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Clansman, An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan

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Thomas Dixon, Jr. - Clansman, An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan

The second book in a trilogy of the Reconstruction era — The Leopard's Spots (1902), The Clansman (1905), and The Traitor (1907), this novel was the basis for the 1915 silent movie classic, «The Birth Of A Nation»....

Michele Fry 9 hours 28 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. - 1000 Things Worth Knowing

Part almanac, part encyclopedia, part dictionary, Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. gives us his idea of important, but sometimes obscure, facts that he thinks should be in our bank of general knowledge. He includes a large...

Larry Wilson and 14 more 8 hours 27 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Thomas Dixon, Jr. - Traitor

Dixon lived through Reconstruction, and believed it ranked with the French Revolution in brutality and criminal acts. The Traitor (1907), the final book in his trilogy which also includes The Leopard’s Spots (1902),...

Michele Fry 6 hours 45 minutes

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Education

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Ogden Codman, Jr. - Decoration of Houses

The Decoration of Houses, a manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman, was first published in 1897. In the book, the authors denounced Victorian-style interior decoration and...

Elizabeth Klett and 6 more 6 hours 22 minutes

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Helping Himself, or Grant Thornton's Ambition

Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

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Horatio Alger, Jr. - Helping Himself, or Grant Thornton's Ambition

Helping Himself, or Grant Thornton's Ambition deals with the grit and determination of Grant, a 15 year old farmer's boy whose father is dead and in order to pay his minister father's debts, and to help his mother...

Richard Kilmer and 1 more 5 hours 34 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Noel E. Sainsbury, Jr. - Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane

Young peoples book of adventure in aviation with young women in the lead rolls. This is in the earlier days of aviation. — Summary by Susan Morin

Susan Morin 5 hours 19 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Horatio Alger, Jr. - Cousin's Conspiracy

Ernest Ray is a young boy who sets out to reclaim the inheritance that was unjustly with held from his father and given to a cousin. (Introduction by Abigail Rasmussen)

Abigail Rasmussen 5 hours 15 minutes

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Helping Himself; or Grant Thornton's Ambition (version 2)

General

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Horatio Alger, Jr. - Helping Himself; or Grant Thornton's Ambition (version 2)

“wish we were not so terribly poor, Grant," said Mrs. Thornton, in a discouraged tone. «Is there anything new that makes you say so, mother?” Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific...

Ed Humpal and 4 more 5 hours 11 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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Horatio Alger, Jr. - Adrift in New York

John Linden is a very wealthy man. The people who should inherit his property are his nephew, Curtis Waring, his niece Florence Linden, and his long lost son — if alive. John thinks it would be best if Florence and...

Bridget Gaige 4 hours 52 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Jesse James, Jr. - Jesse James, My Father

A biography of Jesse James as told by his son, Jesse James, Jr. We are treated to inside tales of Jesse's childhood and home life; what drove him to become a Confederate guerrilla during the Civil War; his life after...

Barry Eads 4 hours 40 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Horatio Alger, Jr. - Ragged Dick

Horatio Alger, Jr. was well known for his best-selling series of books highlighting “the American Dream” of poor boys making good and becoming rich and successful through “luck and pluck”. Ragged Dick was the first...

Alys AtteWater 4 hours 37 minutes

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General Fiction

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Horatio Alger, Jr. - Fame and Fortune

Richard Hunter, formerly Ragged Dick, continues to advance in the world through luck and excellent morals. He, along with his friend Henry, moves into a better boarding house and then finds a promising job. He is...

Alys AtteWater and 1 more 4 hours 34 minutes Ragged Dick Series

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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