Biography & Autobiography - Historical

This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.Author: Dawson ByrneISBN-10: 1494050560ISBN-13: 9781494050566Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 226Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.48d

On August 6, 1945, when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, the Furuta family was living one mile away from the hypocenter. Five year old Kikuko, her mother, Masako, and her two brothers barely escaped with their lives. However, their soldier...

The Strange Career of the Chevalier D'Eon de Beaumont is a historical biography written by John Buchan Telfer in 1885. The book tells the story of Charles Genevi�����ve Louis Auguste Andr����� Timoth�����e d'�����on de Beaumont, a French diplomat, spy, and soldier who lived during...

Newport (1896) is a historical book written by William Crary Brownell. The book is set in the late 19th century and focuses on the affluent city of Newport, Rhode Island. Brownell provides a detailed account of the city's history, culture, and society during this...

Pioneers of the Rocky Mountains and the West is a non-fiction book written by Charles A. McMurry. The book provides a detailed account of the pioneers who settled in the Rocky Mountains and the western regions of the United States during the 19th century....

Author: Harold V. RatliffISBN-10: 1258440504ISBN-13: 9781258440503Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/21/2012Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.46d

""A Brief Story of Early Odd Fellowship Briefly Told"" by Thomas Irons is a book that provides a concise history of the Odd Fellows fraternal organization. The author traces the origins of the group back to its roots in England in the 18th century,...

The book titled ""Richard Wilson"" by Fletcher and Beaumont is a comprehensive biography of the renowned British landscape painter, Richard Wilson. The book provides a detailed account of Wilson's life, from his birth in Wales in 1714 to his death in London in 1782....

The book titled ""The Sutton-Dudleys Of England And The Dudleys Of Massachusetts, In New England: From The Norman Conquest To The Present Time"" was written by George Adlard and published in 1862. The book provides a comprehensive account of the Sutton-Dudleys of England and...

""Stories The Iroquois Tell Their Children"" is a collection of tales and legends passed down through generations of the Iroquois people. The book was originally published in 1917 and was written by Mabel Powers, who spent many years living among the Iroquois and learning...

Early Times In Texas is a historical non-fiction book written by J.C. Duval and first published in 1892. The book covers the early history of Texas, from the Spanish exploration and colonization to the fight for independence from Mexico and the establishment of the...

The Life of Our Lord: Written for Little Ones is a book written by Salome and Mother Mary in the year 1900. The book is a retelling of the life of Jesus Christ, written in a simple and easy-to-understand language for children. The authors...

The Thunderbird Warclub: A Winnebago Tale is a book written by Paul Radin. It is a retelling of a traditional Winnebago tale about a young man named Red Horn who goes on a quest to find a powerful weapon to defeat his enemies. Along...

""John Hall of Wallingford, Connecticut"" is a historical book written by James Shepard and published in 1902. The book is a biography of John Hall, a prominent figure in the early history of Wallingford, Connecticut. The book traces Hall's life from his birth in...

The Hughes Family And Connections: Especially The Gass, Ward And Boze Families is a historical book written by William Joseph Leander Hughes in 1911. The book is a detailed account of the Hughes family and their connections with other families, particularly the Gass, Ward,...

The Jonny-Cake Papers of Shepherd Tom is a book written by Thom Robinson Hazard and published in 1915. The book is a collection of essays, stories, and reminiscences about life in the Narragansett region of Rhode Island during the 19th century. The title of...

The Orderly Book of General George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Armies, Kept at Valley Forge, May 18 to June 11, 1778 is a historical document compiled by George Washington himself during the American Revolutionary War. The book contains a detailed record...

Tabitha is an immigrant to Canada who escaped the violence happening when Guyana sought independence from Britain.When her childhood was destroyed by rape, incest, and molestation, she developed two personalities, one embraced victim mentality, the other the role of a brave new woman determined...

This study offers a concise yet comprehensive account of Israel's history as told through the lives of nine of its leading citizens and founders. Each chapter chronicles a critical epoch in the Israeli saga and catalogs the impact made on that epoch by one...

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...

In this moving book, Titanic's passengers and crewmen are permitted to tell the story of that lamentable disaster entirely in their own words. Included are letters, postcards, diary entries and memoirs that were written before, during and immediately after the maiden voyage itself. Many...

Based on true stories and documented facts from newspapers, census and stories of those who were there. The stories tell about the adventures of JT, John Todd McClammy and his friendship with Pancho Villa. JT's adventures entail, using an alias Mike Cassidy, a mentor...

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...

Author: Gene Stratton-PorterISBN-10: 1434458733ISBN-13: 9781434458735Publisher: WLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/07/2025Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d

Same Crime, Different TimeOregon gained statehood in 1859, but law and order had a harder time gaining a foothold in the West. Born and raised near Eugene, popular Lane County Sheriff W.W. Withers was shot while investigating a horse theft. The trial for his...

These diaries are of a parliamentarian devoted to the cause of parliamentary sovereignty. Sir Neil Marten was a soldier, spy, politician, husband, father, and grandfather. The First Brexiteer provides an incredible insight into the worlds of politics and Parliament during the tumultuous Heath administration...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Queen and Diana, a groundbreaking story of the riveting hot-and-cold relationship between the House of Windsor and Winston Churchill. From an early age, Winston Churchill was convinced that he was a man of destiny....

