History Books

An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans

Lydia Maria Child

An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans is an anti-slavery work by Lydia Maria Francis Child, was an American abolitionist, women's rights activist, Native American rights a..

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government

Jefferson Davis

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government is a book written by Jefferson Davis, who served as President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Davis spared litt..

Rome in 1860

Edward Dicey

Rome in 1860 is a travel writing of Edward James Stephen Dicey, an English writer, journalist, and editor.Author's Introduction:My first recollections of Rome date from too long ago, and from too..

A History of Science — Volume 1

Williams and Williams

A History of Science - Volume 1 written by Edward Huntington Williams To speak of a prehistoric science may seem like a contradiction of terms. The word prehistoric seems to imply barbarism, while sci..

How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves

William Giles Kingston

How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves is a history on the Great Britain's Royal Navy written by William Henry Giles Kingston, often credited as W. H. G. Kingston, an English writer of boys' adventure n..

Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation

The Reformed Presbytery

The Presbytery, soon after their erection, being convinced of the expediency and necessity of emitting a judicial testimony, to discover to the world the principles upon which, as a judicatory of the ..

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2

Edward Gibbon

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volum..

The Gulf and Inland Waters

A. T. Mahan

The Gulf and Inland Waters is part of the multi volume book The Navy In The Civil War written by Alfred Thayer Mahan was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called ..