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A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, A Colored Man

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Noah Davis

The object of the writer, in preparing this account of himself, is toRAISE SUFFICIENT MEANS TO FREE HIS LAST TWO CHILDREN FROM SLAVERY.Havin…

One Third Off

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Irvin S. Cobb

Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876–March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, and columnist who lived in New York and wrote over 60…

Young Adventure, A Book of Poems

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Stephen Vincent Benét

Stephen Vincent Benét (July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943) was an American author, poet, short story writer and novelist. He is best know…

Miseries Nos. 1-4 from Autumn Leaves, edited by Anne Wales Abbot

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 002

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Anne Wales Abbot, editor and William James McGlothlin

A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independ…

Chapter I -- Foreword

In The Cruise of the Snark

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Jack London

The Cruise of the Snark (1913) is a memoir of Jack and Charmian London's 1907-1909 voyage across the Pacific. His descriptions of "surf…

Mountains and Plateaus

In Canyons of the Colorado

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John Wesley Powell

John Wesley Powell was a pioneer American explorer, ethnologist, and geologist in the 19th Century. In 1869 he set out to explore the Colora…