History - American

Abraham Lincoln, Volume II

John T. Morse, Jr.

The work is a scholarly biography of Abraham Lincoln, compiled by John T.

The Champlain tercentenary: Final report of the New York Lake Champlain tercentenary commission

Henry Wayland New York (State). Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission; Hill

The History of Cuba, vol. 5

Willis Fletcher Johnson

The History of Cuba, vol. 5 is a comprehensive survey of the island’s natural and economic development,…

Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z

Modern Eloquence, Volume III gathers a selection of after‑dinner speeches contributed by some of the most…

The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume 2 (of 3) To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7.

Pike, Zebulon Montgomery; Coues, Elliott

The work is a detailed expedition journal by Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike, chronicling his 1806‑1807…

Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2

George Frisbie Hoar

George Frisbie Hoar’s two‑volume Autobiography of Seventy Years is a self‑conscious memoir that opens with a…

General Scott

Marcus J. Wright

The work is a biographical study of General Winfield Scott, compiled by Marcus J. Wright in 1893.

The General Historie of Virginia, New England & the Summer Isles (Vol. I) Together with the True Travels, Adventures and Observations, and a Sea Grammar

John Smith

The work is a sprawling seventeenth‑century chronicle that blends a history of Virginia, New England and the…

Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth

Alice Morse Earle

The History of Louisiana, Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina Containing a Description of the Countries That Lie on Both Sides of the River Missisippi

Le Page du Pratz

Le Page du Pratz’s work is a sprawling eighteenth‑century chronicle that blends personal memoir with natural…

Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics)

Benjamin Franklin

Franklin’s Autobiography is a first‑person chronicle that traces the life of the Philadelphia polymath from…

The gunsmith's manual: A complete handbook for the American gunsmith, being a practical guide to all branches of the trade

Stelle, J. Parish (James Parish); Harrison, Wm. B.

The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897, vol. 3 (of 4)

John Randolph Spears

The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952

The work is a scholarly compilation that presents the United States Constitution together with extensive…

The New York and Albany Post Road From Kings Bridge to "The Ferry at Crawlier, over against Albany," Being an Account of a Jaunt on Foot Made at Sundry Convenient Times between May and November, Nineteen Hundred and Five

C. G. Hine

The work is a travelogue that doubles as a historical sketch of the Old New York‑Albany Post Road, written by…

The Cotton Kingdom, volume 2 (of 2): A traveller's observations on cotton and slavery in the American Slave States

Frederick Law Olmsted

Frederick Law Olmsted’s second volume of The Cotton Kingdom is a travelogue that doubles as a socioeconomic…

The Panama Canal

Frederic J. Haskin

The book is a straightforward, nonfiction account aimed at “the layman” that chronicles the Panama Canal from…

Copyright: Its History and Its Law

R. R. Bowker

The work is a scholarly survey of copyright law as it stood in the early twentieth century, written by…

William Lloyd Garrison, the Abolitionist

Archibald Henry Grimké

The work is a nineteenth‑century biography of William Lloyd Garrison, written by Archibald Henry Grimké and…

American Historical and Literary Curiosities, Series One

Smith, J. Jay (John Jay); Watson, John F.

The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862

Abraham Lincoln

The fifth volume of Abraham Lincoln’s collected papers gathers his correspondence, speeches, and political…

The Old Santa Fe Trail: The Story of a Great Highway

Henry Inman

The Old Santa Fe Trail is a sweeping historical narrative that chronicles the development of the great…

The Great Conspiracy, Complete

John Alexander Logan

Logan’s The Great Conspiracy Complete is a sweeping historical study that treats the Civil War era as a…

Twenty-five years in the Secret Service: The recollections of a spy

Henri Le Caron

Henri Le Caron’s memoir presents a self‑styled chronicle of a half‑century spent in the shadowy world of…