Biography & Autobiography - Historical

*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Texas has a unique history among the 50 states that comprise the United States of America, and much of that is due to the nature of the men who brought...

With this book, Owen Power offers the first full-length intellectual history of the thinker Hugh Schonfield (1901-1988). Power contextualises Schonfield and his work in the spheres of Jewish ideology and Messianic Jewish politics as a means to explain the complicated nature of Messianic Jewish...

Frederick Douglass wrote this narrative himself. He was born into slavery circa 1818, but escaped in his 20's. In the early 1840's the antislavery movement gained momentum. In 1841 Douglass attended an abolitionist movement and was hired as an abolitionist speaker for the American...

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1905 Edition.Author: Abbe Constant FouardISBN-10: 1498013066ISBN-13: 9781498013062Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2014Pages: 286Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.60d

""A Life of Anthony Ashley Cooper V1: First Earl of Shaftesbury, 1621-1683"" is a biographical book written by William Dougal Christie and published in 1871. The book chronicles the life of Anthony Ashley Cooper, who was a prominent English politician and philosopher during the...

The book ""Biography Of James Boyce: Pioneer Builder Of Muncie, Indiana"" by A. E. Boyce is a detailed account of the life and achievements of James Boyce, a prominent figure in the history of Muncie, Indiana. James Boyce was a pioneer builder who played...

Aristides is a biography written by the ancient Greek historian Plutarch. The book tells the story of Aristides, a prominent Athenian statesman and general who lived during the 5th century BC. Aristides is known for his honesty, integrity, and dedication to the Athenian democracy....

Elbert Hubbard's Autobiography is a memoir written by the American writer, publisher, and philosopher Elbert Hubbard. The book is an account of Hubbard's life, from his childhood in Illinois to his rise as a successful businessman, writer, and social reformer. The autobiography covers his...

James O. Pattie wrote this historic autobiography to tell tales of his life in the Old West with a group of settlers as they traversed the North American frontier in the early 19th century. Pattie was a headstrong young man and archetypal pioneer facing...

Author: Roy Walter CloudISBN-10: 1258491222ISBN-13: 9781258491222Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/06/2012Pages: 232Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.49d

Author: Theodore Foster RiggsISBN-10: 1258300842ISBN-13: 9781258300845Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/21/2012Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.44d

""A Yankee Trader In The Gold Rush: The Letters Of Franklin A. Buck"" is a collection of letters written by Franklin A. Buck, a Yankee trader who traveled to California during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800s. The book provides a firsthand account of...

The Threefold Life of Man is a spiritual and philosophical book written by Jacob Boehme, a German mystic and theologian. The book explores the threefold nature of human existence, which Boehme believed was comprised of the physical, spiritual, and divine aspects of life. Boehme's...

Letters From Egypt, 1863-1865 is a book written by Lucie Duff Gordon and first published in 1866. The book is a collection of letters written by the author during her time in Egypt from 1863 to 1865. Lucie Duff Gordon was a British writer...

Historical Sketch Of Greene Township, Hamilton County, Ohio (1882) is a book written by Charles Reemelin. It is a detailed account of the history of Greene Township, located in Hamilton County, Ohio, in the United States. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the...

""The Life of Jane McCrea: With an Account of Burgoyne's Expedition in 1777"" is a historical book written by David Wilson and published in 1853. The book is a detailed account of the life and tragic death of Jane McCrea, a young woman who...

""A Memoir Of John Elder: Engineer And Shipbuilder"" is a book written by William John Macquorn Rankine in 1871. The book is a biography of John Elder, who was a renowned engineer and shipbuilder during the 19th century. The book provides a detailed account...

""The Story of an African Farm"" is a novel written by Olive Schreiner, originally published in 1883. The story takes place in the South African countryside during the late 19th century and follows the lives of three characters: Lyndall, Em, and Waldo. Lyndall is...

""Thomas Hooker: The First American Democrat"" by Walter Seth Logan is a biography that chronicles the life and legacy of Thomas Hooker, a prominent figure in American history and one of the key figures in the development of democracy in the United States. The...

This volume provides the fully edited and annotated diaries of the scholar, soldier and diplomat Harold Temperley (1879-1939), covering his travels in the Balkans, his work for British military intelligence during the First World War, and his role in the Versailles peace conference. As...

""Stories of the Steppe"" is a collection of short stories written by the famous Russian author, Maxim Gorki, and originally published in 1918. The book consists of ten stories that take place in the vast and untamed landscape of the Russian steppe. Through his...

John Winthrop (1588-1649) was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and is generally considered the principal architect of early New England society. He led the colonists through the initial struggles to survive in a new world, shaped the political organizations that gave...

Extraordinarily wealthy and influential, Stephen Duncan (1787-1867) was a landowner, slaveholder, and financier with a remarkable array of social, economic, and political contacts in pre-Civil War America. In this, the first biography of Duncan, Martha Jane Brazy offers a compelling new portrait of antebellum...

Sabine's work remains to this day the standard biographical dictionary of the Loyalists. There are three quite distinct parts to the book: a balanced historical essay of some 150 pages; biographical sketches, alphabetically arranged, comprising the vast bulk of the work; and some 120...

