Memoirs
A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity
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Ethan Allen
Ethan Allen's account of his military exploits and subsequent captivity, riven with drama, adventure and humor. - Summary by Steven Warner
Under the Guns : A woman's reminiscences of the Civil War
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Annie Wittenmyer
Preface:The stories and reminiscences in this book are true to life, every one of them. They are told just as they occurred, without any att…
Anglo-American Memories
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George Washburn Smalley
“These Memories [1911] were written in the first instance for Americans and have appeared week by week each Sunday in the New York Tribune….…
A Last Diary
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W. N. P. Barbellion
The final journal of British naturalist Bruce Frederick Cummings, spanning from March 1918 to June 1919. The diary follows on the heels of t…
Behind the Screen
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Samuel Goldwyn
Learn about the early days of Hollywood from the eyes of Samuel Goldwyn, co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production company. - Summary by…
Religio Journalistici
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Christopher Morley
The great Canadian journalist and humorist ruminates and reflects upon his life and calling in this 1924 little gem. - Summary by david wale…
The Early Diary of Frances Burney, Vol. 2
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Frances Burney
The diaries give a lively and accurate account of the author's experiences in the literary and courtly worlds of Georgian England. Summary b…
A True Picture of Emigration: or Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America
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Rebecca Burlend
Complete title: "A True Picture of Emigration: or Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America; being a full and impartial account o…
Life of Frances Power Cobbe as Told by Herself
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Frances Power Cobbe
Frances Power Cobbe was an important Irish-Anglo writer, suffragist, anti-vivisectionist, philosopher, and reformer of the mid to late 1800s…
A pilgrimage to my motherland. An account of a journey among the Egbas and Yoru…
Read by Faith Abiola-Ellison
Robert Campbell
Robert Campbell (1829-84) was a Jamaican-born printer, journalist, and teacher who, along with Martin Robison Delany (1812-85), made up the …
The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas
Lord Alfred Douglas
Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas wrote his autobiography in his late fifties, some 29 years after the death of Oscar Wilde. Since the publication…
How We Elected Lincoln; Personal Recollections of Lincoln and Men of His Time
Read by David Wales
Abram J. Dittenhoefer
Dittenhoefer as a young man campaigned for Lincoln in 1860 and was an elector for Lincoln in the presidential election of 1864. Born in Cha…
Michigan Historical Collections, Volume 1
Read by Ted Lienhart
Historical Society Of Michigan
The Michigan Historical Society solicited accounts by Michigan pioneers about the early settlement of various locations, or early developmen…
The Heir of Slaves; an Autobiography
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William Pickens
In the first of two autobiographies, Pickens describes his early life struggling to help his family free themselves from a system of tenant …
The Third Voyage of James Cook, Volume 2
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James Cook
Only months after his return from his mammoth Second Voyage, the Admiralty ordered Cook back to the Pacific, ostensibly to return Omai, a yo…
The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
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Calvin Coolidge
A relatively short, autobiographical account of the life of Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States of America. The contents sp…
The Thames to the Solent by Canal and Sea
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J. B. Dashwood
An attempt to sail a small boat from the River Thames to the Solent in the English Channel, using a canal and river route. (Summary by Garth…
Dr. Benjamin Rush, A Memorial
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Dr. Benjamin Rush
An autobiographical account of Dr. Benjamin Rush, written by himself, containing his views on many subjects including medicine, the American…
A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium
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Hugh Gibson
The author was an American diplomat, the Secretary of the American Legation in Brussels, at the beginning of World War I in 1914. This book …
War Prison Diary
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Michael Dougherty
The diary kept by Michael Dougherty, a Union private in the American Civil War, while imprisoned in various Confederate prison camps. Doughe…