Category Archives: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
Audiobook: Autobiography of John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873), British philosopher, political economist, civil
Audiobook: Old Christmas: From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving
Washington Irving’s Old Christmas tells of an American’s travels through England during the Christmas season.
Audiobook: Through the Magic Door
I care not how humble your bookshelf may be, nor how lowly the room which
Audiobook: Helping Himself, or Grant Thornton’s Ambition
Helping Himself, or Grant Thornton’s Ambition deals with the grit and determination of Grant, a
Audiobook: First Successful Ascent of Mt. Rainier, 1870
Hazard Stevens and P.B. Van Trump, aided by the Indian guide Sluiskin, made the first
Audiobook: My Days and Dreams
Hard to imagine now, but there have been times and places where just wearing sandals
Audiobook: California Coast Trails
In 1911, decades before California’s coast Highway 1 was built, an Englishman rode 2000 miles
Audiobook: Backwoods of Canada
The writer is as earnest in recommending ladies who belong to the higher class of
Audiobook: Cruise of the Snark
The Cruise of the Snark (1913) is a memoir of Jack and Charmian London’s 1907-1909
Audiobook: Loss of the S. S. Titanic
This is a 1st hand account written by a survivor of the Titanic about that
Audiobook: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself
Harriet Jacobs’ autobiography, written under the pseudonym Linda Brent, details her experiences as a slave
Audiobook: Father and Son
Father and Son (1907) is a memoir by poet and critic Edmund Gosse, which he
Audiobook: John Barleycorn or Alcoholic Memoirs
Jack London died at the age of forty. In this autobiographical work, London describes his
Audiobook: Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate
The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the “westering
Audiobook: Waterbiography
Robert C. Leslie (1826-1901) was an artist and writer who, at an early age fell
Audiobook: Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby
This is not a work of fiction! These are the actual memoirs of a legendary
Audiobook: Life of Honorable William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill The Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide
The life and adventures of Honorable William F. Cody–Buffalo Bill–as told by himself, make up
Audiobook: Petit Nord
A collection of letters from Anne (MacLanahan) Grenfell, future wife of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, regarding
Audiobook: Diary from Dixie
Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, a well-educated South Carolina woman who was married to a Confederate
Audiobook: Gold Hunter’s Experience
“Early in the summer of 1860, I had an attack of gold fever. In Chicago,
Audiobook: Story of My Misfortunes (or: Historia Calamitatum)
Autobiographies from remote historical periods can be especially fascinating. Modes of self-presentation vary greatly across
Audiobook: Long Ago
Short memory of boyhood by a little-known American poet based in Carmel-By-The-Sea, California. (Summary by
Audiobook: In Galilee
Thornton Chase is commonly recognized as the first convert to the Bahá’à Faith of Occidental
Audiobook: Journal of Submarine Commander Von Forstner
The Journal of Submarine Commander Von Forstner is a graphic account of WWI submarine warfare.
Audiobook: Recollections of Life in Ohio, from 1813-1840
Recollections of Life in Ohio is the autobiography of William Cooper Howells (1807-1894), father of
Audiobook: Tosa Diary
Ki no Tsurayuki was a Japanese waka poet of the Heian period. In 905, he
Audiobook: Autobiography of George Dewey
Admiral George Dewey, United States Navy, is best remembered for his victory over the Spanish
Audiobook: Gold Hunters (Borthwick)
This is a robust, rough and tumble, first-hand account of the early California gold rush
Audiobook: Fifty Years in Chains; or The Life of an American Slave
This is the story of Charles Ball, an American slave who was born in 1780
Audiobook: Why Crime Does Not Pay
The publishers believe that a picture of a life sketched by a master hand-somebody who