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Carefully curated learning materials by LingoPear.
Summary
A British Creole woman provides medical assistance during the Crimean War after her travels around Panama.
Written by
Mary Seacole
Language
English
Category
Autobiography · Nonfiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
Summary
The English wife of a German aristocrat recounts, through a series of diary entries, a year spent revitalizing the neglected garden of their estate.
Written by
Elizabeth von Arnim
Language
English
Category
Autobiography · Fiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery
Summary
The authors escape from slavery by posing as a slaveowner and his slave.
Written by
Ellen Craft
William Craft
Language
English
Category
Adventure · Autobiography · Memoir · Nonfiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
Summary
The autobiography of American President Theodore Roosevelt.
Written by
Theodore Roosevelt
Language
English
Category
Autobiography
Source
Standard Ebooks
Summary
The autobiography of Etsu Sugimoto, a girl born into a samurai family in a time of great cultural changes.
Written by
Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto
Language
English
Category
Autobiography · Nonfiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
Summary
Seventeen-year-old Miriam Henderson is sent to Germany to teach English at a finishing school in Hanover.
Written by
Dorothy M. Richardson
Language
English
Category
Autobiography · Fiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
Summary
Jane Addams’ autobiographical account of the founding and operation of Hull House, one of America’s most famous settlement homes.
Written by
Jane Addams
Language
English
Category
Autobiography
Source
Standard Ebooks
Summary
A collection of reminiscences and reflections from the author’s experiences.
Written by
Mark Twain
Language
English
Category
Autobiography · Nonfiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
Summary
E. E. Cummings describes the experiences of his and his fellow inmates’ imprisonment during World War I.
Written by
E. E. Cummings
Language
English
Category
Autobiography · Fiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-Story White House, North. Showing That Slavery’s Shadows Fall Even There
Summary
An autobiographical account of a young biracial girl abandoned by her parents and forced into servitude in the northern United States.
Written by
Harriet E. Wilson
Language
English
Category
Autobiography · Fiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
An Autobiography
Summary
The autobiography of Booker T. Washington, former slave and founder of the Tuskegee Institute.
Written by
Booker T. Washington
Language
English
Category
Autobiography · Memoir · Nonfiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
Or, Forty Years’ Recollections
Summary
The world’s greatest showman tells the story of his life.
Written by
P. T. Barnum
Language
English
Category
Autobiography · Memoir · Nonfiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
Summary
One of the greatest generals of the United States tells the story of his life and details his key role in winning the Civil War.
Written by
Ulysses S. Grant
Language
English
Category
Autobiography · Nonfiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
Summary
Benjamin Franklin writes about his youth, adventures, and achievements.
Written by
Benjamin Franklin
Language
English
Category
Autobiography · Nonfiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
Summary
Jack Black’s autobiographical account of life “on the road” as a professional thief and hobo during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Written by
Jack Black
Language
English
Category
Autobiography
Source
Standard Ebooks
An Autobiography
Summary
A prominent and caustic historian reflects on the reasons that “the more he was educated, the less he understood,” and what he believes the future holds for American society.
Written by
Henry Adams
Language
English
Category
Autobiography · Memoir · Nonfiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
Summary
The autobiography of English philosopher John Stuart Mill.
Written by
John Stuart Mill
Language
English
Category
Autobiography
Source
Standard Ebooks
Summary
The autobiography of Black Hawk, the famous leader of the Native American Sauk tribe and central figure in the Black Hawk War of 1832.
Written by
Black Hawk
Language
English
Category
Autobiography
Source
Standard Ebooks
Summary
Helen Keller writes about her experiences as a deafblind child learning to communicate.
Written by
Helen Keller
Language
English
Category
Autobiography
Source
Standard Ebooks
Summary
Autobiographical sketches from the Bengali writer, poet, and artist Rabindranath Tagore.
Written by
Rabindranath Tagore
Translated by
The Macmillan Company
Language
English
Category
Autobiography
Source
Standard Ebooks