Modern (19th C)
The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty
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Sir John Barrow
The mutiny on the Bounty occurred aboard a British Royal Navy ship on 28 April 1789. The mutiny was led by Fletcher Christian against the co…
South African Memories
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Lady Sarah Wilson
Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson was the aunt of Winston Spencer Churchill. In 1899 she became the first woman war correspondent when she …
Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War
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Eugenia Dunlap Potts
Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War offers a unique perspective on one of the most pivotal conflicts in American history. Authore…
The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate
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Eliza P. Donner Houghton
The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the "westering fever" of the 1840s. After becoming…
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail
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Ezra Meeker
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail is a vivid memoir that transports listeners to the early 19th century, chronicling the experiences of Ezra …
The Splendid Wayfaring
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John Neihardt
Quote:"In the following pages I have told the story of that body of adventurers who, from 1822 to 1829, opened the way for the expansio…
The Underground Railroad
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William Still
"The work is intensely interesting. Many of the narratives thrill the reader through and through. Some of them awaken an indignation, a…
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
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Jefferson Davis
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881) is written by Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America …
Reminiscences of Captain Gronow
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Rees Howell Gronow
A collection of memoirs about the Peninsular War, the Battle of Waterloo, and society and personalities of Regency London and 19th century P…
President Lincoln's Attitude Towards Slavery and Emancipation
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Henry Watson Wilbur
In this insightful examination, Henry Watson Wilbur delves into President Abraham Lincoln's complex relationship with slavery and emancipati…
Drugging a Nation
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Samuel Merwin and Samuel Merwin, Sr.
Drugging a Nation is a journalistic reveal of the extent to which the British Empire was culpable in the dissemination and subsequent near t…
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies
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H. A. Guerber
These short vignettes of American history are written for the young reader. Each one is a little capsule of a person or event. They run fr…
East by West
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Sir Henry W. Lucy
East by West: a Journey in the Recess is an account of British journalist Henry Lucy's travels across America and on to the Far East during …
Lord Kitchener
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G. K. Chesterton
In this insightful essay, G. K. Chesterton explores the complex life and legacy of Lord Kitchener, a figure whose military prowess and polit…
Four American Indians
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Edson L. Whitney
Four American Indians by Edson L. Whitney and Frances M. Perry, gives a short history of King Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags; Pontiac, an …
Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Addresses
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln's first inaugural address was delivered on March 4th, 1861, as the North and South were sliding towards separation and Civil War. Hi…
The Complete Interviews
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Mark Twain
This collection of the 258 known, publicly-printed interviews of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was compiled by Gary Scharnhorst and …
My Bondage and My Freedom
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Frederick Douglass
The life of Frederick Douglass, recorded in the pages which follow, is not merely an example of self elevation under the most adverse circum…
Great Chicago Fire
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Charles Cole Hine
In the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Charles Cole Hine provides a detailed account of the disaster that reshaped a city and i…
My Hunt After 'The Captain'
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Holmes describes his frantic search through Civil War torn landscapes for his wounded son, the future Supreme Court Justice. Originally publ…