Modern (20th C)

The Citizen's Almanac - Fundamental Documents, Symbols, and Anthems of the Unit…

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United States Department Of Homeland Security and United States Of America


New citizens of the United States were given this pamphlet when they became citizens. The Citizen's Almanac contains information on the hist…

Work Of The Sisters During The Epidemic Of Influenza October, 1918

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Francis Edward Tourscher


In 1918 over 2,000 Roman Catholic nuns left their convents in the Philadelphia area to nurse the sick and dying of the influenza epidemic. …

Over There: War Scenes On The Western Front

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Arnold Bennett


Bennett's served in many capacities in the WWI war effort. After a visit to the Western Front he wrote this 1915 collection of essays about …

Revolt In The Desert

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T. E. Lawrence


Revolt in the Desert (1924) is a personal account by T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) of the 2 year Arab Revolt during the Great War. Begi…

Full Speed Ahead: Tales From The Log Of A Correspondent

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Henry Beston


“These tales are memories of several months spent as a special correspondent attached to the forces of the American Navy on foreign service……

Canada's Hundred Days: With the Canadian Corps from Amiens to Mons, Aug. 8 - No…

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John Frederick Bligh Livesay


This is Part Three of the incredible story of the actions of the men and women of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canada's contribution to…

Vietnam: The Advisory Years to 1965

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Robert Futrell


This book explains the policy of the United States and France toward Vietnam beginning after World War II until the beginning of America's e…

The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

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During the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906, newspaper reporters in the stricken city made a heroic effort to keep the public infor…

A Century of Negro Migration

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Carter Woodson


Dr. Woodson describes the internal migration of African Americans within the United States, including the Northern Migration and the draw of…

Margaret Sanger; an autobiography

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Margaret Sanger


Margaret Sanger, an advocate for birth control rights, chronicles the story of her struggles, including her times in jail and in exile, in o…

The Backwash Of War: The Human Wreckage Of The Battlefield As Witnessed By An A…

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Ellen Newbold La Motte


Ellen Newbold La Motte (1873–1961) was an American nurse, journalist and author. … and in 1915 volunteered as one of the first American war …

Sämtliche Schriften 1911-1921, Teil 4

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Carl Von Ossietzky


Carl von Ossietzky (1889-1938), Journalist, Pazifist und Friedensnobelpreisträger [1935], zählte zu den herausragenden Persön…

The Cossacks: Their History and Country

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William Penn Cresson


One of the earliest histories of the Cossacks to appear in English, with an emphasis on the exploits of famous Cossack leaders and Cossack s…

Petrograd, the City of Trouble, 1914-1918

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Meriel Buchanan


The author of this work was the daughter of the British ambassador to Russia. She was in St. Petersburg (renamed Petrograd in 1914) from bef…

Prowling About Panama

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George A. Miller


In 1903, Panama became a brand new state in Central America by seceding from Colombia in order to facilitate the construction of the Panama …

A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Inv…

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United States House Of Representatives


In September 2005, the House of Representatives created the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to H…

Infamous Day: Marines At Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941

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Robert James Cressman and Robert J. Cressman


Historical overview and personal reminiscences published in 1992. Pearl Harbor attack 7 December 1941. Part of U.S. Government U.S. Marine…

Report of the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island

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President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Is and President'S Commission On The Accident At Three Mile Is


At 4:00 a.m. on March 28, 1979, a serious accident occurred at the Three Mile Island 2 nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania. Th…

Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913

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Harris Newmark


Harris Newmark was personally acquainted with every person and family involved in the founding of the city of Los Angeles, California. He ga…

Sämtliche Schriften 1911-1921, Teil 3

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Carl Von Ossietzky


Carl von Ossietzky (1889-1938), Journalist, Pazifist und Friedensnobelpreisträger [1935], zählte zu den herausragenden Persön…

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