Biography & Autobiography - Historical

The Barons of Pulford is a historical book written by George Reresby Sitwell in 1889. The book focuses on the lives and descendants of the Barons of Pulford during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The author provides a detailed account of the feudal system...

The Ten Tribes of Israel: Historically Identified with the Aborigines of the Western Hemisphere is a book written by Barbara Anne Simon in 1836. The book explores the theory that the ten lost tribes of Israel migrated to the Western Hemisphere, specifically to North...

The Story of Glamorgan is a historical book written by C.J. Evans and published in 1908. The book provides a comprehensive account of the history of Glamorgan, a county located in South Wales, from prehistoric times to the early 20th century.The book is divided...

The Papal Bull, In Coena Domini: With A Short Historical Introduction (1848) is a book written by the Roman Catholic Church. It provides a complete description of the Papal Bull, In Coena Domini, which is a document that was issued by the Pope to...

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...

Maryland In Liberia is a historical book written by John H. B. Latrobe in 1885. The book describes the founding and development of the Maryland Colony in Liberia, a country in West Africa, by a group of free African Americans in the early 1800s....

The Life of Joseph Benson is a biographical book that was originally published in 1832. The book is an abridged version of the life of Joseph Benson, a prominent figure in the Methodist movement during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The author...

Life of St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland is a historical biography written by Turgot in 1884. The book chronicles the life of Margaret, a devout Christian and the wife of King Malcolm III of Scotland. Margaret was born in Hungary and raised in England,...

The book ""Life Of David From The Throne To The Grave"" is a biography of the biblical figure King David, written by an anonymous author and published in 1857. The book covers David's life from his rise to the throne as a young shepherd...

""Dunkeld: Its Straths And Glens, Or Central Perthshire, Historical And Descriptive"" is a book written by Charles McLean in 1879. The book provides a comprehensive account of the town of Dunkeld and its surrounding areas in Central Perthshire, Scotland. The author describes the history,...

Nadezhda Mandelstam's memoir of life with her husband, the poet Osip Mandelstam, is a vital eyewitness account of Stalin's Soviet Union and one of the most moving testaments to the value of literature and imaginative freedom ever written. In 1933, Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938) wrote...

This first book-length story and study of philosopher, activist, inventor, and philanthropist Lewis Gompertz--co-founder of both the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (1824, ousted in 1832) and the Animals' Friend Society (1832-52)--charts his struggle against likely and unlikely enemies on behalf...

*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingAfrica may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe nearly 5,000 years later....

*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingThe 50 years following the assassination of Severus Alexander on March 19, 235 CE has been generally regarded by academics as one of the lowest points in the history of the Roman Empire....

Author: United States ArmyISBN-10: 1258055910ISBN-13: 9781258055912Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/02/2011Pages: 42Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.11d

A true childhood story of difficult but enjoyable country living, including reflections about family, work, school and neighbors. We all shared a life without modern conveniences, (running water, heat, telephones or electricity ) while growing up in the depression in one of the least...

A small band of courageous university students dare to stand up against Hitler who has seized power in Germany and plunged them into a world war. Calling themselves, "The White Rose," Hans and Sophie Scholl publish thousands of leaflets condemning the dictatorship of Hitler...

Lord Ashley (later the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury), the 'Poor Man's Earl', is widely remembered as a leading aristocratic philanthropist whose concern for suffering and the oppressed victims of Victorian 'progress' saw him champion a range of social, industrial, educational, and health reforms. A...

*Includes pictures*Includes Biblical passages and ancient accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading"Simon, the Samaritan magician, was the first minister of the demon s evil practices who arose. Who having rushed to the height of sorcery, at first persuaded many, by the wonder-working he wrought,...

*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingGiven his legacy, many Americans today believe Jackie Robinson was the first black man to play in Major League Baseball, but that answer is wrong. As far back as the late 19th century, there had been...

Courage. Heroism. Endurance. These qualities are emblematic of the stories of thousands of Canadians who fought during World War II. Canadians like Tim Carlon, a young Montrealer who went off to war, doing his part in a global struggle whose legacy remains as relevant...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading "Mr President, I wish to tell you something personal - not about me, but about my generation. What you have just heard about the Jewish people's inherent rights to the Land of Israel may seem academic to...

Ron Schneider is among a select handful of individuals who can honestly claim to have taken an active part in the explosive beginnings of 1960's rock'n'roll. After leaving ABKCO and working with the Beatles, he did the Rolling Stones 1969 and 1970 tours and...

The story of a man who transformed ornamental horticulture in America. In this historically accurate biography, Paul Butler paints a vivid picture of the life and times of Theodore Mead. As a young man he hunted butterflies in Colorado, discovering dozens of new species....

James Brakken's ANNOTATED EARLY LIFE AMONG THE INDIANS, the 1892 Memoir of Benjamin G. ArmstrongTales of Indian wars, animal encounters, treaty problems, Indian lore, & more. Penned by Ben Armstrong, an 1850s trader & trusted friend of the Ojibwe people who writes of his...

A COMPLETE LIFE OF GENERAL GEORGE A. CUSTER is the sixth volume in the History in Words and Pictures Series, a collection of books that bring you back in time, in the words of those who were there, with visions of the world as...

