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Books in the Biography genre:

A Woman Tenderfoot (1900)

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A young woman goes camping in the mountain West. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Grace Gallatin Seton Thompson
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
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The Brothers Dalziel (1901)

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A history of the Brothers Dalziel and their engraving and printing business. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Edward Dalziel
George Dalziel
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
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Froissart’s Chronicle (1901)

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A history of the Hundred Years War between England and France, covering the years from 1326 to 1400 in six volumes. Much more information and scans of the early manuscript copies is available at The Online Froissart.... View More

Author(s): Jean Froissart
Illustrator(s): None

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The Art of Walter Crane (1902)

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A critical appraisal of the work of Walter Crane. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Paul George Konody
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Indian Boyhood (1902)

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Born a Souix Indian, the author describes his first fifteen years of traditional upbringing. In later life he became a physician and one of the founders of the Boy Scouts of America. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Alexander Eastman
Illustrator(s): Ernest Leonard Blumenschein

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The Log of a Cowboy (1903)

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A history of the cattle drives north from Texas after the Civil War. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Andy Adams
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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Two Years Before the Mast (1904)

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The author shipped before the mast on a voyage to California in 1834 to collect a cargo of hides.

Author(s): Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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Kate Greenaway (1905)

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This was the first full biography of the famous British children’s author and illustrator. The limited edition copies included one of her original drawings. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): George Somes Layard
Marion Henry Spielmann
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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The Outlet (1905)

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An account of the author’s experiences as a cowboy after the Civil War as Texas cattle were driven to the north to be finished for market on the plains that had been cleared of buffalo. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Andy Adams
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories (1906)

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This is a collection of thirty-eight pieces by the iconic American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The stories span the course of his career, from 1865 to 1904. Sixteen are here first collected. They include Saint Joan of Arc. Read online at Hathitru... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Albert Levering
W. T. Smedley
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The Children’s Plutarch (1906)

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Abridged and simplified biographies of famous Greek and Roman personages. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): F. J. Gould
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Eve’s Diary: Translated from the Original MS (1906)

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This fictional account of life in the Garden of Eden and afterward is not as cynical as Twain’s other writings on the subject. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Lester Ralph

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An Artist’s Reminiscences (1907)

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An autobiography of the prolific Victorian artist and socialist. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Walter Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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My Life as an Indian (1907)

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The author lit out for Indian country and never looked back. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): James Willard Schultz
Illustrator(s): Photographs

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Nimrod’s Wife (1907)

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The wife of the nature writer gives her impressions of their camping adventures. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Grace Gallatin Seton Thompson
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Walter King Stone

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The Gentlest Art (1908)

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A collection of letters. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

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Boy Life (1909)

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Stories selected from A Boy's Town and The Flight of Pony Baker. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): William Dean Howells
Illustrator(s): Henry François Farny
Florence Scovel Shinn

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Is Shakespeare Dead? from My Autobiography (1909)

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Twain here points out the surprising lack of evidence that the man Shakespeare actually wrote the plays that were published under his name. He favors the Bacon hypothesis rather than the Oxford. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): None

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The Red Book of Heroes (1909)

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Biographies of people who were truly in earnest. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s): A. Wallis Mills

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The Children’s Plutarch (1910)

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Abridged and simplified biographies of famous Greek personages. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): F. J. Gould
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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