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By: James Conway Walter | |
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Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter |
By: James Cook | |
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A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World
Having, on his first voyage, discovered Australia, Cook still had to contend with those who maintained that the Terra Australians Incognita (the unknown Southern Continent) was a reality. To finally settle the issue, the British Admiralty sent Cook out again into the vast Southern Ocean with two sailing ships totalling only about 800 tons. Listen as Cook, equipped with one of the first chronometers, pushes his small vessel not merely into the Roaring Forties or the Furious Fifties but becomes the first explorer to penetrate the Antarctic Circle, reaching an incredible Latitude 71 degrees South, just failing to discover Antarctica. (Introduction by Shipley) |
By: James Cotter Morison (1832-1888) | |
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Gibbon | |
By: James Crabb (1774-1851) | |
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The Gipsies' Advocate or, Observations on the Origin, Character, Manners, and Habits of the English Gipsies |
By: James Creelman (1859-1915) | |
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Why We Love Lincoln
Brought to us by notable reporter and writer, James Creelman, this story of Abraham Lincoln is a more personal and simple portrait of the most popular U.S. President. This account is told in an easy flowing style giving many insights into the spirt and character of the man, making the story of Lincoln accessible both to young people and adults. |
By: James Dabney McCabe (1842-1883) | |
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Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City | |
The Secrets of the Great City |
By: James David Gillilan | |
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Trail Tales |
By: James E. Seaver (1787-1827) | |
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A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison
Mrs. Mary Jemison was taken by the Indians, in the year 1755, when only about twelve years of age, and has continued to reside amongst them to the present time. Containing an account of the murder of her father and his family; her sufferings; her marriage to two Indians; her troubles with her children; barbarities of the Indians in the French and Revolutionary Wars; the life of her last husband, and many historical facts never before published. |
By: James Edgar Allen | |
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The Battle of Bayan and Other Battles |
By: James Edward Quibell (1867-1935) | |
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El Kab |
By: James Emerson Tennent (1804-1869) | |
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Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 |
By: James Endell Tyler (1789-1851) | |
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Henry of Monmouth Or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Henry the Fifth, as Prince of Wales and King of England Volume 1 |
By: James F. (James Fullarton) Muirhead (1853-1934) | |
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The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin |
By: James Fairfax McLaughlin (1839-1903) | |
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The American Cyclops, the Hero of New Orleans, and Spoiler of Silver Spoons |
By: James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) | |
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The Last Of The Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans is an epic novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826. It was one of the most popular English-language novels of its time, and helped establish Cooper as one of the first world-famous American writers.The story takes place in 1757 during the French and Indian War, when France and Great Britain battled for control of the American and Canadian colonies. During this war, the French often allied themselves with Native American tribes in order to gain an advantage over the British, with unpredictable and often tragic results. | |
The Spy
Between 1865-73 the tumultuous American Revolution rages on in different battlefields. The air is thick with hatred and suspicion as the Continental and British armies clash in bloody warfare. In Westchester County, New York, an area is considered a neutral ground for both forces, Harvey Birch plies his dangerous mission. An innocuous peddler by day, he is in fact an American spy, though he does nothing to correct anyone who assumes he is a British spy. In a magnificent country mansion, The Locusts, live the wealthy Whartons... | |
The Pathfinder
Natty Bumppo goes by many names: La Longue Carabine, Hawk Eye, Leatherstocking, and in this tale, The Pathfinder. Guide, scout, hunter, and when put to it, soldier, he also fills a lot of roles in pre-Revolution upstate New York. An old friend, Sergeant Dunham of the 55th Regiment of Foot, asks him to guide his daughter through the wilderness to the fort at Oswego where Dunham serves. With the French engaging native Indian allies against the British and the Yankee colonists, such a journey is far from safe... | |
The Deerslayer
The Deerslayer, or The First Warpath (1841) was the last of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking tales to be written. Its 1740-1745 time period makes it the first installment chronologically and in the lifetime of the hero of the Leatherstocking tales, Natty Bumppo. | |
The Pioneers
The Pioneers: The Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale is one of the Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. The Pioneers was first of these books to be published (1823), but the period of time covered by the book (principally 1793) makes it the fourth chronologically. (The others are The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, and The Prairie.)The story takes place on the rapidly advancing frontier of New York State and features... | |
Prairie - A Tale
The story opens with Ishmael, his family, Ellen and Abiram slowly making their way across the virgin prairies of the Midwest looking for a homestead, just two years after the Louisiana Purchase, and during the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. They meet the trapper (Natty Bumppo), who has left his home in New York state to find a place where he cannot hear the sound of people cutting down the forests. In the years between his other adventures and this novel, he tells us only that he has walked all the way to the Pacific Ocean and seen all the land between the coasts (a heroic feat, considering Lewis and Clark hadn’t yet completed the same trek). | |
The Two Admirals | |
The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts | |
New York | |
Recollections of Europe | |
The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1. Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts |
By: James Finn (-1872) | |
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Byeways in Palestine |
By: James Ford Rhodes (1848-1927) | |
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Historical Essays | |
History of the Civil War, 1861-1865
Superbly written, this overview of the Civil War, won a Pulitzer Prize in History in 1918. Rhodes covers not only the battles and the generals of the war but gives us a good deal of insight into the politics, economics, international relations and the strategy/thinking of the times. When at times he brings forth an opinion it is clearly stated, so as not to be confused with the facts. Comprehensive and enjoyable, you will find this History of the Civil War both illuminating and captivating. NOTE: Footnotes will not be read but can be found online at https://archive.org/details/historycivilwar01rhodgoog/mode/2up. |
By: James Francis Barrett (1888-1934) | |
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The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution |
By: James Francis Hogan (1855-1924) | |
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Gladstone Colony: An Unwritten Chapter of Australian History
This is an early history of the failed attempt to found the colony of North Australia at Gladstone, in what is now Central Queensland. |
By: James Gairdner (1828-1912) | |
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Henry the Seventh
Henry VII, the founder of the Tudor dynasty, less known than his son, Henry VIII, or granddaughter Elizabeth I, is often overlooked. This King toppled the ruling House that had held England's throne for over four hundred years, the Plantagenets, and took a divided, war torn country and made one of the richest in Europe by the time of his death in 1609. Henry VII’s reign was characterized by thrift, prudence, and cool-headed political strategies. The author, James Gairdner , was a British historian. He specialized in 15th-century and early Tudor history. - Summary by Cavaet |