Biography & Autobiography

Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England

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Charles H. Firth


The Life of Cromwell is in part based on an article contributed by the author to the Dictionary of National Biography in 1888, but embodies …

Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley

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John Gilmary Shea


"It has long been a desideratum to have in English the early narratives, of the discovery and exploration of the Mississippi. Marquette…

Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire

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James Headlam-Morley


"It is hard to be an Emperor under such a Chancellor." lamented Wilhelm I, the first emperor of the German Empire. Otto von Bismar…

The Story of Garfield

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William Gunion Rutherford


A short biography of the 20th U.S. President. Garfield was raised in humble circumstances on an Ohio farm by his widowed mother and elder br…

Transformed; or, the History of a River Thief, Briefly Told

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Jerry Mcauley


Jerry McAuley gives a testimony of his transformation from one of the wickedest men to ever live to being saved and a life of helping others…

Kaspar Hauser - Beispiel eines Verbrechens am Seelenleben des Menschen

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Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach and Paul Johann Anselm Ritter Von Feuerbach


Kaspar Hauser, der Findling von Nürnberg, ist eine der geheimnisvollsten Personen in der deutschen Geschichte. Seine Herkunft, sein Leb…

Curiosities of Street Literature

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Various


This is a collection of broadsides from London. Broadsides are short, popular publications, a precursor to today's tabloid journalism. The c…

Lincoln, The Lawyer

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Frederick Trevor Hill


This biography of Abraham Lincoln focuses on his practice as a lawyer. (Summary by MaryAnn)

Being a Boy

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Charles Dudley Warner


Warner's thoughtful and often humorous memoir of his life as a young farm-boy in Charlemont, Massachusetts. (Introduction by Mark Penfold)

The Sainted Queens

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Unknown


A collection of short biographies of six Catholic Queens who became saints. Saint Margaret of Scotland - Saint Elisabeth of Portugal - Saint…

Eighty Years Ashore and Afloat, or, The Thrilling Adventures of Uncle Jethro: E…

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E. C. Cornell


Experiences of Jethro Ripley, mainly in the Atlantic coast trade, but including an account of a whaling voyage around Cape Horn. The narrati…

The Life of Washington, Volume 1

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John James Marshall


If it be true that it takes a great man to interpret the life of a great man then Bushrod Washington made no mistake in the selection of a b…

From Alien To Citizen

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Edward A. Steiner


Edward Steiner spent his life figuring out how America manages to take in aliens from all over the world, who bring with them a huge diversi…

The Soul of an Immigrant

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Constantine Panunzio


Constantine Panunzio (1884-1964) begins his autobiography by describing his childhood in Molfetta, Italy. At age 13, he left home as a sailo…

An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah

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Beth Ellis


An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah, by Beth Ellis, is a well-edited, turn-of-the-century journal documenting a young woman’s visi…

The English Restoration and Louis XIV: From the Peace of Westphalia to the Peac…

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Osmund Airy


In this trim volume the British historian, Osmund Airy writes of the period between 1648 and 1679 when Cardinal Mazarin, having concluded th…

Walpole

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John Morley


Robert Walpole, 1st Duke of Orford (1676-1745), is generally regarded as the first prime minister of Great Britain. This is a short biograph…

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