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Postage stamps of war (1854-1914) - Douglas B. ARMSTRONG
Postage stamps of war (1854-1914) - Douglas B. ARMSTRONG
- Author: Douglas B. ARMSTRONG
- Genre: War & Military / Modern (19th C)
A very brief introduction to postal stamps used and issued during times of war. The principal focus might be said to be placed upon the Great War which just erupted in Europe and across much of the globe. - Summary by KevinS...
Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War - Ambrose Bierce
Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War - Ambrose Bierce
- Author: Ambrose Bierce
- Genre: War & Military / Memoirs / Modern (19th C)
At the outset of the American Civil War, [the writer Ambrose] Bierce enlisted in the Union Army's 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment....In February 1862 he was commissioned First Lieutenant, and served on the staff of General William Babcock Hazen as a...
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 1) - John Hay
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 1) - John Hay
- Author: John Hay
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
This is the biography of Abraham Lincoln, written by two of his private secretaries. (Summary by ashleighjane)...
The Romance Of Modern Sieges; Describing The Personal Adventures, Resource And Daring of Besiegers and Besieged In All Parts Of The World - Edward GILLIAT
The Romance Of Modern Sieges; Describing The Personal Adventures, Resource And Daring of Besiegers and Besieged In All Parts Of The World - Edward GILLIAT
- Author: Edward GILLIAT
- Genre: War & Military / Modern (19th C)
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 contain language which was common in 19th and early twentieth century usage but which listeners today may find...
Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews - Mark Twain
Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Humor / Modern (19th C)
This collection of the 258 known, publicly-printed interviews of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was compiled by Gary Scharnhorst and published by the University of Alabama Press. The interviews are in the Public Domain, and our thanks go to...
Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable - Jean S. REMY
Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable - Jean S. REMY
- Author: Jean S. REMY
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C) / Modern (20th C)
Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable is a halting account in presidential history - quite literally! From Washington to Jackson to Cleveland to McKinley, Jean S. Remy details the lives of the presidents in as few syllables as...
Norway and the Union with Sweden - Fridtjof NANSEN
Norway and the Union with Sweden - Fridtjof NANSEN
- Author: Fridtjof NANSEN
- Genre: Political Science / Modern (19th C)
A History of the politics surrounding The Union of Norway with Sweden, from 1814-1905, from the Norwegian perspective - Summary by Γrik BjΓΈrnsson...
Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 2 - Lord Thomas COCHRANE
Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 2 - Lord Thomas COCHRANE
- Author: Lord Thomas COCHRANE
- Genre: War & Military / Memoirs / Modern (19th C)
This second volume of the biography of Lord Cochrane deals with his fall from grace, imprisonment for debt, loss of honours, and attempts to clear his name. It has had a marked influence on naval fiction, most obviously on some of the novels by...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 14 - The War With the United States: A Chronicle of 1812 - William Wood
Chronicles of Canada Volume 14 - The War With the United States: A Chronicle of 1812 - William Wood
- Author: William Wood
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
"International disputes that end in war are not generally questions of absolute right and wrong. They may quite as well be questions of opposing rights. But, when there are rights on both sides; it is usually found that the side which takes the...
Stories of the Lifeboat - Frank Mundell
Stories of the Lifeboat - Frank Mundell
- Author: Frank Mundell
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
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 is on the waters,Filled with Britain's daring sons,Who pull like lions out to sea,And count the minute...
Frostiana: or a history of the River Thames in a frozen state - George DAVIS
Frostiana: or a history of the River Thames in a frozen state - George DAVIS
- Author: George DAVIS
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
The frost fair of 1814 began on 1 February, and lasted four days. A printer named George Davis published a 124-page book, "Frostiana; or a History of the River Thames in a Frozen State". The entire book was type-set and printed in Davis's printing...
Life and Adventures of Frank and Jesse James - Joseph. A. DACUS
Life and Adventures of Frank and Jesse James - Joseph. A. DACUS
- Author: Joseph. A. DACUS
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
Biographies of Frank and Jesse James, detailed accounts of all their significant escapades, and the final outcomes. - Summary by PJ Landau...
A Glimpse of India - Clara SWAIN
A Glimpse of India - Clara SWAIN
- Author: Clara SWAIN
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
A Glimpse of India: being a collection of extracts from the letters Dr. Clara A. Swain, first medical missionary to India of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America. - Summary from the book's introduction...
Trial of Susan B. Anthony - Anonymous
Trial of Susan B. Anthony - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
In 1872, after the ratification of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, the womenβs suffrage movement in the United States adopted a new strategy. Arguing that the right to vote was one of the βprivileges and immunitiesβ guaranteed to every...
