Modern (19th C)
Upper Canada Sketches
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Thomas Conant
This book relates "somewhat random sketches of life in the early settlements and country districts of Upper Canada" (now Ontario),…
Poems of American History, Volume 5, The Period of Expansion
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Various
The final section of Poems of American History covers The Reconstruction after the Civil War, the First Centennial, the continued expansion …
The Complete Confectioner
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Hannah Glasse
The original version of Hannah Glasse’s ‘The Complete Confectioner’ was first produced about 1760 but the publication referenced here is fro…
The Jeffersonians, 1801-1829
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Richard B. Morris
In this short (58 page) work, Morris and Woodress present a selection of fascinating source materials to survey key events which occurred du…
Man and Nature on the Broads
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Arthur Henry Patterson
From its man-made origins as a consequence of medieval peat excavations, the Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk have evolved into a natural ecosy…
In The Footprints Of The Padres
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Charles Warren Stoddard
The American Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909) wrote travel books quite popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This…
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…
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Various
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Poems of American History, Volume 4, The Civil War
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This volume is a fascinating reflection on the Civil War years from a perspective in 1908, when many Civil War veterans were still alive, wh…
A Book of Sibyls: Mrs. Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs. Opie, Miss Austen
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Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie
This book is a biography of four woman authors whose names were well known by readers at the time of its publication (1883) : Anna Barbaud, …
True Stories of Girl Heroines
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Evelyn Everett-Green
Twenty short stories retelling the heroic deeds of teenaged girls and young women from history. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle
History of The New York Times, 1851-1921
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Elmer Holmes Davis
A beautifully written and witty history of The New York Times, and of newspaper publishing in general, from the 1850s to 1921 by three-time …
The Life of Clara Barton - Volume 2
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William E. Barton
Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was a pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a h…
The Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the Unit…
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett
The purpose of the pages which follow shall be to give the record which has been made, not by colored men, but that which is the result of c…
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interview…
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Various
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
History of the Johnstown Flood
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Willis Fletcher Johnson
An account of the Johnstown Flood, the most devastating loss of civilian life in the United States prior to the terrorist attacks of Septemb…
The American Postal Service, Second Edition
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Louis Melius
The history of the postal service in the United States goes back to the colonial period, but was established more formally with the issuing …
Frostiana: or a history of the River Thames in a frozen state
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George Davis
The frost fair of 1814 began on 1 February, and lasted four days. A printer named George Davis published a 124-page book, "Frostiana; o…
Woman and the Republic
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Helen Johnson
First published in 1897, the book is considered to be the best summary of the arguments against woman suffrage. It allows readers to underst…
The Great White North
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Helen S. Wright
Sketches of those who braved the 'Great White North' in exploration and adventure. - Summary by KevinS
Kidnapped in London
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Sun Yat-sen and Sun Yat-Sen
Sun Yat-Sen was the first president of the Republic of China after the brutal Qing government collapsed in 1911. Over a decade earlier, he h…