Memoirs
Behind the Screen
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Samuel Goldwyn
Learn about the early days of Hollywood from the eyes of Samuel Goldwyn, co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production company. - Summary by…
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled
Read by Barry Eads
Hudson Stuck
This volume deals with a series of journeys taken with a dog team over the winter trails in the interior of Alaska. The title might have cla…
A pilgrimage to my motherland
Read by Faith Abiola-Ellison
Robert Campbell
Robert Campbell (1829-84) was a Jamaican-born printer, journalist, and teacher who, along with Martin Robison Delany (1812-85), made up the …
Michigan Historical Collections
Read by Ted Lienhart
Historical Society Of Michigan
The Michigan Historical Society solicited accounts by Michigan pioneers about the early settlement of various locations, or early developmen…
A Last Diary
Read by Adam Whybray
W. N. P. Barbellion
The final journal of British naturalist Bruce Frederick Cummings, spanning from March 1918 to June 1919. The diary follows on the heels of t…
Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope
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Charles Lewis Meryon
Lady Hester Stanhope was a woman ahead of her time. She traveled alone, lived among "savages" and was comfortable dressing in man…
The Heir of Slaves
Read by James K. White
William Pickens
In the first of two autobiographies, Pickens describes his early life struggling to help his family free themselves from a system of tenant …
The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
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Calvin Coolidge
A relatively short, autobiographical account of the life of Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States of America. The contents sp…
War Prison Diary
Read by Barry Eads
Michael Dougherty
The diary kept by Michael Dougherty, a Union private in the American Civil War, while imprisoned in various Confederate prison camps. Doughe…
A True Picture of Emigration
Read by Ted Lienhart
Rebecca Burlend
Complete title: "A True Picture of Emigration: or Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America; being a full and impartial account o…