Biography & Autobiography

William Penn

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George Hodges


Biography of William Penn - Summary by Richard Vogel

When Buffalo Ran

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George Bird Grinnell


"Seventy years ago, when some of the events here recounted took place, Indians were Indians, and the plains were the plains indeed.In s…

The dogaressas of Venice: The wives of the doges

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Edgcumbe Staley


A series of biographies of the wives of the doges (leaders) of the Venetian Republic. - Summary by Timothy

A Ball Player's Career

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Adrian C. Anson


The biography of one of the greatest players that the game of baseball of his era, in his own words. "Cap" Anson, quite probably b…

William the Third

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Henry Duff Traill


William Henry, Prince of Orange and Nassau, Dutch William to the English, was born in a state threatened by the military ambitions of Louis …

Captain John Smith

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C. H. Forbes-Lindsay


Captain John Smith is probably best known for his association with the colonization of Virginia from the early days of Jamestown, and his ex…

The Valley of Baca: a Record of Suffering and Triumph

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Jennie Smith


Jennie Smith was a 19th-Century Job. At 15 years old, her father's business and finances failed, and he later died of illness, leaving her f…

The Life of Washington, Volume 4

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John James Marshall


This fourth volume covers the final battles and the peace conditions of the war, Washington at home, Washington as first President, and the …

Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy

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Ruth Putnam


Charles the Bold was the last Duke of Burgundy of the House of Valois. Born in 1433, his dream was to be crowned king by declaring the terri…

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 8

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Giorgio Vasari


The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times (in the original Italian, Le Vite de'…

Post Mortem: Essays, Historical And Medical

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Charles MacLaurin and Charles Maclaurin


This 1922 collection of extensive essays comprises well written biographies of a few famous folk. The life narratives include analyses of me…

Lincoln's Yarns and Stories

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Alexander K. Mcclure


“A Complete Collection of the Funny and Witty Anecdotes that made Abraham Lincoln Famous as America’s Greatest Story Teller With Introductio…

Women of Versailles: the Court of Louis XIV

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Arthur-Léon Imbert De Saint-Amand


Jean de La Bruyère famously characterized Versailles as "that region where joys were visible but false, and vexations hidden but…

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interview…

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Various


These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…

A Book About Myself

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Theodore Dreiser


A book written by Theodore Dreiser detailing a history of his life and how he became a writer. - Summary by Michele Eaton

Episodes Before Thirty

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Algernon Blackwood


Blackwood wrote this autobiography in his fifties, describing his first thirty years as an almost penniless British adventurer in Canada and…

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