Biography & Autobiography - Historical

""Strong Man of China: The Story of Chiang Kai-Shek"" is a biography of one of the most influential figures in modern Chinese history. Written by Robert Berkov, the book traces the life and career of Chiang Kai-Shek, the leader of the Nationalist government in...

The Life of Thomas Hardy by Brennecke, Jr., Ernest is a comprehensive biography of the famous English novelist and poet, Thomas Hardy. The book delves into the life and works of Hardy, exploring his childhood, education, personal life, and literary career. It covers his...

""Washington and His Aides-de-Camp"" is a historical book written by Emily Stone Whiteley. The book provides a detailed account of the American Revolution and the role of George Washington's aides-de-camp in the war. The author delves into the lives of these aides-de-camp, who were...

""Thoughts on French Affairs"" is a political essay written by the famous Irish-British philosopher and politician, Edmund Burke. The book was originally published in 1791 and is a response to the French Revolution, which had just begun at the time. Burke was a staunch...

The Strange Fame Of Demetrio Canevari: Philosopher And Physician, Genoese Patrician, 1559-1625 is a book written by George Sarton. The book is a biography of Demetrio Canevari, a philosopher and physician who was a member of the patrician class in Genoa, Italy. Canevari lived...

Author: Gerard HagemannISBN-10: 1258505002ISBN-13: 9781258505004Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/20/2012Pages: 94Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.19d

Author: James G. ShawISBN-10: 1258497255ISBN-13: 9781258497255Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/13/2012Pages: 186Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.40d

""Gunsmoke: Ten Short Stories Based On The CBS TV Program"" by Don Ward is a collection of ten thrilling short stories that are based on the popular CBS TV program, Gunsmoke. The stories are set in the Old West and feature the iconic characters...

All For Number One Or Charlie Russell's Ups And Downs: A Story For Boys And Girls is a classic children's book written by Henry Johnson in 1888. The story follows the adventures of Charlie Russell, a young boy who learns the importance of hard...

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...

Buckinghamshire Sketches is a book written by Edward Stanley Roscoe and published in 1891. The book is a collection of sketches that provide a vivid description of the county of Buckinghamshire, located in the south-east of England. The sketches are written in a descriptive...

Memorials of Andrew Kirkpatrick and His Wife Jane Bayard is a book written by James Grant Wilson and published in 1870. The book is a biography of Andrew Kirkpatrick and his wife Jane Bayard, two prominent figures in American history. Andrew Kirkpatrick was a...

Bismarck's Letters To His Wife: From The Seat Of The War, 1870-1871 (1903) is a collection of personal letters written by Otto von Bismarck, the first Chancellor of Germany, to his wife during the Franco-Prussian War. The book offers a unique insight into the...

The Blood of the Nation is a historical book written by David Starr Jordan and published in 1902. The book revolves around the Philippine-American War that took place from 1899 to 1902. The author, who was an American educator and naturalist, provides a detailed...

""The Life of Charles Henry V. Bogatsky"" is a biographical work written by Carl Heinrich Von Bogatzky in 1856. The book provides a detailed account of the life of Charles Henry V. Bogatsky, a prominent 18th-century theologian and writer. Born in Ukraine in 1690,...

Hard-Pan: A Story of Bonanza Fortunes is a novel written by Geraldine Bonner. The book is set in the American West during the late 19th century, a time when gold rushes were taking place and fortunes were being made and lost. The story follows...

""The Story of the Last Days of Jerusalem from Josephus"" by Alfred J. Church is a historical account of the events leading up to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. The book is based on the writings of Josephus, a Jewish historian who...

General Douglas MacArthur: Exciting Life Story is a biography written by Edward Rice Jr. that chronicles the life of one of America's most iconic military figures. The book covers MacArthur's early life, his military career, and his role in some of the most significant...

""Story Telling Lessons"" is a book written by Henry Edward Tralle that provides readers with valuable insights into the art of storytelling. The book is designed to help individuals enhance their storytelling skills, whether they are aspiring writers, public speakers, or simply looking 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...

The Haunted House: A True Ghost Story is a book written by Walter Hubbell that recounts his personal experiences with a haunted house. The book describes the strange occurrences that Hubbell and his family witnessed while living in the house, including unexplained noises, ghostly...

Muhammad Ali was not only a champion athlete, but a cultural icon. While his skill as a boxer made him famous, his strong personality and his identity as a black man in a country in the midst of the struggle for civil rights made...

""Life of Stephen Decatur: A Commodore in the Navy of the United States"" is a biography written by Alexander S. Mackenzie in 1846. The book tells the story of Stephen Decatur, a renowned American naval officer who played a significant role in the early...

A Little Fifer's War Diary is a historical book written by Charles William Bardeen and published in 1910. The book is a first-hand account of the American Civil War, as seen through the eyes of a young boy who served as a fifer in...

Descendants Of Samuel Spare (1884) is a book written by John Spare that provides a comprehensive account of the descendants of Samuel Spare, who lived in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The book is a genealogical study that traces the Spare family...

Adventures In The Life Of A Fiddler Crab is a book written by Orren Williams Hyman and first published in 1922. The book is a fictional tale that follows the life of a fiddler crab from his birth to his eventual death. The story...

