Biography & Autobiography - Historical

Wise Fools in Shakespeare by Robert Hillis Goldsmith is a comprehensive study of the role of the fool in the plays of William Shakespeare. The book explores the various ways in which Shakespeare used the character of the fool to convey important messages and...

Author: E. Virginia NewellISBN-10: 1258504650ISBN-13: 9781258504656Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/20/2012Pages: 78Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.16d

Somalia is often misunderstood and misjudged, tarnished by decades of negative imagery due to civil strife, political dysfunction, clannism, terrorism, piracy and natural disasters, including droughts and floods.Steve Tunnicliffe spent his adolescent childhood years in the country before it descended into chaos. He encountered...

The Dings Family In America: Genealogy, Memoirs And Comments is a book written by Myron Dings that provides a comprehensive account of the Dings family in America. The book covers the family's genealogy, tracing their roots back to their European origins and their migration...

Author: Aaron M. KayeISBN-10: 1258377829ISBN-13: 9781258377823Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/09/2012Pages: 94Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.19d

Gordon S. Wood present the first comprehensive selection of John Adams's vitally important writing for the general reader, three fully-annotated volumes charting his entire extraordinary career. Propelled by the power of his pen and the clarity of his judgment, an ambitious young provincial lawyer...

Author: Gertrude RobinsonISBN-10: 1258337428ISBN-13: 9781258337421Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/12/2012Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.46d

"Start (an autobiography) at no particular time of your life; wander at your free will all over your life; talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment; drop it the moment its interest threatens to pale, and turn your talk upon...

The Coil of Life: The Story of the Great Discoveries in the Life Sciences is a book written by Ruth E. Moore. This book is an informative and comprehensive exploration of the great discoveries made in the field of life sciences. The book covers...

Author: Hal Richard TaylorISBN-10: 158500491XISBN-13: 9781585004911Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/19/1999Pages: 284Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 8.04h x 5.07w x 0.78d

Author: Alan John VilliersISBN-10: 1258173050ISBN-13: 9781258173050Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2011Pages: 350Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.03lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.73d

Thirty Years Ago, 1849-1879: i.e. Eighteen Hundred and Forty-Nine to Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Nine is a memoir written by George D. Dornin that was first published in 1914. The book provides a first-hand account of life in California during the mid-19th century gold rush....

On the morning of November 7, 1938, Herschel Grynszpan, a desperate seventeen-year-old Jewish refugee, walked into the German embassy in Paris and shot Ernst vom Rath, a Nazi diplomat. Two days later vom Rath lay dead, and the Third Reich exploited the murder to...

THE MEMOIRS AND OTHER KEY WRITINGS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: THE FIRST AMERICAN.Also includes: The Way of Wealth The Book of Virtues The Letters of Silence Dogood The Declaration of Rights and Grievances of 1765 On Civil War An Edict by the King of Prussia...

A clear-eyed exploration of the career of Leon Trotsky, the tragic hero who "dreamed of justice and then wreaked havoc," by a leading expert on human rights and the former Soviet Union Born Lev Davidovich Bronstein in southern Ukraine, Trotsky was both a world-class...

Beginning in the South Carolina Low Country with his Huguenot ancestors who fled religious persecution in Europe, journalist-historian Frye Gaillard traces his family through the troubled, oppressive history of the South. Gaillard, who came of age during the civil rights years, shares the painful...

My First School: A Tale For Boys, Founded On Fact (1888) is a novel written by E. J. C. Baird. The book tells the story of a young boy's experiences at his first school. The story is based on real-life events and is meant...

Californian Trails, Intimate Guide To The Old Missions: The Story Of The California Missions (1920) is a book written by Trowbridge Hall that provides a detailed account of the California Missions. The book is an intimate guide to these historic sites, offering a comprehensive...

Five-year-old Miri is left for dead in a brutal terror attack that kills her parents On a desert night a little girl lies shivering under a dead body near a bullet riddled bus too frightened to cry. The violated body of her mother is...

The Story of Dorothy Stanfield is a novel written by Oscar Micheaux, which tells the story of a young African-American woman named Dorothy Stanfield who struggles to find her place in the world during the early 20th century. The novel is set in the...

Winter: From The Journal Of Henry David Thoreau (1897) is a collection of essays and observations on the winter season by the renowned American writer and naturalist, Henry David Thoreau. The book is a compilation of Thoreau's journal entries from 1845 to 1854, during...

Patrick Sarsfield's amazing career as the leading Irish soldier of the Williamite War (1688-91) is the stuff of legend. In this military biography, all the known facts of the great soldier's career are probed. Military campaigns jostle with political intrigue and the turbulent fortunes...

Grass Grown Trails is a book written by Clark Badger and published in 1917. The book is a collection of stories and anecdotes about the author's experiences as a cowboy and rancher in the American West. The stories are set in the late 19th...

""The Free Harbor Contest at Los Angeles"" is a historical account of the efforts made by the people of Southern California to establish a free harbor at Los Angeles. Written by Charles Dwight Willard and originally published in 1899, the book chronicles the long...

One of the most important works on Abraham Lincoln from the era when he was passing out of living memory and into history, this 1917 classic is a rich, evocative portrait of the man and how actions as a leader were shaped by his...

