Modern (19th C)
63 books
Modern (19th C)
917
Louis Melius - American Postal Service, Second Edition
The history of the postal service in the United States goes back to the colonial period, but was established more formally with the issuing of postage stamps and regular delivery. Through small vignettes, this history...
5 hours 14 minutes
Modern (19th C)
915
John Ashton - Gossip In The First Decade Of Victoria's Reign
«I have written this Gossip not only for the edification of those to whom a portion, more or less, may be news, but for those who, like myself, have lived through the whole of Queen Victoria's reign, to whom the...
10 hours 59 minutes
Modern (19th C)
1.1K
H. A. Guerber - Story of the Thirteen Colonies
These short vignettes of American history are written for the young reader. Each one is a little capsule of a person or event. They run from the pre-Columbian era through the end of the American War of Independence....
8 hours 58 minutes
History
995
Katharine Berry Judson - Early Days Of Old Oregon
Twenty-three stories of the history of early Oregon plus an appendix: A Brief Summary Of The History Of The Old Oregon Country From Original Sources. OLD OREGON was a mighty sweep of country, and a most romantic one....
6 hours 49 minutes
Political Science
1.9K
Abraham Lincoln - Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Addresses
Lincoln's first inaugural address was delivered on March 4th, 1861, as the North and South were sliding towards separation and Civil War. His second inaugural, given just weeks before his assassination, was also...
42 minutes
War & Military
890
Lord Thomas Cochrane - Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 2
This second volume of the biography of Lord Cochrane deals with his fall from grace, imprisonment for debt, loss of honours, and attempts to clear his name. It has had a marked influence on naval fiction, most...
13 hours 52 minutes