The Oregon Trail - Francis Parkman, Jr.
The Oregon Trail - Francis Parkman, Jr.
- Author: Francis Parkman Jr.
- Genre: Travel & Geography / Modern (19th C)
The book is a breezy, first-person account of a 2 month summer tour of the U.S. states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas when Parkman was 23. (Summary by Wikipedia)...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 23 - The Cariboo Trail: A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia - Agnes C. LAUT
Chronicles of Canada Volume 23 - The Cariboo Trail: A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia - Agnes C. LAUT
- Author: Agnes C. LAUT
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
Between the California and Yukon/Klondike gold rushes was the Cariboo Gold Rush in what would become northern British Columbia. The first discovery was made in 1859, but the rush didn't get underway in earnest until 1861. This short work documents...
Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex - Owen CHASE
Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex - Owen CHASE
- Author: Owen CHASE
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
Owen Chase (October 7, 1797 β March 7, 1869) was First Mate of the whale ship Essex, that was struck and sunk by a sperm whale on October 28, 1820. Chase wrote about the incident in Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of...
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2 - Jefferson DAVIS
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2 - Jefferson DAVIS
- Author: Jefferson DAVIS
- Genre: War & Military / Modern (19th C)
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881) is written by Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Davis wrote the book as a straightforward history of the Confederate States of...
United States Historical Documents - Various
United States Historical Documents - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Law / Modern (19th C)
The Articles of Confederation: On November 15th, 1777 The Articles of Confederation became the first constitution of the United States, though not yet ratified by the thirteen original colonies. Ratification of the Articles took place almost three...
London Labour and the London Poor Volume II - Henry MAYHEW
London Labour and the London Poor Volume II - Henry MAYHEW
- Author: Henry MAYHEW
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Modern (19th C)
Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.""The history of a people from the lips of the people themselves .. their labour, earnings, trials and sufferings,...
Four American Indians: King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola - Edson L. WHITNEY
Four American Indians: King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola - Edson L. WHITNEY
- Author: Edson L. WHITNEY
- Genre: General / Modern (19th C)
Four American Indians by Edson L. Whitney and Frances M. Perry, gives a short history of King Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags; Pontiac, an Ottawan chief; Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief; and Osceola, a Seminole chief. Along with the history of each...
The History of Mary Prince - Mary PRINCE
The History of Mary Prince - Mary PRINCE
- Author: Mary PRINCE
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
Mary Prince was born into slavery in the West Indies. As a free woman in England she wrote her memoirs, which sold well and supported and publicised the anti-slavery movement. NB This book contains racial vocabulary and refers to physical and sexual...
Louis Pasteur - Albert KEIM
Louis Pasteur - Albert KEIM
- Author: Albert KEIM
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Medical / Modern (19th C)
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) famously said, "In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind." Pasteur brought to the study of chemistry, microbiology, and applied immunology, a mind open, innovative, and insightful. Born of peasant...
On the Trail of The Immigrant - Edward A. STEINER
On the Trail of The Immigrant - Edward A. STEINER
- Author: Edward A. STEINER
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
How did the immigrants come to America? Who were they? What Where did they come from? In this book, Edward Steiner tells of the experiences of immigrants from Hungry, Poland, Scandanavia, Germany, Italy and many other countries as they leave...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 30 - The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier: A Chronicle of Our Own Time - Oscar D. SKELTON
Chronicles of Canada Volume 30 - The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier: A Chronicle of Our Own Time - Oscar D. SKELTON
- Author: Oscar D. SKELTON
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
In conformity with its title, this volume, save for the earlier chapters, is history rather than biography, is of the day, more than of the man. The aim has been to review the more significant events and tendencies in the recent political life of...
With Sack and Stock in Alaska - George BROKE
With Sack and Stock in Alaska - George BROKE
- Author: George BROKE
- Genre: Modern (19th C) / Exploration
In 1888, George Broke with Harold Topham and William Williams, made the first exploration of the Alaskan Mt. St. Elias range, including the crossing of the great Malaspina Glacier and an attempt on the S.E. face of Mt. St. Elias itself. The journey...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 28 - The Fathers of Confederation: A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion - A. H. U. COLQUHOUN
Chronicles of Canada Volume 28 - The Fathers of Confederation: A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion - A. H. U. COLQUHOUN
- Author: A. H. U. COLQUHOUN
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
During and after the United States' War of Independence, Canada remained loyal to Great Britain. The upheavals of the 1830's and early 1840's led to a Popular Government and union of Upper and Lower Canada in 1841, but many still wanted...
