Memoirs
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 02
Read by Gillian Hendrie
Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne and Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
Memoirs written by Napoleon's private secretary, "a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association." (Sum…
Civil War Women, North And South
Read by David Wales
Various
This recording comprises two narratives. One is by Cora Mitchel who in 1861 was a girl in her mid-teens. Her Unionist family escaped the C…
The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774-1777
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Nicholas Cresswell
Against his family's wishes, the son of an English landowner emigrates to America in 1774 for reasons he won't reveal. His adventures take h…
Brief Lives Volume II
Read by Nicole Lee
John Aubrey
Volume 2 of Aubrey's sparkling gossipy biographical pieces on his contemporaries, including Bacon, Jonson and Shakespeare, Brief Lives' glim…
Recollections of Abraham Lincoln 1847-1865
Read by John Greenman
Ward Hill Lamon
Abraham Lincoln came to the presidency under a heavy shroud of uncertainty, not only about his threatened life but, of course, the very exis…
A Winter of Content
Read by KevinS
Laura Lee Davidson
A charming memoir recounting 10 months spent among the country people of Ontario at the outbreak of the Great War. Resplendent in its descri…
Why Crime Does Not Pay
Read by Ann Boulais
Sophie Lyons
The publishers believe that a picture of a life sketched by a master hand-somebody who stands in the world of crime as Edison does in his fi…
Travels in Brazil, Volume 1
Read by KevinS
Henry Koster
A well-written and informative first-hand account of a young man's travels within Brazil during the period shortly before Brazil's independe…
Henry More Smith: The Mysterious Stranger
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Walter Bates
Sometime in the month of July, 1812, nearly a hundred years ago now, a well dressed, smooth spoken man, less than thirty years of age, made …
Reminiscences of an Army Nurse During the Civil War
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Adelaide W. Smith
Adelaide Smith was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War and here recounts some of her observations and memories. - Summary by Lyn…
Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Vol 1
Read by Ted Lienhart
Lyman Copeland Draper
The Wisconsin Historical Society was founded in 1846, even before Wisconsin achieved U.S. statehood. The Secretary, Lyman Draper, began in …
Reminiscences of an Army Nurse During the Civil War
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Adelaide W. Smith
Adelaide Smith was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War and here recounts some of her observations and memories. - Summary by Lyn…
Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Vol 1
Read by Ted Lienhart
Lyman Copeland Draper
The Wisconsin Historical Society was founded in 1846, even before Wisconsin achieved U.S. statehood. The Secretary, Lyman Draper, began in …
Years of My Youth
Read by Ted Lienhart
William Dean Howells
After the Civil War William Dean Howells served for 15 years as Assistant Editor and then Editor of the prestigious 'Atlantic' Magazine. For…
Years of My Youth
Read by Ted Lienhart
William Dean Howells
After the Civil War William Dean Howells served for 15 years as Assistant Editor and then Editor of the prestigious 'Atlantic' Magazine. For…
Memoirs of the Life of Anthony Benezet
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Roberts Vaux
The Memoirs of the life of Anthony Benezet is a compilation celebrating the life of one of the first truly influential abolitionists during …
The Iron Hunter
Read by Ted Lienhart
Chase Salmon Osborn
This is an autobiography by Michigan Governor Chase Osborn. Osborn was born in 1860 in a log house in Huntington County, Indiana and later a…
Memoirs of the Life of Anthony Benezet
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Roberts Vaux
The Memoirs of the life of Anthony Benezet is a compilation celebrating the life of one of the first truly influential abolitionists during …
The Iron Hunter
Read by Ted Lienhart
Chase Salmon Osborn
This is an autobiography by Michigan Governor Chase Osborn. Osborn was born in 1860 in a log house in Huntington County, Indiana and later a…
The Iron Hunter
Read by Ted Lienhart
Chase Salmon Osborn
This is an autobiography by Michigan Governor Chase Osborn. Osborn was born in 1860 in a log house in Huntington County, Indiana and later a…