Biography and Autobiography

Hero Tales from American History

Sun, 02 Dec 2018 22:50:11 +0000

It is a good thing for all Americans, and it is an especially good thing for young Americans, to remember the men who have given their lives in war and peace to the service of their fellow-countrymen. Readers learn about the feats of daring and personal prowess done in time past by some of the many champions of the nation in the various crises of her history. Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt wrote these stories.

The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac

Sun, 02 Dec 2018 21:11:15 +0000

A series of sketches on the delights, adventures, and misadventures connected with bibliomania. Bibliomania is characterized by the collecting of books, which have no use to the collector or any great intrinsic value to a genuine book collector.

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Sun, 02 Dec 2018 19:58:55 +0000

Though apparently presenting the reader with a collage of poignant memories, temporal digressions and random anecdotes, the Confessions is a work of immense sophistication and certainly one of the most impressive and influential of all autobiographies.

An American in the Making the Life Story of an Immigrant

Sun, 02 Dec 2018 15:26:55 +0000

Marcus Eli Ravage began his transformation from “alien” to American. It is the free American who needs to be instructed by the benighted races in the uplifting word that America speaks to all the world. Only from the humble immigrant, it appears to me, can he learn just what America stands for in the family of nations. The alien must know this, for he alone seems ready to pay the heavy price for his share of America. (Summary from the Introduction)