Modern (20th C)

Tales Of The Royal Irish Constabulary

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The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC, simply called the Irish Constabulary 1836–67) was the armed police force of the United Kingdom in Ireland…

With the Turks in Palestine

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Alexander Aaronsohn



While Belgium is bleeding and hoping, while Poland suffers and dreams of liberation, while Serbia is waiting for redemption, there is a litt…

The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing

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Joseph Trienens and Joseph Triemens



Written in 1910, this "cyclopedia" is full of information that was quite useful at the time. A hundred years later, its text is mo…

The San Francisco Calamity

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Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews



The first half of this book describes the devastating earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906, and the subsequent destruction caused by fi…

Spy Proof America!

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J. Francis Logan



A very impassioned piece from the first World War, introducing a volunteer civilian anti-spy organization to root out enemy spies from the U…

The Night The Mountain Fell

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Edmund Christopherson



A severe earthquake, centered in the vacation area of West Yellowstone, Montana, shook the ground and its inhabitants and visitors on August…

Stories of the Ships

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Lewis R. Freeman



While most associate the "Great War" with trenches, barbed wire, machine guns, and poison gas, ships played roles in the military …

The Red Reign

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Kellogg Durland



Kellogg Durland spent a year in Russia as a journalist in 1906, during a seminal period in Russian history. This is a highly interesting rea…

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