Biography & Autobiography - Historical

This is the story of my family's presence in Alaska, beginning 114 years ago when my grandfather, August Tobin, a Swedish immigrant turned gold-seeker at the turn of the century. He flipped a coin with his brother-in-law to see who would go to the...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

Stephen Whiteside knew that Spargo's Hut in the Australian mountains near Mt Hotham had been abandoned for many years. However, when he first visited it in 1982, he got a shock. It looked like it was still inhabited. Could he have been mistaken? Closer...

Robert G. Behee had a front-row seat to some of the most consequential battles during WWII, and he wrote it all down in his diary. He fought at "Omaha Beach," in France in the Battle of D-Day on a barge called a "Rhino." He...

This book delves into the pressing issues facing our world today, from global warming and pollution to social media and democracy. With personal anecdotes and practical suggestions gleaned from his public service career, the author urges individuals, families, and elected officials to take a...

Mansa Musa I was the ruler of the Mali Empire in West Africa from 1312 to 1337. Controlling territories rich in gold and copper, and monopolising trade between the north and interior of the continent, Mali grew extremely wealthy. Mansa Musa was said to...

A fisherman's job is dangerous and especially of you sail from Hull. 39 Trawlers were iced up and in danger of sinking in the 1968 storm at Iceland. The Hull community prayed for their loved ones to come home safely The Arctic Corsair survived...

Growing up, our dad would write to people he had never met, but who he found interesting and wanted to know more about personally -. Remember, no Wikipedia! The replies to those letters were on the walls in many rooms of our home, displayed...

Margaret More Roper may be remembered as the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas More, but she was much, much more.Well-educated, loyal, passionately pious, and a skilled writer and translator, Margaret inspired a generation and proved to Tudor England and beyond just how accomplished a...

The many courtships of the woman who became Elizabeth I began when she was an infant, displayed before foreign ambassadors who considered her as a possible clause of a contract between England and France. From such an unromantic beginning, Elizabeth grew to see her...

History Encounters unearths the greatest stories with the major events from Culper Spy Ring to expand reader horizons for readers to be best informed. During the American Revolutionary War, George Washington relied on intelligence given by the American espionage network known as the Culper...

Society as I Have Found It, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for...

The incredible story of an explorer caught up in international intrigue at the dawn of US history Andr? Michaux was the most accomplished scientific explorer of North America before Lewis and Clark. His work took him from the Bahamas to Hudson Bay, and it...

Echoes of Conflict is an exhaustive examination of the geopolitical, historical, and human aspects of the Russia-Ukraine War, one of the most consequential conflicts of the twenty-first century. This literary work extensively examines the origins of the conflict, tracing the intricate dynamics between Russia...

This is the story of a remarkable life and a journey, from the privileged world of Prussian aristocracy, through the horrors of World War II, to high society in the television age of postwar America. It is also an account of a spiritual voyage,...

He may be little known today, but Ben Daniels was a feared gunman who typified the journeyman gunfighter every bit as much as those whose names have become legend. Yet his story has eluded researchers and yarn-spinners alike--until now.Two prominent western historians have teamed...

The explorations of Francisco Garcés, an intrepid Franciscan friar of the eighteenth century, led to the opening of the first overland route from Mexico to California, produced new knowledge of unmapped terrain and unknown peoples, and revived dreams of Spanish imperial expansion. Beyond the...

The contributors to the volume explore the relationship of the virtues to Richard Hooker's ontology, to questions of justification by faith, how righteousness is appropriated by the Christian, how the virtues relate to his polemical context, what he takes from both Scripture and his...

From New York Times bestselling historian and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Charles King, the moving untold story of the eighteenth-century men and women behind the making of Handel's Messiah George Frideric Handel's Messiah is arguably the greatest piece of participatory art ever...

"History of Deceptions" is an English translation of 'Prati-itihas'. Originally published in Marathi, Prati-itihas is recipient of the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award - 2009, by Maharashtra State Government's Minority Commission for 'propagating Communal Harmony by presenting true history'. It is an attempt to expose...

Presenting the true stories of three core individuals in Titanic's history - Captain Edward J. Smith, shipbuilder Thomas Andrews, and White Star Line chairman Joseph Bruce Ismay Titanic literature is full of misconceptions about the actions and motives of key individuals involved. When George...

A colorful, fascinating look at growing up in the royal family over the centuries, from the Plantagenets and Tudors to the Windsors and Cambridges. For as long as the British royal family has existed, their children have been brought up in ways that seem...

Tavern: A Historical Novel Based Upon An Early San Francisco Saloon And The Family That Operated It describes an underachiever inheriting his family's saloon. In the process of dealing with the sale, he must make a choice between a woman's love and his slacker...

A riveting biography of Alexander the Great's final years, when the leader's insatiable desire to conquer the world set him off on an exhilarating, harrowing journey that would define his legacy. By 330 B.C.E., Alexander the Great had reached the pinnacle of success. Or...

Fyodor Dostoevsky--Darkness and Dawn (1848-1849), the third and final volume on the writer's childhood, adolescence, and youth, seeks to disclose, in a detailed and intimate way, Dostoevsky's last two years before his exile to Siberia. Together with the first two volumes, it attempts to...

CHILDREN OF ALISO is a memoir of the pioneering Thurston family who settled and homesteaded 152 acres of land in Laguna Beach's Aliso Canyon in 1871, transforming its barren wilderness into a sustainable farm. It narrates the family's personal stories, from initial isolation to...

