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Zachary Taylor, December 4, 1849, part 1

In State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1849 - 1856)

Read by Owen Cook

Millard Fillmore

The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

Missouri Radicals and Conservatives

In Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 8)

Read by Owen Cook

John Hay and John George Nicolay, John Hay and John George Nicolay

Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who…

Part 5

In History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 5

Read by Owen Cook

Friedrich Schiller

Volume 5 concludes the History of the Thirty Years War in Germany. [Note From the first PG etext of this work: Separate sources indicate th…

Julius Caesar - On the Punishment of the Catiline Conspirators

In The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. II: Rome

Read by Owen Cook

William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey and Various,William Jennings Bryan

In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey compiled a series of the most famous orations …

Mai

In Alcools

Read by Owen Cook

Guillaume Apollinaire

Apollinaire is a pivotal figure in the history of French poetry. Friend of Picasso, albeit a sometimes volatile one, inventor of the term 's…

The Decline of the Egyptian Kingdom and the Hyksos Domination

In History of Egypt

Read by Owen Cook

Frederick C. H. Wendel

The history of Egypt from the earliest times to the conquest by Alexander the Great, covering the development of Egyptian civilization: scie…

Lincoln's Fame

In Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 10)

Read by Owen Cook

John Hay

Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who…

Missouri Guerrillas and Politics

In Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 6)

Read by Owen Cook

John Hay and John George Nicolay

Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who…

Irish Leaders

In The Glories of Ireland

Read by Owen Cook

Joseph Dunn

A collection of essays on Ireland compiled by Joseph Dunn and PJ Lennox. As stated in the Preface to the books "...we have been forced…