This book contains 500 sketches of Fayette County inhabitants living at the time of the book's original publication in 1889. The sketches are arranged by city or township and then alphabetically for each of the following localities: Brownsville and Bridgeport, Bullskin, Connellsville, Dunbar, Franklin,...

Timothy Webster, best known for his work as a spy for the Union during the Civil War, began his career as a New York City policeman. In the mid-1850s he left the police department and took a job for Allan Pinkerton with his newly...

Hellenic contributions to Western Civilization are acknowledged by all, but the details of their endowment are under-appreciated. This volume seeks to disclose two distinctive features of Western culture uniquely attributable to the ancient Greeks: A human-centered worldview that elevated humans to the threshold of...

Old Gods, New Nations celebrates a life lived intensely on the far horizons of the world while America built something like an empire on the ruins of World War II and the victory of the Cold War. As a Marine Corps fighter pilot, author...

Owen Wister's The Virginian, considered to be the archetype western novel, left an imprint on American and European writers of that genre. Clarence Mitchell breaks from that mold in this, his final book, using the broader base of historical journalism. Montana Montage describes a...

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...

The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackCharles II has always been one of the most instantly recognisable British kings - both in his physical appearance, disseminated through endless portraits, prints and pub signs, and in...

"In this book, I have sought to blend personal experience, journalism, and scholarship. It is history written by a journalist who was there."-Peter L. W. OsnosLBJ and McNamara: The Vietnam Partnership Destined to Fail details how President Lyndon B. Johnson and his secretary of...

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow illuminates the full, fascinating, and complex life of the writer long celebrated as the father of American literature, Mark Twain Ron Chernow, the highly lauded biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and Ulysses S. Grant, brings his considerable powers...

The InfantrymanHis emotions are impenetrable, yet his shoulders are soft for someone to lean on. His hands are firm, yet know exactly where to be. If he has his arms wrapped around you, you're either in the last moments of your life or the...

Hal H. McCord had sufficient rank and imagination to take wartime situations and shape events for his commands. WWII stories, aviation escapades, family history and more, this book contains more than 70 photos, many from the early 1900s.Author: Marilyn McCordISBN-10: 1403375976ISBN-13: 9781403375971Publisher: 1st Book...

In 1886, a notorious gang of horsemen wreaked havoc on the Overlanders' Trail that stretched across the Northern Territory into the wild Kimberley region. They stole cattle with audacity, brazenly held up pubs and cattle stations, and drove a herd of stolen horses with...

In an era when handwritten letters are nearly a lost art, The Schlichting Letters Collection offers a rare and invaluable treasure-a preserved library of correspondence spanning from the 1860s to the early 20th century. Descendants of Hinrich and Caroline Schlichting are fortunate to have...

Delve into the captivating and sometimes dark history of sideshow geeks and other eccentric acts of the past! With this book, you can explore the realm of forgotten carnival entertainment. Learn all about the rise and fall of the sideshow geek, uncovering the truth...

William Henry Wishard: A Doctor Of The Old School is a biography written by Elizabeth Moreland Wishard in 1920. The book tells the story of Dr. William Henry Wishard, a physician who practiced medicine in rural areas of Indiana and Ohio during the late...

A landmark reinterpretation of the life of William the Conqueror--a pivotal figure in British and European history "[The] definitive biography of the man who forever changed England with his invasion of 1066."--Tony Barber, "Best books of 2016," Financial Times In this magisterial addition to...

A first-hand account of one of America's most joyful explorers.As a member of Jedediah Smith's first mountain man brigade, James Clyman was there when the South Pass was discovered, opening the inter-mountain West to fur trappers. Traversing the American West, he experienced a host...

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...

History is not only written by kings and generals, emperors and potentates. It is written by millions of individuals with fierce determination, unwavering character and the intestinal fortitude to persevere. Such a man was Richard Burrell Waller, the first of the Waller family to...

Millard Fillmore, 13th president of the United States, married two interesting and powerful women. Learn Abigail's and Caroline's fascinating stories, despite the controversial presidency of their shared spouse. "The choice to write in two voices was phenomenal. The story, while informative, was also emotional...

This nineteenth century social history is written by Gail Barnes, the great, great granddaughter of Catherine McKinnon. Catherine McKinnon's life began on the crofting settlement of Kendram, on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. However, due to the compounding effects of the Highland Clearances...

Ruth's book is part of the My Voice Project, a collection of firsthand accounts of Holocaust survivors and refugees from Nazi persecution who settled in the UK. Ruth Lachs began life in Hamburg in 1936 and went on to live in Manchester and work...

Leonard Kaufman was born in Germany in April 1935. With the threat of war looming, his uncle Arthur managed to secure sponsorship for Leonard to escape to England on the Kindertransport. Alice and Ronald Argles sponsored 30 children in total, and Leonard lived in...

Sonja Sternberg was born in Berlin in June 1926. Her father was taken away by Germans and deported to Poland in 1938 and after Kristallnacht, Sonja's family were ordered to leave their apartment. To flee Germany, Sonja's mother arranged for the family to travel...

Werner Conn, born in 1928, has fond memories of his early childhood in Berlin. Following Kristallnacht in 1938, Werner's father was sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp, but his mother managed to get him released after six months. Life became very difficult, and Werner was...