Published 1800 -1900
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Ingersoll Lockwood - 1900 or The Last President
The year is 1896. The United States is rocked by the election of an unlikely president. On election night, riots broke out in the streets of New York. The city was paralyzed with dread. Mobs organized under the lead...
1 hour 13 minutes
Modern (19th C)
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Robert Glass Cleland - History of California: The American Period
The Author's own summary surveys “first the faint awakenings of American interest in the Spanish province of Alta California. The New England merchants traffic again along the sunlit, poorly guarded coast; the shadow...
17 hours 24 minutes
Historical Fiction
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Eva March Tappan - World’s Story Volume VII: Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland
This is the seventh volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art , edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature,...
17 hours 12 minutes
Medical
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Frederick Treves - Elephant Man and other reminiscences
In 1884, Professor Treves saw Joseph Merrick (known as the «Elephant Man») in a shop across the road from the London Hospital. Being also a teacher at the University, he brought Merrick to the London Hospital as a...
5 hours 4 minutes
Children's Fiction
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Clara Dillingham Pierson - Plow Stories
This book tells of the important role of the plow, starting from its humble beginnings and how the plow has changed over time. This is achieved through a series of small stories set during different time periods in...
2 hours 58 minutes
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