Modern (19th C)
63 books
Modern (19th C)
943
William Wood - Chronicles of Canada Volume 14 - The War With the United States: A Chronicle of 1812
«International disputes that end in war are not generally questions of absolute right and wrong. They may quite as well be questions of opposing rights. But, when there are rights on both sides; it is usually found...
3 hours 57 minutes
War & Military
763
Carlton McCarthy - Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865
The author, who fought as a private in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War, describes the Confederate soldier’s daily struggles with hunger, illness, fear, and the perils of combat; as well as his...
4 hours 45 minutes
Memoirs
681
William Westgarth - Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria
Son of John Westgarth, surveyor-general of customs for Scotland, was born at Edinburgh, in June 1815. He was educated at the high schools at Leith and Edinburgh, and at Dr Bruce's school at Newcastle-on-Tyne. He then...
6 hours 21 minutes
Modern (19th C)
785
Susanna Moodie - Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush
As a middle class Englishwoman Moodie did not particularly enjoy «the bush», as she called it. She and her husband moved to Belleville in 1840, which she referred to as «the clearings». Here she described urban life,...
11 hours 20 minutes