Andrew Mango's revealing portrait of Atat rk throws light on matters of great importance today-resurgent nationalism, religious fundamentalism, and the reality of democracy.Author: Andrew MangoISBN-10: 158567334XISBN-13: 9781585673346Publisher: Harry N. AbramsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/26/2002Pages: 704Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.51lbsSize: 9.06h x 6.06w x 1.87d

New paperback edition - Explore the true story of a real-life Jane Austen heroine in this intimate portrait of a Regency family.Author: Peter James BowmanISBN-10: 1398122572ISBN-13: 9781398122574Publisher: Amberley PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/04/2025Pages: 320Format: Paperback

The life, dramatic reign, and enduring legacy of the pharaoh Ramesses the Great, with lessons for the present, from internationally acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson "The author succeeds in bringing this distant age to life through telling detail and insightful analysis. . . . Whenever...

"Insightful." --The Wall Street Journal * "Noteworthy...readers will come away better informed about antebellum history and how it mirrors current events." --Booklist The fascinating story of how a new law in 1854--the Kansas-Nebraska Act--unexpectedly became the greatest miscalculation in American history, dividing North and...

Muhammad Musaddiq was the first of the great charismatic anti-colonial campaigners of the post-war world. As Prime Minister of Iran between 1951 and 1953 he nationalised the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, led the nation's defiant attempt to run its oil industry independently during an economic...

The tumultuous period in English history that marked the end of the medieval era and the rise of the Tudors comes to stunning life in the final volume of the four-part series, filled with dramatic true stories chronicling the turbulent reigns of the last...

From 1941 to 1953, director John Huston and actor Humphrey Bogart made one classic film after another, from The Maltese Falcon to The African Queen. Here is the story of their close but combative friendship that produced some of the best movies ever made....

Stories Untold is a personal account of a family's history from their earliest days in the United States to the 2020s. It demonstrates the many connections between people, especially in the Old American South, and illustrates the stories passed down among generations. Through the...

Author: Arad ThomasISBN-13: 9798894160054Publisher: Folk Studio 451Language: EnglishPublished: 02/11/2025Pages: 614Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.54lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.24d

Author: David HimbaraISBN-10: 1777999847ISBN-13: 9781777999841Publisher: LivenbooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/30/2025Pages: 188Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.40d

The nineteenth-century Kentucky antislavery reformer Cassius Marcellus Clay is generally remembered as a knife-wielding rabble-rouser who both inspired and enraged his contemporaries. Clay brawled with opponents while stumping for state constitutional changes to curtail the slave trade. He famously deployed cannons to protect the...

Lady Dorothy 'Dolly' Mills was a petite figure with a big personality, born in 1889 into the political and literary Walpole family. When she married a clever but poor army captain, her father disinherited her. Defying her background and the expectations of her sex,...

This is a true story. About survival.A Breton soldier who fought at Hastings returns to his family's ancient Celtic roots in the West County. Nicholas St Aubyn follows his family's tenuous path over the next one thousand years, describing those they loved, the many...

Born in the slums of London's East End and raised as an orphan, Stanley Arthur Bond's life took an extraordinary turn during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Moving to a farm in New Zealand opened doors to work and study as a journalist,...

The complicated life and legacy of John Trumbull, whose paintings portrayed both the struggle and the principles that distinguished America's founding moment "Nuanced, engaging and incisive."--Stephen Brumwell, Wall Street Journal "Succinct, both scholarly and direct. . . . Wonderful art history."--Brian T. Allen, National...

Step into the pages of A True Holocaust Story from Auschwitz: A Survivor's Account of Loss, Hope, and Redemption, where history comes alive through the eyes of a courageous survivor. This powerful memoir takes you on an emotional journey through one of humanity's darkest...

Draws upon a wealth of previously unpublished material to deliver a dramatic and unrivaled experience of life, death and love in the Third Reich.The meteoric rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party cowed the masses into a sense of false utopia. During Hitler's...

A collection of biographical sketches of some of America's most famous explorers and pioneers. Cattermole provides engaging accounts of the lives of figures such as Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, and Lewis and Clark, making this an excellent resource for anyone interested in the history...

William Redfern is Australia's first medical graduate. His pioneering work in public health medicine is acknowledged with the William Redfern Oration given at the annual congress of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.Redfern was a surgeon's mate aboard HMS Standard during the 1797 Nore...

This fascinating historical account follows the fortunes of the Stapelton family of Yorkshire, England, from the 11th century to the present day. With a focus on the family's role in local and national politics, it is a must-read for anyone interested in the history...

Family Gorham Plausible Speculations is an historical genealogical record of the Family Gorham, which includes a lineage of emperors, nobles, crusaders and clergy from early medieval times to everyday people in contemporary North America. It begins in mid-eighth-century France with Charlemagne through his daughter...

This book illustrates how someone living in a small town can still have a lot to contribute to his community, his country, and even the world. The author, Bill Moll, has lived in the small town of Shannon, Illinois, with a population of eight...

Politics, architecture, landscapes, city designs, and infrastructure planning were the substance of the Earl of Mar's creative thinking before and after the Anglo-Scottish Union of 1707. Condemned as a traitor after he led and lost the Jacobite Rising of 1715, Mar devoted his time...