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By: Captain Rees Howell Gronow (1794-1865) | |
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![]() A collection of memoirs about the Peninsular War, the Battle of Waterloo, and society and personalities of Regency London and 19th century Paris, by a sometime Grenadier Guards officer, unsuccessful parliamentarian, and dandy. Gronow displays social attitudes of the day which would now be regarded as unacceptable, but is a clever raconteur who brings to life both the horrors of war and the gaiety of high society. |
By: Carl Ewald (1856-1908) | |
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By: Carl Lotus Becker (1873-1945) | |
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By: Carl Lumholtz (1851-1922) | |
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![]() Unknown MexicoA Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan By Carl Lumholtz, M.A. PREFACE In the course of my travels in Australia, and especially after my arrival at Upper Herbert River in Northern Queensland, I soon perceived that it would be impracticable for me to hunt for zoological specimens without first securing the assistance of the natives of the country. Thus it came about... |
By: Carl Niebuhr (1861-1927) | |
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By: Carl Parcher Russell (1894-1967) | |
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![]() This recording of the 1931 book about Yosemite National Park comprises the narrative text about the Park from its discovery by non-natives in the Indian War of 1851 to the mid-twentieth century. The printed book contains dozens of early photographs and drawings, as well as an extensive timeline and bibliography, which are not here recorded. The author was an ecologist, historian, and administrator. He was an officer of the U.S. National Park Service for thirty four years, serving as the Chief Naturalist of Yosemite from 1923-1929 and later as Park Superintendent. - Summary by David Wales |
By: Carl Russell Fish (1876-1932) | |
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By: Carlton McCarthy (1847-1936) | |
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![]() The author, who fought as a private in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War, describes the Confederate soldier’s daily struggles with hunger, illness, fear, and the perils of combat; as well as his pride of service, love of comrades, and courage in the face of overwhelming odds |
By: Caroline C. Leighton | |
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By: Caroline Clifford Newton (-1936) | |
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By: Caroline Dale Snedeker (1871-1956) | |
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![]() Theria is a young Delphian woman who becomes an oracle. Persian wars, a doomed love affair, and a strong woman make up this well-researched novel set in Ancient Greece. - Summary by Lynne Thompson |
By: Caroline Hadley | |
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By: Carolyn M. Osborne | |
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By: Carter Godwin Woodson (1875-1950) | |
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By: Cassius Dio Cocceianus | |
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By: Catharine Esther Beecher (1800-1878) | |
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By: Catharine Parr Traill (1802-1899) | |
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![]() The writer is as earnest in recommending ladies who belong to the higher class of settlers to cultivate all the mental resources of a superior education, as she is to induce them to discard all irrational and artificial wants and mere useless pursuits. She would willingly direct their attention to the natural history and botany of this new country, in which they will find a never-failing source of amusement and instruction, at once enlightening and elevating the mind, and serving to fill up the void left by the absence of those lighter feminine accomplishments, the practice of which are necessarily superseded by imperative domestic duties... |
By: Catherine Albertson (1868-) | |
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By: Catherine Radziwill (1858-1941) | |
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By: Cecil B. Hartley | |
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By: Cecil Chesterton (1879-1918) | |
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By: Cecil Chisholm | |
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By: Chalkley J. Hambleton | |
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![]() “Early in the summer of 1860, I had an attack of gold fever. In Chicago, the conditions for such a malady were all favorable. Since the panic of 1857 there had been three years of general depression, money was scarce, there was little activity in business, the outlook was discouraging, and I, like hundreds of others, felt blue.” Thus Chalkley J. Hambleton begins his pithy and engrossing tale of participation in the Pike’s Peak gold rush. Four men in partnership hauled 24 tons of mining equipment by ox cart across the Great Plains from St... |
By: Charles A. (Charles Albert) Curtis (1835-1907) | |
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By: Charles A. (Charles Albert) Murdock (1841-1928) | |
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By: Charles Alan Fyffe (1845-1892) | |
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By: Charles Alexander Eastman (1858-1939) | |
