Biography & Autobiography - Historical

Some of the political stories in this book appear to be unbelievable, but author Bill Meulemans, knows they're true because he was there! For starters, there were the four men who were going to save the Pacific Northwest from a Communist invasion by blowing...

Memories of a Pioneer Woman is the autobiographical life story of Mrs. Fannie Highsmith. She begins with early childhood memories before the American Civil War and continues through to her retirement at Jones Valley, in Caddo Gap, Arkansas. The story was originally spoken by...

The Cost of Liberty offers a sorely needed reassessment of a great patriot and misunderstood Founder. It has been more than a half century since a biography of John Dickinson appeared. Author William Murchison rectifies this mistake, bringing to life one of the most...

In Backwoods Boy, author Richard Irving takes you on a lighthearted romp through the maple trees and blueberry fields of his childhood in Canada in the fifties and sixties. Emerging from World War II, the community of Baltimore, New Brunswick, was isolated by poor...

Tamar Frankel came to America first in 1949 with a group of Israeli military tasked to speak to Jewish communities about the Israeli War of Independence. In 1963, she was invited to be a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School. She attended Harvard Law...

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Blanche Ames Ames and Oakes Ames advanced women's suffrage, reproductive rights, artistic expression, and scientific knowledge, among other accomplishments, in the first half of the twentieth century. Blanche was part of women's history for nearly seven decades and deserved to be better known for...

Salem, Massachusetts, has built a thriving industry of tourism on the foundations of its dark past. But, beneath the seaside charm, bewitching shops, and seasonal surge of witches and thrill-seekers, the ancient darkness still lurks.Oblivious to the brewing danger, Skye Temple buys an historic...

Adele Briscoe Looscan was the first woman president of the Texas State Historical Association, the longest-serving president of the association (1915-1925), and a remarkable individual. Daughter of Andrew Briscoe, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and granddaughter of John Richardson Harris, founder of...

Volume two of The Texas Biography Series reveals Edmund J. Davis, the heroic man who stood in strong opposition to his peers and better reflected the ideals of the nation than those of so many of his contemporaries. Carl H. Moneyhon presents a long...

A reprint of the rare and controversial biography of Henry Ford, first published in 1923, written by Ford's close associate. Regarded by many automotive historians as the finest and most dispassionate character study of Henry Ford ever written, Henry Ford: An Interpretation has long...

Few figures hold as mythic a place in America's historical consciousness as John Brown. A fervent abolitionist, his New England reserve tempered by a childhood on the Ohio frontier, Brown advocated arming fugitive slaves to fight for their freedom, an idea that impressed Frederick...

This work was originally published as Volume IV of Crozier's well-known series "Virginia County Records." As the title suggests, it is a collection of early Virginia marriages. Most of the records date from the 1700s, although some--the Westmoreland marriages, for instance--run as late as...

Most pastors know when they enter the ministry that they will spend time helping others through times of suffering. What they usually do not realize, though, is that they too will suffer. Caught off guard, many of them end up deeply hurt and quit...

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...

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...

Beneath the windswept North Dakota plains, riches await...At first, Erika Bolstad knew only one thing about her great-grandmother, Anna: she was a homesteader on the North Dakota prairies in the early 1900s before her husband committed her to an asylum under mysterious circumstances. As...

I began part 1 of this book with a condensed version of my autobiography, to give the reader an understanding of my life experience. These experiences brought about many questions as to why, as an African American, I was so restricted in many ways....

In this Historical Fiction novel, the story follows a family's journey as they are forced to flee their country due to a corrupt government. The main characters-Tarik, Hatice, Meryem, and Melih-take a dangerous path to seek freedom in the midst of chaos in their...

Simone Arnold is an ordinary French schoolgirl, spirited and stubborn. Then the Nazis march in, demanding complete conformity. Friends become enemies. Teachers spout Nazi propaganda. School officials recruit for the Hitler Youth. Simone's family refuses to heil Hitler as Germany's savior. They are Jehovah's...

Asked shortly after the revolution about how she viewed the new government, Tatiana Varsher replied, "With the wide-open eyes of a historian." Her countrywoman, Zinaida Zhemchuzhnaia, expressed a similar need to take note: "I want to write about the way those events were perceived...

A charged biography of a notorious Nazi art plunderer and his career in the postwar art world "[Petropoulos] brings Lohse into sharper focus, as a personality and axis point from which to explore a network of art dealers, collectors and museum curators connected to...

The story of Rome's richest man, who died a humiliating desert death in search of military gloryAuthor: Peter StothardISBN-10: 0300274173ISBN-13: 9780300274172Publisher: Yale University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/17/2023Pages: 184Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 8.20h x 4.90w x 0.60d

This collection of stories will take you back to the exciting world of a boy growing up in the 1940's in the small rural town of Sangerville, Maine. From the great northern woods, to the rocky coast, Dave brings you along on his adventures....

