Category Archives: History

True Stories from History and Biography

Author(s): Nathaniel Hawthorne In writing this ponderous tome, the author’s desire has been to describe...

Young Folks’ Treasury, Volume 6 – Famous Travels & Adventures

Author(s): Hamilton Wright Mabie Historical vignettes of selected locations throughout the world and many of...

True Stories of Wonderful Deeds (Version 2)

Author(s): Anonymous This book contains 37 short stories for little folk featuring a variety of...

This Country of Ours, Part 7

Author(s): Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book...

This Country of Ours, Part 4

Author(s): Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book...

The Story of Old France

Author(s): H. A. Guerber The aim of this volume is to give a complete graphic...

This Country of Ours, Part 6

Author(s): Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book...

This Country of Ours, Part 5

Author(s): Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book...

The Story of Mankind

Author(s): Hendrik van Loon Relates the story of western civilization from earliest times through the...

The Story of the Romans

Author(s): H. A. Guerber A collection of short stories and histories of Rome, from its...

This Country of Ours, Part 1

Author(s): Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book...

The Story of Japan

Author(s): Robert van Bergen Robert van Bergen was one of the first Americans to enter...

The Voyagers: Being Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery

Author(s): Pádraic Colum In this 1926 Newbery Honor Book, Pádraic Colum gathers several little-known folk...

The Story Of The World: A Simple History For Boys And Girls

Author(s): Elizabeth O’Neill Dedicatory Letter. Dear Doris, I could not tell you all the things...

This Country of Ours, Part 2

Author(s): Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book...

This Country of Ours, Part 3

Author(s): Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book...

The Men Who Found America

Author(s): Frederick Winthrop Hutchinson This Book is about the Men Who Found America and how...

The Frozen North

Author(s): Edith Horton The Frozen North offers short sketches of the first men who bravely...

The Boys’ Book of Famous Rulers

Author(s): Lydia Hoyt Farmer The aim of this book is to give in as concise...

The Discovery of New Worlds

Author(s): M. B. Synge This is the second volume in the series, The Story of...

The Awakening of Europe

Author(s): M. B. Synge The Awakening of Europe by M. B. Synge is the third...

Ten Boys Who Lived on the Road from Long Ago to Now

Author(s): Jane Andrews A children’s book that describes the life of ten boys in different...

Tales of Shipwrecks and Other Disasters at Sea

Author(s): Thomas Bingley Ten accounts of events from the late 18th and early 19th centuries,...

Tales of English Minsters: Hereford

Author(s): Elizabeth W. Grierson This short book was originally written for children, though adults will...

My Bible History: New Testament

Author(s): Louis Laravoire Morrow A short, simple New Testament Bible History for children, but which...

Old Times in the Colonies

Author(s): Charles Carleton Coffin The discovery and establishment of a new continent! Who owns it?...

On the Shores of the Great Sea

Author(s): M. B. Synge Book I of the “Story of the World” series. Focuses on...

Heroes of the Middle Ages

Author(s): Eva March Tappan “The object of this book is to bring together stories of...

Historical Tales, Vol V: German

Author(s): Charles Morris Volume V of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others...

History Of Missouri In Words Of One Syllable

Author(s): Emily Steinestel MacNamara A simplified history of the state of Missouri, from ancient Prehistoric...