Biography Books

The Life and Work of William Tindale

William Barrett Cooper

With the approach of the Fourth Centenary there is a demand for a memoir of Tindale, less detailed than the standard biography, yet preserving the perspective of history. To meet this demand this mini..

Life of Christ

Giovanni Papini

Christ, on the contrary, is still living among us. There are still people who love Him and who hate Him. There is a passion for the love of Christ and a passion for His destruction. The fury of so man..

A Woman's Quest

Marie E. Zakrzewska

The material for this biography was given to the editor by Dr. Zakrzewska to prepare for publication with what might be called one condition, and this has now been fulfilled. Circumstances which the e..

The Life of Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross - Vol I

William E. Barton

The life of Clara Barton is a story of unique and permanent interest; but it is more than an interesting story. It is an important chapter in the history of our country, and in that of the progress of..

The Story of Chalmers of New Guinea

Janet Harvey Kelman

AMES CHALMERS was born sixty-five years ago at a little town in the West Highlands of Scotland. He was the son of a stonemason, but his home was close to the sea, and he was more eager to sail than to..

Recollections

Frank Thomas Bullen

I hope I shall be given due credit for the fact that many really good stories (as I think) have been omitted by me simply because the point of them demanded that the actors should be known, and I woul..

The Wright Brothers

Fred C. Kelly

THE aim in this book has been to satisfy the curiosity of the average, non-technical reader regarding the work of the Wright Brothers, and to do so as simply as possible. But one name naturally and ob..

Women of 'Ninety-Eight

Mrs. Thomas Concannon

Ere we go forth to the reaping, shall we not consider with ourselves what culture the buried seeds of freedom received to ensure a yield so rich? It is not alone the blood of the men who died for Irel..