Memoirs
Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie
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Abner Doubleday
Now that the prejudices and bitter partisan feeling of the past are subsiding, it seems a fitting time to record the facts and incidents con…
The Enormous Room
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E. E. Cummings
"For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost; and is found."He was lost by the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps.He was …
Narrative of the Suffering and Defeat of the North-Western Army
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William Atherton
This memoir dating from 1812ff, but only published in 1840s is a strikingly profound contrast with our modern materialism and comfort. It is…
Letters of John Keats
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John Keats
These are the letters of John Keats, as written to family, close friends and others during his brief, eventful years as an artist. (However,…
The Real Latin Quarter
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Frank Berkeley Smith
"Cocher, drive to the rue Falguière"--this in my best restaurant French.The man with the varnished hat shrugged his shoulde…
A Soldier's Letters to Charming Nellie
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Joseph Benjamin Polley
Whether written in camp, in hospital, or in hospitable home, the letters tell a plain, unvarnished, and true story of the observations and e…
The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott
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Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Scott’s ill-fated journey to the Antarctic Pole in 1911 is part triumph, part tragedy – but also a mythic adventure story which has …
Life of Chopin
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Franz Liszt
Chopin was a romantic era Polish composer. This work is a memoir by Liszt who knew Chopin both as man and artist. This memoir gives a unique…
With the Empress Dowager of China
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Katharine Carl
Through the eyes of an artist, With the Empress Dowager of China provides a glimpse of life in the Chinese Imperial Court, unseen by any oth…
The Elephant Man
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Frederick Treves
In 1884, Professor Treves saw Joseph Merrick (known as the "Elephant Man") in a shop across the road from the London Hospital. Bei…
Reminiscences of an Army Nurse During the Civil War
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Adelaide W. Smith
Adelaide Smith was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War and here recounts some of her observations and memories. - Summary by Lyn…
Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin
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Lyman Copeland Draper
The Wisconsin Historical Society was founded in 1846, even before Wisconsin achieved U.S. statehood. The Secretary, Lyman Draper, began in …
Years of My Youth
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William Dean Howells
After the Civil War William Dean Howells served for 15 years as Assistant Editor and then Editor of the prestigious 'Atlantic' Magazine. For…
The Iron Hunter
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Chase Salmon Osborn
This is an autobiography by Michigan Governor Chase Osborn. Osborn was born in 1860 in a log house in Huntington County, Indiana and later a…
Memoirs of the Life of Anthony Benezet
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Roberts Vaux
The Memoirs of the life of Anthony Benezet is a compilation celebrating the life of one of the first truly influential abolitionists during …
Autobiography of a Yogi
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Paramhansa Yogananda
This autobiography of the author is a beautiful story of his journey to becoming a self-realized yogi, starting from recalling his early chi…
Things I Know About Kings, Celebrities, and Crooks
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William Le Queux
This book is an engaging compilation of experiences that Mr. Le Queux has had in his life, and states in the preface that his goal was "…
The Last Voyage of the Karluk
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Robert Abram Bartlett
In August 1913, the Karluk, flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson’s Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913–16, became trapped in the ice while saili…
Things I Know About Kings, Celebrities, and Crooks
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William Le Queux
This book is an engaging compilation of experiences that Mr. Le Queux has had in his life, and states in the preface that his goal was "…
The Last Voyage of the Karluk
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Robert Abram Bartlett
In August 1913, the Karluk, flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson’s Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913–16, became trapped in the ice while saili…