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As a Washington, DC correspondent for the London Times, the author explored both sides of the American Civil War. Beginning in 1861, he recorded not just military actions, but also the voices and stories of ordinary citizens and soldiers, the sights and sounds of war, travel by rail and steamship, dining with Lincoln, and much more.

This 1905 publication is an informative biography of American philosopher and historian John Fiske. Perry, who was a contemporary of Fiske’s at Harvard, gives an insider’s view of life at the institution during the Civil War. Perry opens his narrative, “The life of a man of letters is like a voyage:...

Poor Richard's Almanack is one of Benjamin Franklin's most charming creations. He delighted in cloaking his writing behind a variety of literary personas, and Richard Saunders remains one of his most beloved, although some critics have complained that Poor Richard reveals the shallow materialism at the...

Nathaniel Hawthorne was Horatio Bridge’s classmate at Bowdoin College as well as his editor. Bridge’s appreciation of his work convinced Hawthorne to be an author. Based on a series of Harper’s articles, and enlivened by letters from Hawthorne’s wife Sophia, here are Bridge’s anecdote-packed recollections of Hawthorne’s boyhood, struggles, successes, and later years.

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.   The Education of Henry Adams, written by America’s greatest historian and heir to America’s first political family, was greeted on its posthumous release as the finest of American autobiographies....

Part of the acclaimed Makers of the Nineteenth Century series, Basil Williams’s biography of Cecil John Rhodes (1853–1902) examines the life, personality, and work of the financier, statesman, and empire builder of British South Africa. Ambitious and controversial during his lifetime, Rhodes left an enduring legacy in the form of the prestigious Rhodes scholarship.

This collection of essays, published in 1866, features not only Thoreau's whimsical account of his 1850 trip to Canada but one of his most famous and influential essays, "Civil Disobedience," as well as "A Plea for Captain John Brown" and "Slavery in Massachusetts."

Informed by Marryat’s military service in Canada, this 1844 children’s novel is set in the North American wilderness of the 1770s. The Campbell family, stripped of its estate, flees to settle in a new country. They battle forest fires, deadly weather, and hostile Indians in a desperate struggle to survive on their farm.

A companion to his earlier Virginibus Puerisque, this 1882 collection is the more critical volume of the two. “The readings of a literary vagrant,” according to the author, these conversational essays read more like short stories about their subjects. Included among the nine pieces are, “Victor...

The title story of this collection of short gems by America's greatest humorist, published in 1900, tells of a man's attempt to gain revenge on the hypocritcal citizens of a supposedly "incorruptible" town.  Other stories include "The Man Who Put Up at Gadsby's" and "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."

Published in 1902, this collection of essays, revised for this volume, stemmed from the observation that the quantity of books published was rising in inverse proportion to their quality.  "Writing done at this rate of speed," the author opines, "is not literature and cannot be."

Colonial history comes to life in this 1850 gathering of sketches for young people, unified by a chair passed down through the generations. Includes “The Quakers and the Indians,” “The Salem Witches,” “Cotton Mather,” “The Stamp Act,” “The Boston Massacre,” “The Tea-Party and Lexington,” “The Tory’s Farewell,” and “The War for Independence.”

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.   American life comes under the scrutiny of Mark Twain's wit in this delightful collection of short stories. Here, he comments on politics, education, the media, religion, and literature. The true subject...

The first and maybe the only book about singing written by a woman singer of such international stature, How to Sing is a rare collection of first-hand singing knowledge. Lehmann presents precisely detailed descriptions on everything from tongue placement to breathing and provides detailed diagrams to...