In 1845, British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin (1786¿1847) embarked on...

'Life and Adventures of James Williams, a Fugitive Slave' is a 1873 account by American slave Jam...

Contained within this book is a collection of letters written by or to Beethoven. Ludwig van Beet...

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808¿1877) was an English author and social reformer. After Nort...

Austin Steward (1793¿1869) was an African-American author and abolitionist. Born into slavery, he...

First published in 1944, this volume contains Louis A. Sigand's biography of Belle Boyd, the famo...

¿Mrs. Maybrick's Own Story - My Fifteen Lost Years¿ is a 1905 memoir by Florence Elizabeth Chandl...

¿My Experiences as an Executioner¿ is a 1892 memoir by English executioner James Berry (1852¿1913...

First published in 1916, ¿The War for the World¿ is a collection of essays by British author and ...

¿A Runaway Slave from Baltimore¿ contains a collection of speeches and letters by Frederick Dougl...

First published in 1917, ¿The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service Agents¿ contains...

First published in 1901, ¿The Mayflower and Her Log¿ looks in detail into the historic voyage of ...