Monthly Archives: November 2015

The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad by William Still

The Underground Railroad by William Still

William Still is often called the Father of the Underground Railroad. Over 14 years, he helped hundreds of slaves escape to freedom in Canada. Still was committed to preserving the stories of the bondmen and he kept careful records of the many escaped slaves who passed through the Philadelphia “station”. The Underground Railroad was published from Still’s records and diaries.

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The Rape of the Lock

The Rape of the Lock  by Alexander Pope

The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope

The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope. The poem satirizes a petty squabble by comparing it to the epic world of the gods.

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Comic History of the United States

Comic History of the United States by Bill Nye

Comic History of the United States by Bill Nye

This text takes the reader on a comical journey from the time of the first European settlement through the Civil War. The author’s caustic wit is evident throughout the book in his numerous sarcastic and humorous remarks. The reader will enjoy a “different” type of history book based on facts, yet caustically embellished for entertainment purposes.

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English Costume

English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop

English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop

The world, if we choose to see it so, is a complicated picture of people dressing and undressing. The history of the world is composed of the chat of a little band of tailors seated cross-legged on their boards; they gossip across the centuries, feeling, as they should, very busy and important. As you will see, I have devoted myself entirely to civil costume—that is, the clothes a man or a woman would wear from choice, and not by reason of an appointment to some ecclesiastical post, or to a military calling, or to the Bar, or the Bench. Such clothes are but symbols of their trades and professions, and have been dealt with by persons who specialize in those professions.

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The Escape of a Princess Pat

The Escape of a Princess Pat by George Pearson

The Escape of a Princess Pat by George Pearson

Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months’ imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland.

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The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

The Last of the Mohicans is an epic novel by James Fenimore Cooper.

It was one of the most popular English-language novels of its time, and helped establish Cooper as one of the first world-famous American writers.The story takes place in 1757 during the French and Indian War, when France and Great Britain battled for control of the American and Canadian colonies. During this war, the French often allied themselves with Native American tribes in order to gain an advantage over the British, with unpredictable and often tragic results.

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