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  • The Ashtabula Disaster

    by Stephen Denison Peet ...
    The Ashtabula Disaster is a detailed and harrowing account of one of the most tragic railroad accidents in American history, the Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster, which occurred on the night of December 29, 1876, in Ashtabula, Ohio. Authored by Stephen D. Peet, the book meticulously chronicles the events leading up to the catastrophe, the collapse of the iron bridge under the weight of a ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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  • The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

    by Edgar Allan Poe ...
    Rum, a sailing ship, and a dare… …What could go wrong? Edgar Allan Poe's only complete novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is one of the first adventure stories set in and around the Antarctic, which at the time was a place of mystery and the unknown. Pym takes us on an adventure across the seas to uncharted southern lands that are fraught with danger. With shipwrecks, murder, ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom

    by William Craft ...
    Ellen Craft, the child of her enslaver, poses as the owner of her husband William as they make their way north to freedom. They meet and overcome many obstacles and dangers before they reach Philadelphia. Once there, despite help from many, they find that prejudice continues to block the freedom they crave. As they make their way to their final destination in England, they continue to face racism ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth

    by True North ...
    Some very deliberate and extraordinary movements were made by a handsome and extremely well-dressed young man in the city of Washington last Friday. At about half-past eleven o'clock A. M., this person, whose name is J. Wilkes Booth, by profession an actor, and recently engaged in oil speculations, sauntered into Ford's Theater, on Tenth, between E and F streets, and exchanged greetings with the ... Read more

    $2.81 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

    by Harriet Jacobs ...
    A Powerful Firsthand Account of Slavery, Resistance, and a Mother’s Fight for FreedomFirst published in 1861, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs is one of the most important autobiographical slave narratives of nineteenth-century America. Written under the pseudonym Linda Brent, the book gives a rare and deeply personal account of slavery from the perspective of an enslaved ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Growing Up in Slavery

    Stories of Young Slaves as Told By Themselves

    Ten slaves—all under the age of 19—tell stories of enslavement, brutality, and dreams of freedom in this collection culled from full-length autobiographies. These accounts, selected to help teenagers relate to the horrific experiences of slaves their own age living in the not-so-distant past, include stories of young slaves torn from their mothers and families, suffering from starvation, and being ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus