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29 - New Year's Eve

In The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses

Read by Becky Cook

Robert W. Service

Known as the Bard of the Yukon and as a people's poet, Robert Service immortalized his experience with the Yukon and its gold rush and this …

Ch. 2 - Girlhood and its Sorrows

In Behind the Scenes

Read by Becky Cook

Elizabeth Keckley

This is the autobiography of Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave who bought her freedom with the money she earned as a seamstress. She eventua…

Endymion, Or a Favorite

In The Wisdom of the Ancients, A Series of Mythological Fables

Read by Owen Cook

Francis Bacon and Sir Francis Bacon

"Now I suppose most people will think I am but entertaining myself with a toy, and using much the same kind of licence in expounding th…

Missouri Guerrillas and Politics

In Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 6)

Read by Owen Cook

John Hay and John George Nicolay

Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who…

Ulysses S. Grant, December 7, 1874, part 1

In State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1869 - 1876)

Read by Owen Cook

Ulysses S. Grant

The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

Sheridan in the Shenandoah

In Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 9)

Read by Owen Cook

John Hay and John George Nicolay

Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who…

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