Modern (19th C)

The Cruise of the Alerte - In Search of Treasure

Read by Steven Seitel


Edward Frederick Knight


The book describes a voyage undertaken in 1889 by an English barrister Edward Frederick Knight to the South Seas. This delightful story take…

Causes Of The American Civil War: Secession Statements Of Five Confederate Stat…

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Various


Some of the states who rebelled against the Federal Government in the American Civil War issued statements by nascent governing bodies expla…

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom

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Ellen Craft


Ellen and William Craft were a married couple who escaped from slavery in 1848 when Ellen disguised herself as a white, literate man and Wil…

Korea and Her Neighbors

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Isabella L. Bird


In this book, Isabella L. Bird, who had been elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society only 2 years prior, describes her travels th…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 21 - The Red River Colony: A Chronicle of the Begin…

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Louis Aubrey Wood


This, volume 21 of the Chronicles of Canada series, describes the settlement of the Red River Colony by Lord Selkirk, and the struggles it h…

A History of the Four Georges, and of William IV, Volume 4

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Justin Mccarthy


In Volume IV of this series on the Hanoverian kings, Justin McCarthy and his son, Justin Huntly McCarthy, both Liberal Irish MPs., bring on …

The Illustrated Key to the Tarot

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L. W. De Laurence


L.W. de Laurence, an occult and spiritual author and publisher, not only provides a history of the Tarot for fortune-telling purposes, but w…

With Sack and Stock in Alaska

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George Broke


In 1888, George Broke with Harold Topham and William Williams, made the first exploration of the Alaskan Mt. St. Elias range, including the …

The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad

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William Francis Bailey


Story of the planning, construction, and early operating of the Trans-continental railroad. There is coverage of the early proposals that be…

Kaspar Hauser - Beispiel eines Verbrechens am Seelenleben des Menschen

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Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach and Paul Johann Anselm Ritter Von Feuerbach


Kaspar Hauser, der Findling von Nürnberg, ist eine der geheimnisvollsten Personen in der deutschen Geschichte. Seine Herkunft, sein Leb…

Audubon's Western Journal: 1849-1850

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John Woodhouse Audubon


John Woodhouse Audubon (1812-1862), son of the famous painter John James Audubon and an artist in his own right, joined Col. Henry Webb's Ca…

The Domestic Slave Trade Of The Southern States

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Winfield Hazlitt Collins


This 1904 history of slavery in the southeastern United States reflects the state of knowledge at that time, of course. The text contains s…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 32 - The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland …

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Oscar D. Skelton


When the pace of railroad construction slackened in 1914, Canada had achieved a remarkable position in the railway world. Only five other co…

A Voice From Harper's Ferry

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Osborne Perry Anderson


A Voice from Harper's Ferry is the abolitionist testament of Osborne Perry Anderson, the only surviving black participant in the 1859 raid o…

The Romance Of Modern Sieges; Describing The Personal Adventures, Resource And …

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Edward Gilliat


Lively narratives of some of the great siege battles of war. The book was written before World War I, in 1908. Some of the narratives contai…

California Sketches New And Old

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Oscar Penn Fitzgerald


Here we meet all sorts of characters and situations in California’s early history: gunmen, outlaws, lynch mobs, raging storms, mining camps,…

Bismarck and the Origin of the German Empire

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Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke


Despite its brevity, this Little Blue Book #142 by the Oxford historian, Sir F.M. Powicke, provides a valuable overview of the political his…

The Art Of Cookery Made Plain And Easy

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Hannah Glasse


Although this recording has been made using the 1784 version, the original book of The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy was first publish…

The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80, Part 2

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Archibald Forbes


This Part 2 of "The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80" discusses the 1878-80 war, which was one of the major conflicts during the Gr…

The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier, Part 2

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Charles E. Flandrau


A series of stories written by Judge Charles E. Flandrau "at different times during his long residence in the Northwest, which embrace …

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