Biography & Autobiography - Historical

Josip Broz Tito was a remarkable figure in the history of Communism, the Second World War, the Balkans and post-war Eastern Europe. He was the only European besides Lenin to lead a successful Communist revolution and became one of the most renowned Communist leaders...

" In a chance meeting in the 1980's, I had a discussion with Elie Wiesel, the famous Holocaust author, historian, and teacher. I told him that I had not been able to tell my story. He said that it was my obligation to speak...

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire...

Author: Nigel CawthorneISBN-10: 1500722944ISBN-13: 9781500722944Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/04/2014Pages: 190Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d

When John Keats and Benjamin Robert Haydon were introduced in late 1816, the two men could hardly have been more different. Keats was a virtually unknown young apothecary who had a passion for poetry and a growing belief in his own abilities. Haydon was...

This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.Author: William Spence RobertsonISBN-10: 1494089041ISBN-13: 9781494089047Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 338Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.70d

Sarah was born in 1911, behind the pale of settlement near the city of Kiev, Ukraine, to religious Jewish parents. She was the ninth child and youngest daughter. Before immigrating to America with her husband, daughter, son-in-law and grandson in 1979, Sarah spent sixty-eight...

The Life of Thomas Johnson is a biographical book that details the life of Thomas Johnson, a prominent figure in American history. Johnson was a member of the Continental Congress, the first governor of the state of Maryland, and an associate justice of the...

'On Wings of Hope - From Berlin to Caracas' is set in Europe, the Middle East, East Africa, and Venezuela. The book chronicles the adventures and misadventures of the family and follows the life of young daughter Ruthmarie. Her father, James Goerke, though Aryan,...

""Talleyrand The Man"" is a biography written by Bernard de Lacombe that explores the life and career of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, a prominent French statesman and diplomat who served under several different regimes throughout the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The book delves...

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette Before the Revolution 1936 is a historical book written by Nesta H. Webster. The book explores the lives of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette of France before the French Revolution. The author provides a detailed account of...

Accompanies Through Broad Fields And Stories To Treasure.Author: Theodore Lester Harris, Mildred Creekmore, Margaret H. GreenmanISBN-10: 1258799197ISBN-13: 9781258799199Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/31/2013Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.46d

Author: Brother ErnestISBN-10: 1258505037ISBN-13: 9781258505035Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/20/2012Pages: 94Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.19d

Winged Moccasins: The Story of Sacajawea is a historical non-fiction book written by Frances Joyce Farnsworth. The book tells the story of Sacajawea, a young Shoshone woman who played a crucial role in the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806. The book starts with...

Ashes, Cenere: A Sardinian Story is a novel written by Grazia Deledda and first published in 1908. The story is set in the island of Sardinia, Italy, during the late 19th century and revolves around the life of a young woman named Marianna Sirca....

A Shilling For My Thoughts is a collection of essays written by Robert Townsend Farquhar and published in 1890. The book is a reflection of Farquhar's thoughts on various topics such as literature, art, politics, and society. The essays are written in a conversational...

Skid Puffer: A Tale Of The Kankakee Swamp is a novel written by Francis F. French and first published in 1910. The story is set in the Kankakee Swamp, a vast and dangerous wetland in northern Indiana and Illinois, and follows the adventures of...

""We And Our Kinsfolk: Ephraim And Rebekah Waterman Briggs, Their Descendants And Ancestors, With A Few Collateral Briggs (1887)"" is a book written by Mary Balch Briggs. It is a genealogical account of the Briggs family, specifically focusing on Ephraim and Rebekah Waterman Briggs...

Newport (1896) is a book written by William Crary Brownell that provides a detailed description of the city of Newport, Rhode Island, during the late 19th century. The book is divided into several chapters, each of which focuses on a different aspect of 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...

Memorials of the Quisenberry Family: In Germany, England and America is a historical book written by Anderson Chenault Quisenberry and published in 1900. The book traces the lineage of the Quisenberry family across three continents, providing a comprehensive account of their history and heritage....

The Life of Mohammed Ali, Viceroy of Egypt is a historical biography written by E. Churton in 1841. The book chronicles the life of Mohammed Ali, a prominent Ottoman military commander who went on to become the ruler of Egypt. The author provides a...

The Story Of Marie Dumont: A Farmer's Daughter is a novel by Juliet Pollock, first published in 1882. The book tells the story of Marie Dumont, a young woman who grows up on a farm in rural France in the mid-19th century. Despite 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...

A biography of Anthonius Margaritha, convert to Christianity and reporter on Jewish life and religious practices. Born in the 1490s, Anthonius Margaritha was the grandson, son, and brother of noted rabbis and was perhaps the best-known Jew of his generation in Germany to convert...

