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My Library

 

My interests range from Colonial American History (Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Williamsburg etc.),  to Science Fiction/Fantasy and Woodworking. After working for RR Donnelley for 43 years, I also have a large collection of Lakeside Classics, 47 books to be exact.I also like to scan the internet for free ebooks and have over 700 ebooks mostly Science Fiction/Fantasy. My favorite author being Robert Heinlein..So, my Library consists of the books listed below and the ebooks on the following page. Click the My Library tab for my ebooks

 

Title

 

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

 

Author

The Young Hamilton. A Biography

 

FLEXNER, JAMES THOMAS

 

SAMUEL JOHNSON

 

 

Samuel Johnson

 

Krutch, Joseph Wood

 

BATHROOM BOOKS

 

 

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff--and it's all small stuff (Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Series)

 

Carlson, Richard

God's Little Devotional For Graduates

 

Editors

1001 Ways to Be Romantic Expanded edition by Godek, Gregory J. P. published by Casablanca Pr Paperback

 

 

How to Speak Dutchified English, Volume 1

 

Gates, Gary

The National Gallery Companion Guide

 

Langmuir, Erika

 

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year

 

 

 

 

 

Benjamin Franklin

 

Morgan, Edmund S.

Bernard Fay's Franklin, the Apostle of modern Times [Hardcover] by Fay, Bernard

 

Fay, Bernard

Ben Franklin: An Affectionate Portrait

 

Keyes, Nelson Beecher

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

 

Isaacson, Walter

Atlantic Cousins: Benjamin Franklin and His Visionary Friends

 

Jr., Jack Fruchtman

The Private Franklin the Man and His Family

 

W., Lopez Claude-Anne And Herbert Eugenia

Benjamin Franklin

 

[Franklin, Benjamin] Van Doren, Carl

Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings (Signet Classics)

 

Franklin, Benjamin

Autobiography

 

Franklin, Benjamin

Representative selections, with introduction, bibliography, and notes,

 

Franklin, Benjamin Mott, Frank Luther, ; Jorgenson, Chester E.

Bolt Of Fate: Benjamin Franklin And His Fabulous Kite

 

Tucker, Tom

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, the First Authorative Text

 

Farrand, Max

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

 

Commager, Henry Steele

The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin,: Poor Richard's almanac and other papers (The world's greatest literature)

 

Franklin, Benjamin

Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May- September 1787

 

Bowen, C.

Triumph in Paris: The exploits of Benjamin Franklin

 

Schoenbrun, David

The Man Who Dared the Lightning: A New Look at Benjamin Franklin

 

Fleming, Thomas J.

Franklin & the Documents 200th Anniverersary Edition

 

Angee, Donald R. Brown & Angelo N.

 

COLONIAL HISTORY

 

 

The Real History of the American Revolution: A New Look at the Past (Real History Series)

 

Axelrod, Alan

Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution

 

Schama, Simon

American Revolution in Notes Quotes & An

 

White, Lee M

Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism

 

Burns, Eric

America Afire: Jefferson, Adams, and the First Contested Election

 

Weisberger, Bernard A.

The Federalist Era

 

John C. Miller

Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation

 

Roberts, Cokie

Origins of the American Revolution

 

Miller, John C.

The Federalist: The Famous Papers on the Principles of American Government

 

Hamilton, Alexander

Colonials and Patriots: Historic Places Commemorating our forebears

 

Sarles, Frank B. & Shedd,Charles E.

Secret History of the American Revolution: An Account of the Conspiracies of Benedict Arnold and Numerous Others Drawn from the Secret Service Paper

 

Doren, Carl Van

Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman (Grove Great Lives)

 

Zweig, Stefan

Paul Revere and the World He Lived In

 

[Revere, Paul] Forbes, Esther

The Constitution

 

Smith, Page

Dispossessing The American Indian -

 

-, Wilbur R. Jacobs

The Tyranny of Printers: Newspaper Politics in the Early American Republic (Jeffersonian America)

 

Pasley, Jeffrey L.

