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History of Australian Bushranging: Illustrated by Charles White.
Classic account of Australian bushranging recounts in vivid detail, the deeds of the early bush bandits. Attracted by the fast, free life, these native born Australians plundered the gold escorts and crowded ... Read more...
Keywords: Outlaws, Black Caesar, Martin Cash, Bold Jack Donohoe, British Colonisation Australia, Australia, Freebooters, Colonial History, Charles White, Australian Bushranging, History, Illustrated
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- English
- 96872 Words
- Ages 0 and up
- 327
- 2
This is an easy to read yet highly informative history of ancient China. It is a classic in the field and covers all aspects of ancient Chinese life and culture. From the dynasties of the kings to the occupations and entertainments of the people, including ancient Chinese r... Read more...
Keywords: ancient china simplified, ancient china, edward harper parker, chinese history, history of china
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- English
- 60531 Words
- Ages 0 and up
- 327
In the following accounts of the Cathedral Cities of England, technical architectural terms will necessarily appear, and to the end that they should be comprehensive, I give here a slight sketch of the origin of the various forms, and the reasons for their naming, together ... Read more...
Keywords: Cathedral Cities of England, George Gilbert, Cathedral Cities of England By George Gilbert
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- English
- 99595 Words
- Ages 10 and up
- 325
"The North Pole" is Capt. Robert E. Peary's personal account of his expedition to attempt to be the first Man to reach the Geographic North Pole. Peary achieved his dream in 1909 (although doubt has subsequently been raised as to whether he actually arrived at the Pole itse... Read more...
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- 32211 Words
- Ages 0 and up
- 322
In all history of this American Republic, or perhaps any other nation, there was no conflict that was so terrible as our Civil war. Napoleon's efforts to bring into reality his dream of universal empire would not compare with it. I have endeavored in this book to describe ... Read more...
Keywords: Battles of the Civil War, Thomas Elbert Vineyard, Battles of the Civil War By Thomas Elbert Vineyard
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- English
- 41134 Words
- Ages 0 and up
- 321
The papers that have been brought together in these small volumes are the results of three several journeys made by my father in Greece and Italy. He visited Greece for the first time in 1877, but of the papers written in that year, which appeared in the Saturday Review, on... Read more...
Keywords: Studies of Travel – Greece, Edward A. Freeman, Studies of Travel – Greece By Edward A. Freeman
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- English
- 61081 Words
- Ages 0 and up
- 317
- 2
Across the Plains is the novel that will definitely keep you involved with the journey of the emigrant, as presented by the author. The minute details of the contemporary American towns and country has the power to nostalgically amuse and hanker for more of it. The movement... Read more...
Keywords: across the plains, robert louis stevenson, american history, historical travel book, action and adventure, journey
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- English
- 70778 Words
- Ages 0 and up
- 309
A few months after the Armistice of 1918 was signed, when the talk of everyone concerned was either when they would be demobilized or what they would do when they WEREdemobilized, two young men were exchanging views on this same subject in the heavy atmosphere of a very ord... Read more...
Keywords: Across America by Motor-cycle, C. K. Shepherd
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- English
- 177893 Words
- Ages 10 and up
- 302
This historical novel, first published in 1889, was Doyle's third book -- his first hardcover one, preceded only by the two paper-wrappered titles A Study in Scarlet and The Mystery of Cloomber. Micah Clarke was quite successful, running through several quick printings, tho... Read more...
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- English
- 81358 Words
- Ages 0 and up
- 295
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I was born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away. My father was a carpenter, and considered so intelligent and skilful in his trade, that, when buildings out of the common line were to be erected, he was sent for from long distances,... Read more...
Keywords: incidents in the, life of a slave girl, biography, autobiopraphy, memior, an american slave, american slavery, american history, slave history us history
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