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Woman on the American Frontier - William Worthington FOWLER
Woman on the American Frontier - William Worthington FOWLER
- Author: William Worthington FOWLER
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Many books describe the role of men during American history. However, at the same time, women did much: comforted, fought, helped, raised children, and much more. This book is full of mini-biographies of women in many places, and many ages- each...
The Autobiography of Goethe Volume 2 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Autobiography of Goethe Volume 2 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
A literary celebrity by the age of 25, Goethe was ennobled by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Carl August in 1782 after first taking up residence there in November 1775 following the success of his first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther. He was an early...
The End of the Middle Age: 1273-1453 - Eleanor Constance LODGE
The End of the Middle Age: 1273-1453 - Eleanor Constance LODGE
- Author: Eleanor Constance LODGE
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
Eleanor Constance Lodge, (1869-1936), was the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Letters from the University of Oxford. In this short survey, the 180 years between 1273 and 1453 are characterized as a period of "transition--a time in which...
Queen Victoria - E. Gordon BROWNE
Queen Victoria - E. Gordon BROWNE
- Author: E. Gordon BROWNE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
This book is about the life of Queen Victoria (1819 to 1901). All nine of her children married into the royal houses of Europe. She became the longest reigning monarch and more. This book is a fascinating read about the woman behind the British...
The Lincoln Story Book - Henry L. WILLIAMS
The Lincoln Story Book - Henry L. WILLIAMS
- Author: Henry L. WILLIAMS
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Subtitle: A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form - compiled by Henry L. Williams The Abraham Lincoln Statue at Chicago is accepted as the typical Westerner...
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin FRANKLIN
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin FRANKLIN
- Author: Benjamin FRANKLIN
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Self-Help
Franklin wrote his autobiography in the form of an extended letter to his son. While recording the events of his life, he adds instructions for good living which makes this work Americaβs first βHow to Succeedβ book. Edited by Frank Woodworth Pine...
The Child's Book of American Biography - Mary Stoyell STIMPSON
The Child's Book of American Biography - Mary Stoyell STIMPSON
- Author: Mary Stoyell STIMPSON
- Genre: General / Biography & Autobiography / History
In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy lives have made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard so often that every child should know a few facts about them. It is hoped the very short stories told here may...
Theodore Roosevelt: an Autobiography - Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt: an Autobiography - Theodore Roosevelt
- Author: Theodore Roosevelt
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Political Science / Modern (19th C)
In his vital, illustrative and dynamic autobiography, Theodore Roosevelt let us into the life that formed one of the greatest and outspoken presidents in American history. Not only are we privy to the formation of his political ideals, but also to...
The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola - Frances Alice Forbes
The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola - Frances Alice Forbes
- Author: Frances Alice Forbes
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Christianity - Biographies
Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491β 1556) was a Spanish knight from a local Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and was its first Superior General. After being seriously wounded in...
Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions - Frank HARRIS
Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions - Frank HARRIS
- Author: Frank HARRIS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Consumers of biography are familiar with the division between memoirs of the living or recently dead written by those who "knew" the subject more or less intimately, and the more objective or scholarly accounts produced by later generations. In the...
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Karl-Ludwig Sand (version 2) - Alexandre Dumas
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Karl-Ludwig Sand (version 2) - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / True Crime
This is the fourth volume of Alexandre Dumas' studies of celebrated crimes and their perpetrators. This volume is concerned with the story of Karl Ludwig Sand, who stabbed August von Kotzebue to death in 1819. August von Kotzebue had been a...
The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson - DeWitt C. PETERS
The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson - DeWitt C. PETERS
- Author: DeWitt C. PETERS
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Kit Carson was a famous hunter, trapper, mountain man, guide - an American icon. Stories about him abounded in popular contemporary literature, but most was pure fiction. This work is the authorized biography, much of it in his own words. It was...
Little Pilgrimages Among the Women Who Have Written Famous Books - Edward Francis HARKINS
Little Pilgrimages Among the Women Who Have Written Famous Books - Edward Francis HARKINS
- Author: Edward Francis HARKINS
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
The purpose of this book is to renew an intimate acquaintance with the women whom the American reading public regards as favorites, and to establish a like intimate acquaintance with the promising newcomers. The sketches are partly critical and...
Chopin: the Man and His Music - James HUNEKER
Chopin: the Man and His Music - James HUNEKER
- Author: James HUNEKER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Music
A biography of the Polish composer and virtuoso pianist FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin and a critical analysis of his work by American music writer and critic James Huneker. (Summary by Julie VW)...
