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Arthur Scott Bailey - Story of Solomon Owl
Arthur Scott Bailey, a native of the state of Vermont, wrote over forty children's books using a variety of animals, birds and even insects to entertain. The Tale of Solomon Owl is one of 16 stories of his Tuck-Me-In...
1 hour 49 minutes
Family
1.4K
Laura E. Howe Richards - Five Mice in a Mouse-trap by the Man in the Moon
There are five of these children, and I call them my Five Mice; and the queer house that they live in I call the Mouse-trap. They are such funny children! I watch them sometimes all day long, their pranks are so...
4 hours 8 minutes
Published 1800 -1900
1.2K
Rosa Nouchette Carey - Doctor Luttrell's First Patient
Doctor Markus Luttrell and his new wife Olivia, a former governess, are trying to start building their nest. Problems arise when doctor Luttrell cannot find work and Olivia has to take care of the house. The financial...
6 hours 42 minutes
War & Military
651
William C. Everhart - Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi
In the American Civil War, the Vicksburg campaign (December 1862-July 1863) was a pivotal victory for the Union under the generalship of Ulysses S. Grant, who as a result was promoted by President Lincoln to command...
15 minutes
Anthologies
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World's Best Poetry, Volume 9: Tragedy and Humor (Part 1)
The ninth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, includes a trove of famous tragic poems set in different regions of the world,...
6 hours 25 minutes
Romance
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Harriet Theresa Comstock - Place Beyond The Winds
Priscilla Glenn lives in Kenmore, a place which the Canadian Indians call «the in-place, the place beyond the winds». There are so many traditions, so many things to be proud of, yet Priscilla is different. She dreams...
9 hours 13 minutes
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