Biography & Autobiography - Historical

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...

Peter Adler was born in April 1933 in Berlin. When Hitler came to power, his father lost his job for being Jewish, and in 1936 he moved to England, where he had to requalify as a doctor. By June 1938, Peter, his mother and...

Elena Grosskopf was born in June 1924 and grew up in Merano on the Austrian-Italian border. Following a happy childhood in the Italian Tyrol and later on in Milan, the rise of antisemitism in Mussolini's regime in the late 1930s caused Elena's parents to...

Danny Herman was born in 1935 in K?nigsberg in East Prussia. As the Nazis were rounding up Jews, Danny's father managed to escape to England in July 1939. He travelled to the Kitchener Camp in Kent, which helped refugees secure visas for safer places....

This is one of those stories that sounds so improbable that, were it fiction, we would think it unbelievable. But it's a true story. Michel Adrien's autobiographical memoir chronicles his extraordinary journey from the war-torn countryside of rural France to becoming one of the...

The genesis of this book lies not in the sterile confines of academic debate, but in the depths of the human heart-in the profound sense of moral obligation, empathy, and solidarity that compels us to bear witness to the stories of those who have...

John Muir, the renowned naturalist and environmentalist, wrote a personal memoir called "The Story of My Boyhood and Youth". In this thrilling story, Muir takes readers on a journey through his formative years, portraying his upbringing in Scotland and his later adventures in America's...

History Encounters unearths the greatest stories with the major events from History of Scotland to expand reader horizons for readers to be best informed. Scotland-its very name evokes a myriad of emotions. It's the country of romance, history, war, and hardship. It's the country...

A radical new portrait of the infamous Roman emperor Rome's second emperor, Tiberius (42 BCE-CE 37), has traditionally been seen as a villainous hypocrite--treacherous, grasping, vindictive, and depraved. But in Tiberius and His Age, Edward Champlin draws on vast and diverse evidence to show...

A collection of memoirs and remembrances of individuals who have passed away. Daly celebrates their lives, preserving their memories and sharing their legacies with readers.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...

Professional, formalized training for police in the United States is a relatively new concept. Formal police training programs didn't begin appearing until the latter part of the 19th century, and the NYPD, considered one of the best trained police forces in the world, did...

When one thinks about the consolidation of Greater New York City in 1898, the merger of Brooklyn and Manhattan is usually what comes to mind, with all the small towns and villages in Queens coming along for the ride. But there was another city...

This memoir provides a detailed account of two Scottish families, the McCombies and the Thoms, who came together through marriage in the 19th century. Drawing upon family records and oral histories, the author paints a vivid picture of their lives, exploring their struggles, triumphs,...

Germany is changing fast and the only route is out, even if you have to leave behind a troublesome motherWhen Hedda Israel escapes from Germany, her first challenge is to secure her mother's release from a concentration camp. Still a teenager, Hedda falls for...

A colorful account of the princesses and consort queens of the Georgian era. These include Sophia the mother of George.Author: Van Der KisteISBN-10: 0750930519ISBN-13: 9780750930512Publisher: History PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2003Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 7.78h x 5.00w x 0.78d

Who wants to come on a trip behind the Iron Curtain?The Global Adventures Series bring exciting, dangerous, and true stories about men and women who served God faithfully and lived a life for His glory. In this installment, hear the riveting stories about Tom,...

This book gives out short biographies of some of the most famous women known in the history of mankind.Author: Evelyn StoneISBN-10: 9386367882ISBN-13: 9789386367884Publisher: Alpha EditionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/17/2017Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.34d

Horace is a poet of surprising contradictions who lived through the most dramatic period of social and political revolution in Rome. From fighting on the losing side in the civil war, he became a confidant of his recent enemies. From humble beginnings as the...

The impact of Ovid's Metamorphoses on our culture can hardly be overestimated. The poem is one of the most exciting and accessible classical texts, our key source for nearly all the famous myths of Greece and Rome. Sarah Annes Brown offers a lively, and...

Between Two Flags tells the gripping story of the turbulent yet enduring and loving marriage of John Mitchel and Jenny Verner. Their courtship was opposed by both families, and their elopement and marriage caused public consternation, but this remarkable couple went on to live...

12th-century Europe revolves around the remarkable life of Eleanor of Aquitaine - Duchess, Queen of both France and England, and mother of Richard Lionheart and John Lackland. Eleanor and her husbands, Louis VII and Henry II, set the tone for an era. Ain's Song...

Abraham Lincoln raved that this series of historical biographies gave him "just that knowledge of past men and events which I need. I have read them with the greatest interest. To them I am indebted for about all the historical knowledge I have." Considered...

Together with his brother Humberto, Daniel Ortega Saavedra masterminded the only victorious Latin American revolution since Fidel Castro's in Cuba. Following the triumphant 1979 Nicaraguan revolution, Ortega was named coordinator of the governing junta, and then in 1984 was elected president by a landslide...