Modern (19th C)
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 …
Orion Clemens
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Fred W. Lorch
Orion Clemens (July 17, 1825 – December 11, 1897) was the first and only Secretary of the Nevada Territory. His younger brother Samuel Langh…
Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Vol 1
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Lyman Copeland Draper
The Wisconsin Historical Society was founded in 1846, even before Wisconsin achieved U.S. statehood. The Secretary, Lyman Draper, began in …
An Inaugural Dissertation on Pulmonary Consumption
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Edward Delafield
At a time when diseases termed "consumption" were among the leading cause of death in the county, physicians such as Edward Delafi…
Speeches of Prince Bismarck, Part 2
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Otto Von Bismarck
A collection of Bismarck’s speeches translated by art historian Edmund von Mach and published in 1914 as part of THE GERMAN CLASSICS—an exte…
A Century of Dishonor
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Helen Hunt Jackson
In this work, a predecessor to "Ramona", HH describes the systematic process of segregation, dispossession, and relocation that Na…
An Historical Research Respecting the Opinions of the Founders of the Republic,…
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George Livermore
Collects the speeches, writings, public statements and legislative acts of the Founding Fathers and Framers of the United States against sla…
Pictorial History of the War for the Union, Volume 1
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Ann Stephens
Pictorial History of the War for the Union, Volume 1, is an indispensable read for any Civil War buff. Written during the Civil War, Ann Ste…
A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
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Robert Louis Stevenson
CONTENT WARNING: THIS WORK INCORPORATES QUOTATIONS CONTAINING RACIST SLURS. IF YOU WANT TO CREATE A BOWDLERIZED COPY, SEE BETWEEN ABOUT 07.…