A Guernsey: 29 books

In the Mid 19th Century African exploration was big news. This is the story of exploration and big game hunting that kept the fires of exploration fascinations well fanned.

June 26 to July 1, 1862, from Mechanicsville to Malvern Hill details the Seven Days Battles on the Peninsular as McClellan Changed his base to the James River. This essay draws heavily on the official reports of Lee and McClellan.

This is a brief account of Washington's two winters in the neighborhood of Morristown New Jersey during the American Revolution. Nicely illustrated.

A brief contemporaneous account of Sherman's Great March from Atlanta to Savannah and on to the Carolinas. Original Illustrations.

A Brief outline of Captain Speke's Journey to the source of the Nile at Lake N'yassa (Victoria) in 1862.

A short Illustrated Narrative of Dr. Livingstone's expedition and his discoveries during the trip.

Written for an American audience, this is a brief narrative of Lord Elgin's trip to Japan for treaty negotiations during his 1858 visit sojourn from China to Japan.

Written for the popular press, this short piece describes the building of an iron clad at a time when it was the newest novelty of war.

This is a brief account of the adventures of Sieur Revanau De Lussan on the Isthmus of Panama during the mid 17th century when he fought the Spanish for their New World Treasures.

A Brief Illustrated look at Baldwins adventures as a big game hunter in equatorial Africa during the mid 19th century.

Lyman Beecher, father of Harriet Beecher Stowe, was a powerful preacher, inspiration and leader of the Presbyterian church in Connecticut, New York, Boston and Ohio for more than 50 Years. This short sketch covers his major accomplishments.

Fear is primal. Instinctive. Unavoidable. And right now, there is something you fear—and you can feel it. Creeping up behind you. Lurking in the darkness that lives under your bed, or in your closet. A nameless dread. In Undercurrents: An Anthology of What Lies Beneath, twenty-three talented...

These three articles from 1867 provide a humorous description of a London Police court and the witnesses that may appear there. Illustrated.

Three short pieces take us on a tour of mid nineteenth century Europe in a solo sail. The Cruise of the Rob Roy takes us around Europe in a one man canoe. Macgregor visits France, Germany, Switzerland along canals, rivers and lakes. The Rob Roy in the Baltic is another of MacGregor's canoe trips....