Biography & Autobiography - Historical

""Thirty-One Years On The Plains And In The Mountains: Or The Last Voice From The Plains"" is a memoir written by William F. Drannan, a frontiersman who lived in the American West during the mid-19th century. The book chronicles Drannan's life from his early...

""Jeanne D'Arc, Maid of Orleans Deliverer of France"" is a historical book written by T. Douglas Murray. The book is a detailed account of the life, achievements, and death of Jeanne D'Arc, who is also known as Joan of Arc. The author has relied...

The Memoirs of Miles Byrne V2 is a book written by Miles Byrne that provides a detailed account of his life experiences. The book is a continuation of the first volume of his memoirs, which covers his early life and his involvement in the...

""The Story of the Renaissance"" by William Henry Hudson is a comprehensive account of the cultural and intellectual movement that emerged in Europe during the 14th to 17th centuries. The book explores the origins of the Renaissance, its major figures, and the impact it...

""A Gentle Spirit: A Fantastic Story"" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a novella that tells the story of a nameless narrator who falls in love with a young woman known only as ""the gentle spirit."" The narrator, a pawnbroker, becomes infatuated with the woman after...

Memoir of Graham Moore is a book written by Robert William Gardiner in 1844. The book is a detailed account of the life of Graham Moore, a British naval officer who served during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The memoir covers Moore's...

Lincoln's Last Hours is a historical book written by Charles A. Leale, which provides a detailed account of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. It is based on the personal experiences of the author, who was a young doctor present at Ford's Theatre on...

The Carpenter and His Family: Also, Pride Subdued is a novel written by Lucy Hiller Lambert and first published in 1835. The book tells the story of a carpenter named William and his family, who live in a small village in England. Despite their...

""A Brief History of Jacob Wismer: And A Complete Genealogical Family Register"" is a book written by A.J. Fretz and published in 1893. The book provides a detailed account of the life of Jacob Wismer, a prominent figure in the early history of Pennsylvania....

A Sketch Of The Fisher Family, Of Old Amwell Township: In Hunterdon County, New Jersey (1890) is a historical book written by Cornelius Wilson Larison. The book is a detailed account of the Fisher family, one of the oldest and most prominent families of...

Graves Genealogy: Traced From Thomas Graves, Of Hatfield, Massachusetts, 1645; With Some English Ancestors (1911) is a comprehensive genealogy book written by Gemont Graves. The book traces the lineage of the Graves family, starting with Thomas Graves, who lived in Hatfield, Massachusetts in 1645....

Laura Ingalls Wilder is one of the most beloved children's authors of all time, but William Holtz contends that she may not have been the sole author of the Little House series that bore her name. While Laura's life did serve as the inspiration...

Stephen Dodson Ramseur, born in Lincolnton, North Carolina, in 1837, compiled an enviable record as a brigadier in the Army of Northern Virginia. Commissioned major general the day after his twenty-seventh birthday, he was the youngest West Pointer to achieve that rank in the...

Poet, republican, diplomat, and entrepreneur, Joel Barlow filled many roles and registered impressive accomplishments. In the first biography of this fascinating figure in decades, Richard Buel Jr. recounts the life of a man more intimately connected to the Age of Revolution than perhaps any...

Tall, handsome and charismatic, James Jaquess impressed men and charmed ladies who knew him as a preacher, a college president or colonel of an Illinois regiment. In 1864 he and James Gilmore talked to Jefferson Davis about terms of peace. Lincoln recognized his many...

Almost unknown when in 1945 he purchased the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and its famous race, Tony Hulman soon became a household name in auto racing circles. He is credited not only with saving the Speedway from becoming a residential housing development but also with...

Catholic priests all across Poland were arrested and sent to Nazi concentration camps at the beginning of World War II. This memoir by Fr. Henryk Maria Malak (1912-1987) is their story and his. Through the author's eyes we witness the German invasion, atrocities against...

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...

To date, Steve Redgrave has won a record-breaking four Olympic gold medals and eight world championships for his spectacular rowing achievements, and is consequently regarded with awe by rivals, crew-mates and top sportsmen alike. Now, at the age of 38, Steve is bidding to...

The Deane Papers, 1774-1799 is a historical book written by Silas Deane. The book is a collection of papers and documents that were written by Deane during the period of 1774 to 1799. These papers provide a unique insight into the life and times...

Antigonus Gonatas assumed the title of King of Macedonia in 283 BC; he became the undisputed ruler of Macedonia in 276 BC and reigned for more than forty years. Blunt, honest and tenacious, Antigonus won not only Macedonia, but also its people. Pragmatic and...

In The Fatal Englishman, his first work of nonfiction, Sebastian Faulks explores the lives of three remarkable men. Each had the seeds of greatness; each was a beacon to his generation and left something of value behind; yet each one died tragically young.Christopher Wood,...

One of the most celebrated women of her time, a spellbinding speaker dubbed the Queen of the Lyceum and America's Joan of Arc, Anna Elizabeth Dickinson was a charismatic orator, writer, and actress, who rose to fame during the Civil War and remained in...

An autobiography of Tashi Tsering, the Tibetan nationalist with a burning desire to reform and modernize the "old society". It covers his search for education in Tibet and his life in China, especially during the Cultural Revolution, when he was charged as an American...

