Modern (19th C)
A History of the Comstock Silver Lode and Mines
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Dan Dequille
This is a brief account of the Comstock Lode silver mines, and description of the geographic features of the state of Nevada including the r…
Into The Valley Of Death: Crimea, Balaklava, The Light Brigade: Russell, Tennys…
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Various
The Charge Of The Light Brigade (1854) is a famous poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. It is about, among other things, the valor of soldiers and…
Imperialism and World Politics, Part 1 of 4
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Parker Thomas Moon
Moon’s Imperialism and World Politics is perhaps the best-known work of the Columbia University professor and political scientist; It was pu…
Reminiscences et Portraits: Kamouraska
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François Magloire Derome
François Derome, auteur, avocat, fonctionnaire et journaliste canadien français, décrit en portraits brefs des paysages…
Notes on The Broads and Rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk
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Harry Brittain
The Broads area of Norfolk and Suffolk is in the East Anglian region of England. It is the location of Britain's third largest inland waterw…
Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia
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Joseph P. Cullen
Richmond, Virginia, was the capital of The Confederacy during the American Civil War, 1861-1865. It was the focus of two military campaigns…
Twenty Years of the Republic 1885-1905
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Harry Thurston Peck
Excerpt: At the time when Mr. Cleveland was inaugurated there had been no Democratic President for a full quarter of a century. A whole gene…
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…
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These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
The Famous Missions of California
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William Henry Hudson
Naturalist William Henry Hudson was born in Argentina of immigrant parents from England, and later settled there. He published books on orn…
Loom and Spindle
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Harriet H. Robinson
Harriet Robinson was a frequent contributor to the famous monthly periodical, "The Lowell Offering", which featured poetry, essays…
The Land of Midian (Revisited)
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Richard Francis Burton
The plain unvarnished tale of the travel in Midian, undertaken by the second Expedition, which, like the first, owes all to the liberality a…
Handbook of Home Rule: Being Articles on the Irish Question
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James Bryce
The issue of Irish home rule was the dominant political question of British and Irish politics in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Published i…
Tea and Tea Drinking
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Alfred Arthur Reade
Not a complete history of tea, but a pleasant diversion concerning tea, the pleasures found in its drinking, effects, benefits, cautions, et…
A Short History of Pittsburgh
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Samuel Harden Church
Samuel H. Church presents a brief history of the city of Pittsburgh, split into three domains: historical, industrial, and intellectual. His…
Gertrude Bell
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Ronald Bodley and Lorna Hearst
A highly engaging biography about a fascinating English woman who was most unusual for her time. An adventurous traveler who fell completely…
Why We Love Lincoln
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James Creelman
Brought to us by notable reporter and writer, James Creelman, this story of Abraham Lincoln is a more personal and simple portrait of the m…
The Truth About the Congo
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Frederick Starr
After traveling extensively through Mexico and other countries, Starr spent a year in Congo during the peak of European colonization. He can…
On Famine Fever and Some of the Other Cognate Forms of Typhus
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Rudolf Virchow
Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902), professor of medicine and pathology at the Charité Hospital in Berlin, published more than 2000 papers an…
Historical Backgrounds of the Great War; The War: Its Origins and Warnings
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Frank James Adkins
Author Frank J. Adkins, a lecturer at Cambridge University, arranged a series of European history lectures at the beginning of World War I f…
Modern England 1820-1885
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Oscar Browning
This short survey opens with the accession of that portly spendthrift, King George IV. With British support, Greece becomes independent. The…