Biography & Autobiography - Historical

The Hammonds of Lilydale: Life of Edward Delos Hammond and His ChildrenBy: Deanna Marie Huston Readers that enjoy reading about family history and life stories will find this book to be one of them. It has family history from Edward's ancestors to his death....

If you are interested in infantry combat, this book may appeal you. I tell this story from my point of view as an enlisted man in one of the most successful combat operations in the Vietnam War, Operation Fairfax. It is an overlooked point...

Indian legend tells of the Ogopogo and how it inhabits the lakes of the great north-west, particularly Okanagan Lake in British Columbia. They do not bear their young to a live birth but reproduce their species in a mysterious egg laying fashion. This mystical...

Diplomat, courtier, and heretic, Juan de Vald駸 (c.1500-1541) was one of the most famous humanist writers in Renaissance Spain. In this biography, Daniel A. Crews paints a lively portrait of a complex and fascinating figure by focusing on Vald駸's service as an imperial courtier...

A more unlikely world opera star than Paul Frey could not be found. Born into a conservative order Mennonite farming family in rural Ontario, Canada in 1941, he was a high school dropout. His first career was as a truck driver, transporting livestock to...

Through a Glass Darkly tells the story of Ron Hennessey, an Iowa farmer who returned from the Korean War to discover that farming no longer held much allure. Hennessey joined a Catholic missionary society and after nine years of study was ordained a priest...

SHACKLED has been honored as one of the Shelf Media Group's Notable 100 books of 2019, the Biography winner of the 2019 Independent Press Award, 2018 Global E-Book Awards, 2018 International Book Awards, 2019 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, 2018 Audiobook & Biography Awards Winner...

Few people have lived a more adventurous life than Timaru's early pioneer George Richard Meredith. He goes to sea at eleven, falls from the rigging, and rescues a princess. Then he is shipwrecked and lost at sea for a week. During this time, he...

Dr. Thaddeus L. Kostrubala, an anthropologist, doctor and psychiatrist (retired) from Santa Fe, New Mexico, is a pioneer in the field of running therapy and founder of the related therapy approach known as Paleoanalysis. In particular, he is known for his work "The Joy...

Many Lives of Nelson have been written; one is yet wanting, clear and concise enough to become a manual for the young sailor, which he may carry about with him till he has treasured it up for example in his memory and in his...

As the governor of South Carolina during the height of the civil rights movement, Robert E. McNair faced the task of leading the state through the dismantling of its pervasive Jim Crow culture. Despite the obstacles, McNair was able to navigate a moderate course...

Vietnam, after the Fall of Saigon in 1975: life is getting tougher and more desperate by the day.Before dawn one morning Andy, age thirteen, is shaken awake by his mother. He and his sister Allison, age seventeen, are taken to the airport and put...

If you liked The Tattooist of Auschwitz, you will be gripped by this fascinating story. A true story written by an Auschwitz survivor's son of how his father lived through the World War II Holocaust. Starting in the early days before the war, full...

This true life, erratic and fickle, documented, personal odyssey began in the jungles of Colombia, South America in the author's first book, "Tears of the Virgin." His journey continues in "Windy Road" through the careening twists and turns of Army Basic Training and across...

This series supports the social studies curriculum for: - European exploration of the Americas- people, places and environmentAuthor: Martha KneibISBN-10: 143588891XISBN-13: 9781435888913Publisher: Rosen Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2003Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.30dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 8.1Point Value: 2Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name:...

Thomas Erskine (1750-1823) was by repute one of the greatest advocates ever to appear in an English court of law. As King's Counsel he was involved in many celebrated trials, including the prosecution of John Horne Took for high treason and of Queen ­Caroline...

The middle of the 20 Century was a time of turmoil. The Cold War was underway and Mr. McCarthy, chairman of the House UnAmerican Activities Committee, was weeding out those whose patriotism was questionable. At any moment Russia could drop an atomic bomb on...

This biography provides a concise, accurate, and lively account of one of the best known yet least understood figures of the Civil War, Robert E. Lee, depicting him as a human being instead of a legend, making him accessible as a person. Robert E....

During the Revolutionary War, Rufus Putnam served as the Continental Army's chief military engineer. As designer and supervisor of the construction of major fortifications, his contribution helped American forces drive the British Army from Boston and protect the Hudson River. Several years after the...

Of the many captivity stories or 'slave narratives' that emerged in the first half of the nineteenth century, the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is widely considered to be the most important. The author, known for his eloquence, brings the same mastery...

Geronimo, one of the greatest Apache warriors and American legends, gives his first-hand account of his life in his autobiography "My Life". The famous chief orally told his story to S. M. Barrett, a Superintendent of Education in Oklahoma, and Barrett published the book...

This book reconstructs the story of Roy Coupland Winn 1890-1963, Australia's first fulltime practising psychoanalyst, of whom it was said that he was 'dedicated to the continual inner search to understand himself and others'.From a background of privilege, he volunteered in 1915 and cut...

In Roger Williams's Little Book of Virtues, religion writer Becky Garrison delves into the life of her eleventh/twelfth great-grandfather to uncover the untold story behind this forgotten pioneer of religious liberty. Employing a format reminiscent of How Proust Can Change Your Life and The...

Seventeen years old when the Germans invaded her hometown of Niwka, she would struggle to survive throughout the war years. She saved her parents' lives once but ultimately lost them along with dozens of family members in the Nazi death camps. Homeless, starving, and...

