History Books

The Black Tor

George Manville Fenn

About as rugged, fierce-looking a gang of men as a lad could set eyes on, as they struggled up the steep cliff road leading to the castle, which frowned at the summit, where the flashing waters of the..

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall

George Washington Plunkitt

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County cou..

The Beginner's American History

D. H. Montgomery

This little book is intended by the writer as an introduction to his larger work entitled The Leading Facts of American History. It is in no sense an abridgment of the larger history, but is practical..

A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3

DeAlva Stanwood Alexander

The preparation of this work was suggested to the author by the difficulty he experienced in obtaining an accurate knowledge of the movements of political parties and their leaders in the Empire State..

The Making of Religion

Andrew Lang

The Making of Religion is a spiritualism book written by Andrew Lang, a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. Preface by the author:By the n..

McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia

John McKinlay

The following is a brief resume of the proceedings of the Burke Relief Expedition since the date of my departure from Adelaide.Started from Adelaide with the camels, etc., on 16th August, 1861, and ov..

History of Julius Caesar

Jacob Abbott

History of Julius Caesar is a biographical work written by Jacob Abbott, an American writer of children's books. It is the object of this series of histories to present a clear, distinct, and con..

The Makers and Teachers of Judaism

Charles Foster Kent

The period represented by this volume is in many ways the most complex and confusing in Israel's history. The record is not that of the life of a nation but of the scattered remnants of a race. It was..