Brendan Stallard
34 books
*Non-fiction
450
Thomas Stevens - Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. 2
Thomas Stevens was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle, a large-wheeled Ordinary. His journey started in April 1884 in San Francisco from where he cycled to Boston to take a steamer to England. Crossing...
19 hours 52 minutes
Early Modern
634
Francis Parkman, Jr. - Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada
«The Conspiracy of Pontiac» was Parkman's first history book and first published in 1851. It covers the Indian wars of 1763 to 1769. Pontiac, an Ottawa chief, put together a coalition of Indian tribes from around the...
16 hours 33 minutes
General Fiction
390
Sarah J. Richardson - Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal
Life in the Grey Nunnery was first published in Boston, in 1857 by Edward P. Hood, who was credited as the book's editor. It is likely that this account is by Sarah J. Richardson «as told to» Edward Hood, though it...
6 hours 58 minutes
*Non-fiction
418
Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 21)
This is volume 4 chapter 21 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resume of the history of England up until the Stuart kings and then starts to...
6 hours 29 minutes
