A Victorian Novelist herself, Bertha Thomas presents a biography of the Life of George Sand - Summary by Christine Rottger
Daniel Boone
Read by Martha Heaton
Katharine Elliott Wilkie
"Get out of Kentucky and stay out!" the Indians told Daniel Boone. But Daniel Boone did not scare easily.There was the time his da…
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, Vol I
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Charles Lewis Meryon and Lady Hester Stanhope
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as related by herself in Conversations with her Physician, comprising her opinions and anecdotes of som…
In Ship and Prison: A Story of Five Years in the Continental Navy with Captain …
Read by Barry Eads
William P. Chipman
The incidents of this book are taken largely from the log-book of Captain Tucker, and are intended to picture the stirring times in which he…
"Abe" Lincoln's Anecdotes and Stories
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R. D. Wordsworth
According to the compiler, R.D. Wordsworth, this is a collection of the best stories told by Lincoln which made him famous as America's Best…
Ingersoll on HUMBOLDT, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 1, Lecture…
Read by Brian Levine
Robert G. Ingersoll
Col. Ingersoll begins his lectures on famous people as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of genius…
The Lives of the Queens of England, Volume 10
Read by Ann Boulais
Agnes Strickland
The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by he…
Abraham Lincoln: The Practical Mystic
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Francis Grierson
A knowledge of the influences which ruled the life of Lincoln, the greatest of practical mystics, is essential now that a new form of pagani…
The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume 1
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Mrs. Julian Marshall
Letter and excerpts of journals of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley were given to Florence Marshall by her son, Sir Percy Shelley in order to cr…
The Complete Works of Brann, The Iconoclast, Volume 12
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William Cowper Brann
William Cowper Brann earned the nickname “The Iconoclast” by fearlessly attacking established beliefs and institutions which he thought to b…
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interview…
Read by Donald Warren
United States Work Projects Administration
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Indian Converts of Martha's Vineyard, in New-England
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…
A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (Version 2)
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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…
Richelieu: A Tale of France
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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…
The Life of Florence Nightingale
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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…
Chicago May: Her Story
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…