Biography & Autobiography

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interview…

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These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…

The Valley of Baca: a Record of Suffering and Triumph

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Jennie Smith


Jennie Smith was a 19th-Century Job. At 15 years old, her father's business and finances failed, and he later died of illness, leaving her f…

A Book About Myself

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Theodore Dreiser


A book written by Theodore Dreiser detailing a history of his life and how he became a writer. - Summary by Michele Eaton

Episodes Before Thirty

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Algernon Blackwood


Blackwood wrote this autobiography in his fifties, describing his first thirty years as an almost penniless British adventurer in Canada and…

The Life of Columbus

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Sir Arthur Helps


A factual account of the life of Christopher Columbus, from his early years, through discoveries in the New World, to his death in 1506. - S…

Gertrude Bell

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Ronald Bodley and Lorna Hearst


A highly engaging biography about a fascinating English woman who was most unusual for her time. An adventurous traveler who fell completely…

Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in the Year…

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William Walker, Jr.


The early nineteenth century was a period of great discovery and advancements in science. Here we have a snapshot of some of those whose nam…

Figaro: The Life of Beaumarchais

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John Rivers


Beaumarchais – Watchmaker, music teacher, politician, opportunist, publisher, secret agent for Louis XVI, yet fomenter of revolution in both…

Edward III

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William Parsons Warburton


Edward III reigned for fifty years, from 1327 to 1377. William Warburton writes that "the backbone of the story of his reign and times …

Pierre Curie

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Marie Curie


This biography of the noted French physicist Pierre Curie was written by his wife, the renowned physicist Marie Curie. In it, she not only c…

An Adventure

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Charlotte Anne Moberly


The Moberly–Jourdain incident was an event that occurred on 10 August 1901 in the gardens of the Petit Trianon, involving two female academi…

Mimosa, Who Was Charmed

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Amy Wilson Carmichael


“This story is true. It tells the eternally new tale of the matchless charm of our Lord Jesus Christ. One look at that loveliness, and, th…

Twelve Good Musicians: From John Bull to Henry Purcell

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Frederick Bridge


Brief sketches of the lives and music of 12 well-known musicians. - Summary by KevinS

The Life of Philip Melanchthon

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Karl Friedrich Ledderhose


Philip Melanchthon (1497 – 1560) is best known as the theologian of the Protestant Reformation, systematizing and defending much of Martin …

Why We Love Lincoln

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James Creelman


Brought to us by notable reporter and writer, James Creelman, this story of Abraham Lincoln is a more personal and simple portrait of the m…

Journal Of Small Things

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Helen Gansevoort Edwards Mackay


Brief journal sketches from France during WW1. The author was was American, but went on to spend much of her life in France. - Summary by ka…

A Political Pilgrim in Europe

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Mrs. Philip Snowden


Written in the aftermath of Word War I, Viscountess Snowden recounts her travels in post war Europe in, as she describes it, "an attemp…

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