""Descendants Of Aaron And Mary Church Magoun, Of Pembroke, Massachusetts: With Illustrations And A Complete Index"" is a genealogy book written by Samuel Breck and published in 1891. The book provides a comprehensive account of the descendants of Aaron and Mary Church Magoun, who...

Magician of the North is the first full-scale biography of this extraordinary man. William George Armstrong was a visionary inventor, engineer and businessman who bestrode the 19th-century world like a colossus, bringing global renown to his great Elswick works on the Tyne, while adding...

First published in 1958 and selected by the New York Times as one of the best books of the year, Willie Mae is a first-person account of a black woman's life and her experiences as a domestic worker in a succession of southern households...

One of the most controversial figures in nineteenth-century American history, Thaddeus Stevens is best remembered for his role as congressional leader of the radical Republicans and as a chief architect of Reconstruction. Long painted by historians as a vindictive 'dictator of Congress, ' out...

Joseph Brown was a pivotal figure in southern history and a prototype of a new breed of southern politician in the mid-nineteenth century-the hill country newcomer who was considered to represent the "common man." As governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, Brown enthusiastically...

Named a notable book of the year by the New York Times and one of best biographies of 1988 by Publishers WeeklyFrom a bitter childhood mired in poverty and hard work to a career as the most acclaimed and best-loved writer in the English-speaking...

Januarius MacGahan (1844-1878) had an incandescent career as a foreign correspondent, covering the Franco-Prussian, Carlist, and Russo-Turkish wars, a Russian incursion into Central Asia, and even an arctic expedition. His reports on the "Bulgarian Atrocities" of 1876 earned him the inscription on his grave...

A Gift for everyone who has ever loved a summer home The hilarious and heartbreaking story of an aging summer cottage, built to be "a refuge from grief with room for joy." Faced with the intrusion of an air conditioner, the builder's grand-daughter reflects...

In these pages, acclaimed historian Flora Fraser unfurls the story of George and Martha, brilliantly narrating the lives of an extraordinarily dedicated, accomplished, and historic couple. When they married in colonial Virginia in 1759, he was an awkward but ambitious young officer, she, a...

The inspiration for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival documentary, NUTS . "An extraordinary saga of the most dangerous quack of all time...entrancing" -USA Today In 1917, John R. Brinkley-America's most brazen con man-introduced an outlandish surgical method for restoring fading male virility. It was...

"Wild Oats" was Huffman's first book and "Oats to Art" continues with stories of personal adventures with historical context he experienced along his way to The Fresno Bee's Central California newspaper. There he created political cartoons, celebrity portraits, characters, newspaper illustrations, courtroom drawings, police...

Charlie Chaplin, the silent screen's "Little Tramp," was beloved by millions of movie fans until he starred in a series of salacious, real-life federal courtroom dramas. The 1944 trial was described by ace New York Daily News reporter Florabel Muir as "the best show...

Pope Paul VI, 1963-1978, ranks among the most influential even if less recognized figures in the history of the twentieth and we can even say twenty-first century Roman Catholic Church. He inherited and embraced what he had first described as the "hornet's nest" of...

Wilmer Hays was a child born into the Great Depression. His dreams of success became a requirement for him from an early age. By the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had grown into a dedicated and hard-working young adult, committed to providing his...

Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Adam Zamoyski has revealed the dramatic life of his great-great-great grandmother, an uneducated, vulnerable girl cast into a man's world. Her aristocratic position enmeshed her in high politics and close...

Louis Hughes was born as an enslaved person in Virginia and at age twelve was sold away from his mother, whom he never saw again. Sold to a wealthy slaveowner, who had a home near Memphis and plantation nearby in Mississippi, Hughes was held...

This is the true story of a skeptic's journey to discover the origin of an intense, ghostly experience at a 500-year-old Irish castle.To understand what took place, she undertook a yearlong investigation of past-life memories, the paranormal, clairvoyance and a 17th-century love story.This is...

Young William Rodick was determined to go to sea, like his sea captain father. Even though his father warned him against it, William apprenticed with a merchant marine and boarded his first ship in Liverpool, England, at the age of fourteen. This began a...

The purpose of this book is to present an unabashed view of a way of life that has been largely forgotten within a relatively short period of time. Even though such a life is not realistic in today's fast-paced society, I think it is...

In this enthralling re-creation of American novelist Henry James' famous ten-month trip around the United States, lauded critic Peter Brooks brings to life both the literary giant and America in its Gilded Age. In 1904, after two decades of living and travelling abroad, Henry...

The Courier is one man's memoirs of his and other's service in a time of Communist oppression against the Christian faith. In this book, Lawrence recounts his experiences taking Bibles and other Christian materials to Believers behind the Iron Curtain. Many today, who did...

Peter Markoe 1752-1792: A Philadelphia Writer is a biography written by Mary Chrysostom Diebels that tells the story of Peter Markoe, a prominent writer from Philadelphia during the late 18th century. The book covers Markoe's life, from his birth in 1752 to his untimely...

Wiregrass Stories is a collection of short stories written by William Irwin MacIntyre and published in 1909. The stories are set in the Wiregrass region of southern Georgia, USA, and explore the lives of the people who inhabit this rural area. The characters in...

Lowell: As It Was, And As It Is is a historical book written by Henry A. Miles that provides a comprehensive account of the city of Lowell, Massachusetts. The book is divided into two parts, the first of which focuses on the history of...