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Narrative of The Life of David Crockett of The State of Tennessee

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David Crockett - Narrative of The Life of David Crockett of The State of Tennessee

Autobiography, written by David (Davey) Crockett about 2 years before his death at the Alamo in March of 1836. — Summary by Bill2147

Lynne T and 7 more 4 hours 22 minutes

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At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War

Action & Adventure Fiction

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G. A. Henty - At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War

The story of the war in which the power of the great Mahratta confederacy was broken ended in the firm establishment of the British Empire the Indian Peninsula. When the struggle began, the Mahrattas were masters of...

Lynne T and 9 more 12 hours 53 minutes

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Single author

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Marietta Holley - Poems

This is a collection of poems by Marietta Holley, better known as Josiah Allen's Wife. — Summary by Carolin

Ian King and 18 more 3 hours 35 minutes

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Family Life

472

Richard Doddridge Blackmore - Cradock Nowell Vol. 1

Cradock Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, it follows the fortunes of Cradock Nowell who is thrown out of his family...

Lynne T 8 hours 30 minutes

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Travel & Geography

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Thomas Gaskell Allen - Across Asia on a Bicycle

In 1890, two Americans newly graduated from college set out to travel around the world on a then-new invention, the modern bicycle. In 1893 they returned, have covered over 15,000 miles, at that time the «longest...

pyfeman43 and 8 more 5 hours 40 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore - Clara Vaughan, Vol. III

CLARA VAUGHAN, the young heroine, narrator, and namesake for R. D. Blackmore’s early detective novel, is determined to solve the mystery of her father’s murder—a crime that occurred when she was only 10 years of age....

Lynne T and 7 more 7 hours 52 minutes

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Family Life

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George Gissing - Demos: A Story of English Socialism

«Richard Mutimer is delighted to inherit a large fortune. As a socialist, he means to use it well: he will open a factory in which workers would be treated well, he will advance his party's causes through his own...

KHand and 7 more 20 hours 55 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Deborah Alcock - Spanish Brothers

The daughter of a minister, Deborah Alcock wrote novels on a Christian theme. The Spanish Brothers is set in the sixteenth century and deals with Protestant martyrdom during the Spanish Inquisition. Follow the...

KeiPie and 6 more 12 hours 23 minutes

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General Fiction

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Edgar Saltus - Mr. Incoul's Misadventure

Saltus has been compared to Oscar Wilde for wit and language. His novels are entertaining, yet philosophical, exposing the vagaries of human nature. The publishers promoted Mr. Incoul's Misadventure thus: «A novel...

Lynne T and 6 more 4 hours 29 minutes

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Family Life

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Charlotte Turner Smith - Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle

This book was written about 150 years ahead of its time. It tells the story of Emmeline Mobwray who grows up in a dysfunctional family and has to find herself against all odds. Orphaned at a young age, she has to stay...

Michele Fry and 9 more 23 hours 25 minutes

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Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout

Biography & Autobiography

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J. W. Buel - Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout

BEING A TRUE AND EXACT HISTORY OF ALL THE SANGUINARY COMBATS AND HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPES OF THE MOST FAMOUS SCOUT AND SPY AMERICA EVER PRODUCED. «Wild Bill, as a frontier character of the daring, cunning and honorable...

Jairus Amar and 10 more 2 hours 31 minutes

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Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

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Abraham Cahan - Rise of David Levinsky

Coming to New York from the Russian Empire, Abraham Cahan founded the Jewish Daily Forward to help Yiddish-speaking immigrants adjust to life in New York. He also became a popular novelist, best known for his...

Mark Chulsky and 9 more 18 hours 51 minutes

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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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