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The War in Texas
The War in Texas – Benjamin Lundy. Lundy’s pamphlet on „The War in Texas“ is not only the best account, up to that time, of the Texas conspiracy, but closes with the remarkable prediction of the Southern Confederacy, which established itself twenty-five years later: „Our countrymen, in fighting for the union of Texas with the […]
History of Texas 1685 – 1846 Volume 2
History of Texas 1685 – 1846 Volume 2 – Henderson King Yoakum. This is a valuable contribution to general history, and especially to the history of the United States. The past of Texas is here brought down and covers a period of 161 years—the greatest prominence being given to the first half of the 19th […]
History of Texas 1685 – 1846 Volume 1
History of Texas 1685 – 1846 Volume 1 – Henderson King Yoakum. This is a valuable contribution to general history, and especially to the history of the Uniteed States. The past of Texas is here brought down and covers a period of 161 years—the greatest prominence being given to the first half of the 19th […]
History of the Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War
History of the Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War – Edward Augustus Johnson. MANY CAUSES LED up to the Spanish-American war. Cuba had been in a state of turmoil for a long time, and the continual reports of outrages on the people of the island by Spain greatly aroused the Americans. The “ten years war” […]
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man – H. G. Wells Such a kind of literature as that of which The Invisible Man is a specimen is inevitable. We are living in an age of inventions. The conditions of life are being more or less modified by these. It is very natural to imagine the development of invention ; […]
The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age – Mark Twain Ladies and gentlemen, there are many American writers today who in their way are great, and many, many more during this man’s life have come and gone—but Samuel L. Clemens, the delight of our fathers and our grandfathers, who. with his same brilliant wit and humor was wilting of […]
Mark Twain’s Letters
Mark Twain’s Letters – Mark Twain Like his other writings, Mark Twain’s letters attest that he was not the greatest of all humorists, but that he did have an amazing gift of depicting the average American, and what is more, that he could do it sympathetically and from the inside of the house, not ironically […]
What is Man? And other essays
What is Man? And other essays – Mark Twain Twain, embraces some of the latter day thoughts of the great humorist, some shorter and lighter sketches, together with the radical paper from which the book takes its name, never before given public circulation. Among the essays included in the collection are: “The Death of Jean,“ […]
The Mysterious Stranger (and other stories)
The Mysterious Stranger (and other stories) – Mark Twain Three Austrian boys, in 1590, meet a mysterious stranger, who calls himself an angel, yet is named Satan. He is a fascinating companion, performing miracles that charm the boys, but they soon find out that he has no Moral Sense. In fact, he scorns Moral Sense, […]
Mark Twain’s Speeches
Mark Twain’s Speeches – Mark Twain This book reveals Mark Twain in a new and interesting phase. Mark Twain was first of all a lecturer, almost before he began to write. Conceived and composed to be spoken, these speeches are even more simple and direct than his written works. These speeches are all humorous in […]