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 7: Part 1: Ali Pacha - Alexandre Dumas
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 7: Part 1: Ali Pacha - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / True Crime
Ali Tepeleni, Pacha of Janina, rose to power during the early 1800s in one of the Ottoman Empireβs most unruly territories (Albania). His ferocious imposition of will was limitless, earning him the sobriquet of βthe Lion of Janina.β As the mauling...
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 2 - Lucius Mestrius PLUTARCHUS
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 2 - Lucius Mestrius PLUTARCHUS
- Author: Lucius Mestrius PLUTARCHUS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The surviving lives contain twenty-three pairs of biographies, each pair consisting of...
The Real Oscar Wilde - Robert SHERARD
The Real Oscar Wilde - Robert SHERARD
- Author: Robert SHERARD
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
The Real Oscar Wilde is the third book about the Irish poet and playwright by his earliest and most prolific biographer. Since writing his earlier The Life of Oscar Wilde (1906), Sherard had read Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas's Oscar Wilde and Myself...
A Royal Son and Mother - Pauline von HUGEL
A Royal Son and Mother - Pauline von HUGEL
- Author: Pauline von HUGEL
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin (1770-1840) was an emigre Russian aristocrat and Catholic priest who is acclaimed as "The Apostle of the Alleghenies." He is the son of Prince Dimitri Alexeievich, a Russian ambassador to the Netherlands, and the German...
David Wark Griffith: A Brief Sketch of His Career - Robert Edgar LONG
David Wark Griffith: A Brief Sketch of His Career - Robert Edgar LONG
- Author: Robert Edgar LONG
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
An authorized biography of D.W. Griffith, the self-proclaimed "Father of Filmmaking." Written in collaboration with the director, Robert Edgar Long's biographical sketch traces Griffith's early life, his career as an actor and stage director, his...
The Story of My Life (Version 2) - Helen KELLER
The Story of My Life (Version 2) - Helen KELLER
- Author: Helen KELLER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
An autobiography of Helen Keller published when the author was still in her early 20's. The narrative reveals how her mind developed and matured until she began her studies at Radcliffe College (Summary by George Cooney)...
The Adventures of a Nature Guide - Enos A. MILLS
The Adventures of a Nature Guide - Enos A. MILLS
- Author: Enos A. MILLS
- Genre: Animals / Biography & Autobiography
Enos Mills (1870-1922 ), naturalist and conservationist, was instrumental in the creation of Rocky Mountain National Park. Like his mentor John Muir, Mills was an intrepid solitary high country rambler, as well as an accomplished Colorado mountain...
Cleopatra - Jacob Abbott
Cleopatra - Jacob Abbott
- Author: Jacob Abbott
- Genre: Children's Fiction / *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
A biography of the famous Cleopatra of Egypt, written in a manner, equally interesting to children and to adults....
Superwomen - Albert Payson Terhune
Superwomen - Albert Payson Terhune
- Author: Albert Payson Terhune
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
In this 1916 work, Albert Payson Terhune introduces twelve immensely influential women, whose actions influenced world history. Terhune chooses well-known figures whose stories are as much myth as history, like Cleopatra and Helen of Troy, artists...
Alexander the Great - Jacob Abbott
Alexander the Great - Jacob Abbott
- Author: Jacob Abbott
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Alexander the Great was one of the most successful military commanders in history, and was undefeated in battle. By the time of his death, he had conquered most of the world known to the ancient Greeks. Alexander the Great is one of many biographies...
The Life and Ventures of the Original John Jacob Astor - Elizabeth Louisa GEBHARD
The Life and Ventures of the Original John Jacob Astor - Elizabeth Louisa GEBHARD
- Author: Elizabeth Louisa GEBHARD
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
John Jacob Astor was pre-eminently the opener of new paths, a breaker of trails. From his first tramp alone through the Black Forest of Baden, at sixteen, his life never lost this typical touch. In America, both shores of the Hudson, and the...
The Story of a Soul - Saint THERESE OF LISIEUX
The Story of a Soul - Saint THERESE OF LISIEUX
- Author: Saint THERESE OF LISIEUX
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Religion
Marie Francoise Therese Martin, affectionately known as 'The Little Flower', was born on January 2, 1873, in Alencon, France to Louis Martin and Zelie Guerin. She was the youngest and one of five surviving sisters of the nine Martin children. When...
The Autobiography of St. Ignatius - St. Ignatius LOYOLA
The Autobiography of St. Ignatius - St. Ignatius LOYOLA
- Author: St. Ignatius LOYOLA
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Religion
This account of the life of St. Ignatius, dictated by himself to Father Gonzalez, is a most valuable record of the great Founder of the Society of Jesus. It, more than any other work, gives an insight into the spiritual life of St. Ignatius. Few...