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...

The Story Of The Moors In Spain is a historical book written by Stanley Lane-Poole that explores the history of the Moors in Spain. The book provides a comprehensive account of the Arab and Berber invasion of Spain in the 8th century and their...

What Became Of William Morgan? by P.C. Huntington is a historical non-fiction book that delves into the mysterious disappearance of William Morgan, a man who had threatened to expose the secrets of the Freemasons in the early 19th century. The book explores the events...

Three decades after his death, the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black continue to be studied and discussed. This definitive study of Black's origins and early influences has been 25 years in the making and offers fresh insights into the...

Author: T. Washington Booker T. Washington, Booker T. WashingtonISBN-10: 1604241748ISBN-13: 9781604241747Publisher: Book JungleLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/06/2007Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.55d

""Beginnings of Earth And Sky: Stories Old and New"" is a collection of stories compiled by Sophia L. Fahs, exploring the origins of the world and humanity through various cultural and religious perspectives. The book includes traditional creation myths from various indigenous cultures, as...

Bitter Harvest traces the development of Richmond Flowers, a color politician who began his career as a segregationist but who, as Attorney General of Alabama, fought bitterly against Governor George Wallace in trying to support the Constitution. In the process, he sacrificed his political...

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...

The Life and Letters of Erasmus by J.A. Froude is a comprehensive biography of the renowned Dutch Renaissance scholar and humanist, Desiderius Erasmus. The book delves into Erasmus' life, from his birth in Rotterdam in 1466 to his death in Basel in 1536, covering...

An autobiography of a scholar-teacher who devoted his career to the study of Chinese history and the promotion of Asian studies in America.Author: C. Martin WilburISBN-10: 1563247631ISBN-13: 9781563247637Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/1996Pages: 304Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.46lbsSize: 9.22h x 6.26w x 1.27d

Not an Easy Child is the autobiography of a woman born into a Catholic family in the middle of World War II while her father was in Italy fighting under the Allied flags. This book tells the story of life in America with no...

A collection of funny happenings in Douglas Inge Johnstone's long career as an Alabama lawyer, legislator, and judge.Author: Douglas Inge JohnstoneISBN-10: 8373679170ISBN-13: 9798373679176Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/14/2023Pages: 130Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.31d

Uncle Bob, Robert E. Lee Leavitt, was a true pioneer of the Wild West. This is his story, and that of his family, friends and fellow pioneers. The story tells of Uncle Bob's forbearer's as they ventured from Germany and Ireland to America's shores,...

Do you live your life in fear? Maybe everyone should live life on the contrary, without fear!!! The book, "Fear Not: A Narrative," by Diambu Smith summarizes the author's life from age 19 to age 30, the so-called "Warrior Years" in a young black...

A fascinating look at the lives of twenty rebels and rule-breakers throughout history and what made their contributions to society--in science, politics, art, and more--transformative. By the author and host of the popular Unruly Figures Substack newsletter and podcast. Unruly Figures gives you access...

Samuel Aigbe was one of ten survivors of the Kenya Airways flight KQ431 plane crash over the coast of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on 30th January 2000, of which there were 169 fatalities. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and Public...

An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruction and became an outcast in the South.It was the most remarkable political about-face in American history. During the Civil War, General James Longstreet fought tenaciously for the Confederacy. He was alongside Lee...

Affectionately, F.D.R.: A Son�������s Story Of A Courageous Man is a memoir written by James Roosevelt, the son of former US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The book provides a personal and intimate account of the life of FDR, who is widely regarded as one...

""Letters on American Slavery Addressed to Mr. Thomas Rankin"" is a collection of letters written by John Rankin in 1833. The book is a powerful critique of the institution of slavery in America and an impassioned call for its abolition. Rankin, a Presbyterian minister...

In this captivating autobiography, John Edwards Todd tells the story of his life in his own words. Born into a wealthy family in the late 19th century, Todd went on to have a successful career as a lawyer and politician. Along the way, he...

The Diary of Francisco de Miranda: Tour of the United States 1783-1784 is a historical book written by William Spence Robertson. The book is a collection of diary entries written by Francisco de Miranda, a Venezuelan revolutionary leader, during his visit to the United...

""Fight It Out On This Line: The Life And Deeds Of General U. S. Grant"" is a comprehensive biography of one of the most famous American military leaders of all time. Written by P. C. Headley, the book explores the life and career of...

Girl of My Dreams will take you through the days of covered wagons and Indian raids, plus bits of American history up to the end of the twentieth century. It traces the lives of two people from their childhood to when they met and...

""Red Prelude: The Life Of The Russian Terrorist, Zhelyabov"" by David Footman is a biography of the revolutionary and terrorist Andrei Ivanovich Zhelyabov, who was a key figure in the revolutionary movement in Russia in the late 19th century. The book traces Zhelyabov's life...

In August 1855, 16-year-old Chaloner Alabaster left England for Hong Kong, to take up a position as a student interpreter in the China Consular Service. He would stay for almost 40 years, climbing the rungs of the service and eventually becoming consul-general of Canton....