Memoirs
The Truth about the Titanic
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Archibald Gracie
Colonel Archibald Gracie was the first survivor of the sinking of the Titanic to die, and this first-hand account was published posthumously…
Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada
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Clarence King
"Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada" is a memoir by Clarence King of his adventures and work with the California Geological Surve…
A Small Boy and Others
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Henry James
A Small Boy and Others is a book of autobiography by Henry James published in 1913. The book covers James's earliest years and discusses his…
Travels to Oaxaca
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Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry De Menonville and Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville
Botanical Piracy! A French botanist plots to steal red dye cochineal insects from Spanish Mexico and transplant them and their cacti hosts …
Korea and Her Neighbors
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Isabella L. Bird
In this book, Isabella L. Bird, who had been elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society only 2 years prior, describes her travels th…
The Diary of a Country Parson
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James Woodforde
The Revd. James Woodforde was an English clergyman, best known for his vivid account of parish life in the 18th century. His diary, edited b…
Extracts from a Diary Kept by the Rev. R. Burrows during Heke's War in the Nort…
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Robert Burrows
An eye-witness account of the so-called Flagstaff War, fought between Maori warriors, led by Hone Heke, and British troops between March 184…
A Cruising Voyage Around the World
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Woodes Rogers
First to the South-seas, Thence to the East-Indies, and Homewards by the Cape of Good Hope. Begun in 1708, and Finish'd in 1711. Containing …
Seven Wives and Seven Prisons; Or, Experiences in the Life of a Matrimonial Mon…
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L. A. Abbott
This work the author claims is indeed a true story of how he happened to be married seven times to seven different women and the rollicking,…
Historic Waterways
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Reuben Gold Thwaites
Historic Waterways, Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing down the Rock, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers.This volume is the record of six hundred miles of …
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
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Ellen Craft
Ellen and William Craft were a married couple who escaped from slavery in 1848 when Ellen disguised herself as a white, literate man and Wil…
Across the Plains in 1844
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Catherine Sager Pringle
The Sager family, including seven children, set out on the Oregon trail in 1844. Accidents and disease made it a dangerous trip, and both …
A Waterbiography
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Robert C. Leslie
Robert C. Leslie (1826-1901) was an artist and writer who, at an early age fell in love with the sea, the sea of Sail, not of Steam. He desc…
Fourteen Months in American Bastiles
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Francis Key Howard
Francis Key Howard recounts in this book his life as a political prisoner of the United States. He points out that he was held captive at th…
Across Mongolian Plains: A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'
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Roy Chapman Andrews
An account of a 1918 journey to Northern China by famed adventurer/paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews. Andrews, who was the inspiration for …
Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61
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Abner Doubleday
Now that the prejudices and bitter partisan feeling of the past are subsiding, it seems a fitting time to record the facts and incidents con…
Football Days: Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball
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William Hanford Edwards
A book reminiscent of the days when football was gaining popularity in America. (summary by Ian Hatley)
The Enormous Room
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E. E. Cummings
"For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost; and is found."He was lost by the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps.He was …
Narrative of the Suffering and Defeat of the North-Western Army, Under General …
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William Atherton
This memoir dating from 1812ff, but only published in 1840s is a strikingly profound contrast with our modern materialism and comfort. It is…
The Real Latin Quarter
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Frank Berkeley Smith
"Cocher, drive to the rue Falguière"--this in my best restaurant French.The man with the varnished hat shrugged his shoulde…