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Chapter 2 Winter Storms and Spring Floods

In The Yosemite

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John Muir

John Muir's adventure guide for the Yosemite Valley.

01 - Preface + Chapter 1

In Robert O'Hara Burke and the Australian Exploring Expedition of 1860

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Andrew Jackson

A non-fictional account of Burke and Wills's 1860 expedition to cross the Australian continent from south to north and then return. Containi…

Chapter XI, Part 5

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 11)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

In chapter 11 William and Mary have been crowned and settle down to the task of ruling England. An endless succession of British noblemen jo…

Useful Phrases: iconoclastic attitude - incipient fancy

In Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases

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Grenville Kleiser

A Practical Handbook of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, and Oratorical Terms, for the Embelli…

18-2 - Tahiti and New Zealand

In The Voyage of the Beagle

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Charles Darwin

The book, also known as Darwin's Journal of Researches, is a vivid and exciting travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific field journal…

Preface

In With Fire and Sword (Byers)

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Samuel H.M. Byers and 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…

Chapter VI, Part 4

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 06)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

This chapter starts from about 1685. James is on the throne and, as ever, there are disputes between crown and Parliament. We see the Habeus…

Chapter I: Part 1

In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. I

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Edward Gibbon

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

The Colonial Press

In History of the United States, Vol. I

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Charles and Mary Beard and Charles Austin Beard

Charles Austin Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks a…

A Wind-Storm in the Forests

In The Mountains of California

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John Muir

John Muir (1838–1914) was one of the first modern preservationists. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, and …