Memoirs

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…

Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph

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Frances Sheridan



Sidney and Cecilia are best childhood friends who are forced to part for 5 years. In that interval, Sidney Bidulph - an undoubtedly good and…

Longings for Home

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Walt Whitman



LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Longings for Home by Walt Whitman. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 26, 2012.Bor…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 4

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National Geographic Society



National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 4 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Irrigation in CaliforniaRound about AshevilleA Trip…

A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar

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George Bethune English



As a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during the War of 1812 assigned to Marine Corps headquarters, English sailed to the…

California

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J. Tyrwhitt Brooks and Henry Vizetelly



Henry Vizetelly, writing under the pseudonym J. Tyrwhitt Brooks, recalls an expedition to California he took between 1847-1848 . Originally,…

With the Turks in Palestine

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Alexander Aaronsohn



While Belgium is bleeding and hoping, while Poland suffers and dreams of liberation, while Serbia is waiting for redemption, there is a litt…

The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1661

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Samuel Pepys



Samuel Pepys was the first Secretary to the Admiralty during the reign of Charles II, instrumental in developing the Royal Navy and witness …

Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist

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Alexander Berkman



In 1892, anarchist and Russian émigré Alexander Berkman was apprehended for the failed assassination of industrialist Henry Cl…

The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen Vol. 1

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Howard Carter and Arthur C. Mace



On 26 November 1922, after eight years of work in the Valley of the Kings, archeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, …

Specimen Days

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Walt Whitman



Specimen Days is essentially the great American poet Walt Whitman's scrap book. It documents most of his life's adventures, especially his e…

The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth

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T. D. Bonner



Buried amid the sublime passes of the Sierra Nevada are old men, who, when children, strayed away from our crowded settlements, and, gradual…

Recollections of Imperial Russia

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Meriel Buchanan



In this memoir, Meriel Buchanan (9-5-1886 to 2-6-1959) links the history of Russia to powerful, lingering memories of her years living there…

Diary Written in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum

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Mary Huestis Pengilly



Mary Pengilly was taken to a Lunatic Asylum by her sons where she kept a diary, which this book is taken from. Mary records the harsh condit…

The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire

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Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews



The first half of this book describes the devastating earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906, and the subsequent destruction caused by fi…

With Fire and Sword (Byers)

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Samuel H. M. Byers



Samuel H. M. Byers was an American poet, diplomat, and soldier in the Civil War. "In war some persons seek adventures; others have them…

The Autobiography of George Dewey

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George Dewey



Admiral George Dewey, United States Navy, is best remembered for his victory over the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay during the S…

Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne

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Dorothy Osborne



A lively, interesting and important collection of 17th century love-letters written by an English lady, against the background of the Civil …

Escape From The Confederacy

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Benjamin F. Hasson



Benjamin F Hasson was a Union officer in the Civil War of the United States. After being captured by the Confederacy, he escaped from a pris…

Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front

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Mary Roberts Rinehart



A personal account of the American author's visit to Europe in January 1915 while a war correspondent in Belgium for The Saturday Evening Po…

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