Specimen Days is essentially the great American poet Walt Whitman's scrap book. It documents most of his life's adventures, especially his experience...
Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe moved to California from Massachusetts during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800’s. During her travels, Louise was offered...
Robert Falcon Scott's 'Journals' provide a raw and intimate account of his fateful expedition to the South Pole. The book, a primary source document,...
Mary Chesnut's 'Diary from Dixie' offers a unique and intimate perspective on the American Civil War from the vantage point of a Southern woman. Her d...
