Memoirs
Autumn Leaves
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Anne Wales Abbot
The pieces gathered into this volume were, with two exceptions, written for the entertainment of a private circle, without any view to publi…
J. M. Synge and the Ireland of His Time
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William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats recounts his experiences with friend and colleague, John Millington Synge. - Summary by Kyle James Maclean
A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity
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Ethan Allen
Ethan Allen's account of his military exploits and subsequent captivity, riven with drama, adventure and humor. - Summary by Steven Warner
High altars
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William Arthur Dunkerley
A first-hand account of World War I, with detailed descriptions of scenes from the front. - Summary by Victor Dorff
The Early Diary of Frances Burney
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Frances Burney
The diaries give a lively and accurate account of the author's experiences in the literary and courtly worlds of Georgian England. Summary b…
Anglo-American Memories
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George Washburn Smalley
“These Memories [1911] were written in the first instance for Americans and have appeared week by week each Sunday in the New York Tribune….…
Behind the Screen
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Samuel Goldwyn
Learn about the early days of Hollywood from the eyes of Samuel Goldwyn, co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production company. - Summary by…
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled
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Hudson Stuck
This volume deals with a series of journeys taken with a dog team over the winter trails in the interior of Alaska. The title might have cla…
Religio Journalistici
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Christopher Morley
The great Canadian journalist and humorist ruminates and reflects upon his life and calling in this 1924 little gem. - Summary by david wale…
A pilgrimage to my motherland
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Robert Campbell
Robert Campbell (1829-84) was a Jamaican-born printer, journalist, and teacher who, along with Martin Robison Delany (1812-85), made up the …
Michigan Historical Collections
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Historical Society Of Michigan
The Michigan Historical Society solicited accounts by Michigan pioneers about the early settlement of various locations, or early developmen…
A Last Diary
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W. N. P. Barbellion
The final journal of British naturalist Bruce Frederick Cummings, spanning from March 1918 to June 1919. The diary follows on the heels of t…
Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope
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Charles Lewis Meryon
Lady Hester Stanhope was a woman ahead of her time. She traveled alone, lived among "savages" and was comfortable dressing in man…
The Heir of Slaves
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William Pickens
In the first of two autobiographies, Pickens describes his early life struggling to help his family free themselves from a system of tenant …
The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
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Calvin Coolidge
A relatively short, autobiographical account of the life of Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States of America. The contents sp…
A True Picture of Emigration
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Rebecca Burlend
Complete title: "A True Picture of Emigration: or Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America; being a full and impartial account o…
War Prison Diary
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Michael Dougherty
The diary kept by Michael Dougherty, a Union private in the American Civil War, while imprisoned in various Confederate prison camps. Doughe…
Life of Frances Power Cobbe
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Frances Power Cobbe
Frances Power Cobbe was an important Irish-Anglo writer, suffragist, anti-vivisectionist, philosopher, and reformer of the mid to late 1800s…
The Third Voyage of James Cook
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James Cook
Only months after his return from his mammoth Second Voyage, the Admiralty ordered Cook back to the Pacific, ostensibly to return Omai, a yo…
Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball
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Babe Ruth
This book is an autobiographical account by one of baseball's legendary names. Ruth writes about his introduction to the game in his youth i…