Biography & Autobiography
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Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White HouseBehind the Scenes; or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White HouseEver since arriving in Washington I had a great desire to work for the ladies of the White House, and to accomplish this end I was ready to make almost...
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Ulrich SchmidelUlrich Schmidel - Der erste Geschichtschreiber der La Plata-Länder (1535-1555)Wenig bekannt in weiteren Kreisen ist die lteste Geschichte Argentiniens, welche nicht lange nach der Entdeckung Amerikas ansetzt. Und doch verdienen gerade diese Zeiten genauer gekannt und gewrdigt zu werden; geben sie uns doch den...
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The Story of General GordonThe Story of General Gordon When boys read the old fairy tales, and the stories of King Arthur's Round Table, and the Knights of the Faerie Queen, they sometimes wonder sadly why the knights that they see are not like those of the olden...
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Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages, and DiscoveriesCaptain Cook: His Life, Voyages, and DiscoveriesAmong all those Englishmen who, from a humble origin, have risen to an honourable position, Captain James Cook is especially worthy of record. His parents were of the peasant classhis father having commenced life as a farm-labourer, and...
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Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison: Fifteen Years in SolitudeBidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison: Fifteen Years in Solitude"If an American dramatist or novelist had taken for the ground work of a play or work of fiction the story of the Bidwell family to-day related on another page of the Herald,...
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Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. IIMemoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. IIEx-Secretary of the Emperor Napoleon and of his Cabinets, Master of Requests to the Council of State, Baron, Officer of the Legion of Honour, and Knight of the Order of Reunion....
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James Cutbush, an American Chemist, 1788-1823James Cutbush, an American Chemist, 1788-1823There is nothing thrilling in the following pages. They contain the story of the life-work of a very modest man deeply interested in and enamoured with the science of chemistry, who sought also to inspire others and to familiarize...
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Some Personal Recollections of Dr. JanewaySome Personal Recollections of Dr. JanewayEdward Gamaliel Janeway was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, August 31, 1841. He was graduated from Rutgers College in 1860, receiving the degree of B.A. and M.A. from that institution. In 1864 he was graduated from the College...
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William Black: The Apostle of Methodism in the Maritime Provinces of CanadaWilliam Black: The Apostle of Methodism in the Maritime Provinces of CanadaWhile there are several sketches of the life and work of the subject of this book, they are all based upon the "Memoirs of William Black" by the Rev. Matthew Richey, D. D.,...
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A Soldier's Life: Being the Personal Reminiscences of Edwin G. RundleA Soldier's Life: Being the Personal Reminiscences of Edwin G. Rundle In Sergeant-Major Rundle's narrative we have the interesting story of how an honest English boy became attracted to the colors; how the British army lives, moves and has its being in the British...
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HortenseHortense - Makers of History SeriesThe French Revolution was perhaps as important an event as has occurred in the history of nations. It was a drama in three acts. The first was the Revolution itself, properly so called, with its awful scenes of terror...
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Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Col. Timothy Bigelow, Commander of the Fifteenth Regiment of the Massachusetts Line in the Continental Army, during the War of the RevolutionReminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Col. Timothy Bigelow, Commander of the Fifteenth Regiment of the Massachusetts Line in the Continental Army, during the War of the RevolutionThe writer of the following pages was dandled upon the knee of a worthy sire,...
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Booker T. Washington, Builder of a CivilizationBooker T. Washington, Builder of a CivilizationIT IS not hyperbole to say that Booker T. Washington was a great American. For twenty years before his death he had been the most useful, as well as the most distinguished, member of his race in the...
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The Story of My LifeThe Story of My Life - Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in CanadaEntered, according to the Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, by Mary Ryerson and Charles Egerton Ryerson, in the Office of...
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The Story of Cole Younger, by HimselfThe Story of Cole Younger, by Himself Many may wonder why an old guerrilla should feel called upon at this late day to rehearse the story of his life. On the eve of sixty, I come out into the world to find a hundred...
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Colonel John Brown, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Brave Accuser of Benedict ArnoldColonel John Brown, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Brave Accuser of Benedict ArnoldThis address was delivered for the purpose of calling attention to the present condition of the marble monument erected at Stone Arabia, N.Y., to the memory of Colonel Brown in 1836, now insecure...
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The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe IThe Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe IBorn in Numidia, Africa, in 354 a.d., died in 430; educated at Carthage; taught rhetoric at Carthage; removed to Rome in 383; going thence to Milan in 384, where he...
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Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3), Essay 4: Joseph de MaistreCritical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3), Essay 4: Joseph de MaistreOwing to causes which lie tolerably near the surface, the remarkable Catholic reaction which took place in France at the beginning of the present century, has never received in England the attention that it...
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The Autobiography of St. IgnatiusThe Autobiography of St. IgnatiusJesus, Mary. In the year 1553, one Friday morning, August 4, the eve of the feast of Our Lady of the Snows, while St. Ignatius was in the garden, I began to give him an account of my soul, and,...
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O Infante D. Henrique e a arte de navegar dos portuguesesO Infante D. Henrique e a arte de navegar dos portuguezesCredits: Produced by Rita Farinha and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by National Library of Portugal (Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal).) ......Buy Now (To...
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