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![]() EVERY age, every race, has its leaders and heroes. There were over sixty distinct tribes of Indians on this continent, each of which boasted its notable men. The names and deeds of some of these men will live in American history, yet in the true sense they are unknown, because misunderstood. I should like to present some of the greatest chiefs of modern times in the light of the native character and ideals, believing that the American people will gladly do them tardy justice. | |
![]() "We also have a religion which was given to our forefathers, and has been handed down to us their children. It teaches us to be thankful, to be united, and to love one another! We never quarrel about religion." | |
![]() The author was raised as an American Indian and describes what it was like to be an Indian boy (the first 7 chapters) and an Indian Girl (the last 7 chapters). This is very different from the slanted way the white man tried to picture them as 'savages' and 'brutes.'Quote: Dear Children:—You will like to know that the man who wrote these true stories is himself one of the people he describes so pleasantly and so lovingly for you. He hopes that when you have finished this book, the Indians will seem to you very real and very friendly... |
By: Charles Alexander Eastman (1858-1939) | |
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![]() Based in part upon the author's own observations and personal knowledge, it was the aim of the book to set forth the status and outlook of the North American Indian. He addressed issues such as Indian schools, health, government policy and agencies, and citizenship in this book. In connection with his writings, Eastman was in steady demand as a lecturer and public speaker with the purpose of interpreting his race to the present age. |
By: Charles Alexander Stewart | |
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By: Charles Augustus Leale (1842-1932) | |
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By: Charles Austin Beard (1874-1948) | |
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![]() Vol. I: The Colonial Period. Charles Austin Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. He graduated from DePauw University in 1898, where he met and eventually married Mary Ritter Beard, one of the founders of the first Greek-letter society for women, Kappa Alpha Theta. Many of his books were written in collaboration with his wife, whose own interests lay in feminism and the labor union movement (Woman as a Force in History, 1946)... |
By: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | |
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By: Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810) | |
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By: Charles C. Royce (1845-1923) | |
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By: Charles Carleton Coffin (1823-1896) | |
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By: Charles Darwin (1809-1882) | |
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![]() The book, also known as Darwin’s Journal of Researches, is a vivid and exciting travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific field journal covering biology, geology, and anthropology that demonstrates Darwin’s keen powers of observation, written at a time when Western Europeans were still discovering and exploring much of the rest of the world. Although Darwin revisited some areas during the expedition, for clarity the chapters of the book are ordered by reference to places and locations rather than chronologically. With hindsight, ideas which Darwin would later develop into his theory of evolution by natural selection are hinted at in his notes and in the book . | |
![]() The Autobiography of Charles Darwin is the autobiography of the British naturalist Charles Darwin which was published in 1887, five years after his death. Darwin wrote the book, which he entitled Recollections of the Development of my Mind and Character, for his family. He states that he started writing it on about May 28, 1876 and had finished it by August 3. The book was edited by Charles Darwin’s son Francis Darwin, who removed several passages about Darwin’s critical views of God and Christianity... |
By: Charles Dickens (1812-1870) | |
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![]() A Child’s History of England first appeared in serial form, running from January 25, 1851 to December 10, 1853 and was first published in three volume book form in 1852, 1853, and 1854. Dickens dedicated the book to “My own dear children, whom I hope it may help, bye and bye, to read with interest larger and better books on the same subject”. The history covered the period between 50 BC and 1689, ending with a chapter summarising events from then until the ascension of Queen Victoria. | |
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By: Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) | |
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By: Charles E. (Charles Edward) Young (1846-) | |
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By: Charles E. Hatch | |
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By: Charles Edwyn Vaughan (1854-1922) | |
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By: Charles Foster Kent | |
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![]() Charles Foster Kent was one of the premier scholars in Jewish Studies at the turn of the century. He was particularly well-known for his comparisons of early Christianity to its Jewish roots. He also wrote several distinguished histories of Israel, the Jewish people, Torah studies, and the development of oral Torah. |
