Memoirs

A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier

by Joseph Plumb Martin Read by Barry Eads 4.7
Joining the Continental Army as a teenager, Joseph Plumb Martin spent the next eight years fighting in the Revolutionary War as an enlisted …

Stepping Heavenward

by Elizabeth Prentiss Read by Theresa L. Downey 4.8
How dreadfully old I am getting! Sixteen!" Thus begins the lifelong diary of young Katherine as she pours out her hopes, dreams, and sp…

A Diary from Dixie

by Mary Chesnut Read by Laurie Anne Walden 4.8
Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, a well-educated South Carolina woman who was married to a Confederate general, kept extensive journals during th…

Daddy-Long-Legs

by Jean Webster Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1912 novel by an American writer Jean Webster, written in the form of letters. It follows the protagonist, a young girl…

Anabasis

by Xenophon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave hi…

All of Grace

by Charles H. Spurgeon Read by MaryAnn 4.9
HE WHO SPOKE and wrote this message will be greatly disappointed if it does not lead many to the Lord Jesus. It is sent forth in childlike d…

My Life on the Plains

by George Armstrong Custer Read by texttalker 4.7
George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876), one of the most mythologized figures in American history, was an United States A…

'Co. Aytch,' Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment

by Sam R. Watkins Read by Winston Tharp 4.8
Samuel “Sam” Rush Watkins (June 26, 1839 – July 20, 1901) was a noted Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. He is known today f…

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass Read by Jesse Zuba 4.8
Published in 1845, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself was written in response to critics who…

Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

by Ulysses S. Grant Read by Jim Clevenger 4.7
In preparing these volumes for the public, I have entered upon the task with the sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to any one, whether…

Wise and Otherwise

by Pansy Read by TriciaG 4.6
Wise and Otherwise follows the journey of Mr. Tresevant, a young and somewhat immature pastor, as he and his spoiled wife arrive in the town…

Mary Marie

by Eleanor H. Porter Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
A charming 'coming of age' story about a young girl, Mary Marie, whose young life is thrown into turmoil as her parents divorce. As she lead…

The Worst Journey in the World

by Apsley Cherry-Garrard Read by Kevin Green 4.8
The Worst Journey in the World is a memoir of the 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott. It was written and publ…

The Card

by Arnold Bennett Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017) 4.7
The ‘Card’ in question is Edward Henry Machin - His mother called him ‘Denry’. This light-hearted story is of his rise from humble beginning…

Interrupted

by Pansy Read by TriciaG 4.7
Alternately titled Out in the World. Claire Benedict is a capable, responsible, solid young Christian woman. Everyone leans on her for suppo…

The Bruised Reed

by Richard Sibbes Read by RoseA 4.7
Richard Sibbes was a Puritan pastor and theologian in the 17th century. His best known work, The Bruised Reed, is based on a Scripture verse…

The People of the Abyss

by Jack London Read by Peter Yearsley 4.7
Jack London lived for a time within the grim and grimy world of the East End of London, where half a million people scraped together hardly …

Days on the Road

by Sarah Raymond Herndon Read by Sue Anderson 4.6
“We had spent almost all our money for toll, ferrying and other expenses on the road. It might be a serious matter to be in a strange place…

Beasts, Men and Gods

by Ferdinand Ossendowski Read by Mark F. Smith 4.5
“Beasts, Men and Gods” is an account of an epic journey, filled with perils and narrow escapes, in the mold of “The Lord of the Rings.”The d…

A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf

by John Muir Read by MaryAnn 4.6
Muir was a preservationist and naturalist. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness…

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