1776

 

McCullough, David

The First Salute. a View of the American Revolution

 

Tuchman, Barbara

Patriots The Men who started the American Revolution

 

Langguth, A J

The First Frontier The Story Of How The American Nation Began

 

Coleman, R. V.

Undaunted Courage

 

Ambrose Stephen E.

Lewis and Clark Partners in Discovery

 

Bakeless, John

The American Frontier: Pioneers, Settlers, and Cowboys 1800-1899

 

Davis, William C.

Williamsburg;Jamestown;Yorktown - America's Historic Triangle

 

Llewellyn, Robert

Colonial Williamsburg Decorates for Christmas: Step-By-Step Illustrated Instructions for Christmas Decorations That You Can Make for Your Home

 

Oliver, Libby H.

American Heritage Book Of The Revolution

 

 

Ketchum, Richard M., Editor; introduction by Catton, Bruce By the Editors of American Heritage;

The Story Of The Declaration Of Independence

 

MALONE, Dumas

The Williamsburg Collection of Antique Furnishings

 

Holt, Rinehart & Winston

The White House: An Historic Guide

 

Pearce, Mrs. John N.

George Washington's Mount Vernon Official Guidebook

 

Union, The Mount Vernon Ladies' Assoc of the

American Heritage History of the Thirteen Colonies

 

Wright, Louis B.

Williamsburg: The Finest Reproductions of Eighteenth-Century Furnishings

 

Foundation, Colonial Williamsburg

Better Homes and Gardens: Living the Country Life (Better Homes and Gardens Books)

 

Cullison, Pamela Wilson

Visiting Our Past: America's Historylands

 

Editors, National Geographic Society

The Antiques Treasury of Furniture and Other Decorative Arts at Winterthur, Williamsburg, Sturbridge, Ford Museum, Cooperstown, Deerfield, Shelburne

 

Winchester, Alice

 

COUNTRY LIVING

 

 

Classic Country Inns of America 3 vols. Boxed The Mid-atlantic and the South, New England and the Maratimes, The Pacific Coast and Southwest

 

 

Mary Emmerling's American Country Classics: The New American Country Look

 

Emmerling, Mary

Country Style

 

Miller, Judith

American Country: A Style And Source Book

 

Emmerling, Mary

Country: Classic and Contemporary Ideas for Living

 

Rogers, Barbara Radcliffe

AN AMERICAN CELEBRATION : The Art of Charles Wysocki

 

Wysocki, Charles

Historic Houses (American Country)

 

Books, Time-Life

 

GEORGE WASHINGTON

 

 

George Washington, an American Icon: The Eighteenth-Century Graphic Portraits

 

Wick, Wendy C.

The First of Men: A Life of George Washington

 

Ferling, John E.

Washington: The Indispensable Man

 

Flexner, James Thomas

In the Name of the Father: Washington's Legacy, Slavery, and the Making of a Nation

 

Furstenberg, Francois

GEORGE WASHINGTON, A BIOGRAPHy, Vol. II; YOUNG WASHINGTON.

 

Freeman, Douglas Southall.

Washington and Caesar

 

Cameron, Christian

George Washington: Anguish and Farewell 1793-1799 - Volume IV (Anguish & Farewell, 1793-1799)

 

Flexner, James Thomas

Potomac Squire

 

Thane, Elswyth

The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon

 

Ferling, John

Washington's Secret War: The Hidden History of Valley Forge

 

Fleming, Thomas

Washington An Abridgment by Richard Harwell of the Seven-Volume George Washington by Douglas Southall Freeman

 

Freeman, Douglas Southall; Richard Harwell (ed)

George Washington: A Biography, Vol. 1: Young Washington

 

Freeman, Douglas Southall

General Washington's Christmas Farewell: A Mount Vernon Homecoming, 1783

 

Weintraub, Stanley

George Washington and the American Military Tradition (Mercer University Lamar memorial lectures)

 

Higginbotham, Don

Young Washington;: A selection from George Washington, a biography

 

Freeman, Douglas Southall

WASHINGTON GOES TO WAR

 

BRINKLEY, David

George Washington's War: The Saga of the American Revolution

 

Leckie, Robert

George Washington, Soldier and Man.