By: Charles Francis Adams (1835-1915) | |
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By: Charles Franklin Carter | |
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By: Charles Godfrey Leland (1824-1903) | |
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By: Charles H. Clarke | |
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By: Charles Harrison (-1943) | |
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By: Charles Haven Ladd Johnston (1877-1943) | |
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By: Charles Hemstreet (1866-?) | |
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![]() The history of New York City is told as a story, in few words. It begins with Henry Hudson's discovery of Manhattan in 1609. And it finishes in 1898 when the island of Manhattan becomes the Borough of Manhattan of Greater New York. |
By: Charles Henry Eden (1839-1900) | |
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By: Charles Inman Barnard (1850-) | |
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By: Charles J. (Charles John) Abbey (1833-1919) | |
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By: Charles James Fox (1749-1806) | |
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By: Charles Johnson (fl. 1724-1736) | |
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By: Charles K. (Charles Knapp) Dillaway (1804-1889) | |
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By: Charles Kent (1823-1902) | |
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By: Charles King (1844-1933) | |
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By: Charles Kingsley | |
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![]() Charles Kingsley (June 12 1819 - January 23 1875) was an English divine, university professor, historian, and novelist, particularly associated with the West Country and north-east Hampshire. As a novelist, his chief power lay in his descriptive faculties, which are evident in this novel as he pictures the Egyptian desert and the ancient city Alexandria. Hypatia, 1st published in 1853, is set in 5th Century A.D. Egypt. It centers upon a young orphan monk from a desert monastery who feels called to continue his religious life in the city... | |
![]() Did you ever wish you knew how to explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes to your children? Search no more, this book has all the answers (at least all the ones that were known in 1869) and gives them in a pedagogical way. Listed on the Ambleside homeschooling list. | |
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By: Charles Kingston O'Mahony (1884-) | |
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By: Charles Knowles (1704?-1777) | |
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By: Charles L. (Charles Larcom) Graves (1856-1944) | |
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By: Charles Mackay (1814-1889) | |
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![]() The book chronicles and vilifies its targets in three parts: “National Delusions”, “Peculiar Follies”, and “Philosophical Delusions”.The subjects of Mackay’s debunking include alchemy, beards (influence of politics and religion on), witch-hunts, crusades and duels. Present day writers on economics, such as Andrew Tobias, laud the three chapters on economic bubbles. |
By: Charles Major (1856-1913) | |
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![]() Set during the Tudor period of English history, When Knighthood Was in Flower tells the tribulations of Mary Tudor, a younger sister of Henry VIII of England who has fallen in love with a commoner. However, for political reasons, King Henry has arranged for her to wed King Louis XII of France and demands his sister put the House of Tudor first, threatening, "You will marry France and I will give you a wedding present – Charles Brandon's head!" |
By: Charles Maurice Davies (1828-1910) | |
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By: Charles McRae | |
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![]() An account given of the lives of five great naturalists (Hippocrates, Aristotle, Galen, Vesalius and Harvey) will not be found devoid of interest. The work of each one of them marked a definite advance in the science of Biology. There is often among students of anatomy and physiology a tendency to imagine that the facts with which they are now being made familiar have all been established by recent observation and experiment. But even the slight knowledge of the history of Biology, which may be obtained from a perusal of this little book, will show that, so far from such being the case, this branch of science is of venerable antiquity... |
By: Charles Morris (1833-1922) | |
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![]() The first half of this book describes the devastating earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906, and the subsequent destruction caused by fire. Various eyewitnesses and victims give their account on the tragedy. In the second half, a number of different other earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are retold, like the eruption of the Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeij or the explosion of the Krakatoa, together with scientific explanations for the causes of earthquakes and the eruption of volcanos. | |
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