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By: Elizabeth Keckley (1818-1907)

Book cover Behind the Scenes

This is the autobiography of Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave who bought her freedom with the money she earned as a seamstress. She eventually worked for Mary Lincoln. It is a fascinating book, filled with many recollections of her own life and her interactions with the Lincolns and other members of the government elite.

By: Jeanie Lang

Book cover The Story of General Gordon

By: Alpheus S. Packard (1839-1905)

Book cover Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work

By: Leslie Stephen (1832-1904)

Book cover Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series
Book cover The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice

By: Johan Huizinga (1872-1945)

Book cover Erasmus and the Age of Reformation

By: Edward Singleton Holden (1846-1914)

Book cover Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works

By: John Forster (1812-1876)

Book cover The Life of Charles Dickens

By: Maurice Walter Brockwell (1869-1958)

Book cover Leonardo Da Vinci

By: William Still (1821-1902)

Book cover Underground Railroad, Part 1

”It was my good fortune to lend a helping hand to the weary travelers flying from the land of bondage.” William Still. "Dear Sir:—For most of the years I have lived, the escape of fugitives from slavery, and their efforts to baffle the human and other bloodhounds who tracked them, formed the romance of American History. That romance is now ended, and our grandchildren will hardly believe its leading incidents except on irresistible testimony. I rejoice that you are collecting and presenting that testimony, and heartily wish you a great success...

By: Ukawsaw Gronniosaw (c.1705-1775)

A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw by Ukawsaw Gronniosaw A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw

Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, also known as James Albert, (born ca. 1705 - 1775) was a freed slave and autobiographer. His autobiography is considered the first published by an African in Britain. Gronniosaw's autobiography was produced in Kidderminster in the late 1760s. Its full title is A Narrative of the Most remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, As related by himself. It was the first Slave narrative in the English language. Published in Bath in 1772, it gives a vivid account of Gronniosaw's life, from his capture in Africa through slavery to a life of poverty in Colchester and Kidderminster...

By: Jacqueline Overton (1887-)

Book cover The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls

By: Louis Constant Wairy (1778-1845)

Book cover Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon
Book cover Mémoires de Constant

By: David Lindsay Crawford (1871-1940)

Book cover Donatello, by Lord Balcarres

By: Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888)

Book cover Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army
Book cover The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Volume I., Part 1

By: Richard Le Gallienne (1866-1947)

Book cover Old Love Stories Retold

By: George T. Ferris (1840-)

Book cover Great Violinists And Pianists
Book cover Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens
Book cover Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag

By: Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)

Book cover My Own Story

Emmeline Pankhurst was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement. She was widely criticized for her militant tactics, but her work is recognised as a crucial element in achieving women's suffrage in Britain. In her autobiography, written and published just as the Great War was breaking out, Pankhurst tells of her experiences in fighting for women's rights.

By: Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts (1832-1914)

Book cover Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief

By: Isaac Disraeli (1766-1848)

Book cover Calamities and Quarrels of Authors

By: Henry Brodribb Irving (1870-1919)

Book cover A Book of Remarkable Criminals

By: Walter Alexander Raleigh (1861-1922)

Book cover Milton
Book cover Robert Louis Stevenson

By: Mary Stoyell Stimpson

The Child's Book of American Biography by Mary Stoyell Stimpson The Child's Book of American Biography

In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy lives have made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard so often that every child should know a few facts about them. It is hoped the very short stories told here may make boys and girls eager to learn more about these famous people. (from the Forward of the text)

By: Addison B. Poland

Book cover Famous Men of the Middle Ages

By: Thomas A. Janvier (1849-1913)

Book cover Henry Hudson A Brief Statement of His Aims and His Achievements

By: Joseph Kossuth Dixon (1856-1926)

Book cover The Vanishing Race

By: Egerton Ryerson Young (1840-1909)

Book cover By Canoe and Dog-Train

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