David Wales
Abraham Lincoln: A Commemoration – 15 April 2015
April 14-15th, 2015, is the 150th year anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. This is a collection of pieces to mark that…
A Fleet In Being; Notes Of Two Trips With The Channel Squadron
A Fleet In Being is a collection of essays by Rudyard Kipling that delves into the complexities of naval power and its implications for Brit…
An Apache Campaign In The Sierra Madre
An account of the expedition [of the U.S. Army] in pursuit of the hostile Chiricahua Apaches in the spring of 1883. (Book subtitle) Bourke w…
Two American Slavery Documents
This recording contains two original documents. 1) Life of James Mars, a Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut, by James Mars (1869). James …
Christmas Eve At Swamp's End
In Christmas Eve At Swamp's End, Norman Duncan weaves a heartwarming narrative that captures the essence of the holiday spirit through the l…
Work Of The Sisters During The Epidemic Of Influenza October, 1918
In 1918 over 2,000 Roman Catholic nuns left their convents in the Philadelphia area to nurse the sick and dying of the influenza epidemic. …
Philosophy 4: A Story of Harvard University
Set against the backdrop of Harvard University, Owen Wister's Philosophy offers a humorous glimpse into the lives of three sophomores naviga…
The British Army From Within
This 1914 book gives a picture of the British Army structure and life in the early hours of World War I. Summary by david wales
Wounds In The Rain; War Stories
Wounds In The Rain presents a collection of eleven powerful stories that delve into the harrowing experiences of war, penned by the acclaime…
A Soldier Of The Legion; An Englishman's Adventures Under The French Flag in Algeria And Tonquin
An educated gentleman, Mr Manington has given an insight into the unusual experiences of an Englishman in the French Foreign Legion, such as…
Under The Sky In California
This is a 1913 travelogue by a then-well-known botanist who wrote many books about the American Southwest and California in particular. This…
Infamous Day: Marines At Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941
Historical overview and personal reminiscences published in 1992. Pearl Harbor attack 7 December 1941. Part of U.S. Government U.S. Marine…
California Sketches New And Old
Here we meet all sorts of characters and situations in California’s early history: gunmen, outlaws, lynch mobs, raging storms, mining camps,…
The Hurricane Hunters
This 1955 book by an acknowledged authority is an absorbing account of meteorology before the advent of weather satellites. “This is the li…
Theodore Winthrop: A Civil War Narrative Aborted by Death
Theodore Winthrop (1828 – 1861) was a charismatic writer, lawyer, and world traveler. In the New York Seventh Regiment, he was one of the fi…
Thomas Carlyle
A short biography (1902) of a famous writer (Carlyle) by another famous writer (Chesterton). The first half exhibits Chesterton’s sly wit a…
The Domestic Slave Trade Of The Southern States
This 1904 history of slavery in the southeastern United States reflects the state of knowledge at that time, of course. The text contains s…
Contagion
Minos was such a lovely planet. Not a thing seemed wrong with it. Excepting the food, perhaps. And a disease that wasn't really. Originally…
Myths And Legends Of The Great Plains (version 2)
Here, amidst the vast sweep of the plains which stretch away to the horizon on every side, boundless, limitless, endless, lived the plains I…
Myths And Legends Of California And The Old Southwest
"...The preparation of a volume of the quainter, purer myths, suitable for general reading, authentic, and with illustrations of the co…