Seventy-two astonishing discoveries that lead us to the assassin of Alexander the Great.The Murder of Alexander the Great, Book 2 -- The Secret War, traces Alexander's expedition to the unknown boundaries of the ancient world and tracks his disastrous return journey finally ending in...

*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe exploration of the American West, beginning with Lewis and Clark's transcontinental trek at the behest of President Thomas Jefferson, was not accomplished by standing armies, the era's new steam train technology, or by...

A riveting account of a life marked by destiny. I am why they killed Diana makes for fascinating reading and reveals a long lost secret. There is a secret aspect to the journey of mankind and womankind that has been kept hidden. In I...

Joseph Werlin's diary pages are full of remarkable observations of France, Germany, Russia, and America in 1928. Allowed into Moscow on a study visa, Werlin's keen eye for observation and documentation provides firsthand insight into the early days of Stalinist rule. During his travels,...

About Janet: My Grandmother's Stories by Keith BrowerAn engaging recollection of one woman's journey from Quebec to rural Alberta post WWI as told by Janet's own captivated grandson--the author and artist, Keith Brower.What Others Have Said About Janet: My Grandmother's Stories"Keith Brower has captured...

75 years ago, hundreds of thousands of Baltic citizens were caught in the bloody crossfire of the Soviets and Nazis and forced to flee their homelands. Lithuanian citizens had suffered brutal persecution during earlier Soviet and German occupations, and by the end of the...

*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of both men's workCarl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz died almost 200 years ago, yet he remains one of the most important and influential of all military thinkers. His teachings combined strategy with military knowledge to produce a dialectic approach to the...

Soldiers go off to fight wars, but what happens to the women they leave behind? Over the span of two years, Roxanne Cibuzar located women who knew and loved men who served in World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam. She collected their...

Part I of this book is a biography of a controversial Scotsman of the 17th century. Descended from a prominent family of reivers on the Scottish Borders, he eventually succeeded to an estate in Co.Fermanagh. He survived the Irish massacres of 1641, imprisonment by...

"You paddled across the Atlantic?" Exclaimed a French villager upon learning that this young American couple had just paddled up the raging Rhone River. This was a typical encounter for J. Stannard Baker (Stan) and his wife Fran. It was 1931, and they were...

"You paddled across the Atlantic?" Exclaimed a French villager upon learning that this young American couple had just paddled up the raging Rhone River. This was a typical encounter for J. Stannard Baker (Stan) and his wife Fran. It was 1931, and they were...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." - John BarrymoreMovie stars are revered for their ability to captivate audiences, and Hollywood began to flourish before the onset of television, allowing movies to enjoy...

In August 1880, Norwegian Johan Adrian Jacobsen recruited two Labrador Inuit families to become the latest attraction in a European ethnographical exhibit, now known as a 'human zoo.' The eight individuals, aged nine months to 50 years, were exhibited in Hamburg, Berlin, Prague, and...

"Life and Times of Frederick Douglass" is the third and last autobiography of Frederick Douglass. In this finial memoir Douglas gives more details about his life as a slave and his escape from slavery than he did in his two previous autobiographies. Frederick Douglass...

Margaret Rudston was embroiled in the English Civil War, and fought in the courts to keep her property, her only means of supporting her family. Maria Barstow endured twenty years of wars in Danzig, where her house was occupied by the French army, later...

In the 1830s, the United States government discovered gold on land occupied by the Cherokee Nation in Tennessee. The government enticed the Cherokee to sign the Indian Removal Act, promised them five million dollars, then banished them to Indian Territory, Oklahoma, by way of...

"This information is dynamite in my hands. It's real power that no one knows I have. I'm not sure how or when I'll use it, but when I do it'll bring down the J?gen Behrmann family."In A Bridge Home, book three in his promises...

2021 Publication Award in Biography from the Wyoming State Historical Society Westerners International Co-Founders Book Award, second place George W. T. Beck, an influential rancher and entrepreneur in the American West, collaborated with William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody to establish the town of Cody,...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"Our country, right or wrong." - Stephen DecaturBetween the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, the United States engaged in several wars that have mostly been overlooked. The War of 1812 is one of America's forgotten conflicts, and...

The Abbotts: a Devonshire immigrant family in Canada explores the history of a large middle class family who made the decision to emigrate from Devon, England to settle in south western Ontario in the 19th century. The choice to emigrate was not made lightly....

The Kiger Family Papers offer insight into a southern family's antebellum and post-Civil War experiences. Who exactly were all of the souls buried in the cemetery lot in Vicksburg? Was Carrie Kiger the niece or sister of William McKendree Gwin, famous as one of...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingCarl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz died almost 200 years ago, yet he remains one of the most important and influential of all military thinkers. His teachings combined strategy with military knowledge to produce a dialectic approach to the...

This book is about the day-to-day life of a District Officer in the Northern Frontier Province of Kenya during the period 1937 - 1943. The author (later Sir John Thorp CMG, MBE) records with humour, warmth and insite the difficult physical conditions and human...

Read and enjoy this love story, which is uniquely worded unlike any other love story. It is a must-read story filled with humor and passion.Mary Jane Juzwin, daughter of Mary and John Poslusny is the author of Johnny loved Mary: A World War II...

Georgia 2001. "Your mission, Jo, should you choose to accept it, is to find out what young Georgians want," said the man from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, or words to that effect. "We're keen to know what will happen when President Shevardnadze moves...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"Didn't Admiral Dewey do wonderfully well? I got him the position out there in Asia last year, and I had to beg hard to do it; and the reason I gave was that we might have to send...