History
Fifty Famous Stories Retold
James BaldwinTime-Honored Stories Intended as an introduction to famous stories from Western history and lore for young children. Famous stories such as King A...
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H. E. MarshallA Child’s History of England Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall’s history of England starting from the time of the Roman Empire through World War I. The ...
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H. E. MarshallThe Story of the United States Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall’s history of North America for children. Starting with the Viking exploration and brief...
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H. O. Arnold-ForsterFrom The Landing of Julius Caesar To The Present Day H. O. Arnold-Forster’s history of England starting with the landing of the Romans on the shore...
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H. E. MarshallA History of English Literature H. E. Marshall guides the reader through the history of English literature starting in the early middle ages and en...
View full detailsThe Story of the Greeks
H. A. GuerberA History of Greece A collection of stories, myths, and histories about the Ancient Greeks from the earliest known inhabitants until Greece is conq...
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Thomas BulfinchBulfinch’s Mythology The recounting of myths and stories from antiquity including the Greeks, Romans, and others. Written for a general audience, t...
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H. A. GuerberA History of Rome A collection of stories, myths, and histories about the Romans from the earliest known inhabitants until the fall of the Western ...
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George M. TowleHis Travels And Adventures The fascinating account of the life of Marco Polo who journey’s east to the court of Kublai Khan with his father and unc...
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R. S. BallAstronomy The lives and discoveries of the Great Astronomers of history. The book covers astronomers such as Ptolemy, Copernicus, Brahe, Galileo, N...
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Charlotte YongeFamous Deeds A retelling of such famous stories as The Battle of Thermopylae, Regulus, The Battle of the Blackwater, and Fort St. Elmo. “It is inte...
View full detailsThe Men Who Found America
Frederick HutchinsonThe Age of Exploration An overview of the great explorers, leaders, and religious figures during the Age of Discovery in North America. Covering su...
View full detailsPatriots and Tyrants
Marion LansingMediaeval Builders of the Modern World The story of the middle ages with a focus on the development of liberty and universal rights. Both Patriots ...
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Francis ParkmanPrairie and Rocky-Mountain Life A first-person account of a 2-month summer tour of the U.S. states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, & Kansas in ...
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Thornton BurgessThe Boy Scouts From the Author: The Boy Scouts series of books has been written with a twofold purpose: To stimulate on the part of every one of my...
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Marion LansingMediaeval Builders of the Modern World A series of stories about the early period of the Middle Ages in Europe. The book focuses on the wandering n...
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Ernest ShackletonImperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition Ernest Shackleton describes leading his second expedition to Antarctica from 1914-1917. The expedition is consi...
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Edward Everett HaleFrom His Own Letters and Journals Edward Everett Hale’s recounting of the life of Christopher Columbus. Hale uses Columbus’s own writings as his pr...
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Hamilton, Jay, MadisonA Collection of Essays The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay u...
View full detailsThe Discovery of Muscovy
Richard HakluytEngland and Russia The history of the English expeditions to Muscovy (Russia) in the 16th century started by Sir Hugh Willoughby and completed by R...
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Jacob AbbottEmperor of Russia The history of Peter The Great starting with his birth in 1672 until his death in 1725. The book covers his reign, military conqu...
View full detailsBulfinch's Mythology
Thomas BulfinchMythos Bulfinch originally published his work as three volumes: The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes, published in 1855; The Age of Chiv...
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Theodore RooseveltRoosevelt’s Rough Riders Theodore Roosevelt recounts his time leading the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry nicknamed the Rough Riders. The book recount...
View full detailsOliver Cromwell
Charles FirthAnd the Rule of the Puritans in England British Historian Charles Firth’s biography of Oliver Cromwell. Esmond de Beer wrote that Firth: "knew the ...
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Robert SoutheyLord Nelson A detailed account of Horatio Nelson’s naval career and personal life. The book explores Nelson’s rise through the ranks of the Royal N...
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Mary JohnstonA Chronicle of English Colonial Beginnings Mary Johnston’s history of the colonial beginnings of the southern United States. The book follows the l...
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Harriet MartineauA Tale of Norway A collection of stories part of Marineau’s “Playfellow” series written for children. The book is set in Norway along the fjords in...
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Richard Henry DanaA Vacation Voyage Richard Henry Dana, Jr.’s travel narrative of his trip to Cuba in 1859. While the United States was contemplating the annexation ...
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Harriet Beecher StoweOr, Life Among the Lowly The classic anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The novel had a profound effect on the attitudes of the public to...
View full detailsMarie Antoinette and Her Son
Luise MühlbachA Historical Novel Luise Mühlbach’s historical fiction novel about Marie Antoinette and her son, Louis XVII, during the French Revolution. The book...
View full detailsThe Discovery of Guiana
Sir Walter RaleighRecords of Expedition The first hand account of Sir Walter Raleigh during his first and second voyages to Guiana. Raleigh and his men were in searc...
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