History

The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate

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Eliza P. Donner Houghton



The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the "westering fever" of the 1840s. After becoming…

The Early History of the Airplane

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Orville Wright



The Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air flight, on 17th December 1903. They…

American Civil War Collection

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Various



Compilation of American Civil War related poems and short works of literature. Summary by Bill2147

The Jesuits in North America

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Francis Parkman, Jr.



Parkman has been hailed as one of America's first great historians and as a master of narrative history. Numerous translations have spread t…

Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail

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Ezra Meeker



This is a memoir by an early 19th Century American settler in the Pacific Northwest. (Description by BellonaTimes)

The Making of a Nation

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Charles Foster Kent



Charles Foster Kent was one of the premier scholars in Jewish Studies at the turn of the century. He was particularly well-known for his co…

Römische Geschichte

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Theodor Mommsen



Mommsen (1817-1903) erhielt für die Römische Geschichte 1902 den Nobelpreis für Literatur. Römische Geschichte Drittes B…

Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital

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Phoebe Yates Pember



Phoebe Yates Pember served as a matron in the Confederate Chimborazo military hospital in Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War, overseei…

Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous

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Sarah Knowles Bolton



These characters have been chosen from various countries and from varied professions, that the youth who read this book may see that poverty…

The Theory of Social Revolutions

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Brooks Adams



Brooks Adams (1848-1927), was an American historian and a critic of capitalism. He believed that commercial civilizations rise and fall in p…

Kepler

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Walter W. Bryant



This biography of Johannes Kepler begins with an account of what the world of astronomy was like before his time, then proceeds to a look at…

Voyage Round the World

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George Hamilton



George Hamilton was the surgeon assigned to the frigate Pandora. The British Admiralty ordered the ship to the Pacific to arrest the Bounty …

The Legends of Genesis

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Hermann Gunkel



The Legends of Genesis is the English translation of the introduction to Gunkel’s massive commentary, Genesis. Gunkel uses form critical ana…

Reminiscences of Captain Gronow

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Rees Howell Gronow



A collection of memoirs about the Peninsular War, the Battle of Waterloo, and society and personalities of Regency London and 19th century P…

The Freedmen's Book

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Lydia Maria Child



Lydia Maria Child, an American abolitionist, compiled this collection of short stories and poems by former slaves and noted activists as an …

Historical Tales

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Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews



Volume III of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This third volume covers …

WWII News and Related Sound files




Explore the sounds and news from World War II with this collection of audio files from 1944. These recordings provide a unique glimpse into …

Römische Geschichte

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Theodor Mommsen



Mommsen erhielt für die Römische Geschichte 1902 den Nobelpreis für Literatur. Römische Geschichte Viertes Buch Die Revo…

The Log-Cabin Lady

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Unknown



'The story of The Log-Cabin Lady is one of the annals of America. It is a moving record of the conquest of self-consciousness and fear throu…

The Treaty with China

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Mark Twain



"A good candidate for 'the most under-appreciated work by Mark Twain' would be 'The Treaty With China,' which he published in the New Y…

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