Memoirs

The Life of Honorable William F. Cody

by William Frederick Cody Read by Barry Eads 4.7
The life and adventures of Honorable William F. Cody--Buffalo Bill--as told by himself, make up a narrative which reads more like romance th…

Memoirs of a Revolutionist

by Peter Kropotkin Read by Elin 4.8
Peter Kropotkin was a Russian anarcho-communist and scientist. This is his autobiography, and he writes not only about his own life, but als…

The Alpine Path

by Lucy Maud Montgomery Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
L.M. Montgomery's autobiography highlighting her childhood and early literary career. Published in 1917 after she had written several novels…

The Loss of the S. S. Titanic

by Lawrence Beesley Read by Allyson Hester 4.7
This is a 1st hand account written by a survivor of the Titanic about that fateful night and the events leading up to it as well as the even…

East by West

by Sir Henry W. Lucy Read by Ruth Golding 4.7
East by West: a Journey in the Recess is an account of British journalist Henry Lucy's travels across America and on to the Far East during …

Reminiscences of Captain Gronow

by Rees Howell Gronow Read by Ruth Golding 4.7
A collection of memoirs about the Peninsular War, the Battle of Waterloo, and society and personalities of Regency London and 19th century P…

Ben, The Luggage Boy

by Horatio Alger, Jr. Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Ben, after running away from home, must find a way to survive on the streets. According to the preface, the book was based on a true story t…

The Gold Hunters

by John David Borthwick Read by Sue Anderson 4.3
This is a robust, rough and tumble, first-hand account of the early California gold rush years 1851-1854 by a Scottish adventurer and artist…

Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex

by Owen Chase Read by Phil Schempf 4.6
Owen Chase (October 7, 1797 – March 7, 1869) was First Mate of the whale ship Essex, that was struck and sunk by a sperm whale on October 28…

My Southern Home

by William Wells Brown Read by James K. White 4.7
William Wells Brown was born a slave, near Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Elizabeth, was a slave; his father was a white man who never ack…

Campaigning With Grant

by Horace Porter Read by David Wales 4.8
In the last year of the American Civil War, Horace Porter served as aide-de-camp to General Ulysses S. Grant, then commander of all the armi…

Bullets & Billets

by Bruce Bairnsfather Read by DrPGould 4.7
A front-line view of life in the trenches of the Western Front in the early part of 1914-1915. Told by Lieutenant (later Captain) Bruce Bair…

Parochial and Plain Sermons

by John Henry Newman Read by Russ Hobbs 5
John Henry Newman's sermons enter the human heart easily and with transformative power. Lucid thinking, beautiful English prose, an integra…

The Worst Journey in the World

by Apsley Cherry-Garrard Read by Kevin Green 4.7
The Worst Journey in the World is a gripping memoir that recounts the harrowing experiences of the 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition, l…

My Life in Christ

by Saint John Of Kronstadt Read by A LibriVox Volunteer 4.9
My Life in Christ is a profound exploration of faith and spirituality by Saint John of Kronstadt, offering listeners a glimpse into the tran…

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

by Isabella L. Bird Read by Availle 4.5
Isabella Lucy Bird was a 19th century English traveller, writer, and natural historian. She was a sickly child, however, while she was trave…

Theodore Roosevelt

by Theodore Roosevelt Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
In his vital, illustrative and dynamic autobiography, Theodore Roosevelt let us into the life that formed one of the greatest and outspoken …

Among the Tibetans

by Isabella L. Bird Read by Availle 4.6
Isabella L. Bird was an English traveller, writer and natural historian. She was travelling in the Far East alone at a time when such endeav…

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
In Benjamin Franklin's lifetime, he kept good record of his life and travels, and although Franklin was never a president, he still plays a …

Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie

by Abner Doubleday Read by Mark F. Smith 4.7
Abner Doubleday was a busy man. He rose to be a major general during the American Civil War, started the first cable car company in San Fran…

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