This volume of essays and short stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe was written under the pseudonym Christopher Crowfield. As with many women of her time, Stowe took on a male pseudonym in order to make
Belle Beach was a noted equestrienne, born into a prominent New England family who summered in Newport, RI, at their cottage, Heartsease. Beach won numerous horse show ribbons, was well known as a te
Hugh Findlay's 1918 work outlines for the home gardener the fundamental principles involved in growing a few select varieties of vegetables and choice fruits.
This 1880 work by Dr. M. La Fayette Byrn is the eighth edition of a hugely popular manual on the distillation of spirits from a variety of fruits and vegetables. Providing directions for the distillat
When the Secretary of War moved regulars into primitive Florida in response to trouble with the Seminole Indians in 1836, he called on the southern states for militia and volunteers. Myer M. Cohen, a
This fantasy of the origins of Santa Claus by the author of "The Wizard of Oz" books is a delight for children of all ages. Baum is at his best in creating a mythic and fantastic world into which the
Englishman Frederick William Burbidge (1847-1905) was a legendary and intrepid collector of tropical orchids, traveling in Borneo, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Australia, and the Fiji Islands in sear
British Surgeon Benjamin Travers originally published his work A Synopsis of Diseases of the Eye in 1820, based on seven years of experience at the London Infirmary for Diseases of the Eye and subsequ
Written by A Boston Housekeeper, this is "a complete Culinary Encyclopedia: Comprehending all valuable receipts for cooking meat, fish, and fowl, and composing every kind of soup, gravy, pastry prese
First published in 1899, Vitalogy is a home health reference, and its advice, both strangely prescient and very dated, is once more at the cutting edge. Four chapters have been reproduced, including
Full of humor and wit, this book was offered in 1827 in order that servants be given a handbook by which they might more efficiently perform the duties for which they were being paid.
An intimate portrait of one of America's most beloved writers is revealed in this 1889 work from editor Ednah Dow Cheney. Originally published just a year after Louisa May Alcott's death at the age o
In his 1907 book, lawyer Finis L. Bates reveals that his client John St. Helen disclosed to Bates his true identity - claiming to be Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth.History tells us tha
Includes material for all interests and for all seasons of the year, for the robust and the delicate, and for the contemplative as well as the ingenious.
A book intended for the layperson, who did not have access to a botanical physician, this book from 1836 gives a lesson in anatomy, diseases, and botanical cures.
Meet the Goops: "The Goops they lick their fingers,/And the Goops they lick their knives, /They spill their broth on the tablecloth -/Oh, they lead disgusting lives!" The rhymes and drawings in this
Lambeth and Manning's groundbreaking 1913 work is a study of Thomas Jefferson, not as author, politician, or statesman, but as architect and landscape designer. Thomas Jefferson, without special trai
Published originally in 1910, this charming collection of flower poems and full-color illustrations animates the 82 flowers included in the book. From Crocus to Holly, the flowers are ordered in the b
The first comprehensive study of how this remarkable publication reinforced and promoted the way Americans viewed progress, nature, and their own country in the years following the Civil War.
Written by Walt Whitman under the pseudonym Mose Velsor, and originally published in the New York Atlas between 1858-1860, Manly Health and Training is a series of Whitman essays on topics such as die
Thomas Jefferson believed that the pure-principled teachings of Jesus should have been separated from the dogma and abuse of organized religion of the day. This led him to recast, by cutting and past
A facsimile of the 1922 first edition. The world in which Emily Post's 1922 bestseller Etiquette appeared was one of great change, not unlike our own. The rules of social intercourse became murky and
This classic essay on the responsibilities of a doctor was first published in New York in 1769. It remains a perfect gift for a young doctor just starting out or for one who is older and wiser. This c
The first American edition of this staple of the American household during the Revolutionary War. How to market. How to roast and broil and fry. Gravies, sauces, hashes, fricassees, ragouts.
Composed of material gathered from a variety of historical sources dating back to the mid-1700s, this extended account of piracy in ancient and modern times, and in all parts of the world, saw its fir
""With our American Philosophy and Religion series, Applewood reissues many primary sources published throughout American history. Through these books, scholars, interpreters, students, and non-academ
""With our American Philosophy and Religion series, Applewood reissues many primary sources published throughout American history. Through these books, scholars, interpreters, students, and non-academ
Teddy Roosevelt lived a full and accomplished life and shared many of his beliefs in this book, where he tells how to live life to its most productive and fullest.
