Memoirs

Letters on an Elk Hunt

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Elinore Pruitt Stewart



This is a sequel to Letters of a Woman Homesteader in which Elinore Rupert (Pruitt) Stewart describes her arrival and early years on a Burnt…

Eighteen Months in the War Zone

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Kate John Finzi



"But it is not for those who heard the call in the later months so much as in memory of those early heroes of Mons, who knew the bitter…

Voyage Round the World

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George Hamilton



George Hamilton was the surgeon assigned to the frigate Pandora. The British Admiralty ordered the ship to the Pacific to arrest the Bounty …

Reminiscences of Captain Gronow

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Rees Howell Gronow



A collection of memoirs about the Peninsular War, the Battle of Waterloo, and society and personalities of Regency London and 19th century P…

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

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Samuel Pepys



Samuel Pepys was the first Secretary to the Admiralty during the reign of Charles II, instrumental in developing the Royal Navy and witness …

Russia in 1919

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Arthur Ransome



PUBLISHER'S NOTE: On August 27, 1914, in London, I made this note in a memorandum book: "Met Arthur Ransome at_____'s; discussed a boo…

The National Geographic Magazine

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National Geographic Society



National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 2 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Africa, its Past and FutureReports on:Geography of …

The Golden Age

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Kenneth Grahame



The Golden Age is a collection of reminiscences of childhood, written by Kenneth Grahame and originally published in book form in 1895, in L…

Five Months at Anzac

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Joseph Lievesley Beeston



A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force . From his leaving Australi…

The White Heart of Mojave

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Edna Brush Perkins



"The White Heart of the Mojave" recounts a 1920's adventure "in the wind and sun and big spaces" of Death Valley by two …

The Backwoods of Canada

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Catharine Parr Traill



The writer is as earnest in recommending ladies who belong to the higher class of settlers to cultivate all the mental resources of a superi…

Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom

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Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnston, Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnstonandkenneth Darlaston Yearsley and Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnston And Kenneth Darlaston Yearsley



Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom is the true but little known story of the escape of eight British Prisoners-of-War from a Turkish POW camp durin…

Around the World on a Bicycle

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Thomas Stevens



Thomas Stevens was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle, a large-wheeled Ordinary. His journey started in April 1884 in San Franc…

Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front

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William James McGlothlin



The title is, I think, self explanatory. The nurse in question went out to France at the beginning of the war and remained there until May 1…

Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

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Mary White Rowlandson



This is the story of Mary Rowlandson’s capture by American Indians in 1675. It is a blunt, frightening, and detailed work with several momen…

De Profundis

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Oscar Wilde



This is a letter written from prison in 1897 by Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas, in which he recounts how he came to be in prison and cha…

Letters of Ulysses S. Grant

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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…

The Uncommercial Traveller

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Charles Dickens



The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens. In 1859 Dickens founded a new …

From the Darkness Cometh the Light

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Lucy Ann Delaney



In From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom Delaney tells the story of how she was born into slavery of her mother--a fr…

Scott's Last Expedition

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Robert Falcon Scott



Capt. Robert F. Scott's bid to be the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole is one of the most famous journeys of all time.…

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