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By: Cyrus G. (Cyrus Guernsey) Pringle (1838-1911) | |
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By: Cyrus MacMillan (1880-1953) | |
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By: D. D. (Daniel Desmond) Sheehan (1873-1948) | |
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By: D. Douglas Ogilvie | |
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By: D. G. (David George) Hogarth (1862-1927) | |
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By: D. H. (David Henry) Montgomery (1837-1928) | |
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By: D. H. S. (David Herbert Somerset) Cranage (1866-1957) | |
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By: D. W. (David W.) Belisle | |
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By: D.H. Montgomery | |
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![]() THE BEGINNER'S AMERICAN HISTORYBy D. H. MONTGOMERYPREFATORY NOTE.This little book is intended by the writer as an introduction to his larger work entitled The Leading Facts of American History. It is in no sense an abridgment of the larger history, but is practically an entirely new and distinct work. Its object is to present clearly and accurately those facts and principles in the lives of some of the chief founders and builders of America which would be of interest and value to pupils beginning the study of our history... |
By: Daisy Ashford (1881-1972) | |
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![]() The Young Visiters is a comic romance novella that parodies upper class society of late Victorian England. Social climber Alfred Salteena introduces his young lady friend Ethel to a genuine gentleman named Bernard and, to his irritation, they hit it off. But Bernard helps Alfred in his plan to become a gentleman, which, Alfred hopes, will help him win back Ethel. |
By: Dama Margaret Smith (1892-1973) | |
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By: Dame M. Columban | |
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![]() “…I have charged Dame M. Columban to give a detailed account of all that has befallen the Community, since the coming of the Germans to Ypres till our safe arrival at Oulton Abbey. I can therefore certify that all that is in this little book, taken from the notes which several of the nuns had kept, is perfectly true, and only a simple narrative of our own personal experiences of the War.” The Abbey of the Irish Dames of Ypres was established in 1665. It was a favorite Abbey for the daughters of Irish nobility and was supported by influential Irish families living in exile... |
By: Dame Shirley (d.1906) | |
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![]() Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe moved to California from Massachusetts during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800’s. During her travels, Louise was offered the opportunity to write for The Herald about her travel adventures. It was at this point that Louise chose the name “Shirley” as her pen name. Dame Shirley wrote a series of 23 letters to her sister Mary Jane (also known as Molly) in Massachusetts in 1851 and 1852. The “Shirley Letters”, as the collected whole later became known, gave true accounts of life in two gold mining camps on the Feather River in the 1850s... |
By: Dan DeQuille (1829-1898) | |
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![]() This is a brief account of the Comstock Lode silver mines, and description of the geographic features of the state of Nevada including the railroads. Silver not only defined Nevada, but influenced the opening of the American West as far as San Francisco. Dan De Quille wrote extensively on the history of mining in the area of Nevada, and published the larger work “The Big Bonanza” assisted by Mark Twain, both of whom were part of the Sagebrush School of writers. - Summary by Larry Wilson |
By: Daniel A. (Daniel Ayres) Goodsell (1840-1909) | |
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By: Daniel Collins | |
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By: Daniel Davenport (1773-1860) | |
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By: Daniel G. Brinton (1837-1899) | |
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![]() The Myths of the New World's full title describes it as.. " a treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America", an attempt to analyse and correlate scientifically, the mythology of the American Indians. Note: Brinton advocated theories of scientific racism that were pervasive at that time. |