War & Military
The Mutiny of the Bounty
In Bligh's own words, we hear about the lead-up to the famous mutiny and what happened afterwards with the mutineers and the castaways. This…
Famous Sea Fights
I propose to tell in non-technical and popular language the story of some of the most remarkable episodes in the history of sea power. I sha…
The Story of Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc is a folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. Claiming divine guidance, she led the French army to several important v…
Sergeant York and His People
From a cabin back in the mountains of Tennessee, forty-eight miles from the railroad, a young man went to the World War. He was untutored in…
Twelve Years in the Saddle
Sergeant Sullivan tells the story of his life as a Texas Ranger for 12 incredible years in the late 1800s. (Summary by Will Nuessle)
History of the World War
This is a popular narrative history of the world's greatest war. Written frankly from the viewpoint of the United States and the Allies, it…
Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia
The author, who fought as a private in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War, describes the Confederate soldier’s daily struggl…
The Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt's personal account of The Rough Riders, the name affectionately bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one …
Commentaries on the Gallic War
Commentarii de Bello Gallico (English: Commentaries on the Gallic War) is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a…
Hero Tales from American History
Its purpose … is to tell in simple fashion the story of some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die; who proved thei…
In the Field
I have merely tried to make a written record of some of the hours I have lived through during the course of this war. A modest Lieutenant of…
Inventions Of The Great War
“… this war was not one of mere destruction. It set men to thinking as they had never thought before. It intensified their inventive faculti…
Gallipoli Diary
Major John Graham Gillam, British Supply Officer, wrote in his World War I Gallipoli Diary that when he sailed from England for the Dardanel…
Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom
Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom is the true but little known story of the escape of eight British Prisoners-of-War from a Turkish POW camp durin…
England and the Hundred Years' War
This little book by the British military historian, Charles Oman, begins with the accession of the warrior king, Edward III, to the English …
Reminiscences of Captain Gronow
A collection of memoirs about the Peninsular War, the Battle of Waterloo, and society and personalities of Regency London and 19th century P…
Simple Sabotage Field Manual
Formed during World War II, the United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS), was organized for special operations and intelligence gath…
Andersonville Diary
John L. Ransom was the quartermaster of Company A, 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War and a Union prisoner in the …
Campaigning With Grant
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…
Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie
Abner Doubleday was a busy man. He rose to be a major general during the American Civil War, started the first cable car company in San Fran…