Modern (19th C)
576
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
Medical
562
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