History

Venetian Life

Read by Timothy Ferguson


William Dean Howells


William Dean Howells was American Consul to Venice for four years. His term ended in 1865. He wrote about the city, and the culture of the V…

News From No Man's Land

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James Green


James Green (1864-1948) was a Methodist minister who was a chaplain to Australian troops in the Boer War and in the Australian Imperial Forc…

Letters of John Quincy Adams to His Son, on the Bible and Its Teachings

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John Quincy Adams


A collection of nine letters written by the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams, to his teenage son. "Their purpose…

Hear It Now 50 12 15 Korean War Reports



Edward R Murrow hosts and narrates this first program in the series of 'Hear It Now.' Murrow begins with a description of the tragic events …

Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania

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Frederick Herman Tilberg


On the gently rolling farm lands surrounding the little town of Gettysburg, Pa., was fought one of the great decisive battles of American hi…

The Modern Woman's Rights Movement

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Käthe Schirmacher


A history of the international woman’s rights movements originally published in 1905 and updated in 1909; English translation published in 1…

The Negro

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W. E. B. Du Bois


Nevertheless, I have not been able to withstand the temptation to essay such short general statement of the main known facts and their fair …

CBS Radio At Fifty 77 09 18 An Autobiography In Sound With Walter Cronkite



Walter Cronkite hosts this 3 hour retrospective on the history of CBS Radio from its beginnings up through to the date of this broadcast. Th…

The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 3, November 1909

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Various


"The History Teacher’s Magazine is devoted to the interests of teachers of History, Civics, and related subjects in the fields of Geogr…

Lives of the Presidents of the United States in Words of One Syllable

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Helen W. Pierson


This book consists of simple biographies of the first 23 Presidents of the United States written chiefly in words of one syllable. Books suc…

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