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George Blackie


This practical guide to solving all sorts of problems includes secrets and discoveries covering the Liquor Trade, Druggists' Aids, Manufactu…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 20 - Adventurers of the Far North

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Stephen Leacock


This is volume 20 of The Chronicles of Canada series. This volume describes the explorers who braved the Canadian Arctic in search of the No…

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Volume 2

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Charles Mackay


"Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, an…

The History of Mary Prince

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Mary Prince


Mary Prince was born into slavery in the West Indies. As a free woman in England she wrote her memoirs, which sold well and supported and pu…

The Secret Service

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Albert Richardson


Albert Richardson was a reporter for Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune when he volunteered to hazard an undercover journey through the Ameri…

Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 2

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Lord Thomas Cochrane


This second volume of the biography of Lord Cochrane deals with his fall from grace, imprisonment for debt, loss of honours, and attempts to…

Life and Adventures of Frank and Jesse James

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Joseph. A. Dacus


Biographies of Frank and Jesse James, detailed accounts of all their significant escapades, and the final outcomes. - Summary by PJ Landau

Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies

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Charles G. Mutzenberg


As this book will show, there have been a variety of clashes and feuds which have taken place in and near Kentucky over the years, primarily…

True Detective Stories from the Archives of the Pinkertons

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Cleveland Moffett


In his true crime collection, True Detective Stories: From the Archives of the Pinkertons, Cleveland Moffett details some of the more fascin…

A History of California: The Spanish Period

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Charles Edward Chapman


If you have ever wondered why Spain (and not Japan, which was so so much better positioned to do it) was first to “settle” the Golden State,…

Afloat on the Ohio

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Reuben Gold Thwaites


Afloat on the Ohio, An Historical Pilgrimage, of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, From Redstone to Cairo.There were four of us pilgrims—my Wife,…

Garibaldi and the Making of Italy

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George Macaulay Trevelyan


Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) was an Italian general and politician who played a large role in making of what Italy is today. He is known a…

Wellington

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George Hooper


Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1769-1852), was born in Dublin, the younger son of an Irish Protestant aristocrat. He served with…

East by West, Vol. 2

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Sir Henry W. Lucy


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 in 1883…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 14 - The War With the United States: A Chronicle of…

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William Wood


"International disputes that end in war are not generally questions of absolute right and wrong. They may quite as well be questions of…

Campaigning With Grant

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Horace Porter


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…

Old Rail Fence Corners

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Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris


Old Rail Fence Corners is an historical treasure trove containing the stories of the first significant waves of European-American settlers i…

The Future of the American Negro

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Booker T. Washington


The history of African American enslavement, freedom from slavery, and the need for education as a prerequisite for success. - Summary by ki…

The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier, Part 1

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Charles E. Flandrau


"It has been a little over fifty years since the organization of the Territory of Minnesota, which at its birth was a very small and un…

Louis Pasteur

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Albert Keim


Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) famously said, "In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind." Pasteur brought to t…

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