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The Biography of a Grizzly

Ernest Thompson

I first read this little book when I was in the fifth grade, and now more than fifty years later, I still find it fascinating. Ernest Thompson Seton was a man with a concern for nature her creatures a..

Abraham Lincoln - An Horatian Ode

Richard Henry Stoddard

Richard Henry Stoddard was an American critic and poet. Richard Henry Stoddard was born on July 2, 1825, in Hingham, Massachusetts. His father, a sea-captain, was wrecked and lost on one of his voyage..

George Washington - A Biography

William Roscoe Thayer

To obviate misunderstanding, it seems well to warn the reader that this book aims only at giving a sketch of George Washington's life and acts. I was interested to discover, if I could, the human resi..

The Abandoned Room

Charles Wadsworth Camp

The Abandoned Room is a mystery novel written by Charles Wadsworth Camp, a journalist and writer. His novels and stories were made into seven movies. Born in Pennsylvania, he settled in Jacksonville, ..

The Monitor and the Merrimac

John Lorimer Worden

This is the first-hand story of what was done and seen and felt on each side in the battle of the Monitor and the Merrimac. The actual experiences on both vessels are pictured, in one case by the comm..

Abraham Lincoln - The People's Leader in the Struggle for National Existence

George Haven Putnam

The twelfth of February, 1909, was the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. In New York, as in other cities and towns throughout the Union, the day was devoted to commemoration exerc..

The Way We Live Now

Anthony Trollope

The Way We Live Now is a satirical novel by Anthony Trollope, published in London in 1875 after first appearing in serialised form. It is one of the last significant Victorian novels to have been publ..

Le Morte d'Arthur - Volume 2

Thomas Malory

Le Morte d'Arthur is a reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of existing tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin, and the Knights of the Round Table. Malory interpreted existing Fr..