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Venetian Life

Read by Timothy Ferguson


William Dean Howells


William Dean Howells was American Consul to Venice for four years. His term ended in 1865. He wrote about the city, and the culture of the V…

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 …

News From No Man's Land

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James Green


James Green (1864-1948) was a Methodist minister who was a chaplain to Australian troops in the Boer War and in the Australian Imperial Forc…

Hear It Now 50 12 15 Korean War Reports



Edward R Murrow hosts and narrates this first program in the series of 'Hear It Now.' Murrow begins with a description of the tragic events …

Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania

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Frederick Herman Tilberg


On the gently rolling farm lands surrounding the little town of Gettysburg, Pa., was fought one of the great decisive battles of American hi…

The Modern Woman's Rights Movement

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Käthe Schirmacher


A history of the international woman’s rights movements originally published in 1905 and updated in 1909; English translation published in 1…

CBS Radio At Fifty 77 09 18 An Autobiography In Sound With Walter Cronkite



Walter Cronkite hosts this 3 hour retrospective on the history of CBS Radio from its beginnings up through to the date of this broadcast. Th…

The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 3, November 1909

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Various


"The History Teacher’s Magazine is devoted to the interests of teachers of History, Civics, and related subjects in the fields of Geogr…

The Story of Cairo

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Stanley Lane-Poole


Although Cairo is most famous for the ancient Egyptian pyramids of Giza located at its outskirts, the city as we know it today dates back on…

Lives of the Presidents of the United States in Words of One Syllable

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Helen W. Pierson


This book consists of simple biographies of the first 23 Presidents of the United States written chiefly in words of one syllable. Books suc…

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