Biography Books

Famous Men of the Middle Ages

John H. Haaren

The famous men of ancient and modern times are the mountain peaks of history. It is logical then that the study of history should begin with the biographies of these men.Not only is it logical; it is ..

Margaret Ogilvy

J. M. Barrie

Margaret Ogilvy: Life Is a Long Lesson in Humility is a biographical book written in the late 19th century by J. M. Barrie, about his mother and family life in Scotland. According to The Bookman, it w..

Peter the Great

Jacob Abbott

Peter the Great is a biography Peter Alexeyevich who ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire of written by Jacob Abbott, an American writer of children's books.The whole history ..

Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer

Cecil B. Hartley

Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer is a biographical work by Cecil B. Hartley.Author's Preface:The subject of the following biography, the celebrated Colonel Daniel Boone,..

The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 2

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Charlotte Bronte was a British author, the eldest of the three famous Bronte sisters who have become standards of English literature. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, one of the greatest cla..

A Last Diary

Bruce Frederick Cummings

A Last Diary is a biography work by Bruce Frederick Cummings, an English diarist who was responsible for The Journal of a Disappointed Man. Ronald Blythe called it "among the most moving diaries ever ..

France at War - On the Frontier of Civilization

Rudyard Kipling

The collection of journalistic pieces is preceded by a poem, "France", that had been published before the outbreak of war (in 1913) which has a more overblown jingoistic feel to it than the reflection..

Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains

Charles A. Eastman

EVERY age, every race, has its leaders and heroes. There were over sixty distinct tribes of Indians on this continent, each of which boasted its notable men. The names and deeds of some of these men w..