diaries

A collection of diary entries and anecdotes about war by the American soldiers who experienced the battles, from the American Revolution through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Contains the Civil War journal of Private George Hitchcock, telling of his experiences beginning in August 1862 and continuing through his discharge in January 1865.

A collection of diaries by ordinary soldiers who fought in seven of America's wars. In the accounts, farmers and lawyers, buglers and nurses, foot troops and bomber pilots reveal war as ordinary Americans experienced it.

Writings culled from the archives of libraries, historical societies, and private estates have been assembled to offer a view of the iconic metropolis of New York. Includes excerpts from the writings of Henry Hudson, Mark Twain, Thomas Edison, Andy Warhol, and many others.

The experiences, based on her own account, of Mary Jemison who was captured by a Shawnee war party when she was twelve and subsequently rescued and adopted by the Seneca with whom she chose to remain the rest of her long life.