Memoirs
- Voices from the Battlefield
- Pioneering Journeys: Memoirs of Exploration
- Voices of War: Memoirs from the Battlefield
- Voices of Faithful Servants
- Faithful Journeys: Christian Memoirs
- Voices of Resilience
My Brilliant Career
Sybella: "There is no plot in this story, because there has been none in my life or in any other life which has come under my notice. I…
Exotics and Retrospectives
Lafcadio Hearn, born 1850 in Greece, went to Japan when he was 40 years old and became a Japanese citizen only 6 years later. His writings a…
The New-York Gardener
A series of twelve letters from a proud father to a son who has just bought his own farm. The author instructs "my dear son" not t…
My Mother and I
Elizabeth Stern was two and a half years old, when her family emigrated from Poland to Pittsburgh. My Mother and I is the story of Stern's A…
Letters of Ulysses S. Grant
Among the national leaders whose names will always hold an honorable place in American history is Ulysses S. Grant, the simple-hearted man a…
Fourteen Months in American Bastiles
Francis Key Howard recounts in this book his life as a political prisoner of the United States. He points out that he was held captive at th…
The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers
"Perceiving that much of the intrinsic value of these Journals would consist in a proper understanding of the historical facts to which…
Struggles and Triumphs
The 1873 edition of the autobiography of the founding genius of the "Greatest Show on Earth," P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum. It d…
A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukaw…
Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, also known as James Albert, (born ca. 1705 - 1775) was a freed slave and autobiographer. His autobiography is considered…
Eighty Years and More
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the premier movers in the original women’s rights movement, along with Susan B. Anthony, her best friend f…
A Narrative of the Life of Rev. 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…
On the Trail of The Immigrant
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…
Notes of a War Correspondent
Notes of a War Correspondent offers a vivid glimpse into the life of a journalist navigating the tumultuous landscapes of war. Richard Hardi…
The Harbor
The Harbor was written in 1915 by Ernest Poole. The novel is considered by many to be one of Poole’s best efforts even though his book, The …
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova
Giacomo Casanova (April 2, 1725 in Venice – June 4, 1798, in Dux, Bohemia, now Duchcov, Czech Republic) was a famous Venetian adventurer, wr…
Short Nonfiction Collection
Explore a diverse array of short nonfiction pieces in this engaging collection, featuring works that span various topics and genres. Curated…
The Life of Samuel Johnson
Boswell's famous work on the life of his admired friend Johnson, the formidable poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, edito…
My First Book
This is not a children's book, as may be supposed from the title, but a collection of essays first published in The Idler magazine, in which…
In Our Convent Days
With her usual wit and charm, Ms. Repplier recalls her days at Eden Hall, the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Torresdale, north of Philadelph…
Specimen Days
Specimen Days is essentially the great American poet Walt Whitman's scrap book. It documents most of his life's adventures, especially his e…