Biography
On Foreign Service
by T. T. Jeans
This story is based on T.T. Jeans’ experiences in various parts of the world.
It describes life aboard a modern man-of-war, and attempts to show how
the command of the sea exercises a controlling influence on the issue of
land operations.
Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days
by John D. Whidden
John D. Whidden wrote this work in 1908, partly as a memoir, but also
to offer a snippet of the “old sailing ship days” before major changes
occurred to its business environment, fundamentally changing its nature.
The First Forty-Niner and the Story of the Golden Tea-Caddy
by James A. B. Scherer
Samuel Brannan is believed to have been the first millionaire created by
the Gold Rush. Among other things, Brannan is also noted for founding
the California Star newspaper, relocating with other Mormons from New
York to California, and running a store capitalizing on gold fever.
Oriental Rambles
Authored by George W. Caldwell M.D.
This work is neither guidebook nor romance, but the real story of remarkable adventures in an era when travel was neither routine nor mundane,
and never routine.
en Español
Mexico En Marcha
Authored by Manuel Eduardo Hubner
Los que juzgan el movimiento social y político de México a través de las
doctrinas recientes se encuentran generalmente con dificultades teóricas
insalvables. Es una obra ardiente, entusiasta, escrita con claridad y buen
método expositivo. Es una obra que hacía falta no solo en Chile, sino en
todo el continente americano.
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