Short Nonfiction Collection

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A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, war, farming, slavery, education, philosophy, and nature. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

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An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier	37:44	Read by Winston Tharp
An Åland Question, résumé of arguments and points of view in defence of Finland's right to the Åland archipelago	37:16	Read by Pentti Hirvonen
The Alcazar	10:36	Read by LizMourant
America or The New World	20:42	Read by Bellona Times
Americanisms	10:53	Read by Bellona Times
Farming with Dynamite	20:18	Read by Availle
History of the Second Massachusetts Regiment of Infantry: A Prisoner's Diary	55:46	Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
If the Confederates had Marched on Washington after Bull Run & If the Confederates had Purchased the East India Company's Fleet in 1861	16:15	Read by James Christopher
Johnny Appleseed - A Pioneer Hero	34:26	Read by Sue Anderson
Letter Henry Lee	5:33	Read by progressingamerica
Life on the Pampas	35:52	Read by Bellona Times
On Life	11:33	Read by Amy Gramour
A Report on the Feasibility and Advisability of Some Policy to Inaugurate a System of Rifle Practice Throughout the Public Schools of the Country	25:32	Read by TriciaG
The Social Possibilities of War	26:20	Read by progressingamerica
Speech of John Hossack, Convicted of a Violation of the Fugitive Slave Law	23:43	Read by Veronica Jenkins
The Washington Place Fire	8:53	Read by Nullifidian