History

Guy Fawkes; or, A Complete History of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605

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Thomas Lathbury


Though the particulars connected with the Gunpowder Treason may be perused in the general histories of the period, yet I am not aware, that …

1946 Radio News


WA4CZD


News from 1946. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1946 news file …

The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Volume II

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Horatio Nelson


Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was an English flag officer famous …

The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (version 2)

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Olive Gilbert


Sojourner Truth (born Isabella Baumfree) was born into slavery in 1797 (or thereabouts) in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York. This narrati…

The Pilgrimage Of Etheria

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Etheria


This (probably) late fourth century common era (A.D.) narrative of a Christian pilgrimage is the earliest such text which survives to us. It…

La Royale Maison de Savoie

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Grégoire Hudry-Menos


Grégoire Hudry-Menos, modeste journaliste savoyard, apporte un nouveau point de vue sur l'histoire de la maison de Savoie, mont&eacut…

The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt

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David Miller DeWitt


April, 1865 -- The war ended and throughout the Northern States joy and relief reigned. Then, less than a week later, a thunderbolt: the p…

Stories of North Pole Adventure

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Frank Mundell


This volume does not pretend to be a history of Artic exploration. My aim has been to narrate some of the most thrilling incidents of Polar …

Child-life in Art

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Estelle M. Hurll


The poetry of childhood is full of attractiveness to the artist, and many and varied are the forms in which he interprets it. The Christ-chi…

Native Races and the War

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Josephine Butler


Josephine Elizabeth Butler was a Victorian era British feminist who was strongly committed to liberal reforms. As a result of her efforts, i…

Columbus

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Joaquin Miller


This week, to celebrate Columbus Day, LibriVox volunteers bring you six recordings of Columbus by Joaquin Miller. This was the weekly poetr…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 20)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is volume 4 chapter 20 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

A Book of American Explorers

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson


This book tells the story of exploration in America in the words of the explorers themselves. It consists of extracts from narratives of the…

WWII News and Related Sound files from 1933


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Old Time Radio Programs. WWII News and Related Sound files from 1933

England, Canada and the Great War

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Louis-Georges Desjardins


Mr. Desjardins was driven to write this work to refute statements uttered by the nationalist Henri Bourassa, which the former feared painted…

The Indians Of Carlsbad Caverns National Park

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Margaret Herschel and Jack R. Williams


A short review of the history and presence of Native Americans in the area of the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, USA. - Summary by david wa…

Lancashire

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Francis Archibald Bruton


The county of Lancashire in the north-west of England is best known as the engine room of the nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution. Stee…

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