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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

by Ulysses S. Grant

Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant is the stunning autobiography of the Great military personality who leads the union army in American civil war to victory.  This autobiography was written by the author during his deathbed against throat cancer and while he was badly in need of funds for his family. This work was compared by Mark Twain to the me..

A Voyage Round the World

A Voyage Round the World

by George Anson

A Voyage Round the World is a true account of historical circumnavigation by the Great Britain’s Commodore George Anson.  While he was successful in his mission to capture Spain’s Pacific possessions, however the voyage turned down to be a tragic end for the crew as only 10% of them survived after being victimized for diseases while they cruis..

Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal  -   Philippine Patriot

Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal - Philippine Patriot

by Austin Craig

Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal : Philippine Patriot is the biography of the Philippine revolutionary hero Jose Rizal written by the American historian Austin Craig. Executed by the Spanish army at the age of 35, Jose Rizal has been considered the national hero of Philippines, his novels, poems and essays ignited the people of his nation dur..

Sir Charles Napier -  An Autobiography

Sir Charles Napier - An Autobiography

by Sir William Francis Butler

Excepts from the bookAt midnight on January 5th the little column started for Emanghur,—three hundred and fifty men of the Twenty-Second Regiment on camels—two men on each—two twenty-four pounders drawn by camels, and two hundred troopers of the Scinde Horse, with fifteen days' food and four days' water. From a group of wells called Choonka, Napier..

Life of Isaac Mason as a Slave

Life of Isaac Mason as a Slave

by Isaac Mason

Life of Isaac Mason as a Slave is the personal memoir of Isaac Mason narrating his painful days as slave. Like many autobiographies on slavery, this memoir also heart touching and let us visualize the dark days of human life due to slavery. Excerpts:In Kent County, in the northern part of the State of Maryland, there was at the time of my ear..

Boswell's Life of Johnson

Boswell's Life of Johnson

by James Boswell

The Life of Samuel Johnson is the biography of the English Poet Samuel Johnson and considered as the greatest biography written in the modern biography genre. Johnson was described as the most distinguished man of letters in English history.  James Boswell, the author of this biography was an Scottish Lawyer and his surname went on to get his ..

My Life at Sea

My Life at Sea

by W. Caius Crutchley

My Life at Sea is an autobiography of the COMMANDER W. CAIUS CRUTCHLEY, a sailor who began his life at sea in sailing-ships, in the age of the Black Ball liners, the Baltimore clipper-ships, and those perfect specimens of naval architecture built in Aberdeen for the China tea trade. Captain Crutchley tells of the hardships of the sea. He gives stir..

Great-Heart

Great-Heart

by Daniel Henderson

Great-Heart is the life story of American President Theodore Roosevelt Written by Daniel Henderson. The work has been approached from the viewpoint of one who was not a partisan; of one disposed to be critical; of one who, however, viewing Roosevelt’s career as a whole, was so moved by its grandeur that he became impelled to play what par..