Biography & Autobiography
285 books
*Non-fiction
478
Sarah Knowles Bolton - Famous American Statesmen
A sketch of the lives of some of America's early Statesmen: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Charles Sumner, Ulysses S. Grant, and...
9 hours 46 minutes
*Non-fiction
463
May Gillington Byron - Days with the Great Composers
An imagined day in the life of each composer gives the anonymous author scope to describe each one's work and life, sketchily, of course, but interestingly. (Summary by David Wales) Note: This is a compilation...
7 hours 33 minutes
War & Military
465
John Relly Beard - Toussaint L’Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography
François-Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture (1743-1803) rose to fame in 1791 during the Haitian struggle for independence. In this revolt, he led thousands of slaves on the island of Hispañola to fight against the...
13 hours 38 minutes
*Non-fiction
498
Henry Ossian Flipper - Colored Cadet at West Point
Henry Ossian Flipper--born into slavery in Thomasville, Georgia on March 21, 1856--did not learn to read and write until just before the end of the Civil War. Once the war had ended, Flipper attended several schools...
10 hours 32 minutes
*Non-fiction
446
Mary Huestis Pengilly - Diary Written in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum
Mary Pengilly was taken to a Lunatic Asylum by her sons where she kept a diary, which this book is taken from. Mary records the harsh conditions and treatments received at the hands of the nurses during her stay. Once...
59 minutes
