Memoirs

Wild Wales

by George Borrow Read by Steve Gough 4.7
Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery is a travel book by the English Victorian gentleman writer George Borrow (1803–1881), first pub…

My Life in the South

by Jacob Stroyer Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
My Life in the South is the vivid and touching autobiography of African-American former slave, Jacob Stroyer. It recounts experiences from …

Spiritual Dialogue Between the Soul, the Body, Self-Love, the Spirit, Humanity,…

by Saint Catherine Of Genoa Read by Ann Boulais 4.8
Saint Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi Adorno, born Genoa 1447 – 15 September 1510) is an Italian Roman Catholic saint and mystic, admir…

The Story of My Misfortunes

by Pierre Abélard Read by Martin Geeson 4.8
Autobiographies from remote historical periods can be especially fascinating.Modes of self-presentation vary greatly across the centuries, a…

Mother

by Kathleen Norris Read by Megan Kunkel 4.7
Mother by Kathleen Norris explores the profound relationship between a daughter and her mother through the lens of domestic life. As Margare…

Letter from China

by Peter James Froning Read by Peter James Froning 4.9
This is a poignant and irreverent diary of the author's yearlong (2001-2) experience of teaching English to college students in Beijing, Peo…

My Experiences as an Executioner

by James Berry Read by ashleighjane 4.6
From 1884 until 1891, James Berry was an executioner. In this time he carried out 131 hangings. In this memoir he writes about the methods h…

Letters to His Children

by Theodore Roosevelt Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The strong, vigorous, exalted character of a doting father who loved playing with his children and their pets, even while serving as the Pre…

The Colored Cadet at West Point

by Henry Ossian Flipper Read by James K. White 4.7
Henry Ossian Flipper--born into slavery in Thomasville, Georgia on March 21, 1856--did not learn to read and write until just before the end…

Three Years in the Federal Cavalry

by Willard Glazier Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Captain Glazier narrates his experiences as a cavalryman in the Federal Army during the Civil War, from his enlistment in New York State to …

The Prophet

by Kahlil Gibran Read by Mark F. Smith 4.7
The prophet Al Mustafa, before leaving the city where he has been living twelve years, stops to address the people. They call out for his wo…

Nurse and Spy in the Union Army

by Sarah Emma Edmonds Read by TriciaG 4.6
The “Nurse and Spy” is simply a record of events which have transpired in the experience and under the observation of one who has been on th…

Vagabonding Down The Andes

by Harry A. Franck Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Sometime in the latter half of 1911, Harry A. Franck jumped out of a box-car and crossed the Rio Grande, from Laredo. Thus began a journey, …

Sherman’s Recollections of California

by William Tecumseh Sherman Read by David Wales 4.5
This LibriVox recording comprises three chapters from American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Memoirs. The chapters deal with…

Recollections of Bush Life in Australia

by Henry William Haygarth Read by KirksVoice 4.4
This was written in the mid 1800’s at time when Australia saw an influx of immigration from Europe and when England was sending some prisone…

Eighteen Months in the War Zone

by Kate John Finzi Read by MaryAnn 4.7
In "Eighteen Months in the War Zone," Kate John Finzi offers a poignant memoir of her experiences during a tumultuous period of co…

You Know Me Al

by Ring Lardner Read by Utek 4.7
Big, fat, dumb, lazy, vain, headstrong and cheap, Jack Keefe is a journeyman pitcher with the Chicago White Sox in the rowdy days of the Dea…

The Pastor's Wife

by Elizabeth Von Arnim Read by James E. Carson 4.4
Written by an author born in Australia, grew up in England, married in Germany, and then flew to the United States. A tale about a young wom…

The Golden Age

by Kenneth Grahame Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Golden Age is a collection of reminiscences of childhood, written by Kenneth Grahame and originally published in book form in 1895, in L…

Pan

by Knut Hamsun Read by Kathrine Engan 4.7
Pan tells the story Lieutenant Glahn and his summer in a forest north in Norway. He lives in a hut with his dog Aesop and they spend their d…

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