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Henry Ossian Flipper - Colored Cadet at West Point
Henry Ossian Flipper--born into slavery in Thomasville, Georgia on March 21, 1856--did not learn to read and write until just before the end of the Civil War. Once the war had ended, Flipper attended several schools...
10 hours 32 minutes
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417
Mary Huestis Pengilly - Diary Written in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum
Mary Pengilly was taken to a Lunatic Asylum by her sons where she kept a diary, which this book is taken from. Mary records the harsh conditions and treatments received at the hands of the nurses during her stay. Once...
59 minutes
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425
Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 5, Chapter 24)
This is volume 5 chapter 24 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859). Volume 5 was published after his death. . Chapter 24 begins with the change in parliament with the 1698 elections....
3 hours 49 minutes
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445
Ida M. Tarbell - History of Standard Oil: Volume 2
The History of the Standard Oil Company is a book written by journalist Ida Tarbell in 1904. It was an exposé of the Standard Oil Company, run at that time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, the richest figure in...
9 hours 54 minutes
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430
Frederick Czapek - Chemical Phenomena in Life
Published in 1911 as part of the «Harper's Library of Living Thought,» this volume presents an introduction to the chemistry of cells in the context of plant physiology and gives an interesting overview of the field...
3 hours 40 minutes
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Ida M. Tarbell - History of Standard Oil: Volume 1
The History of the Standard Oil Company is a book written by journalist Ida Tarbell in 1904. It was an exposé of the Standard Oil Company, run at that time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller the richest figure in...
9 hours 25 minutes
