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Pioneer Life in Illinois
by F. M. PerrymanPioneer Life in Illinois written by F. M. PERRYMAN explores the life at Illinois from many view points. As the author himself has been born and brought up at Illinois, there is a nativity and originality to his work. As mentioned in the preface of the book, the author says "IN presenting this little book to the public, the author would not dar..
Across The Reef - The Marine assault of Tarawa
by Joseph H. AlexanderAcross The Reef: The Marine assault of Tarawa is a real account of world War II, written by Colonel Joseph H. Alexander who was serving the U.S.Marine Corps. The author narrates the incidents during August 1943, which planned the execution of assault of Tarawa.Excerpts:The Gilbert Islands consist of 16 scattered atolls lying along the equator in th..
Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace
by John M. BurkeBuffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace is an authentic history of the wild west With Sketches, Stories of Adventure, and Anecdotes of “Buffalo Bill,” the Hero of the Plains compiled by JOHN M. BURKE (“ARIZONA JOHN”) with the authority of General W. F. Cody (“Buffalo Bill”). An association of some thirty years with the subject of these pages, a familia..
A Child's History of England
by Charles DickensCharles Dickens migration as historian through his non-fiction work of A Child's History of England explores the hundreds of decades long history of the English Islands comprising England, Scotland and Ireland. It is shocking to note the depth of rivalry among the members of dynasties to the extent of committing disgraceful crimes to acquire ..
Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo
by Edwin Herbert GomesThe Bornean jungles are immense tracts of country covered by gigantic trees, in the midst of which are mountains clothed in evergreen foliage, their barren cliffs buried beneath a network of creepers and ferns. The striking features are the size of the enormous forest trees and the closeness of their growth, rather than their loveliness or brillian..
Sacred Mysteries Among the Mayas and the Quiches, 11,500 Years Ago
by Le PlongeonThere are authors who attribute the origin of modern Free Masonry to the followers of Pythagoras, because some of the speculations of that Philosopher concerning the meaning of the numbers are to be found in the esoteric doctrines taught in the masonic lodges. Others, on account of the Christian symbols that have been incorporated in the decoration..
The Sufferings and Escape of Capt. Chas. H. Brown From an Awful Imprisonment
by Chilian ConvictsThe preface to a book is very often nothing more than a respectable cloak, allowed by the conventionalities of literature, in which an author may wrap his excuses and apologies for troubling the public with his lucubrations. This dressing up of excuses in order to introduce them into notice under another name, is a thing so tempting to poor human n..
1601 - Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors
by Mark TwainConversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors. or simply 1601 is the title of a short risqu? squib by Mark Twain, first published anonymously in 1880, and finally acknowledged by the author in 1906. Written as an extract from the diary of one of Queen Elizabeth I's ladies-in-waiting, the pamphlet purports to record a con..