Modern (19th C)

The Workers - An Experiment in Reality: The West

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Walter A. Wyckoff


A young scholar, recently graduated from Princeton College, travels across the United States as a member of the working class, taking any jo…

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….…

The Ashtabula Disaster

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Stephen D. Peet


Rev. Stephen D Peet describes the fatal railroad disaster on December 29, 1876 in Ashtabula, Ohio due to a bridge failure. He was a resident…

The Long Road of Woman's Memory

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Jane Addams


In this book, Jane Addams tells of a strange rumor involving Hull House, the famed settlement house founded by her in Chicago in 1889. The r…

Mexico and the United States: a Story of Revolution, Intervention and War

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Frederick Starr


Starr, being an anthropologist and a historian, visited Mexico extensively. As he wrote this book, a highly disruptive, deadly revolution wa…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 24 - The Family Compact: A Chronicle of the Rebelli…

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W. Stewart Wallace


The Rebellions of 1837–1838 were two armed uprisings that took place in Lower Canada (now Quebec and Labrador) and Upper Canada (now Ontario…

The Events of 1848, Especially in Their Relation to Great Britain

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Richard Monckton Milnes


The Events of 1848, Especially in Relation to Great Britain" by Richard Monckton Milnes is a historical work that delves into the tumul…

Finland and the Tsars, 1809-1899

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Joseph R. Fisher


Fisher’s treatment of the history of Finland, in the context of its relations with Russia, was released in 1899—at the start of the first at…

When Railroads Were New

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Charles Frederick Carter


This history of American railroads originated as a series of articles in Railroad Man's Magazine before being compiled into a book in 1909. …

Lamp of Wisdom

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William H. Councill


William H. Councill, former slave and contemporary of Booker T. Washington was founder of Huntsville Normal School, now Alabama Agricultural…

Under Six Flags: The Story of Texas

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M. E. M. Davis


A history of the of Texas from La Salle's Texas Settlement in 1685 to the dedication of the State Capitol building at Austin in 1888. - Summ…

Letters from New Zealand 1857–1911

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Henry William Harper


"Being some Account of Life and Work in the Province of Canterbury, South Island." A set fo 26 letters covering the Author's perio…

Stories of the Royal Humane Society

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Frank Mundell


Established in 1774, the ‘Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned’ published information on how to save people from drowning,…

John Bull's Vineyard: Australian Sketches

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Hubert de Castella and Hubert De Castella


An account of the origins of the wine industry in Victoria, Australia. Born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, Hubert de Castella was one of a numbe…

La frailocracia filipina

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Marcelo H. Del Pilar Y Gatmaitán


Con estas consideraciones que invitaban a reflexionar sobre el status quo en la colonia española de Filipinas, el autor analiza el ab…

Postage stamps of war (1854-1914)

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Douglas B. Armstrong


A very brief introduction to postal stamps used and issued during times of war. The principal focus might be said to be placed upon the Grea…

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 16

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Charles F. Horne, Rossiter Johnson and John Rudd


A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 25 - The 'Patriotes' of '37: A Chronicle of the Low…

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Alfred D. DeCelles and Alfred D. Decelles


The Rebellions of 1837–1838 were two armed uprisings that took place in Lower Canada (now Quebec and Labrador) and Upper Canada (now Ontario…

History of the Early Settlement of Bowmanville and Vicinity

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John T. Coleman


"Early settlers of Bowmanville, Darlington, Clarke, and surrounding country, with sketches of the habits and customs of the aborigines,…

Sketch of the Great Fires in Wisconsin

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Frank Tilton


The Peshtigo fire in Northeastern Wisconsin is the deadliest wildfire in recorded history, claiming somewhere between 1200 and 2500 lives. E…

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