History

The Voyagers: Being Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery

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Pádraic Colum



In this 1926 Newbery Honor Book, Pádraic Colum gathers several little-known folk lore tales of exploration on the Atlantic Ocean and …

History of the Norwegian People, Volume 2

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Knut Gjerset



A detailed and exhaustive history of the Norwegian People, written in two volumes. This second volume deals with Norwegian History from the …

The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 3, November 1909

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Various



"The History Teacher’s Magazine is devoted to the interests of teachers of History, Civics, and related subjects in the fields of Geogr…

The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. VII: Continental Europe

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William Jennings Bryan, Variousandwilliam Jennings Bryan and Various And William Jennings Bryan



This book contains a number of famous speeches and addresses from continental Europe between 300 CE to 1900 CE, organized around the followi…

History of the Kingdom of Siam

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François-Henri Turpin



Turpin's History of Siam, published at Paris in the year 1771 consists of two volumes, the first of which deals merely with the natural Hist…

The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy

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Theodore Lothrop Stoddard



Lothrop Stoddard's most famous treatise on race. Written in the aftermath of the First World War, Stoddard examines the racial trends of his…

CBS Radio At Fifty 77 09 18 An Autobiography In Sound With Walter Cronkite




Walter Cronkite hosts this 3 hour retrospective on the history of CBS Radio from its beginnings up through to the date of this broadcast. Th…

The Sailor's Word-book, D - G

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William Henry Smyth



An encyclopaedia (a digest, the author calls it) of nautical terms and other words relevant to navigation, the character of seafarers, fish …

Ten Boys Who Lived on the Road from Long Ago to Now

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Jane Andrews



A children’s book that describes the life of ten boys in different historical time periods. The book shows the reader what the daily life of…

Walker's Appeal

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David Walker



The Appeal grabbed readers’ attention in as dramatic a manner as Walker could have possibly imagined. In her book, Maria W. Stewart and the …

The History of Bread: From Pre-Historic to Modern Times

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John Ashton



From ancient flatbreads cooked on hot stones to the fluffy loaves of the early 20th century, Ashton explores how bread rose alongside human …

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