Modern (19th C)
Chronicles of Canada Volume 26 - The Tribune of Nova Scotia: A Chronicle of Joseph Howe
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William Lawson Grant
Joseph Howe (1804-1873) was one of Nova Scotia's greatest and best-loved politicians. He was instrumental in helping Nova Scotia become the …
Chronicles of Canada Volume 29 - The Day of Sir John Macdonald: A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion
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Sir Joseph Pope
A biography of Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada. It was written by the man who served as Macdonald's private secret…
Arizona's Yesterday
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John Cady, Basil Woon and John H. Cady
Arizona's Yesterday Being the Narrative of John H. Cady, Pioneer. Written by John Henry Cady and revised and rewritten in 1915 by noted Pla…
Neighbourhood – A Year’s Life in and About an English Village (version 2)
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Tickner Edwardes
Tickner Edwardes (properly Edward Tickner Edwardes) served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during WWI and later became the vicar of the West…
Fifty Years Ago
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Walter Besant
Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901) was a prolific novelist and historian. He wrote Fifty Years Ago to present a picture of life, manners, and soc…
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12: American Leaders
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John Lord
A continuation of United States history, Volume 12 discusses key US leaders in the time up to and including the Civil War. In this volume a…
The South American Republics, Part II
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Thomas Cleland Dawson
This history begins when Pizarro and Almagro, Valdivia and Benalcazar, led their desperadoes across the Isthmus to the conquest, massacre, a…
Builders of United Italy
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Rupert S. Holland
Holland 's provides us with an engaging history of the Unification ("Risorgimento") of Italy by exploring the lives of some of i…
Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913
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Harris Newmark
Harris Newmark was personally acquainted with every person and family involved in the founding of the city of Los Angeles, California. He ga…
Chronicles of Canada Volume 30 - The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier: A Chronicle of Our Own Time
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Oscar D. Skelton
In conformity with its title, this volume, save for the earlier chapters, is history rather than biography, is of the day, more than of the …
Triumphant Democracy
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Andrew Carnegie
Subtitled "Fifty Years' March of the Republic," this is steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie's love letter to America, first published in …
Wonderful London
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William James McGlothlin
"Wonderful London, its lights and shadows of humour and sadness". (That's the full title of the book.) A collection of short essay…
A History of Our Own Times From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880, Volume II
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Justin McCarthy and Justin Mccarthy
Volume II of this popular history opens in the revolutionary year, 1848, with the Chartist movement for manhood suffrage and with the rise o…
Narratives of Colored Americans
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Abigail Mott
Abigail Mott was a Quaker and abolitionist from New York who, along with fellow Quaker M. S. Wood, has compiled a provocative collection of …
Strange Stories Of The Civil War
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Various
Here are twelve narratives of some events in the American Civil War, most told by a participant or contemporary observer. - Summary by David…
The Monitor and the Merrimac: Both sides of the story
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John Worden
The American Civil War lasted four years, from 1861 to 1865. It included some iconic battles that have maintained enough interest to merit r…
Tombstone: An Iliad of the Southwest
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Walter Noble Burns
First published in 1927, "Tombstone" defined the legend of lawman-gunfighter Wyatt Earp. A mixture of fact and fiction, Walter Nob…
A History of Our Own Times From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880, Volume III
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Justin Mccarthy
Volume III of this history of Victorian Britain begins in 1856 with the gunboat diplomacy of the Second Opium War and then moves to the harr…
Frederick Douglass
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Booker T. Washington
An account of the life of Frederick Douglass, who escaped slavery to become one of the most important and influential abolitionists, authors…
An American Vendetta: A Story of Barbarism in the United States
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Theron Clark Crawford
The phrase "The Hatfields and McCoys" conjures up images of feudal warfare and Appalachian backwardness even to this day. This is …