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The Facts of Reconstruction

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John R. Lynch


After the American Civil War, John R. Lynch, who had been a slave in Mississippi, began his political career in 1869 by first becoming Justi…

President Lincoln's Attitude Towards Slavery and Emancipation

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Henry Watson Wilbur


A review of events prior to, during and following the American Civil War bringing an insightful perspective on Lincoln's true attitude towar…

The Story of Manhattan

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Charles Hemstreet


The history of New York City is told as a story, in few words. It begins with Henry Hudson's discovery of Manhattan in 1609. And it finishe…

The Witches of New York

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Q. K. Philander Doesticks


A humorous account of visits to various fortune tellers, card readers, seers, and other "witches" of New York. Written by Q.K. Phi…

The Special Methods of Psychotherapy

In Psychotherapy

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Hugo Münsterberg


Talking about viewing the Ocean "If I take the attitude of appreciation, it would be absurd to say that this wave is composed of chemic…

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In How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York

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Jacob Riis and Jacob A. Riis


How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1890) was a pioneering work of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting…

The Aërial Acrobat Pt 1 Showing That it Takes More Than Muscle and Skill to Wor…

In Careers of Danger and Daring

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Cleveland Moffett


In this volume of adventure the author depicts the lives of certain humble modern heroes whose unconscious courage ordinarily goes unnoticed…

The Locomotive Chase in Georgia

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 020

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William Pittenger


A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

Illusions of the Senses

In The Seven Follies of Science

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John Phin


The seven follies of science; a popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve…

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In Herndon's Lincoln

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William H. Herndon and Jesse William Weik and William H. Herndon


A biography of Abraham Lincoln by his long-time law partner, William Herndon and Herndon's collaborator, Jesse Weik. The book is notable for…

09 - Chapter 8 - Education and slavery, A mob murder, The Agassiz theory of rac…

In Autobiography Memories and Experiences, Volume 1

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Moncure D. Conway and Moncure Daniel Conway


Moncure Daniel Conway was an American abolitionist, Unitarian, clergyman and author. This first volume of his autobiography covers roughly t…

Report - Geography of the Land

In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 2

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Herbert G. Ogden (Unknown) and National Geographic Society


National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 2 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Africa, its Past and FutureReports on:Geography of …