Biography Books

Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part 1

Jules Verne

The famous writer of great adventure stories Jules Verne wrote also several lesser known, but good non-fiction works. "Celebrated travels and travellers" tells the story of geographical discovery in t..

Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02

John Hay

Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War..

Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel

F. G. Allen

Author's Preface:By prescription, which often has the force of law, a book should have both a Preface and an Introduction: the first relating to the writer; the second to the things written. I may wel..

Beautiful Joe - An Autobiography

Marshall Saunders

Beautiful Joe was a dog from the town of Meaford, Ontario, whose story inspired the bestselling 1893 novel Beautiful Joe, which contributed to worldwide awareness of animal cruelty. Beautiful Joe..

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 02 (of 10)

Giorgio Vasari

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 02 (of 10) written by Giorgio Vasari, an Italian painter, architect, writer, and historian, most famous today for his Lives of th..

Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton

Daniel Drayton

Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton, For Four Years and Four Months a Prisoner (For Charity's Sake) in Washington Jail Including A Narrative Of The Voyage And Capture Of The Schooner Pearl.Excerpts from..

Lady Byron Vindicated

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Lady Byron Vindicated is a history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time written by Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe, who was an American abolitionist and author.In 18..

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Vol 1

Mark Twain

Mark Twain's work on Joan of Arc is titled in full "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte." De Conte is identified as Joan's page and secretary. For those who've always wa..