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Life of Isaac Mason as a Slave
by Isaac MasonLife of Isaac Mason as a Slave is the personal memoir of Isaac Mason narrating his painful days as slave. Like many autobiographies on slavery, this memoir also heart touching and let us visualize the dark days of human life due to slavery. Excerpts:In Kent County, in the northern part of the State of Maryland, there was at the time of my ear..
Varney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood
by Thomas Preskett PrestVarney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood is vampire fiction work written by Thomas Preskett Prest, although there are disputes over the authorship and it also being attributed to James Malcolm Rymer. It first appeared in 1845–47 as a series of cheap pamphlets of the kind then known as "penny dreadfuls". The story was published in book f..
Fort Gibson - A Brief History
by Grant ForemanFort Gibson was not only the oldest and most celebrated military establishment in the annals of Oklahoma but in its early days it was the farthest west outpost of the United States, and in many respects continued for years to be one of the most important on that frontier. It was one of the chain of forts reaching from the northern to the south..
Boswell's Life of Johnson
by James BoswellThe Life of Samuel Johnson is the biography of the English Poet Samuel Johnson and considered as the greatest biography written in the modern biography genre. Johnson was described as the most distinguished man of letters in English history. James Boswell, the author of this biography was an Scottish Lawyer and his surname went on to get his ..
The Price of Blood
by Howard PyleThe Price of Blood is a novel written by the American Illustrator Howard Pyle who is known for his famous illustration of Pirates and being the author of The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire which narrated the story of English outlaw Robin Hood. Howard has written many novels such as Men of Iron, Otto of the S..
Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln
by Abraham LincolnNoted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln is a part of series American History in Literature contains best known American speeches. Edited by LILIAN MARIE BRIGGS with biographical sketches, this book contains the popular speeches of the the Great American President Abraham Lincoln and would be a wonderful read for young readers who seeks concise accounts o..
A Singular Life
by Elizabeth Stuart PhelpsA Singular Life is novel based on the temperance movement which criticizes excessive alcohol consumption. Written by the American feminist Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward who is known for many social changes including movement against experimentation of animals. It is believed that the theme for the novel "A Singular Life" might have been origin..
A Modern Aladdin
by Howard PyleA Modern Aladdin OR, THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF OLIVER MUNIER is An Extravaganza in Four Acts written by American Illustrator Howard Pyle who is known for portraying the English outlaw Robin Hood. Excerpts from the book.The Comte de St. Germaine was a real historical character. Of all the many adventurers brilliant and volatile that fl..