Captain Rickenbacker's Story of the Ordeal and Rescue of Himself and the Men with Him is a memoir written by Eddie Rickenbacker, an American World War I fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient. The book recounts the harrowing experience of Rickenbacker and seven...

Andrew Sherburne began his naval career in 1779, at age 14. In his later years he went around telling his story and selling this book. A native of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, he shipped in the Navy of the Revolution as a boy and saw...

Has the World Lost Its Humanity? offers an original and unique perspective of events during the darkest period of Iraq's modern history.The book is based on the author's personal and professional experience as director of the charity Medical Aid for Iraqi Children, MAIC.Through her...

In this sumptuous group portrait of the six daughters of "Mad" King George III, acclaimed biographer Flora Fraser takes us into the heart of the British royal family during the tumultuous period of the American and French revolutions. Drawing on their extraordinary private correspondence,...

Sadhu Sundar Singh was a well-known Christian mystic in India during the early 20th century. He walked from place to place preaching the gospel and lived without possessions. He had many dreams and visions. He suffered much from poverty and persecution, but won many...

In Victorian England there was only one fail-safe authority on matters ranging from fashion to puddings to scullery maids: Beeton's Book of Household Management. In this delightful, superbly researched biography, award-winning historian Kathryn Hughes pulls back the lace curtains to reveal the woman behind...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

In 2009 Roy Huteson Stewart set out on an expedition into unknown realms to chronicle the life and times of the so-called "wickedest man in the world". His artwork for what would become the graphic novel Aleister Crowley: Wandering the Waste is now collected...

Leaves from the Diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai, and Palestine during WW1The Desert Column is based on the diaries that Idriess kept throughout the war. Published in 1932, it is one of Idriess' earliest works. Harry Chauvel noted in the foreword...

The DC-3 or Douglas Skyliner as it was then called was born (or took its first test flight) on the 17th December, 1935. It was originally designed to carry 21 passengers with seats that could fold down enabling it to operate overnight services from...

This book chroicles the Holt family and thair history in Scotland, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri and several other midwestern states. Also included are Rev. James Holt's records of 230 marriages in that took place in northeastern Missouri from 1830-1904.It is the hope of the author...

Whatever happened to diligence and hard work? Are they relics of yesteryear that have gone the way of the cotton patch? Roy Rains' character-building stories of life in a sharecropper's home will give your family a nostalgic peek into what made the greatest generation...

Nearly forty years have passed since Ruth Hyde Paine, a Quaker housewife in suburban Dallas, offered shelter and assistance to a young man named Lee Harvey Oswald and his Russian wife, Marina. For nine months in 1963, Mrs. Paine was so deeply involved in...

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after...

What leads a top-secret war-policy insider to desert during the Vietnam War? In the case of Bruce Proctor, it was reconnaissance photos: images which showed the bombing of civilian villages in Southeast Asia, despite the administration's claims otherwise. Appalled by his discovery, Bruce suddenly...

Originally published in 1898. Author: Thomas Carlyle Language: English Keywords: Literature/ History Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality,...

Since childhood, author Fiona Gold Kroll has been drawn to a photograph of her great-uncle, Benjamin Albaum, a Jewish man who disappeared from Paris at the beginning of World War II. A Stone for Benjamin is the compelling story of her quest to discover...

*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading. *Includes Newman's own quotes about his life and career. "The first time I remember women reacting to me was when we were filming Hud in Texas. Women were literally trying to climb through the transoms at...

Duty, courage, fear and bravery are words known by soldiers in battle. In World War II, Americans joined the fight against Hitler and his cruel regime. These soldiers, when face to face with the highly organized, technologically efficient enemy, learned the meanings of other...

The extraordinary wartime incident at Fort Stevens fascinates us. Pause for a minute and just think about it. A twenty-three-year-old American soldier screams at the president of the United States in the midst of a battle, calls him a damned fool, and gets him...

George Aylwin Hogg was a man of remarkable dedication and honour. Though he died in 1945 at the age of thirty, Aylwin's name and legacy is remembered in China to this day-where as a wise and noble friend to the people of China, he...

The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence is a classic Peninsular War/Napoleonic wars biography which tells the life story of William Lawrence of the British army, a hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns.Author: William LawrenceISBN-10: 1523916060ISBN-13: 9781523916061Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/07/2016Pages: 144Format:...

This is a new release of the original 1932 edition.Author: Roy J. SnellISBN-10: 1494074540ISBN-13: 9781494074548Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 294Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.62d

This is a new release of the original 1941 edition.Author: John Robert PowersISBN-10: 1494061910ISBN-13: 9781494061913Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 256Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.32lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.54d

This is a new release of the original 1952 edition.Author: Oral Roberts, Eloise GrayISBN-10: 1494028131ISBN-13: 9781494028138Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 162Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.35d

Author: David GlassISBN-10: 1483674231ISBN-13: 9781483674230Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/09/2013Pages: 132Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d