Phil Schempf
295 books
Essays & Short Works
1.1K
John Galsworthy - Complete Essays of John Galsworthy
This is a collection of essays by John Galsworthy. A multitude of subjects is covered, but the essays are connected by an artistic spirit, and they are written much more like short stories than in the classical style...
6 hours 41 minutes
Exploration
820
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
Travel & Geography
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National Geographic Society - National Geographic Magazine Vol. 06
National Geographic Magazine Volume 6, articles published from January, 1894, to May, 1895. Geographic Progress of Civilization — Annual Address by the President Honorable Gardiner G. Hubbard Shawangunk Mountain,...
12 hours 1 minute
War & Military
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Charles E. Flandrau - History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier, Part 1
«It has been a little over fifty years since the organization of the Territory of Minnesota, which at its birth was a very small and unimportant creation, but which in its half century of growth has expanded into one...
9 hours 16 minutes
Early Modern
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Francis Parkman, Jr. - Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada
«The Conspiracy of Pontiac» was Parkman's first history book and first published in 1851. It covers the Indian wars of 1763 to 1769. Pontiac, an Ottawa chief, put together a coalition of Indian tribes from around the...
16 hours 33 minutes
Sagas
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Anonymous - Saga of Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald
A tale from Iceland, 800 years ago. In a dream of quarrels and death The birth of fair Helga is told Cross the north seas ventured for fame At the call of kings, hearth bereft Wounded pride, spawn'd of a...
1 hour 23 minutes
