History and memoirs
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Theodore Roosevelt : An Autobiography
Roosevelt, TheodoreDuke Classics 2014The 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt was a quintessential American whose bold personality shines through in every line of this deeply engaging memoir. In add...
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Through the Brazilian Wilderness
Roosevelt, TheodoreDuke Classics 2014Theodore Roosevelt's epic hunting adventures and journeys of exploration throughout North America are the stuff of legend, but what some readers may not know is that Roosevelt's in...
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Hawthorne
James, HenryDuke Classics 2014Though Henry James is best remembered as a titan of nineteenth-century American literature and an important innovator in the domain of literary realism, he was also a key figure in...
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Hellenica
XenophonDuke Classics 2014Xenophon was a Greek soldier who played a key role in several military skirmishes and attacks throughout his life. Later in his life, he began to write down his recollections of th...
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The Mormon Menace : The Confessions of John D. Lee, Danite
Lee, John D.Duke Classics 2014In 1857, a group of pioneers from Arkansas heading for California were ambushed by a group of Native Americans and Mormons. It is estimated that nearly 140 men and women were massa...
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A Journey in Southeastern Mexico
Harper, Henry HowardDuke Classics 2014In this detailed travelogue, author Henry Howard Harper recounts his extended tour through the Mexican regions of Campeche, Tabasco, and Yucatan, conveying a vivid sense of the cou...
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Freedom's Battle : Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation
Gandhi, MahatmaDuke Classics 2014Indian activist Mahatma Gandhi dedicated his life to fighting British imperialism in his native country. The essays collected in Freedom's Battle offer a detailed account of Gandhi...
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Roman Life in the Days of Cicero
Church, Alfred JohnDuke Classics 2014Cicero, a Roman philosopher, orator, and politician, exerted an enormous influence on the development of Western culture, not only in his own time, but also in subsequent eras. Ind...
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History of King Charles II of England
Abbott, JacobDuke Classics 2014Despite some political turmoil and upheaval linked to ongoing conflict in the clash between Protestantism and Catholicism, the rule of Charles II, who reigned from 1660-1685, was l...
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History of the Kingdom of Siam : And of the Revolutions that Have Caused the Overthrow of the Empire, Up to A.D. 1770
Turpin, Francois HenriDuke Classics 2014The country now known as Thailand was long referred to as "Siam," and it has a rich history that dates back thousands of years. This in-depth history details the series of states t...
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My Friend Annabel Lee
Maclane, MaryDuke Classics 2014Canadian-born memoirist Mary MacLane broke significant literary ground in the early twentieth century with her disarmingly frank and candid autobiographical writing. In this volume...
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The Frontier in American History
Jackson Turner, FrederickDuke Classics 2014The frontier has always been a quintessential part of what makes America unique, and according to renowned historian Frederick Jackson Turner, it did more than stoke the imaginatio...
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The Rough Riders
Roosevelt, TheodoreDuke Classics 2014Legendary outdoorsman, conservationist and U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt first rose to national prominence as a leader of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, the crack tea...
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Poison Romance and Poison Mysteries
Thompson, C. J. S.Duke Classics 2014Poisons have long been the weapon of choice of nefarious ne'er-do-wells seeking to inflict harm on others. In this gripping true-crime compendium, author C.J.S. Thompson offers a c...
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Narrative of a Journey Down the Ohio and Mississippi in 1789-90
Forman, Samuel S.Duke Classics 2014Major Samuel S. Forman hailed from a family that played a prominent role in the early years of the U.S. colonies and the transition to nationhood. In the late 1700s, Forman took an...
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The Mariner of St. Malo : A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier
Leacock, StephenDuke Classics 2014Canadian author Stephen Leacock gained popular acclaim as a much-loved humor writer, publishing dozens of books in that vein over the course of his career. However, he was a traine...
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The Superstitions of Witchcraft
Williams, HowardDuke Classics 2014This 1865 volume offers a surprisingly sympathetic view of witchcraft, tracing its roots through several thousand years and pointing out similarities and parallels with the major w...
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Hunting the Grisly : And Other Sketches
Roosevelt, TheodoreDuke Classics 2014Hunters, anglers and lovers of the great outdoors will fall for the many charms of Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches, a compendium of ripping yarns from Theodore Roosevelt, the...
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I Await the Devil's Coming : The Story of Mary MacLane
Maclane, MaryDuke Classics 2014Published in 1902 when the author was not yet twenty years old, Mary MacLane's searingly frank memoir is so far ahead of its time that it may shock even current-day readers. Indeed...
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I, Mary MacLane : A Diary of Human Days
Maclane, MaryDuke Classics 2014With candid memoirs like I, Mary MacLane, this controversial Canadian writer helped to usher in a new era of confessional autobiography—and to remake the notion of what constituted...