Biography & Autobiography - Historical

John Dunn, Cetywayo, And The Three Generals is a historical book written by D. C. F. Moodie in 1886. The book tells the story of John Dunn, a white man who lived among the Zulu people in South Africa in the 19th century. Dunn...

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""The Story of the Thirteen Colonies"" is a historical book written by Helene Adeline Guerber in 1898. The book narrates the history of the thirteen colonies that formed the United States of America. It covers the period from the discovery of America by Christopher...

The Diary of Thomas Minor, Stonington, Connecticut: 1653-1684 is a historical book written by Thomas Minor himself, edited and published in 1899. The book is a detailed account of the life of Thomas Minor, a colonial settler who lived in Stonington, Connecticut during the...

The Life and Writings of Rufus C. Burleson V2 (1901) is a biographical book written by Rufus Columbus Burleson. The book is the second volume of a two-part series that chronicles the life and works of Rufus C. Burleson, who was a prominent figure...

The Story of Metlakahtla is a book written by Henry S. Wellcome in 1887. It is a historical account of the founding of the Metlakahtla Christian mission in British Columbia, Canada. The book tells the story of William Duncan, a missionary who arrived in...

""Biographical Sketches Of The Graduates Of Yale College: With Annals Of The College History V6 Part 2: September 1805-September 1815"" is a book written by Franklin Bowditch Dexter. This book is part of a series that documents the history of Yale College, one of...

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""A Genea-Biographical History of the Rittenhouse Family V1: And All Its Branches in America, with Sketches of Their Descendants"" is a book written by Daniel Kolb Cassel and published in 1893. The book provides a comprehensive history of the Rittenhouse family and its various...

The Life And Reminiscences Of Robert G. Ingersoll is a biographical book written by Edward Garstin Smith in 1904. The book is a comprehensive account of the life of Robert G. Ingersoll, a prominent American lawyer, political leader, and orator who lived from 1833...

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""An Account of the De Majendie Family: Both French and English, from 1365 to the Present Century"" is a historical book written by Lewis A. Majendie in 1878. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the De Majendie family, tracing its roots back to...

Abbas II (1915) is a biographical work by Evelyn Baring that tells the story of Abbas II, the last Shah of Iran from the Qajar dynasty. The book provides a detailed account of Abbas II's life, from his childhood and early years as a...

Service In Servia: Under The Red Cross (1877) is a memoir written by Emma Maria Pearson, who served as a nurse during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 in the Balkans. The book provides a detailed account of Pearson's experiences as a member of the...

The McClure Family is a book written by James Alexander McClure and published in 1914. The book is a historical account of the McClure family, tracing their lineage and history from their origins in Scotland to their settlement in America. The book covers the...

Discover the life and legacy of one of the most influential thinkers of the Renaissance. In this series of lectures delivered at Oxford, James Anthony Froude explores the writings and ideas of Erasmus, offering insights into his impact on the intellectual and cultural landscape...

Discover the remarkable life of Theodore D. Judah, the visionary engineer who helped build the first transcontinental railroad. In this critically acclaimed biography, Helen Hinckley chronicles Judah's struggles and triumphs as he battled political opposition, financial setbacks, and personal demons to realize his dream...

In exhilarating, transformative prose, the poet Patrick Mackie reveals a musician in dialogue with culture at its most sweepingly progressive. Mozart is one of the most familiar and beloved icons of our culture, but how much do we really understand about his music, and...

Discover the life and legacy of William Cardinal Allen, a key figure in the Counter-Reformation who founded seminaries in Rome and Douai. This comprehensive biography covers his early years as a Protestant in England, his conversion to Catholicism, and his role in training priests...

In this memoir, Lewis recounts his experiences living in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, including his time at Oxford with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Through vivid descriptions and personal anecdotes, he paints a picture of a bygone era that is both nostalgic...

For the third in his acclaimed Destination series, Paul French journeys to the former Portuguese enclave of Macao, for him as much a place of the imagination as of reality. Constantly portrayed as the louche, sinful sister of Hong Kong, it was also a...

An award-winning author's deep exploration of pivotal moments in Texas history through multiple generations of her own family, and a ruthless reexamination of our national and personal myths Seven generations of Jessica Goudeau's family have lived in Texas, and her family's legacy--a word she...

Step into the sands of time as you delve into "Barca: The Life of Hannibal," a spellbinding journey that unfurls the saga of one of antiquity's most audacious military strategists and indomitable spirits. This riveting biography whisks you into an era marked by fierce...

This book is the autobiography of Gurdon Wallace Wattles, a 19th-century American lawyer and politician. It includes details of his early life and family background, as well as his experiences in public service and the legal profession.This work has been selected by scholars as...

Benjamin Franklin was a key figure in American history, remembered for his contributions to science, politics, and culture. Parton's biography covers Franklin's life in detail, including his early years, his diplomatic work in Europe, and his experiments with electricity.This work has been selected by...

