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Andrew Johnson, December 9, 1868, part 1

In State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1861 - 1868)

Read by Pete McElveen

Abraham Lincoln

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,…

Chapter 11

In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (version 3)

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Mark Twain

An adventure story for children, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a fun-filled book that shows life along the Mississippi River in the 1840s.…

Lost on the Mountains

In Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication, Story 1

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R. M. Ballantyne

In this first story in Freaks on the Fells, Mr Sudberry, a successful London merchant takes his family on a Scottish highlands vacation. Ov…

56. Flight

In Dred, A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

This is Stowe's second book, another one depicting the horrors of southern slavery, published 4 years after Uncle Tom's Cabin and 5 years be…

Introduction.The Sea

In The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1

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Frederick Whymper

Everything about the sea: history of ships, famous mariners and life on shipboard, adventure, shipwrecks and daring rescues. - Summary by K…

Of the Nature of Barley

In The Theory and Practice of Brewing

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Michael Combrune

This is an elaborate treatise on how to brew beer. That art is as noble today as it was in 1761, when this book was first published, and Mr.…

Book II, Columbus and his Companions (1492‒1503). Part 1, The First Letter from…

In A Book of American Explorers

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson

This book tells the story of exploration in America in the words of the explorers themselves. It consists of extracts from narratives of the…