Modern (19th C)
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2
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Jefferson Davis
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881) is written by Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America …
Reminiscences of Captain Gronow
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Rees Howell Gronow
A collection of memoirs about the Peninsular War, the Battle of Waterloo, and society and personalities of Regency London and 19th century P…
President Lincoln's Attitude Towards Slavery and Emancipation
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Henry Watson Wilbur
A review of events prior to, during and following the American Civil War bringing an insightful perspective on Lincoln's true attitude towar…
Drugging a Nation
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Samuel Merwin and Samuel Merwin, Sr.
Drugging a Nation is a journalistic reveal of the extent to which the British Empire was culpable in the dissemination and subsequent near t…
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies
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H. A. Guerber
These short vignettes of American history are written for the young reader. Each one is a little capsule of a person or event. They run fr…
East by West, Vol. 1
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Sir Henry W. Lucy
East by West: a Journey in the Recess is an account of British journalist Henry Lucy's travels across America and on to the Far East during …
Lord Kitchener
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G. K. Chesterton
“The paradox of all this part of his life lies in this--that, destined as he was to be the greatest enemy of Mahomedanism, he was quite exce…
Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews
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Mark Twain
This collection of the 258 known, publicly-printed interviews of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was compiled by Gary Scharnhorst and …
Four American Indians: King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola
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Edson L. Whitney
Four American Indians by Edson L. Whitney and Frances M. Perry, gives a short history of King Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags; Pontiac, an …
Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Addresses
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln's first inaugural address was delivered on March 4th, 1861, as the North and South were sliding towards separation and Civil War. Hi…
Great Chicago Fire
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Charles Cole Hine
Historical information relating the nature, extent, and consequences of The Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the insurance losses, and the relief…
My Hunt After 'The Captain'
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Holmes describes his frantic search through Civil War torn landscapes for his wounded son, the future Supreme Court Justice. Originally publ…
My Bondage and My Freedom
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Frederick Douglass
The life of Frederick Douglass, recorded in the pages which follow, is not merely an example of self elevation under the most adverse circum…
Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples…
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Giovanni Battista Belzoni
Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778 – 1823) was an Italian explorer and pioneer archaeologist of Egyptian antiquities. He is known for his remo…
Our Knowledge Box
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George Blackie
This practical guide to solving all sorts of problems includes secrets and discoveries covering the Liquor Trade, Druggists' Aids, Manufactu…
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Volume 2
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Charles Mackay
"Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, an…
Chronicles of Canada Volume 20 - Adventurers of the Far North
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Stephen Leacock
This is volume 20 of The Chronicles of Canada series. This volume describes the explorers who braved the Canadian Arctic in search of the No…
The History of Mary Prince
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Mary Prince
Mary Prince was born into slavery in the West Indies. As a free woman in England she wrote her memoirs, which sold well and supported and pu…
The Secret Service
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Albert Richardson
Albert Richardson was a reporter for Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune when he volunteered to hazard an undercover journey through the Ameri…
True Detective Stories from the Archives of the Pinkertons
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Cleveland Moffett
In his true crime collection, True Detective Stories: From the Archives of the Pinkertons, Cleveland Moffett details some of the more fascin…