History
300 books
*Non-fiction
441
Abner Doubleday - Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 (version 2)
Abner Doubleday was a busy man. He rose to be a major general during the American Civil War, started the first cable car company in San Francisco, and is credited (though perhaps erroneously) with inventing the game...
3 hours 35 minutes
*Non-fiction
431
United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 3
This is the third LibriVox collection of speeches given in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The collection comprises recordings of 10 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1601 and...
3 hours 49 minutes
*Non-fiction
529
Captain John Smith - Description of New England
Captain John Smith (c. January 1580 – June 21, 1631) Admiral of New England was an English soldier, explorer, and author. He was knighted for his services to Sigismund Bathory, Prince of Transylvania. He is remembered...
2 hours 26 minutes
*Non-fiction
495
Olive Gilbert - Narrative of Sojourner Truth
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth is the gripping autobiographical account of Sojourner Truths life as a slave in pre-Civil War New York State, and her eventual escape to Freedom. Since Sojourner could neither read or...
4 hours 23 minutes
*Non-fiction
531
Henry M. Field - Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
Cyrus W. Field had a dream: to link the Old World of Britain and Europe to that of the New World of North America by a telegraph cable stretching across the great Atlantic Ocean. It took him thirteen years, a lot of...
9 hours 30 minutes
