Memoirs
- Voices from the Battlefield
- Pioneering Journeys: Memoirs of Exploration
- Voices of War: Memoirs from the Battlefield
- Voices of Faithful Servants
- Faithful Journeys: Christian Memoirs
- Voices of Resilience
The Journal of Lewis and Clarke
"The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocea…
Annie Besant
In her autobiography, Annie Besant poignantly writes of her search for the truth of what she believed in, leaving Christianity behind to emb…
The Heavenly Footman
A description of the man that gets to heaven: with directions how to run so as to obtain - Summary by John Bunyan
Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams
Abigail Adams lived the American Revolution as the wife of one of its central figures--John Adams. Her family correspondence, published alon…
Nurse and Spy in the Union Army
The “Nurse and Spy” is simply a record of events which have transpired in the experience and under the observation of one who has been on th…
Recollections of Bush Life in Australia
This was written in the mid 1800’s at time when Australia saw an influx of immigration from Europe and when England was sending some prisone…
Mother
Mother by Kathleen Norris explores the profound relationship between a daughter and her mother through the lens of domestic life. As Margare…
The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen
On 26 November 1922, after eight years of work in the Valley of the Kings, archeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, …
Farthest North
Farthest North chronicles the remarkable journey of Fridtjof Nansen and his crew aboard the ship Fram, as they venture into the uncharted Ar…
The Pastor's Wife
Written by an author born in Australia, grew up in England, married in Germany, and then flew to the United States. A tale about a young wom…
The Trail of the Tramp
This book, written by the famous hobo and author, Leon Ray Livingston aka A-No. 1, is built on his own experiences on the road. The first ch…
From Plotzk to Boston
An intensely personal account of the immigration experience as related by a young Jewish girl from Plotzk (a town in the government of Viteb…
Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons
This book follows the three amazing stories of Adoniram Judson's wives, Ann, Sarah, and Emily. Each wife went through incredible hardships, …
The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Scott’s ill-fated journey to the Antarctic Pole in 1911 is part triumph, part tragedy – but also a mythic adventure story which has …
Eighteen Months in the War Zone
In "Eighteen Months in the War Zone," Kate John Finzi offers a poignant memoir of her experiences during a tumultuous period of co…
The Friendly Road
My grandmother Gertrude received a copy of The Friendly Road for Christmas in 1919. It must have been a special gift book--green leather bin…
The Story of My Misfortunes
Autobiographies from remote historical periods can be especially fascinating.Modes of self-presentation vary greatly across the centuries, a…
Letters to His Children
The strong, vigorous, exalted character of a doting father who loved playing with his children and their pets, even while serving as the Pre…
The Golden Age
The Golden Age is a collection of reminiscences of childhood, written by Kenneth Grahame and originally published in book form in 1895, in L…
My Experiences as an Executioner
From 1884 until 1891, James Berry was an executioner. In this time he carried out 131 hangings. In this memoir he writes about the methods h…