Divine Burden is the remarkable story of my Uncle "Jack" Taylor who miraculously survived 101 bomber combat missions from the early days of the WWII until being wounded a third time and returning home to the love of his life, Pat.Divine Burden explores the...

A "spectacular...brilliantly and magnetically written" (Rosalie Abella, former Canadian Supreme Court justice) dual biography of two famous women whose sons would change the course of the 20th century--by award-winning historian Charlotte Gray. Born into upper-class America in the same year, 1854, Sara Delano (later...

History Encounters unearths the greatest stories with the major events from Salem Witch Trials to expand reader horizons for readers to be best informed. The Salem witch trials were a blot on American history. They occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. This...

This Book contains the genealogies and biographies of all Bridghams descended from Henry Bridgham, who immigrated from England in 1641.Author: Joel R. BridghamISBN-10: 1312073381ISBN-13: 9781312073388Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/25/2023Pages: 438Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.85lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.94d

For many, the nightmare of the Vietnam War left returning soldiers burdened with thoughts and feelings they could not forget and could not share with others. In this revelatory memoir, Allen Rauschert remembers his experience and analyzes his reactions to the chaotic and dysfunctional...

A rich and vivid history of Britain's second city through the people who made it 'What Manchester thinks today, England thinks tomorrow.' Long before Manchester gave the world titans of industry, comedy, music and sport, it was the cosmopolitan Roman fort of Mamucium. But...

Amir Sjarifoeddin explores the experiences of a central figure in the Indonesian revolution, whose life mirrored the idealism and contradictions of the anti-colonial and post-war world of twentieth century Indonesia. Amir was born at the edge of an empire in a time of change....

Amir Sjarifoeddin explores the experiences of a central figure in the Indonesian revolution, whose life mirrored the idealism and contradictions of the anti-colonial and post-war world of twentieth century Indonesia. Amir was born at the edge of an empire in a time of change....

A thrilling true saga of legendary Texas figure Judge Roy Bean and his brothers―and their violent adventures in Wild West America. Roy Bean was an American saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Texas, who called himself "The Only Law West of the Pecos"....

A multitude of books have been written about both the horrors and the heroes of World War II. Legacy of Hope: Hidden Heroes from Generation to Generation, though similar in general topic as some of those other World War II books, is also uniquely...

Why read this book? It's not to learn about a unique life. Not to know what it is like to be an immigrant in Canada. Not what it is like to live with a heart disease and survive. Not to learn about the consequences...

One of the country's most powerful families embroiled in sex, lies, bigamy, and blackmail...and every new, deliciously humiliating morsel splashed across every newspaper in America Now in paperback, the believe-it-or-not historical true crime behind one of the greatest scandals of the Gilded Age, and...

This book provides a comprehensive account of the life and work of Thomas Paine, one of the most controversial figures of the Enlightenment period. The book includes an in-depth analysis of Paine's most famous works, such as Common Sense and The Age of Reason,...

George Whitefield was one of the most influential preachers of the 18th century. In A Light Rising in Obscurity, author John Richard Andrews explores Whitefield's life and legacy, from his childhood in Gloucester, England, to his rise to fame as a preacher and his...

This biography provides a detailed look at the life and career of Thomas McKean, a prominent figure in early American history. With a focus on his contributions to the Declaration of Independence, this book is an essential addition to any historian's library.This work has...

This book is a biography of Henry Knox, one of the leading figures of the American Revolutionary War and the first Secretary of War of the United States. The book examines Knox's life and career, from his early years as a bookseller in Boston...

Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon's 'Memoirs' provide a fascinating insight into the court of Louis XIV and the regency that followed. Saint-Simon was a member of the court and his observations are detailed and engaging. His memoirs are an essential read for anyone...

This historical work details the life of Captain Myles Standish, one of the key figures in the early history of America. Standish was a Puritan who came to the New World on the Mayflower and played a pivotal role in the development of Plymouth...

The Garrick Club was a private social club for men of the arts and literature in London, with members such as Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, and J.M. Barrie. Thomas Ingoldsby's book provides notices and biographical information on one hundred and thirty-five of its...

This fascinating biography offers a glimpse into the lives of an important Scottish family during the 19th century. From their rise to prominence in the world of cattle breeding to their involvement in local politics, this book tells the story of the M'Combies and...

This book tells the story of Joan of Arc, the legendary French heroine who led her country's armies to victory against the English in the fifteenth century. Andrew Lang's biography offers a detailed and compelling account of Joan's life, from her childhood in Domrémy...

Grenville M. Dodge was one of the most important figures in the development of the American West, playing a key role in the construction of the transcontinental railroad and the settlement of the Great Plains. In this biography, readers will learn about Dodge's life...

In the spring of 1853, a family of eight drove their wagon to the wharf in Bergen, Norway. They unloaded their belongings alongside the other stacks labeled, AMERICA, MINNESOTA, ILLINOIS, MICHIGAN, NEW YORK CITY, CHICAGO and boarded the crowded ship. Hopeful, nervous Norwegians-giving up...

The first family named Dow in America landed in 1637, escaping from the persecution of the English kings and the Anglican Church as a part of the 'great migration' begun by the Pilgrims 17 years earlier.Two hundred and seventy years later, descendent George W....