Gary Olman

12 books

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Biography & Autobiography

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DeWitt C. Peters - Life and Adventures of Kit Carson

Kit Carson was a famous hunter, trapper, mountain man, guide — an American icon. Stories about him abounded in popular contemporary literature, but most was pure fiction. This work is the authorized biography, much of...

Lynne T and 10 more 15 hours 39 minutes

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Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth

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T. D. Bonner - Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth

Buried amid the sublime passes of the Sierra Nevada are old men, who, when children, strayed away from our crowded settlements, and, gradually moving farther and farther from civilization, have in time become...

Gary Olman 17 hours 16 minutes

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*Non-fiction

483

Sir Francis Galton - Art of Travel

The Art of Travel is a handbook of practical advice for the adventure seeking Victorian. We hear how to organize all steps of a voyage, from the very beginnings (qualifications of a traveller, how to organize an...

Availle and 16 more 13 hours 38 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

478

John Hay - Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 1)

This is the biography of Abraham Lincoln, written by two of his private secretaries. (Summary by ashleighjane)

ashleighjane and 10 more 13 hours 45 minutes Abraham Lincoln: A History in 10 Volumes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

461

G. A. Henty - With Clive in India

With Clive in India gives a vivid picture of the wonderful events of the ten years, which at their commencement saw Madras in the hands of the French--Calcutta at the mercy of the Nabob of Bengal--and English...

Gary Olman 13 hours 32 minutes

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With Frederick The Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War

Action & Adventure Fiction

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G. A. Henty - With Frederick The Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War

Among the great wars of history there are few, if any, instances of so long and successfully sustained a struggle, against enormous odds, as that of the Seven Years' War, maintained by Prussia--then a small and...

Gary Olman 13 hours 3 minutes

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Modern (20th C)

443

John Reed - Ten Days that Shook the World

Ten Days that Shook the World (1919) is a book by American journalist and socialist John Reed about the October Revolution in Russia in 1917 which Reed experienced firsthand. Reed followed many of the prominent...

Debra and 11 more 14 hours 42 minutes

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General Fiction

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A. E. W. Mason - Four Feathers

The Four Feathers is a 1902 adventure novel by British writer A.E.W. Mason that has inspired many films of the same title. The novel tells the story of British officer, Harry Feversham, who resigns his commission in...

Becky Cook and 10 more 11 hours 26 minutes

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Beric the Briton: a Story of the Roman Invasion

Historical Fiction

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G. A. Henty - Beric the Briton: a Story of the Roman Invasion

My series of stories dealing with the wars of England would be altogether incomplete did it not include the period when the Romans were the masters of the country. The valour with which the natives of this island...

Gary Olman 15 hours 12 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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G. A. Henty - Through Russian Snows

There are few campaigns that, either in point of the immense scale upon which it was undertaken, the completeness of its failure, or the enormous loss of life entailed, appeal to the imagination in so great a degree...

Gary Olman 11 hours 42 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

485

William Clark Russell - Abandoned

We meet Miss Lucretia Lane as she is dressing for her marriage to Captain Francis Reynolds of the British Merchant Service. Though he loves her truly, she has severe misgivings. She goes through with the wedding in...

Patti Cunningham and 9 more 9 hours 31 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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H. C. Bailey - Colonel Greatheart

This is a story of the English Civil War where a witching woman conquerors hearts and marks.

ink tree and 6 more 12 hours 6 minutes

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New

Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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