Memoirs
The Dread Apache
Read by Laurie Banza
Merrill Pingree Freeman
Excerpt which contains the opinions and biographical accounts from the author: "A short time ago, idling through a collection of early-…
My War Experiences
Read by Ted Lienhart
Sarah Broom Macnaughtan
Sarah Macnaughtan was a Scottish novelist who took part in the women's suffrage movement, worked for the Red Cross in the Second Boer War (1…
The Memoirs of Chateaubriand
Read by Nicole Lee
François-René de Chateaubriand
The memoirs of Chateaubriand continue in Volume 5, with the author, now a grand hommes des lettres, still in the thick of political events, …
Autumn Leaves
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Anne Wales Abbot
The pieces gathered into this volume were, with two exceptions, written for the entertainment of a private circle, without any view to publi…
J. M. Synge and the Ireland of His Time
Read by Kyle James Maclean
William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats recounts his experiences with friend and colleague, John Millington Synge. - Summary by Kyle James Maclean
A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity
Read by Steven Warner
Ethan Allen
Ethan Allen's account of his military exploits and subsequent captivity, riven with drama, adventure and humor. - Summary by Steven Warner
High altars
Read by Victor Dorff
William Arthur Dunkerley
A first-hand account of World War I, with detailed descriptions of scenes from the front. - Summary by Victor Dorff
The Early Diary of Frances Burney
Read by Barbara Baker
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…
Anglo-American Memories
Read by David Wales
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….…
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…
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled
Read by Barry Eads
Hudson Stuck
This volume deals with a series of journeys taken with a dog team over the winter trails in the interior of Alaska. The title might have cla…
Religio Journalistici
Read by David Wales
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…
A pilgrimage to my motherland
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 …
Michigan Historical Collections
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…
A Last Diary
Read by Adam Whybray
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…
Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope
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Charles Lewis Meryon
Lady Hester Stanhope was a woman ahead of her time. She traveled alone, lived among "savages" and was comfortable dressing in man…
The Heir of Slaves
Read by James K. White
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 Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
Read by David Gunn
Calvin Coolidge
A relatively short, autobiographical account of the life of Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States of America. The contents sp…
A True Picture of Emigration
Read by Ted Lienhart
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…
War Prison Diary
Read by Barry Eads
Michael Dougherty
The diary kept by Michael Dougherty, a Union private in the American Civil War, while imprisoned in various Confederate prison camps. Doughe…