Books from Book Jungle
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Legends Traditions and Laws
By Elias JohnsonHere is a wonderful book written by a Native American for the general public who have a genuine interest in the true story of the Indian.
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The Child at Home
By John S. C. AbbottJohn Stevens Cabot Abbott (September 19, 1805 ¿ June 17, 1877), an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer, was born in Brunswick, Maine.
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The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle
By John S. C. AbbottJohn Stevens Cabot Abbott (1805-1877) who also wrote under the pseudonyms Jacob Abbott and Joseph S. C. Abbott, was an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer.
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Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green
By Jacob D. GreenNarrative of the Life of J D Green was written by a slave. Jacob grew up on a plantation in Kentucky. His mother was sold when he was 12. At 17 he was beaten for hitting a white boy who had stolen from him.
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Uncle Tom's Story of His Life
By Josiah HensonThe character Uncle Tom is based on the life of Josiah Henson (1789-1882).
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War Is Kind - Stephen Crane
By Stephen CraneWar Is Kind - Stephen Crane
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Prince Jan St. Bernard
By Forrestine C. HookerThe story begins; "Prince Jan was a fuzzy, woolly puppy with clumsy paws and fat, round body covered with tawny hair. His brown eyes looked with loving good-will at everything and everybody."
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State of the Union Addresses of William J. Clinton
By William J. ClintonWilliam Clinton served the full two terms as the 42nd President from 1993 to 2001.
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Three Margarets
By Laura E. RichardsMany of the incidents in the series are drawn from real life.
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The Complete Works of Guy de Maupassant
By Guy de MaupassantThe Complete Works Of Guy de Maupassant (1917)
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Our Androcentric Culture, Or the Man Made World
By Charlotte Perkins GilmanCharlotte Perkins Gilman was an early 20th century American social reformer.
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Leo Tolstoy - His Life and Work
By Leo TolstoyCount Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (? ? ?), commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy (September 9, 1828 - November 20, 1910) was a Russian writer, essayist, philosopher, pacifist, educational reformer, vegetarian, moral thinker, and an ...
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Mother - Maxim Gorky
By Maxim GorkyThis novel tells the story of the common proletariat who protested against the czar and the capitalists which eventually led to the October Revolution.
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The Torrents of Spring
By Ivan TurgenevThis Russian novel is set in 1840.
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The Lion of Petra
By Talbot MundyTalbot Mundy was an early 20th century English writer who often wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt.
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The Cabman's Story - Arthur Conan Doyle
By Arthur Conan DoyleSir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a Scottish born author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and ...
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Green Tea Mr. Justice Harbottle
By Joseph Sheridan LefanuLe Fanu and Poe were some of the first true short story writers and the first in the short story horror genre. An excerpt from this story reads, "The bloated and gouty old man, in his horror, considered the question of resistance.
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A Journal of the Plague Year (Daniel Defoe)
By Daniel DefoeIn 1665, the Great Plague swept through London, claiming nearly 100,000 lives. In "A Journal of the Plague Year," Defoe vividly chronicles the progress of the epidemic.
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The Splendid Idle Forties
By Gertrude Franklin Horn AthertonThe Splendid Idle Forties contains stories of old California including The Pearls of Loreto; The Ears of Twenty Americans; The Washtub Mail; The Conquest of Dona Jacoba; A Ramble with Eulogia; The Isle of Skulls; The Head of a Priest; La ...
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Captain Rogers
By W. W. JacobsHe is now best remembered for his macabre tales "The Monkey's Paw" (published 1902) and "The Toll House" (in the collection of short stories The Lady of the Barge). However the majority of his output was humorous in tone.