Biography & Autobiography - Historical

What role did Laura Ingalls Wilder's Christian faith play in her life and writing? The beloved Little Housebooks by Laura Ingalls Wilder have sold over 60 million copies since their publication in the first half of the twentieth century. Even her unpolished memoir, Pioneer...

""Folk Lore And Folk Stories Of Wales"" is a compilation of traditional Welsh tales and legends, collected and retold by Marie Trevelyan. The book includes stories of mythical creatures such as fairies, dragons and giants, as well as tales of love, heroism and tragedy....

""Hitler's Last Offensive: The Full Story of the Battle of the Ardennes"" by Peter Elstob is a comprehensive account of one of the most significant battles of World War II. The book provides a detailed narrative of the Battle of the Ardennes, also known...

Today, residents of the Borough of Queens are fortunate enough to be protected by the New York City Police Department - but that wasn't always the case. There was a time when Queens County was not a part of New York City, and the...

Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of George Washington in next to no time with this concise guide. 50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of George Washington. Recognised as one of the founding fathers of the...

Death masks are plaster or wax casts of a person's face taken after their death. They have been used since ancient times, with the earliest known death mask dating back to the 12th dynasty of ancient Egypt. Prepare to be enthralled as you delve...

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,...

This book features the life of Baroness Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, one of the wealthiest philanthropists of the Victorian era and her contributions to charity. The book particularly focuses on her role as a Lady Manager in the Chicago Expo of 1893 and her efforts...

This book is a continuation of stories in the life of "Miss Kansas City Kitty - Doris Markham's Story." As the book opens, Doris is married to her third husband, Martin Swinney, and has a ready-made family.We join the family in 1949, when they...

Throughout the Second World War, as alliances are made and betrayed between heads of state, millions of families are trapped in the fallout. Roots of Resilience is the story of the Żegliński family, captured and uprooted from their small Polish farm and told through...

Sister Mary Cooper died in a Japanese prison camp from the combined effects of starvation, brutality, and tropical diseases. Timothy Kenneally, and Patrick Fitzgerald tried to escape from a slave labour camp on the Burma Railway. They were were caught, tortured - crucified -...

This biography of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus offers a fascinating glimpse into one of the most complex and enigmatic figures of the ancient world. Watson's comprehensive study draws on a wide range of historical and literary sources to explore the emperor's life,...

When author Gail Okawa was in high school in Honolulu, a neighbor mentioned that her maternal grandfather had been imprisoned in a World War II concentration camp on the US mainland. Questioning her parents, she learned only that "he came back a changed man."...

This fascinating book provides a firsthand account of life in 17th century England, as seen through the eyes of Samuel Pepys. Pepys was a prominent figure in London society, and his diary offers a unique window into the politics, culture, and daily life of...

*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...

Embark on a captivating journey through the life and legacy of Benjamin Franklin, the quintessential American polymath whose insatiable curiosity, pioneering spirit, and unyielding dedication to knowledge and progress shaped the course of history. In this meticulously researched biography, explore the multifaceted achievements and...

Samuel Pepys began his celebrated diary in 1660, at the age of 26, as a young and ambitious secretary. Due to his support of the king's restoration, he soon found himself in an influential position in the Royal Navy's administration. He was to keep...

U.S. Marine Clyde Black, who served three tours of duty during the Vietnam War, shares a collection of his memories during Vietnam - from training, getting to the war, surviving it and getting home. Black describes in detail one night in particular in the...

One of our nation's most prominent writers discovers the truth about how to live a long and happy life from the centenarian next door in this "original and highly readable account of a splendid American life" (The Wall Street Journal). When a veteran Washington...

George Washington The Freemason of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Born: 1732 Became Freemason: 1752 Became first US president: 1789 Deceased: 1799Author: Carlo CamilleISBN-10: 198455736XISBN-13: 9781984557360Publisher: Xlibris UsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/06/2018Pages: 80Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d

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Title: Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in EnglandAuthor: Charles FirthDescription: In "Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England," acclaimed historian Charles Firth takes readers on a captivating journey through one of the most transformative periods in English history....

This book is the true account of the March 1, 1944 invasion of Budapest, the occupation, persecutions and final liberation by the Russians on March 1, 1945.The book is not a tale of atrocities - although these loom in the background - it is...

A firsthand account of the reign of Napoleon from two of his closest aides. The memoirs offer a detailed description of key events and insights into the personality of one of history's most enigmatic figures. A must-read for anyone interested in the history of...

Kit Carson was one of the most legendary figures of the American West, and this biography offers readers a fascinating glimpse into his life and times. From his early years as a trapper and hunter, to his later career as a guide and adventurer,...