This present work is a consolidation of all the articles published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society's Committee on English and Foreign Research in the pages of its journal, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Treating the immigrant origins of perhaps 1,000...

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...

Author: H. C. FanshaweISBN-10: 1911391003ISBN-13: 9781911391005Publisher: Valence House PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/25/2016Pages: 140Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.38d

Author: Gary B. ZelinskiISBN-10: 1963954106ISBN-13: 9781963954104Publisher: Blue Hexagon Publishing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2025Pages: 208Format: Paperback

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the...

Sketches of New England: Or Memories of the Country is a book written by John Carver and published in 1842. The book is a collection of sketches and memories of New England, a region in the northeastern United States. Carver, who was born and...

Over the past 130 years, Elizabeth "Betsy" Patterson Bonaparte has inspired countless books, movies, articles, and fictionalized accounts. None captures the full measure of her fascinating life. The product of thirty years of study, Helen Jean Burn's life of Betsy Bonaparte surpasses its predecessors...

Baltimore's high-spirited, independent and controversial Betsy Patterson married Napoleon's brother Jerome in 1803, bore a son, and defied the angry Emperor. Originally published in France in 1988, this lively biography takes the reader into the intrigues in France and early 19th-century Baltimore.Author: Claude Bourguignon-FrassettoISBN-10:...

A collection of approximately forty portraits with mini biographies of Maryland's extraordinary African American men and women. Included are well known luminaries Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, "Baby Joe" Gans, Leon Day, Lillie Carroll Jackson, and Thurgood Marshall and equally brave yet not-so-famous Marylanders such...

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...

Inspired by God, ". . . written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; . . . " This book is a legacy of the love of God lived through the life of Bedford McClain Mayott, Sr. His life touched...

Historic Fredericksburg: The Story Of An Old Town is a book written by John T. Goolrick that provides a comprehensive history of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The book covers the period from the town's founding in 1728 to the present day, and includes information on the...

In 1937, and not yet 20 years old, Will Kitchner hitchhiked and rode the rails from his home in Syracuse, NY across the county to Seattle, WA, then boarded a freighter bound for Alaska. He spent most of the following 4 years working his...

This book is a quick history of General Ambrose Burnside's ill-fated Fredericksburg Campaign. In less than an hour, you will meet the major players, learn how the battle came about, and understand the significance of the Fredericksburg Campaign. For readers who want to know...

When fiddler and farmer Henry Smith and his wife Harriet moved from Michigan to southwest Missouri in 1858, they considered themselves part of a Yankee cultural community whose taste and aspirations were shaped by northern publications and represented by the new Republican Party. By...

When fiddler and farmer Henry Smith and his wife Harriet moved from Michigan to southwest Missouri in 1858, they considered themselves part of a Yankee cultural community whose taste and aspirations were shaped by northern publications and represented by the new Republican Party. By...

First Edition larger size book 8.5 x 11" (21.59 x 27.94)See Second Edition for smaller novel size book.'Infernal Rice and Red Desert Skies - The Memoirs of Roy 'Padre' Young: Farmer, Minister, Prisoner of War' is a nonfiction biography based on the memoirs of...

"The determination and strength of these old and new Arizona characters makes for a great read. I shook my head in amazement at some of these larger than life people. At the end I felt like I knew them all." Bob Boze Bell, Executive...

In an era defined by revolution, upheaval, and the relentless march of progress, Charles X of France stood as a symbol of a vanishing world. As the last absolute monarch of the Bourbon dynasty, his life journey-from the gilded halls of Versailles to the...

'In the tenth-century Annales Cambriae, which possibly goes back to contemporary sources, the entry about the Battle of Badon Hill mentions that Arthur "carried the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ on his shoulders for three days and three nights". It is likely that...

Every family has a story transcending time, place, and generation, helping us understand who we are. Embark on an emotional journey of unearthing deep, untold stories of a family's past in Korea Reunited. Through meticulous research and candid interviews of her parents, Kim discovers...

Queen Victoria: A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works explores the queen as well as the people, events, and ideas that shaped the life of the second-longest-reigning monarch in British history. It features a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and over 100 cross...

This book tells the story of Samuel Brannan, one of the most influential figures of the California Gold Rush. Scott details Brannan's life and business ventures, including his role as the founder of San Francisco's first newspaper. She also explores the controversies that surrounded...

This historical work provides a detailed look into the life of Thomas Levet, a prominent figure of Exeter and Hampton. Including records and documents that have never before been published, this book provides a unique glimpse into the life of this important figure of...