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A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, A Colored Man

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Noah Davis


The object of the writer, in preparing this account of himself, is toRAISE SUFFICIENT MEANS TO FREE HIS LAST TWO CHILDREN FROM SLAVERY.Havin…

One Third Off

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Irvin S. Cobb


Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876–March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, and columnist who lived in New York and wrote over 60…

Young Adventure, A Book of Poems

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Stephen Vincent Benét


Stephen Vincent Benét (July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943) was an American author, poet, short story writer and novelist. He is best know…

THE WATCHMAN OF THE OLD ORCHARD: The Kingbird and the Great Crested Flycatcher.

In The Burgess Bird Book for Children

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Thornton W. Burgess


The Burgess Bird Book for Children is a zoology book written in the form of a story featuring Peter Rabbit. Peter learns from his friend Je…

From Echo Park to the Mouth of the Uinta River

In Canyons of the Colorado

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John Wesley Powell


John Wesley Powell was a pioneer American explorer, ethnologist, and geologist in the 19th Century. In 1869 he set out to explore the Colora…

The Black-Bellied Tarantula

In The Life of the Spider

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J. Henri Fabre and Jean-Henri Fabre


Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre was a French entomologist and author. He was born in St. Léons in Aveyron, France. Fabre was largely an auto…

Chapter 3: The Death Of Eve, Part 2

In The Legends of the Jews, Volume 1

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Louis Ginzberg


Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; …

Miseries Nos. 1-4 from Autumn Leaves, edited by Anne Wales Abbot

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 002

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Anne Wales Abbot, editor


A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independ…