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By: Humphry Davy (1778-1829) | |
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Consolations in Travel or, the Last Days of a Philosopher |
By: G. Holden (Godfrey Holden) Pike (1836-) | |
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From Slave to College President Being the Life Story of Booker T. Washington |
By: Kate Drumgoold | |
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A Slave Girl's Story Being an Autobiography of Kate Drumgoold. | |
By: John Maclean (1851-1928) | |
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William Black The Apostle of Methodism in the Maritime Provinces of Canada |
By: William Gunion Rutherford (1853-1907) | |
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Story of Garfield
A short biography of the 20th U.S. President. Garfield was raised in humble circumstances on an Ohio farm by his widowed mother and elder brother. Before he was elected president in the Republican party he was first elected to Congress in 1862 as Representative of the 19th District of Ohio. Then to the Senate in 1880. His presidency lasted just 200 days—from March 4, 1881, until his death on September 19, 1881, as a result of being shot by assassin Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881. |
By: Nettie Garmer Barker | |
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Kansas Women in Literature |
By: John Denvir (1843-1916) | |
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The Life Story of an Old Rebel |
By: Emma Raymond Pitman | |
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Elizabeth Fry |
By: Stapleton Martin (1846-1922) | |
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Anna Seward and Classic Lichfield |
By: Howard Trueman (1837-1908) | |
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The Chignecto Isthmus and its first settlers |
By: George T. (George Thomas) Stevens (1832-1921) | |
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Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 |
By: J. (John) Wilkinson (1821-1891) | |
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The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner |
By: Thomas Hanly Ball | |
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Sketch of Handel and Beethoven Two Lectures, Delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Wimbledon Village Club, on Monday Evening, Dec. 14, 1863; and Monday Evening, Jan. 11, 1864 |
By: Evans, A. J. (1889-1960) | |
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The Escaping Club
Described by some as one of the greatest escape books published. The Escaping Club recounts Evans' escape to Switzerland from a supposedly "escape-proof" German prison camp during World War I. After repatriation and rejoining the war, Evans again finds himself captured, this time first by Arabs and then by Turks. He again manages to escape. A detailed look at the trials faced by Allied POWs during World War I. |
By: Victor MacClure (1887-1963) | |
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She Stands Accused |
By: John Bursey | |
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Dumas Commentary |
By: George Biddell Airy (1801-1892) | |
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Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy |
By: Peter Hume Brown (1849-1918) | |
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The Youth of Goethe |
By: John Hicklin | |
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The "Ladies of Llangollen" as Sketched by Many Hands; with Notices of Other Objects of Interest in "That Sweetest of Vales" |
By: P. A. (Patrick Arkley) Wright Henderson (1841-1922) | |
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The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham college, Oxford; master of Trinity college, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester |
By: Edgar Fahs Smith (1854-1928) | |
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Priestley in America 1794-1804 | |
James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 |
By: Helen Nicolay (1866-1954) | |
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Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln
The Boys’ Life of Abraham Lincoln is a biography with many anecdotes that takes one deeper into the thoughts, personality, and beliefs of the man that was Lincoln. While the title indicates the book is about Lincoln’s life as a boy, the book is a full, if somewhat shortened biography. It is very well written and was a joy to record. One might ask, "Who was Helen Nicolay?" Her father, John George Nicolay, was Abraham Lincoln's private secretary and doubtless much of the material comes from his complete biography of Abraham Lincoln. ( |
By: Richard Holt Hutton (1826-1897) | |
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Sir Walter Scott (English Men of Letters Series) |
By: William Henry Seward (1801-1872) | |
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Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States With the Eulogy Delivered Before the Legislature of New York |
By: Joel Benton (1832-1911) | |
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The Life of Phineas T. Barnum |
By: Mary F. (Mary Frances) Sandars (1864-) | |
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Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings |
By: Edward Osler (1798-1863) | |
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The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth |
By: J. Q. (James Quay) Howard (1836-1912) | |
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The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes |
By: Rupert S. Holland (1878-1952) | |
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Historic Boyhoods
Most boys grow up to be honest, maybe even good, men, but do not stand out from the crowd. Occasionally, along comes a boy who is destined, either by character or circumstance, to make his mark on the world. In this work are included 21 biographical sketches of boys who became famous in the arts, affairs of state or exploration and discovery. Historical fact is blended with surmise and imagination to bring these boyhoods alive. |
By: James Harrison | |
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The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 |
By: Elwyn A. (Elwyn Allen) Smith (1919-) | |
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Men Called Him Master |
By: George H. Devol (1829-1903) | |
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Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi |
By: Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace) Gilbert (1871-1933) | |
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The Mirrors of Washington |
By: Arthur E. Knights | |
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Notes By the Way in a Sailor's Life |
By: Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (1842-1927) | |
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Recollections of My Childhood and Youth |
By: Stuart J. (Stuart Johnson) Reid (1848-1927) | |
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Lord John Russell |
By: James J. (James John) Davis (1873-1947) | |
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The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it |
By: William Eleazar Barton (1861-1930) | |
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His Life A Complete Story in the Words of the Four Gospels |
By: Lewis C. (Lewis Conger) Lockwood (1815-1904) | |
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Mary S. Peake The Colored Teacher at Fortress Monroe |
By: Henry Charles Moore | |
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Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines |
By: Edwin Mims | |
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A Biography of Sidney Lanier |
By: Sydney Waterlow (1878-1944) | |
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Shelley |
By: Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1838-1915) | |
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James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters |
By: Paul Elmer More (1864-1937) | |
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Benjamin Franklin |
By: Adolphus W. Greely (1844-1935) | |
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Explorers and Travellers
“Explorers and Travellers” is a collection of short biographies of some of America’s intrepid explorers. Adolphus W. Greely writes brief but very complete histories of men who risked life and fortune to discover more of our world. A thoroughly enjoyable work if you enjoy exploration and adventure. |
By: William T. Kane (1880-1946) | |
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For Greater Things: The Story of Saint Stanislaus Kostka
Saint Stanislaus Kostka was a 16th century Polish novice in the Society of Jesus. Polish nobleman John Kostka was not pleased with the spiritual inclinations of his second son. He did all he could to discourage Stanislaus’s desire for Christian service. Paul, a brother two years older than Stanslaus, bullied him and tried to lure him into more worldly pursuits. Stanislaus was determined to join the Society of Jesus. To demonstrate his determination, Stanislaus walked the long and dangerous 350 miles from Vienna to Rome... |
By: Walter Elliott (1842-1928) | |
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Life of Father Hecker |
By: Joseph Barker (1806-1875) | |
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Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story |
By: Mowbray Morris (1847-1911) | |
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Claverhouse |
By: Sarah J. Rhea | |
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Life of Henry Martyn, Missionary to India and Persia, 1781 to 1812 |
By: A. J. (Augustine J.) O'Reilly | |
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Alvira, the Heroine of Vesuvius |
By: James Root Hulbert (1884-1969) | |
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Chaucer's Official Life |
By: F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers (1843-1901) | |
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Wordsworth |
By: Samuel Fea (1872-1943) | |
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Irish Ned The Winnipeg Newsy |
By: Chester Milton Sanford (1872-) | |
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Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades |
By: Benjamin Perley Poore (1820-1887) | |
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Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis |
By: John Campbell Shairp (1819-1885) | |
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Robert Burns |
By: F. G. (Frank Gibbs) Allen (1836-1887) | |
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Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings |