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The Story of My Childhood

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Clara Barton

Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, recalls growing up in early 19th Century Massachusetts. (Introduction by Veronica Jenkins)

Starved Rock: A Historical Sketch

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Eaton G. Osman

This book is an early history of the Starved Rock Area in Northern Illinois. In the pre-Columbian era, the Starved Rock area was home to Nat…

17- Fritters and Dumplings & Syrups

In The American Housewife

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anonymous

This cookbook and reference guide leads the American Housewife through how to make everything from Meat to Common Drinks, as well as helpful…

11 - Chapter 11 - THE WAR IN 1917

In A School History of the Great War

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McKinley, Coulomb, and Gerson and Albert E. Mckinley

A brief history of The Great War (World War I) designed for students in grades seven and eight. Special emphasis on European history leading…

The Jabberwocky of Authors - Read by VBJ

In The Jabberwocky of Authors

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Harry Persons Taber

LibriVox volunteers offer you 12 different recordings of The Jabberwocky of Authors by Harry Persons Taber. This parody of Carroll's Jabberw…

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In Worth While

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox

LibriVox volunteers offer you 15 different recordings of Worth While, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the weekly poetry project for the wee…

02 - The Larynx, part 1

In Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 5 (Gray's Anatomy)

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Henry Gray

Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded th…

The Winged Victory

In A Daughter of the Land

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Gene Stratton-Porter

Independent Kate Bates resents the fact that, as the youngest of a large family, she is expected to stay at home and help her parents while …

03 - Illinois in 1830

In Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 1)

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John G. Nicolay and John Hay and John Hay

This is the biography of Abraham Lincoln, written by two of his private secretaries. (Summary by ashleighjane)

Chapter 6 - Subjective Necessity of Social Settlements

In Twenty Years at Hull House

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Jane Addams

Jane Addams was the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In a long, complex career, she was a pioneer settlement worker…