Saint Charles Borromeo: A Sketch of the Reforming Cardinal - Louise M. STACPOOLE-KENNY
Saint Charles Borromeo: A Sketch of the Reforming Cardinal - Louise M. STACPOOLE-KENNY
- Author: Louise M. STACPOOLE-KENNY
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Christianity - Biographies
Charles Borromeo was the cardinal archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Milan from 1564 to 1584. He was a leading figure during the Counter-Reformation and was responsible for significant reforms in the Catholic Church, including the founding of...
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 4 - Giorgio VASARI
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 4 - Giorgio VASARI
- Author: Giorgio VASARI
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Biography & Autobiography / Early Modern
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' piΓΉ eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri, as it was originally known in Italian, is a...
The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution - William Cooper Nell
The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution - William Cooper Nell
- Author: William Cooper Nell
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography
A study of the black patriots of the American Revolution, with introductions by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Wendell Phillips....
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (version 2) - Frederick DOUGLASS
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (version 2) - Frederick DOUGLASS
- Author: Frederick DOUGLASS
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Published in 1845, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself was written in response to critics who questioned the authenticity of the experiences Douglass drew on as a prominent abolitionist speaker....
The Life of Richard Nash, Esq., Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath - Oliver GOLDSMITH
The Life of Richard Nash, Esq., Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath - Oliver GOLDSMITH
- Author: Oliver GOLDSMITH
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Beau Nash (1674β1762), born Richard Nash, was a celebrated dandy and leader of fashion in 18th-century Britain. He is best remembered as the Master of Ceremonies at the spa town of Bath. (Wikipedia) This, the best of Goldsmith's Biographies, was...
Wild Life on the Rockies - Enos A. MILLS
Wild Life on the Rockies - Enos A. MILLS
- Author: Enos A. MILLS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Nature
"This book contains the record of a few of the many happy days and novel experiences which I have had in the wilds. For more than twenty years it has been my good fortune to live most of the time with nature, on the mountains of the West. I have...
Love Letters of Mrs. Piozzi, Written When She Was Eighty - Hester Lynch PIOZZI
Love Letters of Mrs. Piozzi, Written When She Was Eighty - Hester Lynch PIOZZI
- Author: Hester Lynch PIOZZI
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Letters
Born into the influential Welsh Salusbury family and married to the rich brewer Henry Thrale, Hester Piozzi was associated to the most illustrious figures of London society in her time, among others the famous Samuel Johnson, to whose biography her...
The Chronicles of America Volume 08 - The Quaker Colonies - Sydney Fisher
The Chronicles of America Volume 08 - The Quaker Colonies - Sydney Fisher
- Author: Sydney Fisher
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
The Quaker Colonies describes the Quaker emigration to the colonies in the sixteen and seventeen hundreds and at the same time its involvement in the evolution of Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. Throughout, the author investigates the various...
The Art of Money Getting - P. T. Barnum
The Art of Money Getting - P. T. Barnum
- Author: P. T. Barnum
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Business & Economics
Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 β April 7, 1891) was an American showman, businessman, and entertainer, remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the circus that became the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. His...
Recollections of a Missionary in the Great West - Cyrus Townsend Brady
Recollections of a Missionary in the Great West - Cyrus Townsend Brady
- Author: Cyrus Townsend Brady
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Christianity - Biographies
Brady was a journalist, historian, adventure writer, and Episcopal priest. As a priest he spent some time on the American frontier as a missionary. ββ¦the experiences are personal and actually occurred as they are set down, to the best of my...
Mark Twain; his life and work. A biographical sketch - William M. Clemens
Mark Twain; his life and work. A biographical sketch - William M. Clemens
- Author: William M. Clemens
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
As far as anyone has been able to establish, Will Clemens was NOT related to Sam Clemens (Mark Twain), though they did become acquaintances. The 200-page biography Will Clemens wrote and published himself may have been the earliest full-length study...
Robert Burns 250th Anniversary - Various
Robert Burns 250th Anniversary - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Biography & Autobiography / Literary Collections
Robert Burns, the national bard (poet) of Scotland was born on the 25th January, 1759. Scotland and all Burns fans the world over, including LibriVox, were celebrating the 250th anniversary of Burns' birthday throughout 2009 and it seemed only...
Hildebrand and his Times - William Richard Ward Stephens
Hildebrand and his Times - William Richard Ward Stephens
- Author: William Richard Ward Stephens
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
W.R.W. Stephens, the Anglican Dean of Winchester, writes a short, lively biography of the great church reformer, Hildebrand of Sovana (1015-1085), afterwards Pope Gregory VII, setting his life within the larger context of the struggle for dominance...
