Memoirs
- Voices from the Battlefield
- Pioneering Journeys: Memoirs of Exploration
- Voices of War: Memoirs from the Battlefield
- Voices of Faithful Servants
- Faithful Journeys: Christian Memoirs
- Voices of Resilience
Mrs. Solomon Smith Looking On
Old Mrs. Solomon Smith considers herself "nothing but an ignorant old woman" who didn't have the advantages others did when growin…
The Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt's personal account of The Rough Riders, the name affectionately bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one …
Three Times and Out
The true story of M. C. Simmons, a Canadian soldier captured by the German Army during the early days of World War I. We read of his sixteen…
The Maine Woods
On August 31, 1846, twenty-nine-year-old Henry David Thoreau left his cabin on Walden Pond to undertake a railroad and steamboat journey to …
The Story of My Life
The Story of My Life is a personal account of Helen Keller's life, from her early days to those as an adult. It includes how she came to mee…
A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba
In 1881, Mrs. Cecil Hall's brother went to Manitoba to farm. In 1882, she went out for a visit of some two months, and followed that visit w…
Recollections of a Missionary in the Great West
Brady was a journalist, historian, adventure writer, and Episcopal priest. As a priest he spent some time on the American frontier as a miss…
The Wide, Wide World
"How should a seven year old child react when forced to be separated from a mother who meant everything to her? How should she react wh…
Ourselves, Book I. Self-Knowledge
This is Book I of the forth volume in the Home Education Series detailing Charlotte Mason's method of education. This volume is subtitled O…
Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia
The author, who fought as a private in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War, describes the Confederate soldier’s daily struggl…
The Basket of Flowers
James is the king's gardener and he deeply enjoys caring for and cultivating flowers. He teaches his daughter Mary many principles of godlin…
My Confession
"My Confession" is a brief autobiographical story of Leo Tolstoy's struggle with a mid-life existential crisis of melancholia. It …
Stephen Mitchell's Journey
Stephen Mitchell is a young man without a place in the world. He hates farming, although he works endless hours on the poor family farm. He …
The Dawn of a To-morrow
A wealthy London business man takes a room in a poor part of the city.He is depressed and has decided to take his life by going the next day…
In the Field
I have merely tried to make a written record of some of the hours I have lived through during the course of this war. A modest Lieutenant of…
Memories and Adventures
Arthur Conan Doyle first published his memories of his many various adventures around the world and his relationships with such famous figur…
John Barleycorn
Jack London died at the age of forty. In this autobiographical work, London describes his life as seen through the eyes of John Barleycorn (…
Eben Holden
Eben Holden - A Tale of the North Country. Having lost both parents and his home in northern Vermont, orphan Willie Brower is taken in by Eb…
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave, Frederick Douglass.…
Daddy-Long-Legs
Jerusha Abbott was brought up at the John Grier Home, an old-fashioned orphanage. The children were wholly dependent on charity and had to w…