History

The Escaping Club

by A. J. Evans Read by Tom Weiss 4.6
Described by some as one of the greatest escape books published. The Escaping Club recounts Evans' escape to Switzerland from a supposedly &…

This Country of Ours

by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.4
This Country of Ours by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall offers a captivating journey through the history of the United States, tailored for you…

Chancellorsville and Gettysburg

by Abner Doubleday Read by Mark F. Smith 4.7
Abner Doubleday began the Civil War as a Union officer and aimed the first cannon shot in response to the bombardment opened on Ft. Sumter i…

A Diary from Dixie

by Mary Chesnut Read by Laurie Anne Walden 4.8
Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, a well-educated South Carolina woman who was married to a Confederate general, kept extensive journals during th…

Lewis and Clark

by William R. Lighton Read by Roger Melin 4.6
In the years 1804, 1805, and 1806, two men commanded an expedition which explored the wilderness that stretched from the mouth of the Missou…

The History of London

by Walter Besant Read by Ruth Golding 4.8
Walter Besant was a novelist and historian, and his topographical and historical writings, ranging from prehistoric times to the nineteenth …

Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England

by The Venerable Bede Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England is a work in Latin by Bede on the history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England gene…

Great Astronomers

by Robert Stawell Ball Read by MaryAnn 4.7
Of all the natural sciences there is not one which offers such sublime objects to the attention of the inquirer as does the science of astro…

Life on the Mississippi

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.7
Life on the Mississippi is Mark Twain's vivid memoir that transports listeners to the bustling world of the Mississippi River in the years l…

Foxe's Book of Martyrs

by John Foxe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, is an English Protestant account of the persecutions of Protestants, many of whom had died for their beli…

United States Constitution

by United States Government and Unit Read by Laurie Anne Walden 4.7
The Constitution is the charter of government and the supreme law of the United States of America. It was signed by delegates to the Constit…

The Souls of Black Folk

by W. E. B. Du Bois Read by toriasuncle 4.8
The Souls of Black Folk is a well-known work of African-American literature by activist W.E.B. Du Bois. The book, published in 1903, contain…

History of Billy the Kid

by Charles A. Siringo Read by Roger Melin 4.5
A cowboy outlaw whose youthful daring has never been equalled in the annals of criminal history.When a bullet pierced his heart he was less …

This Country of Ours

by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.2
This Country of Ours by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall offers a captivating journey through the early history of the United States, tailored f…

Twelve Years a Slave

by Solomon Northup Read by Rob Marland 4.7
Twelve Years a Slave is the memoir of a freeborn African American from New York who is kidnapped and sold into slavery. After being held for…

My Life on the Plains

by George Armstrong Custer Read by texttalker 4.7
George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876), one of the most mythologized figures in American history, was an United States A…

The Flying Saucers are Real

by Donald Keyhoe Read by Roger Melin 4.6
The Flying Saucers are Real is a book that investigates numerous encounters between USAF fighters, personnel, and other aircraft, and UFOs b…

Now It Can Be Told

by Philip Gibbs Read by Walt Allan 4.8
In this book I have written about some aspects of the war which, I believe, the world must know and remember, not only as a memorial of men'…

Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans

by Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …

The Oregon Trail

by Francis Parkman, Jr. Read by R. S. Steinberg 4.5
The Oregon Trail is Francis Parkman, Jr.'s vivid first-person narrative chronicling his adventurous journey across the American frontier in …

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