Modern (19th C)
63 books
Reference
543
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall - This Country of Ours, Part 4
Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book of stories from the history of the United States begins with accounts of exploration and settlement, and ends with the presidency of Woodrow...
1 hour 39 minutes
True Crime
499
Sir John Barrow - Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences
The mutiny on the Bounty occurred aboard a British Royal Navy ship on 28 April 1789. The mutiny was led by Fletcher Christian against the commanding officer, William Bligh. On 4 April 1789, after five months in...
10 hours 29 minutes
War & Military
425
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
Reference
473
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall - This Country of Ours, Part 3
Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book of stories from the history of the United States begins with accounts of exploration and settlement, and ends with the presidency of Woodrow...
2 hours 3 minutes
History
475
William Clark - Journal of Lewis and Clarke (1840)
«The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocean, has had all the success which could be expected. They have traced the Missouri...
8 hours 51 minutes
