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This 1864 collection considers the relationship between the dying Roman Empire and the Germanic peoples. Lectures include “The Forest Children,” “The Human Deluge,” “The Gothic Civilizer,” “The Clergy and the Heathen, “The Popes and the Lombards,” and others.

This collection of essays on the Paris Commune of 1871 includes works by Marx, Freidrich Engels, Mikhail Bakunin, Peter Kropotkin, and Vladimir Lenin.  Marx viewed the Commune as a confirmation of his theories, and his analysis, while self-serving, is brilliant.  The contributions of the other writers are no less fascinating from a theoretical and historical standpoint.

This autobiography of a slave’s rise to distinction asserts that a strong work ethic and excellence in whatever one is doing will be rewarded no matter what race or what position a person holds in life. As far as Washington was concerned, slavery only made the black person stronger. He argued that...

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.  Poor Richard's Almanack is one of Benjamin Franklin's most charming creations. He delighted in cloaking his writing behind a variety of literary personas, and Richard Saunders remains one of his most beloved, although...

Published in 1885, this passionate paean to the virtues and challenges of the outdoor life, set in the Dakota Badlands, is essential reading for aficionados of Theodore Roosevelt and those curious about the hardy frontier life that shaped this country yet has all but vanished from contemporary America. 

Ideal for young readers and students of Native American legends, this rich collection of 27 Sioux folk tales is treasure trove of wisdom about Native American culture. These tales encompass creation myths, animal fables reminiscent of Aesop, beautiful princesses and wicked witches—all firmly grounded in the world and culture of the Plains Indians.

Developing her biography, Lees follows the man and myth of Alfred—a study of Europe before and after the man. A contemporary review in the New York Times praised this 1915 volume as "exhaustive and painstaking . . . revealing at times a nice sympathy with her hero and his time and a noteworthy power of constructive imagination."

Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest is perhaps the most compelling and complicated individual that the Civil War brought to prominence. In looking at his life and military career, it quickly becomes obvious that for those who admire him, as well as those who despise him, there is no shortage of...

Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886) led Union troops into the Battle of Gettsyburg. The author, who served under him during the Civil War, focuses this 1895 life story on Hancock’s leadership at Williamsburg, Antietam, and elsewhere, adding a chapter on the general’s life after the war, including his run for the Presidency in 1880.

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. On May 10, 1865 Jefferson Davis was caught by Federal troops. It was not until he was in jail that he decided the war must really be over. In this second volume of his memoirs, Davis discusses the specifics of that...

John Logan was an unattached volunteer at Bull Run, later organizing the 31st Illinois Volunteers. Published in 1887, this is a sweeping historical tribute to citizen-soldiers, from Lexington to Appomattox. The book includes chapters on the volunteers of the American Revolution and the War of 1812, the importance of West Point, and the author’s own military memories.

In this biography of the poet John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)—author of the famous poem “Barbara Frietchie,” influential Quaker poet, and advocate of the abolition of slavery—author Georgina King Lewis examines Whittier’s childhood, poetic genius, nobility of character, courage, and self-sacrifice.

This 1907 volume focuses on a mix of well-known and obscure early American writers such as John Trumbull, Charles Brockden Brown, Francis Hopkinson, Philip Freneau, and William Dunlap. According to a contemporary review in the New York Times, "The author has been very well inspired in collecting into one volume the information about our literary pioneers."

Washington Irving’s lifelong interest in Spain—sparked by reading Don Quixote as a child—resulted in traveling and living in the country for a period of time. Irving wrote several books about Spain and the Moors, including this account of Spain’s conflict with the Moors—an engaging read for students of European history.