In the evening dusk of August 22, 1944, during an intense battle off the Norwegian coast, the HMS Nabob, one of the two Canadian-crewed aircraft carriers in the Second World War was struck by a torpedo on the starboard side. Among the souls on...

FERGIE CONFIDENTIAL The Real story IT SEEMS that almost every week Sarah Ferguson - the Duchess of York, known to one and all as Fergie - makes headlines with her efforts to re-brand herself and explain her troubles. There are the weight-loss problems, the...

June 21, 2014, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the infamous Neshoba County murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman. And, while it is good to remember and honor the victims of such devastating tragedies, it is also painful-particularly for...

Jack Couture was a prolific writer. He wrote hundreds of stories about the history of Aylmer, Quebec which he published in local Aylmer newspapers. His stories about events and Aylmer residents were written with a homespun charm. He also authored a large collection of...

'The Dutch in Wartime: Survivors Remember' is a series of books containing the wartime memories of Dutch immigrants to Canada and the USA, who survived Nazi occupation of the Netherlands from 1940 to 1945. In book 3, 'Witnessing the Holocaust' sixteen writers tell us...

Author: Maurice MajszakISBN-10: 0985706287ISBN-13: 9780985706289Publisher: Southern Yellow Pine (Syp) Publishing LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/19/2013Pages: 156Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.33d

Everything changed for Yoshiko Kawaguchi on December 7, 1941, the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, plunging the United States into World War II. Until then, Yoshiko had lived with her parents and three siblings in rural Downey, California, where her parents had been farm...

James Edward Aiguier was born in New York City. He was educated there and later in Philadelphia at the Evans Institute of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. He would become a leading figure in his profession.This is the story of his...

They left Wales-legendary land of Celts, King Arthur, and their embolic Red Dragon-for opportunity and new identity in the hostile Wild West: the Arizona Territory. Some were honest hard workers, others were con men and outlaws. Some faded into obscurity. Some changed not only...

Uncommon Hero: The John Seagraves Story involves the life of one African-American youngster, who during his rise from poverty to prosperity, encounters a heroic moment that defines his lifetime. Author David Seagraves chronicles the life of his father from John's upbringing as a poor...

Eyewitness accounts of the American Civil War, told through the viewpoints of a Confederate husband and wife. Providing a unique perspective on the American Civil War, this book weaves together the diaries of Lt. Col. John Withers, an Assistant Adjutant General for Jefferson Davis,...

In the year 531 AD the late Roman (Byzantine) general Flavious Belisarius married a prostitute named Antonina. Though little known in the west, Belisarius was perhaps the noblest person ever to lead great armies and is considered to be one of the ten -...

Benjamin Franklin wrote the first American self-help and career advice book. He laid the groundwork for how to run a successful business, live an exemplary life, build a personal fortune, and leave a permanent legacy. His Autobiography has been in print for almost 200...

Three generations face the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century--the turmoil of the Russian Revolution, the vicious arbitrariness of Stalin's purges, mass famine during the Siege of Leningrad, the bombing of Berlin during the Nazi's final days--and relentlessly fight to insure the survival of...

Born in Lithuania in 1885 under the rule of Russian Tsars, Nettie was ever aware of the injustice levied on her Jewish people. Rules limited their freedom, reducing their status to that of second-class citizens. Additionally; Nettie challenged her own religion's system of excluding...

This is the first biography of Capt. Peter Strickland, a little-known Connecticut Yankee who crossed the Atlantic 100 times in command of a sailing vessel, traded with French and Portuguese colonies during the period 1864-1905, and served as the first American consul to French...

Retracing the Beautiful Steps is a biography on the life of Rev. William Audiss (1821 - 1902). In 2008 John M. Otis, the great, great grandson of William Audiss retraced the preaching steps of his ancestor in England. This book discusses Rev. Audiss' English...

George A comprehensive guide devoted exclusively to George Washington. The subject range goes beyond the conventional, and includes much about his personal and family life, correspondence, business dealings and more. The illustrated, A to Z format and approach incorporates Washington's own words with those...

This biography of Maxim Litvinov is the most comprehensive yet written, aided (helped) considerably by information supplied by his daughter and so contains much material not previously published. The biography shows how age (maturity) and the holding of office transformed Litvinov from a young...

"I have read through the manuscript and know that it will be of great use to historians of Namibian and colonial history... I wish that I could have seen this book when I was conducting my research in the early 1990s." - Professor Dr...

Biography of the reputed President of the Underground Railroad. Begins briefy with Levi Coffin's early efforts against slavery in North Carolina and Indiana. The focus is on Coffin's abolitionist activities in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1847 through the Civil War and his work on behalf...

When John Winthrop, first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, emigrated from Stuart England to America, he and the colonists who accompanied him carried much of their culture with them. Written by leading English and American scholars, the essays in The World of John...

Author: Emma HamiltonISBN-10: 0898753740ISBN-13: 9780898753745Publisher: University Press of the PacificLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2001Pages: 488Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.27lbsSize: 7.98h x 5.24w x 1.20d

Few individuals have experienced as many facets of the oil industry or known as many of its important characters as J. Howard Marshall II. This autobiography details Marshall's career, from his days as a young law student writing about the problems of the oil...