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The age of invention: a chronicle of mechanical conquest
For the beginnings of the enslavement of steam, that mighty giant whose work has changed the world we live in, we must return to the times of Benjamin Franklin. James Watt, the accredited father of the modern steam engine, was a contemporary of Franklin, and his engine was twenty-one years old when Franklin died. The discovery that steam could be harnessed and made to work is not, of course, cr…
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Ancient Egypt
This book's pace is not drawn out or too short but perfect. This book is great for beginner and intermediate readers.
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The anti-slavery crusade: a chronicle of the gathering storm
The Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln marks the beginning of the end of a long chapter in human history. Among the earliest forms of private property was the ownership of slaves. Slavery as an institution had persisted throughout the ages, always under protest, always provoking opposition, insurrection, social and civil war, and ever bearing within itself the seeds of its own …
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Great Britain and the american civil war
Very detailed account starting in the early 1800's about the sequence of events between the two nations.
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A school history of the United States
Starts with the colonial period, the discoveries, explorations, and settlements by the English, French, Spaniards, and Dutch; The thirteen colonies; The French Revolution; War with Great Britain leading to the peace of 1815; The Rising West; Territories become slave soil; Civil War; Reconstruction of the south; Growth of the Northwest; Industrial Progress; and more.
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Strange stories from history for young people
George Cary Eggleston has gather together in a tempting little book some ‘Strange Stories from History for Young People.’ Though they read like romance, they are all well authenticated history, only strange because less familiar than most of the history presented to the young. The ‘Stories’ are republished from Harper’s Young People and other periodicals, and they have such inspiring …
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The hispanic nations of the new world: a chronicle of our southern neighbors
At the time of the American Revolution most of the New World still belonged to Spain and Portugal, whose captains and conquerors had been the first to come to its shores. Spain had the lion's share, but Portugal held Brazil, in itself a vast land of unsuspected resources. No empire mankind had ever yet known rivaled in size the illimitable domains of Spain and Portugal in the New World; and non…
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History of the Philippine Islands
It proved a serviceable recollection of the major features of Phillipines' history, much of which involves the archipelago being at the crossroads of the Pacific, and, thus, subject to almost constant domination by all sorts of cultures: Chinese, Muslim, Spanish, Japanese, American.
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Freedom's battle
Mahatma Gandhi discusses his ongoing campaign for the independence of India from the British Empire, and details how principles of non-violence and non-cooperation can be used to achieve this goal.
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History of Holland
Comprehensive history. Considerable attention is paid to political geography; and each volume is furnished with such maps and plans as may be requisite for the illustration of the text. The author was an honorary member of the Dutch Historical Society, Utrecht and a foreign member of the Netherland Society of Literature, Leyden.
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