"We are not worth more, they are not worth less." This is the mantra of S. Brian Willson and the theme that runs throughout his compelling psycho-historical memoir. Willson's story begins in small-town, rural America, where he grew up as a "Commie-hating, baseball-loving Baptist,"...

Get enchanted with Pearl Harbor's history and its remarkable events. Are you struggling to make sense of what happened at that specific point in history? Do you want to learn all of the historical stories in an easier manner? Pick up this overview history...

This is the tale of a girl who sets out on a moving journey toward womanhood in the quiet corners of an ever-changing world. Her footsteps mirror the tides of a time when political unrest and the ominous threat of war ruled the day....

DazzleBug presents you an extraordinary adventure through the annals of history with our meticulously crafted Genghis Khan Biography for Kids! The captivating life of the legendary warrior, Genghis Khan, comes alive with tales of conquest, leadership, and the epic rise of the Mongolian Empire...

Literary look at "Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers Vol. Thirteen" by Elbert Hubbard takes readers on an exciting experience thru the lives and homes of a number of records's maximum famous couples. Elbert Hubbard become a prolific creator and fact seeker...

No ordinary childhood of a young immigrant girl growing up in Alberta, Canada, rolls out fast, exciting, colourful and authentic. The astonishing thing is life was really like that.Left alone in a tiny, dark closet, with only a cardboard box, I tore off a...

The Sounds and Smells of My Childhood Part II invite the reader to pause and remember the times of their own youth. Like the first book, it is a nostalgic journey, with fond memories, tremendous humor and laughter, and at times, tears. But the...

Embark on a captivating journey through time and place as you delve into the pages of Jade Eye: My Shipping Years in COSCO Shanghai (1968-1987). Li, a Chinese sailor, offers a candid and unfiltered glimpse into his married life, set against the backdrop of...

Amazing Grace, a biography that reads like a novel, reveals John Newton's dramatic, and at times traumatic, story of sin and salvation and ultimate conviction to speak out against slavery. His story speaks to the brokenness within us all and our need for God's...

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 rogue, a megalomaniac, a plodder, and a depressive: the men whose previously unpublished diaries are collected in this volume were four very different characters. But they had much in common too. All were from the Deep South. All were young, between seventeen and...

Juana Briones de Miranda lived an unusual life, which is wonderfully recounted in this highly accessible biography. She was one of the first residents of what is now San Francisco, then named Yerba Buena (Good Herb), reportedly after a medicinal tea she concocted. She...

In spite of his public silence, Grant was caught in the dispute between Congress and President Andrew Johnson. His position became intolerable after Johnson publicly accused Grant of dishonesty.The same sense of duty that sent Grant to war in 1861 gave him no alternative...

Trained at West Point, Buckner saw service in the Mexican War but retired to private life afterwards. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he became a general in the Confederate army. In the troublesome years following the war, he served as governor of...

The four-volume "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts" is one of the most sought after of all the Cutter titles. Many researchers with ancestors in the northern tier of the United States will find immigrants or 17th-century...

Russia's attempt to consolidate its authority in the North Caucasus has exerted a terrible price on both sides since the mid-nineteenth century. Michael Khodarkovsky's book tells the story of a single man with multiple allegiances and provides a concise and compelling history of the...

Beautifully and evocatively rendered, this memoir endures as an example of post-war narrative at its finest. Jankele Kuperblum was just nine years old when he returned home and found his family gone. The night before, Germans had come to his town in rural Poland...

In this compelling portrait of a unique family and a peculiarly American tragedy, Patricia Bosworth has brought to life an entire era: Roosevelt's New Deal, the triumphant Left, the victory of World War II, and then the fall of liberalism and the dawn of...

This book will take you on a journey of the American Birdsong families as far as back 500 A.D. that includes Kings, Queens, and Saints from England, Scotland, Franks, and Saxons through Daramis Hancock ancestry. "Alfred The Great", "Charles The Great", "Saint Itta", and...

In this engaging autobiography, Pittsburgh lawyer and banker Robert F. Patton tells the captivating story of his life and career. Beginning with his boyhood on a western Pennsylvania farm, An Ordinary Life follows Patton through his distinguished career to his retirement. In April of...

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During World War II, Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker, organized a rescue network of fellow social workers to save 2,500 Jewish children from certain death in the Warsaw ghetto. Incredibly, after the war her heroism, like that of many others, was suppressed...

Samuel Adams - Father of the American Revolution is the biography of Samuel Adams. Adams was an American statesman, politician, writer, political philosopher, brewer, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Adams was instrumental in garnering the support of the colonies...

'The list of female war reporters is long and distinguished. But the great-grandmother of them all was Clare Hollingworth' Mail on Sunday 'She was a pioneer' Kate Adie OBE'Unputdownable' Alexander McCall Smith'One of the most unforgettable journalists I have ever met' Chris PattenONE OF...

In 1956 Bayard Rustin taught Martin Luther King Jr. strategies of nonviolence during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, thereby launching the civil rights movement. Widely acclaimed as a founding father of modern black protest, Rustin reached international notoriety in 1963 as the openly gay organizer...