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Chronicles of Canada Volume 23 - The Cariboo Trail: A Chronicle of the Gold-fie…
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Agnes C. Laut
Between the California and Yukon/Klondike gold rushes was the Cariboo Gold Rush in what would become northern British Columbia. The first di…
England Since Waterloo
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John Arthur Ransome Marriott
"England Since Waterloo" by Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott (1859-1945) was first published in 1913 and went through many edition…
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
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Ellen Craft
Ellen and William Craft were a married couple who escaped from slavery in 1848 when Ellen disguised herself as a white, literate man and Wil…
Fourteen Months in American Bastiles
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Francis Key Howard
Francis Key Howard recounts in this book his life as a political prisoner of the United States. He points out that he was held captive at th…
With Sack and Stock in Alaska
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George Broke
In 1888, George Broke with Harold Topham and William Williams, made the first exploration of the Alaskan Mt. St. Elias range, including the …
A History of the Four Georges, and of William IV, Volume 4
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Justin Mccarthy
In Volume IV of this series on the Hanoverian kings, Justin McCarthy and his son, Justin Huntly McCarthy, both Liberal Irish MPs., bring on …
The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad
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William Francis Bailey
Story of the planning, construction, and early operating of the Trans-continental railroad. There is coverage of the early proposals that be…
Causes Of The American Civil War: Secession Statements Of Five Confederate Stat…
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Various
Some of the states who rebelled against the Federal Government in the American Civil War issued statements by nascent governing bodies expla…
Bismarck and the Origin of the German Empire
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Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke
Despite its brevity, this Little Blue Book #142 by the Oxford historian, Sir F.M. Powicke, provides a valuable overview of the political his…
Chronicles of Canada Volume 21 - The Red River Colony: A Chronicle of the Begin…
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Louis Aubrey Wood
This, volume 21 of the Chronicles of Canada series, describes the settlement of the Red River Colony by Lord Selkirk, and the struggles it h…
Kaspar Hauser - Beispiel eines Verbrechens am Seelenleben des Menschen
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Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach and Paul Johann Anselm Ritter Von Feuerbach
Kaspar Hauser, der Findling von Nürnberg, ist eine der geheimnisvollsten Personen in der deutschen Geschichte. Seine Herkunft, sein Leb…
Audubon's Western Journal: 1849-1850
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John Woodhouse Audubon
John Woodhouse Audubon (1812-1862), son of the famous painter John James Audubon and an artist in his own right, joined Col. Henry Webb's Ca…
The Domestic Slave Trade Of The Southern States
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Winfield Hazlitt Collins
This 1904 history of slavery in the southeastern United States reflects the state of knowledge at that time, of course. The text contains s…
California Sketches New And Old
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Oscar Penn Fitzgerald
Here we meet all sorts of characters and situations in California’s early history: gunmen, outlaws, lynch mobs, raging storms, mining camps,…
Chronicles of Canada Volume 32 - The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland …
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Oscar D. Skelton
When the pace of railroad construction slackened in 1914, Canada had achieved a remarkable position in the railway world. Only five other co…
A Voice From Harper's Ferry
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Osborne Perry Anderson
A Voice from Harper's Ferry is the abolitionist testament of Osborne Perry Anderson, the only surviving black participant in the 1859 raid o…
The Romance Of Modern Sieges; Describing The Personal Adventures, Resource And …
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Edward Gilliat
Lively narratives of some of the great siege battles of war. The book was written before World War I, in 1908. Some of the narratives contai…
Daring Deeds of Famous Pirates
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Edward Keble Chatterton
Edward Chatterton, a prolific British author of maritime adventures, presents fascinating stories of pirates and their exploits from earlies…
The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier, Part 2
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Charles E. Flandrau
A series of stories written by Judge Charles E. Flandrau "at different times during his long residence in the Northwest, which embrace …
Yellowstone Expedition of 1870
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Gustavus Cheyney Doane
Lt. Gustavus Doane was a member of the 1870 Yellowstone Expedition led by Henry Washburn. Washburn requested military support from General H…