Memoirs Books

The Gulf and Inland Waters

A. T. Mahan

The Gulf and Inland Waters is part of the multi volume book The Navy In The Civil War written by Alfred Thayer Mahan was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called ..

Memoirs of General William T. Sherman

William T. Sherman

Memoirs of General William T. Sherman is a personal narrative of William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during th..

Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865

Carlton McCarthy

The author, who fought as a private in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War, describes the Confederate soldier’s daily struggles with hunger, illness, fear, and the perils of combat; as ..

The Autobiography of St. Ignatius

Saint of Loyola Ignatius

This account of the life of St. Ignatius, dictated by himself to Father Gonzalez, is a most valuable record of the great Founder of the Society of Jesus. It, more than any other work, gives an insight..

South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917

Ernest Shackleton

South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917 is a personal narrative of Ernest Shackleton, a British polar explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was ..

The Rise of David Levinsky

Abraham Cahan

The Rise of David Levinsky is a Jewish fiction novel written by Abraham Cahan, a Jewish American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician.Coming to New York from the Russian Empire, Abraha..

Malbone - An Oldport Romance

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Malbone: An Oldport Romance is a personal narrative written by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier.  The narrative skilfully depicts..

Mémoires de Mr. d'Artagnan

Gatien Courtilz de Sandras

Mémoires de Mr. d'Artagnan is a French memoir written by Gatien Courtilz de Sandras...