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That House I Bought
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Henry Edward Warner
This is a whimsical, entertaining, tongue in cheek narrative of the author’s purchase of a house, circa 1911. - Summary by david wales
Naval Occasions And Some Traits Of The Sailor-Man
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Bartimeus
Twenty-six stories of pre-World War I British naval life in war and peace. - Summary by david wales
Work Of The Sisters During The Epidemic Of Influenza
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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. …
Sea Poems
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Various
Seventeen poems about the sea or in which the sea plays an important role. - Summary by david wales
Hospital Transports
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Frederick Law Olmsted
In the American Civil War, The United States Sanitary Commission, staffed by volunteers, may be viewed as a precursor to The Red Cross. It s…
Canyon de Chelly
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Zorro A. Bradley
A 1973 U.S. government publication describing the history and physical characteristics of this Arizona national monument within the boundari…
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Herbert Francis Peyser
Compared with the unimaginable richness of his inner life as the overpowering volume and splendor of his works reveal it, Bach’s day-to-day …
Three Essays
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James Freeman Clarke
Three diverse essays on souls in animals, a comparison of Buddhism and Christianity, and individualism in religion. Born in Hanover, New Ham…
Campaign For Petersburg
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Richard Wayne Lykes
In the American Civil War the Union victory in the ten-month campaign for the city of Petersburg, Virginia (June 1864-March 1865), led direc…
Over There
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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 …
Pep: The Story Of A Brave Dog
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Clarence Hawkes
This 1922 adventure story for youth and dog lovers will delight anyone with just a little suspension of disbelief. Sentimental and anthropom…
Short Stories Of William Henry Harrison Murray
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William Henry Harrison Murray
Murray (1840-1904) was a sometime clergyman, journalist, and purveyor of the outdoor life. His books did much to popularize the virtues of …
Three Days On The Ohio River
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William A Alcott and William A. Alcott
This 1854 narration of a trip upon the Ohio River in a steamboat from Cincinnati to Pittsburg gives a picture of travel in a different time…
Gulliver The Great
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Walter Alden Dyer
This 1916 book is a collection of sixteen of the author's dog stories previously published in magazines. ( David Wales)
Never: A Handbook For The Uninitiated
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Nathan Dane Urner
An 1883 tongue-in-cheek spoof of manners and mannerisms of “society”. ‘the “Open Sesame” to that jealously-guarded realm,—good society,—in …
Collaboration
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Henry James
It is Paris sometime after the Franco-Prussian War (1870--Germany won--the French Second Republic collapsed--France embittered). A French po…
Around The Yule Log
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Willis Boyd Allen
Eleven yule-tide stories by a popular writer of the late 19th – early 20th centuries. - (Summary by david wales)
Young Readers Science Fiction Stories
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Richard Mace Elam
This 1957 book contains thirteen pre-space-exploration stories for young readers. Some of the details show their dated composition (we now…
The City That Was
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Stephen Smith
This 1911 history of the public health revolution that transformed New York City in the nineteenth century is also about every city and town…
The Prodigal Village
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Irving Bacheller
Small town life in early twentieth century New York state. This is a piquant parable of human nature. Bacheller's lightly humorous voice is …