History
The United States
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Eva March Tappan
This is the twelfth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March …
Great Epochs in American History
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Francis Whiting Halsey
This is the third volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the build…
The Fathers of the Constitution
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Max Farrand
In this next installment of the Chronicles of America, Farrand takes American history from peace treaty, to trade, to confederation, to furt…
War Flying by a Pilot
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Lessel Finer Hutcheon
Published in 1917, this "little volume of 'Theta’s' letters to his home people" was assembled to provide useful information for yo…
One Hundred Years In Yosemite
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Carl Parcher Russell
This recording of the 1931 (1947 second edition) book about Yosemite National Park comprises the narrative text about the Park from its disc…
The Suffragette
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E. Sylvia Pankhurst
This history of the Women's Suffrage agitation is written at a time when the question is in the very forefront of British politics. What the…
The World’s Story
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Karl Ploetz
The fourteenth volume of the 15-volume series The World’s Story has a different concept than the previous books edited by Eva March Tappan. …
Beacon Lights of History
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John Lord
Continuing the series with European Leaders, Dr. Lord discusses William IV, Sir Robert Peel, Cavour, Czar Nicholas, Louis Napoleon, Prince B…
The County Regiment
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Dudley Landon Vaill
A sketch of the second regiment of Connecticut volunteer heavy artillery, originally the Nineteenth Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War.
The New Colossus
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Emma Lazarus
LibriVox volunteers bring you 26 recordings of The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 24, 2012.L…
Crusaders of New France
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William Bennett Munro
The previous volumes in the Chronicles of America series placed Spain and England at the fore in the discovery and development of the New Wo…
American Leaders and Heroes
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Wilbur F. Gordy
Historian Wilbur F. Gordy presents short chapters on well-known American figures from the viewpoint of the early twentieth century, includin…
Washington and his Comrades in Arms
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George Wrong
This twelfth volume in the Chronicles of America (series) follows the lengthy and difficult war against England for independence as led by G…
America Looks Abroad
American Foreign Policy Association
America Looks Abroad was a 15-minute news and commentary show produced by the nonpartisan American Foreign Policy Association. It was broadc…
The Chronicles of America
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Maud Wilder Goodwin
Geography is the maker of history. The course of Dutch settlement in America was predetermined by a river which runs its length of a hundred…
The Turing Solution
The Turing Solution explores the life and contributions of Alan Turing, a pivotal figure in the development of computer science and code-bre…
Three Accounts of Peterloo
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Francis Archibald Bruton
A companion volume to F.A. Bruton's 'The Story of Peterloo', the full title of this short collection is 'Three Accounts of Peterloo by Eyewi…
Jefferson and his Colleagues
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Allen Johnson
In this volume, we have the Virginia Dynasty of presidents: Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe. America at this time was involved in expansion w…
A Social History of the American Negro
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Benjamin Griffith Brawley
A comprehensive history of what experiences and influences created the Negro American citizen as we find him at the beginning of the twentie…
David Crockett, Scout
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Charles Fletcher Allen
Davy Crockett is one of the legendary heroes of the North American frontier, celebrated in song and story. This is a very accessible account…