Modern (19th C)
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
On the Trail of The Immigrant
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Edward A. Steiner
How did the immigrants come to America? Who were they? What Where did they come from? In this book, Edward Steiner tells of the experiences…
Cent récits d'histoire contemporaine
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Gustave Ducoudray
En 100 petites vignettes, l'historien Gustave Ducoudray (1838-1906) nous raconte l'histoire mouvementée de la France du 19e siè…
Trial of Susan B. Anthony
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William James Mcglothlin
In 1872, after the ratification of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, the women’s suffrage movement in the United States adopted a n…
Loss of the Sultana
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Chester D. Berry
April, 1865. The country was in turmoil. The U.S. Civil War had come to an end, thousands of Union prisoners of war had recently been releas…