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This it the most authentic biography of St. Dominic Savio, seeing as it is written by St. John Bosco, Savio's teacher. (Summary by Mozartjr)

Biography of an American Bondman, By His Daughter

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Josephine Brown

Josephine Brown's Biography of an American Bondsman faithfully follows the trajectory of her father's life as previously explored in his own…

Legends of Charlemagne (Version 2)

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Thomas Bulfinch

This study of Charlemagne is directed at the general literature reading public. Although the author tried to remain true to the legend and m…

Robert Schumann, Tone Poet Prophet And Critic

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Herbert Francis Peyser

[This is] the sketchiest outline of Robert Schumann’s short life but amazingly rich achievement. Together with Haydn and Schubert he was, pe…

English Men of Science: Their Nature and Nurture

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Sir Francis Galton

The results of a survey undertaken by Galton to learn more about individual differences and similarities between the "pre-eminent"…

Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

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William Godwin

William Godwin writes a tell-all about his ex-wife one year after her death. Mary Wollstonecraft (mother of Mary Shelley) was an early propo…

History of Henry the Fourth King of France and Navarre

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John Stevens Cabot Abbott

Henry IV, King of France and Navarre (1553-1610) was the first monarch of France from the House of Bourbon. He was raised in the Protestant …

The Spirit of the Age; Or, Contemporary Portraits

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William Hazlitt

William Hazlitt was a keen observer of his time and the people populating the literary landscape. He presents short monographs on such illus…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 29 - The Day of Sir John Macdonald: A Chronicle of …

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Sir Joseph Pope

A biography of Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada. It was written by the man who served as Macdonald's private secret…

Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors

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George Iles

The playwright gives a play its plot, characters, dialog and form, but its sense of living reality is conveyed by the art of the actor. This…

The World's Great Men of Music: Story-Lives of Master Musicians

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Harriette Brower

These stories are gathered from many sources including biographies, letters, journals and musical history. The life story of 25 of the most …

The Story of Edison and The Wonders of Electricity

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Frank Mundell

Despite not having attended conventional school for more than a few months during his childhood, Thomas Alva Edison received a good groundin…

Le Petit Nord

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Anne Maclanahan Grenfell

A collection of letters from Anne (MacLanahan) Grenfell, future wife of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, regarding her year of missionary service at th…

The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss

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George Prentiss

This memoir was undertaken at the request of many of Mrs. Prentiss' old and most trusted friends, who felt that the story of her life should…

The Life of Washington, Volume 2

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John James Marshall

Volume 2 of The Life begins with some early biography, but moves quickly to Washington's military career as a colonel in the battles against…

Captain Bill McDonald, Texas Ranger: A Story of Frontier Reform

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Albert Bigelow Paine

"William Jesse "Bill" McDonald (1852 - 1918) in the 1880s served as a deputy sheriff in Wood County. After moving to Hardeman…

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