Biography & Autobiography
The Lives of the Queens of England
Read by Ann Boulais
Agnes Strickland
The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by he…
Daniel Boone
Read by Martha Heaton
Katharine Elliott Wilkie
"Get out of Kentucky and stay out!" the Indians told Daniel Boone. But Daniel Boone did not scare easily.There was the time his da…
"Abe" Lincoln's Anecdotes and Stories
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R. D. Wordsworth
According to the compiler, R.D. Wordsworth, this is a collection of the best stories told by Lincoln which made him famous as America's Best…
Slave Narratives
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Various
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interview…
Read by Donald Warren
United States Work Projects Administration
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Essays of Travel
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Robert Louis Stevenson
This book includes fascinating essays by Robert Louis Stevenson about his travels in England, Europe, and the United States. They provide ev…
Ingersoll on HUMBOLDT
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Robert G. Ingersoll
Col. Ingersoll begins his lectures on famous people as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of genius…
Post Mortems Two
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Charles Maclaurin
This 1925 collection of extensive essays (a second book following the first of similar title) comprises well written biographies of a few fa…
The Complete Works of Brann, The Iconoclast
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William Cowper Brann
William Cowper Brann earned the nickname “The Iconoclast” by fearlessly attacking established beliefs and institutions which he thought to b…
Richelieu
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George Payne Rainsford James
Written in three volumes, this fictionalized biography of Richelieu is supposedly based on a manuscript that fell into the author's hands an…
The Life of Florence Nightingale
Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Sarah Tooley
Journalist and author Sarah Tooley was best known in her time for her biography of Queen Victoria and this biography of Florence Nightingale…
We
Read by Jim Locke
Charles Lindbergh
"We" is comprised of two parts. The first ten chapters (sections) where he traces his steady and remarkable genius for flying are …
Indian Converts of Martha's Vineyard
Read by Eric Schievenin
Experience Mayhew
This work is actually two "essays" which circulated together, one addended to the other. The first, Indian converts: or, Some acco…
The Diaries of John Evelyn
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John Evelyn
John Evelyn was a 17th century polymath, with interests in the fine arts, architecture, gardening, as well as anatomy and the natural scienc…
A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory
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Lucy Larcom
What was growing up like for a seaside country girl in 1800’s New England -- her expectations, occupations, education, and opportunities? Wh…