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

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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

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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…

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