Cate Barratt
55 books
Anthologies
367
Álvaro Velez Ladrón de Guevara - Wheels - A Third Cycle
A series of six volumes of Wheels anthologies was produced by members of the Sitwell family between 1916 and 1922. The third volume, published in 1918, contains poems by Aldous Huxley, Arnold James, Iris Tree, Sherard...
1 hour 59 minutes
Humorous Fiction
374
John Kendrick Bangs - Jack and the Check Book
Bangs is in top form in his version of this small collection of timeless fairy tales. If you don't immediately recognize Jack and the Check Book, Puss, the Promoter, and the Golden Fleece, don't worry, you soon will....
2 hours 55 minutes
General Fiction
348
Jacob A. Riis - Neighbors - Life Stories of the Other Half
These stories have come to me from many sources—some from my own experience, others from settlement workers, still others from the records of organized charity, that are never dry, as some think, but alive with vital...
2 hours 58 minutes
Modern (19th C)
486
Ethel T. Raymond - Chronicles of Canada Volume 17 - Tecumseh: A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People
Tecumseh was a leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy that opposed the United States during the War of 1812. He became a folk hero remembered by many Canadians for his defense of their country. (Summary...
3 hours
General Fiction
391
John Kendrick Bangs - Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others
New York-born John Kendrick Bangs was associate editor and then editor of Life and Harper magazines, eventually finding his way into the Humour department. Here he began to write his own satire and humour. Ghosts I...
3 hours 3 minutes
Historical
380
Alice Turner Curtis - Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter
Sylvia Fulton is a ten-years-old girl from Boston who stayed in Charleston, South Carolina, before the opening of the civil war. She loves her new home, and her dear friends. However, political tensions are rising,...
3 hours 52 minutes
Modern (19th C)
416
A. H. U. Colquhoun - Chronicles of Canada Volume 28 - The Fathers of Confederation: A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion
During and after the United States' War of Independence, Canada remained loyal to Great Britain. The upheavals of the 1830's and early 1840's led to a Popular Government and union of Upper and Lower Canada in 1841,...
4 hours 8 minutes