Biography Books
Everlasting Pearl - One of China's Women
Anna Magdalena JohannsenThirty-five years ago missionary work was commenced in the city of Yüshan, situated on the Kwangsin River in Kiangsi, one of the central Provinces of China. The conversion of "Everlasting Pearl," whic..
A Publisher and His Friends
Samuel SmilesA Publisher and His Friends, Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843. Preface from the book:When my Grandfather's Memoirs were publ..
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
George Washington PlunkittPlunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County cou..
Daniel Boone
Katharine Elliott WilkieThis is a detailed biography of the life and adventures of Daniel Boone. His accomplishments are brushed over in history classes these days and not given the recognition they deserve. This biography c..
Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable
Jean S. RemyLives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable is a collection biographies of the American Presidents written by Jean S. Remy. Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable is a ha..
Sergeant York And His People
Sam K. CowanFrom a cabin back in the mountains of Tennessee, forty-eight miles from the railroad, a young man went to the World War. He was untutored in the ways of the world. Caught by the enemy in the cove of a..
History of Julius Caesar
Jacob AbbottHistory of Julius Caesar is a biographical work written by Jacob Abbott, an American writer of children's books. It is the object of this series of histories to present a clear, distinct, and con..
Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century
George PastonLittle Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century is a biographical work of popular authors written by Emily Morse Symonds, known as an author by her pen name George Paston, was a British author and literary c..