Biography Books

Tour Through the Eastern Counties of England

Daniel Defoe

Tour Through the Eastern Counties of England by Daniel Dafoe is an enjoyable travel memoir. She plays with the reader's imagination and portrays scenic beauty with such delight that the reader is drag..

Dickory Cronke

Daniel Defoe

A faithful and very surprising Account how Dickory Cronke, a Tinner's son, in the County of Cornwall, was born Dumb, and continued so for Fifty-eight years; and how, some days before he died, he came ..

Abraham Lincoln Biography

Lord Charnwood

Abraham Lincoln Biography by Lord Charnwood is one of the finest single-volume biographies ever written on Lincoln," wrote independent Lincoln scholar Michael Burkhimer in 2003. This classic is number..

The Life of Abraham Lincoln

Henry Ketcham

America's 16th and arguably most famous president, Abraham Lincoln was the man who held it all together. He served his country through the Civil War, which was literally its most divisive moment. The ..

The Life And Public Service Of General Zachary Taylor

Abraham Lincoln

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains..

Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

Nellie Bly

Around the World in Seventy-Two Days is an 1890 book by journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochrane, writing under her pseudonym, Nellie Bly. The chronicle details her 72-day trip around the world, which was i..

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 - Great Women

John Lord

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07: Great Women is part of the collection of biographies of Great Women in the history compiled by the author John Lord.When Adam and Eve were expelled from Parad..

Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance

Frances Cavanah

Originally published in 1959, Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance is a somewhat fictionalized biography of Abraham Lincoln for young readers by Frances Cavanah. These kind of stories for children were popular..