History
300 books
General
503
Henry Cabot Lodge - Hero Tales from American History (version 2)
The purpose of this book «is to tell in simple fashion the story of some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die; who proved their truth by their endeavor; and who joined to the stern and manly...
5 hours 42 minutes
History
455
Walter Stevens Herrington - Pioneer Life Among The Loyalists In Upper Canada
What became of the citizens who remained loyal to the Crown when the thirteen British colonies rebelled against England – and won! These Loyalists suffered discrimination and persecution in the nation aborning....
1 hour 48 minutes
History
491
David Dickinson Mann - Present Picture of New South Wales
Convicted of forgery at the age of 23, David Dickenson Mann narrowly escaped hanging and was transported instead to New South Wales, where he arrived in 1799. Three years later he received a full pardon and was soon...
4 hours 26 minutes
*Non-fiction
468
Lafcadio Hearn - Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation
Greece-born Lafcadio Hearn (1850 — 1904) spent decades of his life in Japan, even marrying a Japanese woman, thus becoming a Japanese citizen by the name of Koizumi Yakumo (小泉 八雲). He wrote many books on Japan,...
13 hours 58 minutes
History
451
Leonard Woolsey Bacon - History of American Christianity
Published in 1897, this book describes the advent of Christianity in the United States from the landing of the first explorers with their mission to convert the natives to the time immediately following the Civil War....
10 hours 46 minutes
History
470
Frederick Jackson Turner - Frontier in American History
Frederick Jackson Turner was an extremely influential U.S. historian, who is best known for his «frontier thesis», which proposed that American democracy was profoundly shaped by the existence of an undeveloped...
10 hours 16 minutes
History
556
Anna Harriette Leonowens - English Governess at the Siamese Court
In 1862 Anna Leonowens accepted an offer made by the Siamese consul in Singapore, Tan Kim Ching, to teach the wives and children of Mongkut, king of Siam. The king wished to give his 39 wives and concubines and 82...
10 hours 34 minutes
