Modern (19th C)
California Sketches New And Old
Read by David Wales
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,…
The Railway Builders
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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
Read by David Wales
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
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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 …
The Art Of Cookery Made Plain And Easy
Read by Steve C
Hannah Glasse
Although this recording has been made using the 1784 version, the original book of The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy was first publish…
Yellowstone Expedition
Read by Phil Schempf
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…
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland
Read by S S Kim
Simon Dubnow
Simon Dubnow was born in 1860 to a poor Jewish family in Belarussian town of Mstsislaw and later became an authority of Jewish history and a…
Witchcraft of New England Explained
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Allen Putnam
"It is not our purpose to write history, but to give new explanation of old events. The long and widely tolerated theory that New Engla…
The Afghan Wars
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Archibald Forbes
This Part 2 of "The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80" discusses the 1878-80 war, which was one of the major conflicts during the Gr…
Stories of the Lifeboat
Read by Steve C
Frank Mundell
There's fury in the tempest,And there's madness in the waves;The lightning snake coils round the foam,The headlong thunder raves;Yet a boat …
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…
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Various
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire
Read by Barbara Baker
Henriette Lucie Dillon, marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet
An aristocratic Frenchwoman's personal record of the dazzling extravagance of the Ancien Régime, of the court of Marie Antoinette, of…
The City That Was
Read by David Wales
Stephen Smith
This 1911 history of the public health revolution that transformed New York City in the nineteenth century is also about every city and town…
The Women of the American Revolution
Read by Celine Major
Elizabeth F. Ellet
Excerpt from Preface: Their patriotic sacrifices were made with an enthusiasm that showed the earnest spirit ready on every occasion to appe…
The Complete Interviews
Read by Rob Marland
Various
This complete collection of Oscar Wilde’s English language interviews gives listeners the opportunity to hear one of history’s greatest conv…
The Emancipation of South America
Read by Piotr Nater
Bartolomé Mitre
THREE great names stand forth conspicuous in the annals of America, those of Washington, Bolívar, San Martin. Of Washington, the grea…
The Book of Buried Treasure
Read by Tony Posante
Ralph Delahaye Paine
Described by the author as: BEING A TRUE HISTORY OF THE GOLD, JEWELS, AND PLATE OF PIRATES, GALLEONS, ETC., WHICH ARE SOUGHT FOR TO THIS DAY…
The South American Republics
Read by Piotr Nater
Thomas Cleland Dawson
The question most frequently asked me since I began my stay in South America has been: "Why do they have so many revolutions there?&quo…