Biography Books

Anthony Wayne, 1745-1796

Randolph C. Downes

The following biographical sketch of Anthony Wayne was written by Randolph C. Downes. It was published in 1936 by Charles Scribner’s Sons in the DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY, volume nineteen. Both..

The Lives of Celebrated Travellers, Vol. 2 (of 3)

James Augustus St. John

The Lives of Celebrated Travellers, Vol. 2 (of 3)Joseph Pitton de TournefortDr. Thomas ShawFrederic HasselquistLady Wortley MontagueRichard PocockeJohn BellJohn LedyardGeorge ForsterJames BruceJonas H..

The Maid of Orleans

Friedrich Henning

The life story of Joan of Arc, as told in this volume, closely follows the historical facts as well as the official records bearing upon her trial and burning for “heresy, relapse, apostasy, and idola..

Life of James Mars, a Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut

James Mars

I came to Norfolk on a visit at the time the war broke out, and some in Norfolk remember that I was once a slave. They asked me about it; I told them something about it; they seemed to take an interes..

The Last Days of the Romanovs

George Gustav Telberg

During the night between the 16th and 17th of July, 1918, the former Russian Emperor Nicholas II, his family, as well as all the persons attached to it, were murdered by the order of the Yekaterinburg..

Charles Peace, or The Adventures of a Notorious Burglar

Anonymous

Charles Peace, from his very boyhood, was wild. It is said that there was no adventure to be undertaken in regard to which he had any fear; neither did he require twice telling when he was requested t..

Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women

Elizabeth Blackwell

The idea taking shape.—When I returned from the Kentucky engagement the family had removed to the pleasant suburb of Walnut Hills, where the well-known Lane Theological Seminary, under the direction o..

The Youth of Washington

S. Weir Mitchell

The Youth of Washington: Told in the Form of an Autobiography by S. Weir Mitchell. My reflections have brought back to mind a remark which seems to me just, made by my aide, Colonel Tilghman, a m..