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06 - First View of the Ruins; Thoughts of Buying Copan

In Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, Vol. 1

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John Lloyd Stephens

The year is 1838. The scene is the dense Honduran forest along the Copán River. Two men, John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood…

Johnny Appleseed - A Pioneer Hero

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 021

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W. D. Haley

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

0 - Dedication & Introductory

In By Ox Team to California - A Narrative of Crossing the Plains in 1860

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Lavinia Honeyman Porter

Imagine a young, twenty-something woman in 1860, reared “in the indolent life of the ordinary Southern girl” (which means she has never lear…

Of the Point of a Sharp Small Needle

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 026

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Robert Hooke

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

Chapter 0

In The Journey of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

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Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

Few stories of shipwreck and survival can equal that of the 16th century Spaniard Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca who, cast ashore …

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