Memoirs
128 books
Memoirs
430
Walter Alexander Raleigh - Complete Works of George Savile, first Marquess of Halifax, with an Introduction by Walter Alexander Raleigh
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (11 November 1633 – 5 April 1695) was an English statesman, writer, and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660, and in the House of Lords after he was raised to the...
11 hours 28 minutes
Memoirs
412
Lucy Ann Delaney - From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom
In From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom Delaney tells the story of how she was born into slavery of her mother--a freeborn black woman who had been kidnapped and sold on the blocks--but escaped...
59 minutes
Memoirs
450
Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris - Old Rail Fence Corners
Old Rail Fence Corners is an historical treasure trove containing the stories of the first significant waves of European-American settlers in the now state of Minnesota (United States of America). This book has direct...
11 hours 48 minutes
Memoirs
429
Thomas Dallam - Dallam's Travels with an Organ to the Grand Signieur, 1599-1600
Queen Elizabeth the First of England, the Grand Turk at Constantinople, and an organ builder named Thomas Dallam—quite a trio. In 1599, Elizabeth commanded master organ builder Dallam to construct and deliver to the...
3 hours 51 minutes
Memoirs
570
Annie L. Burton - Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days
This is a short and simple, yet poignant autobiography of Annie Burton, who recounts her early carefree childhood as a slave on a southern plantation while the Civil War raged around her, and after the Emancipation...
1 hour 40 minutes
Memoirs
561
Charles Anderson Dana - Recollections of the Civil War
Recollections of the Civil War records the events that took place during the American Civil war. It forms one of the most remarkable volumes of historical, political, and personal reminiscences which have been given...
8 hours 12 minutes
