David Wales
307 books
Memoirs
760
Peter Randolph - From Slave Cabin To Pulpit and Sketches Of Slave Life
Peter Randolph was born a slave in 1825 (?), was freed before the American Civil War, and became a clergyman in the Baptist tradition, dying in 1897. This is his 1893 autobiography. The latter third of the book is a...
4 hours 47 minutes
War & Military
853
Robert E. Lee, Jr. - Recollections And Letters Of General Robert E. Lee By His Son
The life of the Confederate States of America general, Robert E. Lee, through the eyes of his youngest son, who was also a Confederate Army officer. Published in 1905. Note: in many of the letters the recipient's name...
14 hours 1 minute
War & Military
817
Charles Tyrwhitt Dawkins - Night Operations For Infantry - Compiled For The Use Of Company Officers (1916)
«It must be remembered that many of our men up to the time of their enlistment have passed their lives entirely in large towns, and have rarely been beyond the range of street lamps. Such men, when first taken out in...
1 hour 5 minutes
Medical
1.1K
George Vivian Poore - London (Ancient And Modern) From The Sanitary And Medical Point Of View
This little book is an expansion of two addresses delivered in January, 1889. One deals with sanitary issues in London. The other deals with medical issues, mainly through the lives and careers of physicians. Though...
4 hours 18 minutes