Author: Herbert D. WestISBN-10: 1778835368ISBN-13: 9781778835360Publisher: Bookside PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/05/2024Pages: 126Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.30d

Author: Belinda ProbertISBN-10: 0645984043ISBN-13: 9780645984040Publisher: UpswellLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/07/2025Pages: 286Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.03lbsSize: 8.26h x 5.90w x 0.78d

Author: Capt E. Ray PossISBN-10: 196403552XISBN-13: 9781964035529Publisher: Sweetspire Literature Management LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2024Pages: 130Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Author: Ivana Caccia, Maroje MihovilovicISBN-10: 103830606XISBN-13: 9781038306067Publisher: FriesenPressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2024Pages: 606Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.76lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.22dReview Citation(s): Foreword 09/17/2024

In Search of My Father: Whatever Happened to Charlie, the Home Boy? is the author's account of her father's life. Here, we travel with the author through not only her adventure in uncovering facts and details about her beloved father's early years, but about...

Author: Reginald Kray, Ronald KrayISBN-10: 1509811427ISBN-13: 9781509811427Publisher: Pan PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/27/2015Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.65d

Author: Sienna BlakewoodISBN-13: 9798330582938Publisher: Sienna Blakewood PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2024Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.24d

Author: M. J. WindsorISBN-13: 9798330562251Publisher: M. J. WindsorLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/14/2024Pages: 134Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d

Eva Peron remains Argentina's best-known and most iconic personality, far outlasting her own husband, President Juan Domingo Peron, himself a remarkable and charismatic political leader without whom she, as an uneducated woman in an elitist and male-dominated society, could not have existed as a...

Angelina Davis' remarkable work, "The Jackson Journal," gives us a background of the Jackson family never before published. From Humphrey Jackson and his forbearers to Angelina's own great-great-grandfather, James Jackson, and his descendants, this publication has pursued the history of the family with diligence...

Growing up during the Great Depression, Kaye Williams began his lifelong fascination with ships and the waterfront. The ships were passing tugboats, freighters and lumber schooners, and the waterfront was in Bridgeport, Connecticut - a gritty industrial city on the shores of Long Island...

From the First Lady of unauthorized, tell-all biography, this is the first real inside-look at the most powerful and secretive family in the world. From Senator Prescott Bush's alcoholism, to his son George Herbert Walker Bush's infidelities, to George Walker Bush's religious conversion, shady...

Spider Woman: A Story of Navajo Weavers and Chanters is a non-fiction book written by Gladys A. Reichard. The book is a comprehensive account of the Navajo culture and their art of weaving. The author spent several years living with the Navajo people and...

Finalist for 2012 National Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust category David Koker's diary is one of the most notable accounts of life in a German concentration camp written by a Jew during the years of the Holocaust. First brought to attention when the...

Author: Yaacov FalkovISBN-13: 9798887196848Publisher: Academic Studies PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/17/2024Format: Hardcover

Author: Francis GribbleISBN-13: 9798330542857Publisher: Natal Publishing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/07/2024Pages: 266Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d

Author: Thomas E. PattersonISBN-10: 0807182990ISBN-13: 9780807182994Publisher: LSU PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/14/2025Pages: 704Format: Hardcover

Discover the rich and vibrant history of the Mack and Powell families in this meticulously researched and lovingly crafted family history book. Rev. Ossie X. McKinney, Ph.D., weaves together stories, photographs, and historical records to create a tapestry that spans generations, celebrating the lives...

A classic memoir from the Battle of the Atlantic. 'Macintyre was England's top U-boat destroyer during World War II, with seven kills and several captures to his credit. Here he offers his firsthand account of safeguarding convoys in the North Atlantic from roaming German...

Dear John' is a collection of letters sent to my father serving in the RAF during World War 2. Nearly all were written by his mother from the town of Ayr in Scotland from the year 1942 to 1945. Other members of the family...

This is a book about our mother, Helen Marie (Vaughn) Priddy (1931-2021). She was a four-time cancer survivor; devoted wife to a loving, giving man; mother of four; grandmother of ten; and great-grandmother. We were very blessed to have Christian parents, and it showed....

"A heart-pounding, mind-bending adventure." --Ilyon WooA riveting biography of Alexander the Great's final years, when the leader's insatiable desire to conquer the world set him off on an exhilarating, harrowing journey that would define his legacy. By 330 B.C.E., Alexander the Great had reached...

Dive into the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the visionary leader who transformed the Soviet Union and reshaped the course of history. From his humble beginnings in a peasant family to his rise as the last leader of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev's journey is a...

Meet one of the most influential men in the United States' history of emancipation and Black rights. Chronicling Frederick Douglass's life in an accessible way, this biography engages with history and wrestles with biases, falsehoods, and unknown facts in order to tell Douglass's story...

My Ancestors is an engaging memoir by Lyman May Paine, chronicling the lives of John Paine and Mary Ann May, his great-grandparents. Paine provides an intimate portrait of his family and their life in East Woodstock, Conn., detailing their struggles and triumphs.This work has...

Discover the lives and times of six of ancient Greece and Rome's most compelling figures through this classic work of biography. Plutarch's vivid and engaging prose brings to life the personalities, virtues, and foibles of his subjects, illuminating the cultural and political contexts that...