Memoirs
128 books
War & Military
507
Frances M. A. Roe - Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888
«There appeared from the bushes in front of me, and right in the path, two immense gray wolves... Rollo saw them and stopped instantly, giving deep sighs, preparing to snort, I knew... To give myself courage, I...
11 hours 36 minutes
Memoirs
434
Pierre Abélard - Story of My Misfortunes (or: Historia Calamitatum)
Autobiographies from remote historical periods can be especially fascinating. Modes of self-presentation vary greatly across the centuries, as of course does the very concept of Self. Peter Abelard, the...
2 hours 34 minutes
War & Military
427
Leander Stillwell - Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865
Leander Stillwell was an 18-year-old Illinois farm boy, living with his family in a log cabin, when the U.S. Civil War broke out. Stillwell felt a duty «to help save the Nation;» but, as with many other young men,...
11 hours 2 minutes
Memoirs
411
Col. William F. Cody - Life of Honorable William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill The Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide
The life and adventures of Honorable William F. Cody--Buffalo Bill--as told by himself, make up a narrative which reads more like romance than reality, and which in many respects will prove a valuable contribution to...
8 hours 40 minutes
Memoirs
509
Theodore Roosevelt - Through the Brazilian Wilderness
Roosevelt's popular book Through the Brazilian Wilderness describes his expedition into the Brazilian jungle in 1913 as a member of the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition co-named after its leader, Brazilian...
12 hours 33 minutes
