Historical Biographies & Memoirs

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David Crockett: His Life and Adventures
by John S. C. Abbott - Project Gutenberg , 2009
Colonel David Stern Crockett (August 17, 1786 - March 6, 1836) was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician; usually referred to as Davy Crockett and by the popular title "King of the Wild Frontier".
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Foch, the Man of Orleans
by Basil Henry Liddell Hart - Greenwood Press Reprint , 1980
Foch was hailed as a savior in WW I, and for all the wrong reasons. He was irrationally aggressive, overly dedicated to the offensive, stolid and unimaginative. Yet he ended up in charge of all Allied armies and presided over five million deaths.
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George Washington Man and Monument
by Cunliffe Marcus - Mentor Book , 1958
The obelisk that called the Washington Monument was completed a hundred years after George Washington had achieved victory and independence for his nation. Yet the bones of the man it celebrates are in the vault of his Mount Vernon home.
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Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
by Plutarch - eBooks@Adelaide , 2009
A brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers of all time. In his most famous and influential work, Plutarch reveals the character and personality of his subjects and how they led ultimately to tragedy or victory.
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The Generalship Of Ulysses S. Grant
by J. F. C. Fuller - Da Capo Press , 1991
The reader leaves this book with a sense of knowing and understanding Grant, and believing that Grant's personality was the critical factor in the Union's 1864-1865 Virginia compaigns. This text is an essential Civil War reading.
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The Life of Christopher Columbus
by Edward Everett Hale - Classic Reader , 2008
This book contains a life of Columbus, written with the hope of interesting all classes of readers. I have followed on the lines of his own personal narrative wherever we have it. And where this is lost I have used the contemporary authorities.
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The Life of Sir Richard Burton
by Thomas Wright - Project Gutenberg , 2003
Sir Richard Burton was an English explorer, writer, soldier, ethnologist, poet and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia and Africa as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures.
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The Presidents: A Reference History
by Henry F. Graff - Advameg, Inc. , 2009
This a standard resource for students and the general public alike: U.S. presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush are profiled in depth. This is the story of the national political leadership of the country during the nearly two centuries.
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The Rommel Papers
by Erwin Rommel - Da Capo Press , 1982
When field marshall Rommel died he left behind in various hiding places the documents of his career and the details of his war campaigns. Rommel’s son Manfred added the detailed story of his father’s last months and the final day when he commited suicide.
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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln
by Abraham Lincoln - Pennsylvania State University , 2002
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination. This immense collection includes Lincoln's speeches, letters, and telegrams. It provides a vivid picture of history as lived day-to-day.
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Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
by Booker T. Washington - Pennsylvania State University , 2000
Born into slavery, Booker T. Washington is freed when he is nine years old. To help support his family, he then works as a salt packer, coal miner, and house servant. All the while, he longs to become educated and to educate others.
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