Larry Wilson
641 books
Satire
892
Washington Irving - Knickerbocker's History of New York, Vol. 1
Washington Irving, an author, biographer, historian, and diplomat, completed his first major work, a satire of contemporary local history and politics entitled A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to...
6 hours 59 minutes
Exploration
737
Walter Dwight Wilcox - Camping in the Canadian Rockies
An Account of Camp Life in the Wilder Parts of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Together with a Description of the Region About Banff, Lake Louise and Glacier, and a Sketch of the Early Explorations. — Summary by the...
6 hours 58 minutes
Animals & Nature
956
Ada M. Skinner - Topaz Story Book: Stories and Legends of Autumn, Hallowe'en, and Thanksgiving
From the Introduction: «Nature stories, legends, and poems appeal to the young reader’s interest in various ways. Some of them suggest or reveal certain facts which stimulate a spirit of investigation and attract the...
6 hours 56 minutes
History
833
Jean-Joseph Gaume - Sign of the Cross in the Nineteenth Century
A book that examines the sign of the Cross made by Christians since the primitive church up until the 19th century. It looks at stories of miracles and the writings of the father to impress upon the reader the need to...
6 hours 54 minutes
Essays & Short Works
1.5K
Christopher Morley - Plum Pudding: Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned
Chrisopher Morley was an American literary luminary whose prolific writings included novels, essays, poetry, plays and great journalistic output. This collection of essays is wide ranging in topics, many with his...
6 hours 49 minutes
Single author
2.2K
Madison Cawein - Poems of Madison Cawein Vol 4
This is Volume 4: Poems of Mystery and of Myth and Romance of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. It falls into three sections: Poems of Mystery, Poems of Myth and Romance,...
6 hours 48 minutes
Anthologies
1K
John Lomax - Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John Avery Lomax is a towering figure in the field of early American musicology and folklore. Through intensive field work, Lomax built up the core body of work for the Library of Congress Archive. «Cowboy Songs and...
6 hours 36 minutes