The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth - George Alfred TOWNSEND
The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth - George Alfred TOWNSEND
- Author: George Alfred TOWNSEND
- Genre: True Crime / Modern (19th C)
A series of articles by the New York World newspaper's special correspondent covering the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, its background and subsequent events. It should be noted that some statements in this contemporaneous account have since been...
China and the Chinese - Herbert Allen GILES
China and the Chinese - Herbert Allen GILES
- Author: Herbert Allen GILES
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was appointed Cambridge Universityβs second professor of Chinese. His published works cover Chinese language and literature, history and philosophy. This series...
The County Regiment - Dudley Landon VAILL
The County Regiment - Dudley Landon VAILL
- Author: Dudley Landon VAILL
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
A sketch of the second regiment of Connecticut volunteer heavy artillery, originally the Nineteenth Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War....
Early Days Of Old Oregon - Katharine Berry Judson
Early Days Of Old Oregon - Katharine Berry Judson
- Author: Katharine Berry Judson
- Genre: History / Modern (19th C)
Twenty-three stories of the history of early Oregon plus an appendix: A Brief Summary Of The History Of The Old Oregon Country From Original Sources. OLD OREGON was a mighty sweep of country, and a most romantic one. From the northern border of...
The American Postal Service, Second Edition - Louis MELIUS
The American Postal Service, Second Edition - Louis MELIUS
- Author: Louis MELIUS
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
The history of the postal service in the United States goes back to the colonial period, but was established more formally with the issuing of postage stamps and regular delivery. Through small vignettes, this history is traced with attention to...
My Bondage and My Freedom - Frederick DOUGLASS
My Bondage and My Freedom - Frederick DOUGLASS
- Author: Frederick DOUGLASS
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
The life of Frederick Douglass, recorded in the pages which follow, is not merely an example of self elevation under the most adverse circumstances; it is, moreover, a noble vindication of the highest aims of the American anti-slavery movement....
The Women of the American Revolution Volume 1 - Elizabeth F. ELLET
The Women of the American Revolution Volume 1 - Elizabeth F. ELLET
- Author: Elizabeth F. ELLET
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
Excerpt from Preface: Their patriotic sacrifices were made with an enthusiasm that showed the earnest spirit ready on every occasion to appear in generous acts. Some gave their own property, and went from house to house to solicit contributions for...
South African Memories - Lady Sarah WILSON
South African Memories - Lady Sarah WILSON
- Author: Lady Sarah WILSON
- Genre: Memoirs / Modern (19th C)
Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson was the aunt of Winston Spencer Churchill. In 1899 she became the first woman war correspondent when she was recruited to cover the Siege of Mafeking for the Daily Mail during the Boer War. She moved to Mafeking...
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast, Volume 1 - William Cowper BRANN
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast, Volume 1 - William Cowper BRANN
- Author: William Cowper BRANN
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Modern (19th C)
William Cowper Brann earned the nickname βThe Iconoclastβ by fearlessly attacking established beliefs and institutions which he thought to be pompous and self-serving. He settled in the wild and wooly West Texas town of Waco in the late 1800s as a...
Man and Nature on the Broads - Arthur Henry PATTERSON
Man and Nature on the Broads - Arthur Henry PATTERSON
- Author: Arthur Henry PATTERSON
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
From its man-made origins as a consequence of medieval peat excavations, the Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk have evolved into a natural ecosystem, providing habitat for a diverse range of flora and fauna (some of which are unique to the Broads area),...
Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies - Charles G. MUTZENBERG
Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies - Charles G. MUTZENBERG
- Author: Charles G. MUTZENBERG
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
As this book will show, there have been a variety of clashes and feuds which have taken place in and near Kentucky over the years, primarily in the 19th century. The most renowned of these was that between the Hatfield and McCoy clans, which is...
The Secret Service - Albert RICHARDSON
The Secret Service - Albert RICHARDSON
- Author: Albert RICHARDSON
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
Albert Richardson was a reporter for Horace Greeleyβs New York Tribune when he volunteered to hazard an undercover journey through the American south, reporting incognito on the growing secession crisis in that region. With the outbreak of the Civil...
This Country of Ours, Part 4 - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
This Country of Ours, Part 4 - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
- Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
- Genre: Reference / Modern (19th C)
Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshallβs book of stories from the history of the United States begins with accounts of exploration and settlement, and ends with the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. This is Part 4: Stories...