Memoirs
Reminiscences of an Army Nurse During the Civil War
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Adelaide W. Smith
Adelaide Smith was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War and here recounts some of her observations and memories. - Summary by Lyn…
Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin
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Lyman Copeland Draper
The Wisconsin Historical Society was founded in 1846, even before Wisconsin achieved U.S. statehood. The Secretary, Lyman Draper, began in …
Years of My Youth
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William Dean Howells
After the Civil War William Dean Howells served for 15 years as Assistant Editor and then Editor of the prestigious 'Atlantic' Magazine. For…
The Iron Hunter
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Chase Salmon Osborn
This is an autobiography by Michigan Governor Chase Osborn. Osborn was born in 1860 in a log house in Huntington County, Indiana and later a…
Memoirs of the Life of Anthony Benezet
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Roberts Vaux
The Memoirs of the life of Anthony Benezet is a compilation celebrating the life of one of the first truly influential abolitionists during …
The Last Voyage of the Karluk
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Robert Abram Bartlett
In August 1913, the Karluk, flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson’s Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913–16, became trapped in the ice while saili…
Autobiography of a Yogi
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Paramhansa Yogananda
This autobiography of the author is a beautiful story of his journey to becoming a self-realized yogi, starting from recalling his early chi…
Things I Know About Kings, Celebrities, and Crooks
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William Le Queux
This book is an engaging compilation of experiences that Mr. Le Queux has had in his life, and states in the preface that his goal was "…