Modern (19th C)

The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad

Read by Paul Harvey


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…

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…

Audubon's Western Journal: 1849-1850

Read by David Wales


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…

Bismarck and the Origin of the German Empire

Read by Pamela Nagami


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 Domestic Slave Trade Of The Southern States

Read by David Wales


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…

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…

California Sketches New And Old

Read by David Wales


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,…

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…

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

Read by David Wales


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…

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 …

Daring Deeds of Famous Pirates

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Edward Keble Chatterton


Edward Chatterton, a prolific British author of maritime adventures, presents fascinating stories of pirates and their exploits from earlies…

The Art Of Cookery Made Plain And Easy

Read by Steve C


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…

Yellowstone Expedition of 1870

Read by Phil Schempf


Gustavus Cheyney Doane


Lt. Gustavus Doane was a member of the 1870 Yellowstone Expedition led by Henry Washburn. Washburn requested military support from General H…

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…

History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume II, From the Death of Alexande…

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Simon Dubnow


Simon Dubnow was born in 1860 to a poor Jewish family in Belarussian town of Mstsislaw and later became an authority of Jewish history and a…

Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire

Read by Barbara Baker


Henriette Lucie Dillon, marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet


An aristocratic Frenchwoman's personal record of the dazzling extravagance of the Ancien Régime, of the court of Marie Antoinette, of…

Stories of the Lifeboat

Read by Steve C


Frank Mundell


There's fury in the tempest,And there's madness in the waves;The lightning snake coils round the foam,The headlong thunder raves;Yet a boat …

The City That Was

Read by David Wales


Stephen Smith


This 1911 history of the public health revolution that transformed New York City in the nineteenth century is also about every city and town…

The Women of the American Revolution Volume 1

Read by Celine Major


Elizabeth F. Ellet


Excerpt from Preface: Their patriotic sacrifices were made with an enthusiasm that showed the earnest spirit ready on every occasion to appe…

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