Back in Print in Mountaineers Books "Legends & Lore" series, this mountaineering classic is the story of Hermann Buhl's momentous ascent of Nanga Parbat in 1953, which at the time--after Everest and Annapurna--was just the third 8000-meter peak to be climbed. Buhl, though a...

Edisto Island, SC has been occupied since before recorded history if you believe all the evidence found on Edisto in recent times. Therefore it must have held some fascination and worth to mankind over these many, many years. The more you read all that...

Originally published in 1939, this biography offers a comprehensive look at the life and work of the great humanitarian Albert Schweitzer. Drawing on interviews with Schweitzer and his colleagues, as well as his personal papers, Oskar Kraus paints a vivid portrait of a man...

A FASCINATING ACCOUNT OF ONE GENERATION OF REMARKABLE AMERICANS WHO EMERGED FROM THEIR PIONEER ROOTS TO HELP SHAPE SOME OF THE KEY EVENTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.Charlie Ross and Harry Truman were boyhood friends and classmates in Independence, Missouri. Charlie Ross went on to...

This book was converted from color, of a book of the same name, to grey tones April 7, 2016. Captain John Browning was born about 1588 in England, and died about 1662. He allegedly married about the year 1614. Children were George and William...

Moses, Aristotle, Civil War hero Joshua Chamberlain, King George VI, Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe, distinguished historian Peter Brown, TV journalist John Stossel, Senator's wife Annie Glenn, ABC correspondent Byron Pitts, novelist John Updike. For all of these accomplished persons, stuttering was an enormous difficulty....

This is the most important multi-volume work on the genealogy, biography, and history of central Pennsylvania. It has genealogies, biographies, and family sketches, plus lists of early settlers and soldiers of the various wars, including the Revolution. There are also a vast number of...

The Lords of the Night and the Tonalamatl of the Codex Borbonicus is a book written by Charles Pickering Bowditch in 1900. The book is a detailed study of the ancient Mesoamerican calendar system, particularly the Tonalamatl, which is a divinatory almanac that was...

The legends of King Arthur have not only endured for centuries, but also flourished in constant retellings and new stories built around the central themes. With the coming of motion pictures, Arthur was destined to hit the screen. This edition of Cinema Arthuriana, revised...

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1907 Edition.Author: Paul CarusISBN-10: 1497978513ISBN-13: 9781497978515Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2014Pages: 194Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.41d

*Includes pictures. *Includes excerpts from Twelve Years a Slave about Northup's life and experiences. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Having been born a freeman, and for more than thirty years enjoyed the blessings of liberty in a free State-and having at the end...

Charles Campbell was born in Sheridan, Wyoming in 1923. He studied engineering in Caltech and Purdue and earned a degree in Architecture in Columbia University in 1975. He shares his insights into some of the major developments and issues of the 20th century: 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...

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...

New Bremen, Ohio, was mostly like countless other small farm towns in that part of the state in the 1950s. The primary business at the time was farming-corn, wheat, hay, alfalfa, and soybeans, along with some dairy farming-and there were always cows and pigs...

In this last book by the late Donald Pitkin, author of The House that Giacomo Built, comes a story of the Schorcht family, through whose fortunes and struggles one can see the transformations of Germany through the long twentieth century. Each chapter of Four...

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...

""Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839"" is a memoir written by Francis Anne Kemble, a British actress and writer. The book details Kemble's experiences living on a plantation in Georgia for several months, where she witnessed the harsh realities of...

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...

Constructing Cromwell traces the complex and shifting popular print images of Oliver Cromwell from his first appearance as a public figure in the 1640s through the period of his power to his death and eventual disinterment after the restoration of the monarchy. Drawing on...

A Memorial of the Parish and Family of Hanmer in Flintshire: Out of the Thirteenth into the Nineteenth Century is a historical book written by John Lord Hanmer and published in 1877. The book provides a detailed account of the Hanmer family and the...

Booker T. Washington, a founding father of African American education in the United States, has long been studied, revered, and reviled by scholars and students. Born into slavery, freed and raised in the Reconstruction South, and active in educational reform through the late nineteenth...

This book is not a biography of Margaret Thatcher. It is a study of how her reputation in both the domestic and international sphere was constructed by Thatcher and others over the course of her career. Notably, this is the first scholarly treatment to...

Perhaps no one in history has played the role of scientist as celebrity with as much skill--and as much deception--as Wernher von Braun. America's leading rocket expert and most enthusiastic advocate of space travel, he had a closet full of secrets that would have...

An Authenticated Copy Of The Last Will And Testament Of George Washington is a book that contains the final testament of George Washington, one of the most important figures in American history. The book is a detailed account of Washington's wishes for his estate...