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Modern (19th C)
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John Lord - Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12: American Leaders
A continuation of United States history, Volume 12 discusses key US leaders in the time up to and including the Civil War. In this volume are presented Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun,...
7 hours 10 minutes
History
1.9K
Harry A. Franck - Zone Policeman 88; A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and Its Workers
Harry A. Franck was an American travel writer. After publishing Vagabond Journey Around the World , he spent 3 months in the Canal Zone of Panama as a census-taker and police officer. This work is a series of...
6 hours 15 minutes
Anthologies
2.6K
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 9
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offering «American households a mass of good reading», the editors drew from...
17 hours 56 minutes
Detective Fiction
1.6K
Joel Chandler Harris - Kidnapping of President Lincoln, and Other War Detective Stories
While detective work always makes for exciting stories, the circumstances under which the detective works play a huge role in the thrill. The stories in this collection follow detectives as they unravel mysteries in...
5 hours 55 minutes
Animals & Nature
1.5K
George Langford - Stories of the First American Animals
Combining beast fable with natural history, this is a highly engaging and informative account of some of the prehistoric mammals that once roamed across North America. Each short story tells us something about a...
7 hours 11 minutes
Early Modern
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John Lord - Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11: American Founders
The eleventh volume of the Beacon Lights of History series, this volume is the first that directly refers to the United States. In this volume is found Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John...
6 hours 59 minutes
