Memoirs

The Alpine Path

by Lucy Maud Montgomery Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
L.M. Montgomery's autobiography highlighting her childhood and early literary career. Published in 1917 after she had written several novels…

The Life of Honorable William F. Cody

by William Frederick Cody Read by Barry Eads 4.7
The life and adventures of Honorable William F. Cody--Buffalo Bill--as told by himself, make up a narrative which reads more like romance th…

Three Years in the Federal Cavalry

by Willard Glazier Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Captain Glazier narrates his experiences as a cavalryman in the Federal Army during the Civil War, from his enlistment in New York State to …

Mark Twain's Autobiography

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.8
While the Mark Twain Project has created and released a three-volume Mark Twain autobiography with extensive annotations, in the 21st centur…

From the Deep Woods to Civilization

by Charles Alexander Eastman Read by Laura Victoria 4.8
From the Deep Woods to Civilization is the sequel to Indian Boyhood. Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) gives his account of what it was like to tran…

Big Sur

by Jack Kerouac Read by Ben Tucker 4.4
This classic of the beatnik era from famous bohemian traveller Jack Kerouac focuses on Jack Dulouz, a thinly veiled Kerouac surrogate, and h…

Twenty Years' Experience as a Ghost Hunter

by Elliott O'Donnell Read by Mark F. Smith 4.5
After having a difficult time establishing a career as a novelist, O’Donnell discovered to his happy surprise that the reading public was ve…

Ruth Hall

by Fanny Fern Read by Deborah Knight 4.6
This is a COMPELLING semi-autobiography of a woman who experienced severe highs and lows! Starting many things at a very young age in life &…

Fighting France

by Edith Wharton Read by Elizabeth Klett 4.4
American novelist Edith Wharton was living in Paris when World War I broke out in 1914. She obtained permission to visit sites behind the li…

Mark Twain's Journal Writings

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.7
This second collection of essays by Mark Twain is a good example of the diversity of subject matter about which he wrote. As with the essays…

Farthest North

by Fridtjof Nansen Read by Sharon Riskedahl 4.6
Farthest North chronicles the remarkable journey of Fridtjof Nansen and his crew aboard the ship Fram, as they venture into the uncharted Ar…

The Pastor's Wife

by Elizabeth Von Arnim Read by James E. Carson 4.4
Written by an author born in Australia, grew up in England, married in Germany, and then flew to the United States. A tale about a young wom…

Bullets & Billets

by Bruce Bairnsfather Read by DrPGould 4.7
A front-line view of life in the trenches of the Western Front in the early part of 1914-1915. Told by Lieutenant (later Captain) Bruce Bair…

The Diary of a Provincial Lady

by E. M. Delafield 4.6
“Notice, and am gratified by, large clump of crocuses near the front gate. Should like to make whimsical and charming reference to these and…

Recollections of Bush Life in Australia

by Henry William Haygarth Read by KirksVoice 4.4
This was written in the mid 1800’s at time when Australia saw an influx of immigration from Europe and when England was sending some prisone…

Nurse and Spy in the Union Army

by Sarah Emma Edmonds Read by TriciaG 4.6
The “Nurse and Spy” is simply a record of events which have transpired in the experience and under the observation of one who has been on th…

Spiritual Dialogue Between the Soul, the Body, Self-Love, the Spirit, Humanity,…

by Saint Catherine Of Genoa Read by Ann Boulais 4.8
Saint Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi Adorno, born Genoa 1447 – 15 September 1510) is an Italian Roman Catholic saint and mystic, admir…

The Jack-Knife Man

by Ellis Parker Butler Read by Roger Melin 4.8
A lighthearted tale which revolves around old Peter Lane, who lives in a houseboat on the Mississippi River and mostly whiles away his time …

The Gold Hunters

by John David Borthwick Read by Sue Anderson 4.3
This is a robust, rough and tumble, first-hand account of the early California gold rush years 1851-1854 by a Scottish adventurer and artist…

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

by Isabella L. Bird Read by Availle 4.5
Isabella Lucy Bird was a 19th century English traveller, writer, and natural historian. She was a sickly child, however, while she was trave…

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