 

Callahan, North.

The Grand Idea: George Washington's Potomac and the Race to the West

 

Achenbach, Joel

His Excellency George Washington

 

Ellis, Joseph J.

 

GOLF

 

 

Golf for Dummies

 

McCord, Gary

How I Play Golf

 

Woods, Tiger

Advanced Golf

 

Norman, Greg

Master Strokes

 

Mastroni, Nick

 

LAKESIDE CLASSICS

 

 

Plymouth Plantation: Selections from the Narratives of William Bradford and Edward Winslow (Lakeside Classics)

 

Bradford, William

Behind the Scenes

 

Keckley, Elizabeth

Helldorado: Bringing the Law to the Mequite (The Lakeside Classics)

 

Breakenridge, William M.

Mrs. Hill's Journal: Civil War Reminiscences

 

Hill, Sarah Jane Full: Edited By Mark M. Krug:

Frontier fighter: The Autobiography of George W. Coe Who Fought and Rode with Billy the Kid

 

Coe, George W.

Westward journeys : memoirs of Jesse A. Applegate and Lavinia Honeyman Porter who traveled the Overland Trail

 

Applegate, Jesse A.

From Mexican Days to the Gold Rush

 

Marshall, James Wilson & Buffum, Edward Gould Who Grew Up in California/ Doyce B. Nunis, Jr (Ed)

A Texas Ranger **Lakeside Classics No. 90**

 

Jennings, N.A. (Ben Procter, Editor)

The Americanzation of Edward Bok: the Autobiography of a Dutch Boy

 

Bok, Edward W.

NARRATIVES OF THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE OF 1906

 

Lotchin, Roger

Mark Twain's West:

 

Twain, Mark

Buckskin & Blanket Days:Memoirs of a Friend of the Indians. [1856-1890]

 

Tibbles, Thomas Henry(\(\(\(1840-1928)

THE ROUGH RIDERS: Cuba and the Spanish American War, A Lakeside Classic.

 

Roosevelt, Theodore

Narrative of the Coronado Expedition (Relacion De La Jornada De Cibola)(Lakeside Classics, No. 100)

 

Najera, Pedro de Castaneda de

Honolulu Sketches of Life in the Hawaiian Islands Form 1828 to 1861

 

Judd, Laura Fish

John D. Young and the Colorado Gold Rush

 

Smith, Dwight L.

Pioneers: Narratives of Noah Harris Letts and Thomas Allen Banning, 1825-1865

 

Angle, Paul M.

Three Years in the Klondike. Edited by D.L. Morgan.

 

LYNCH, Jeremiah

Two Years' Residence on the English Prairie of Illinois (The Lakeside Classics)

 

Woods, John

Excursion through America (The Lakeside classics, no. 71)

 

Mohr, Nicolaus

A Frenchman in Lincoln's America (Volume I)

 

Hauranne, Ernest Duvergier De

A Frenchman in Lincoln's America - Huit Mois en Amerique: Letters et Notes de Voyage, 1864 -1865 Volume 2

 

Hauranne, Ernest Duvergier, and Ralph H. Bowen, Albert Krebs de

Advocates and Adversaries: the Early Life and Times of Robert R. Rose

 

 

My Experiences In The West (The Lakeside Classics Series #68)

 

Collins, John S.,

Narratives of Colonial America 1704 - 1765 (Lakeside Classics Series, Volume 69)

 

Peckham, Howard R.

Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians.[1864].

 

Kelly, Fanny[Wiggins/Gordon](ca.1845-1904)/Ed.by Clark & Mary Lee Spence

Life of Tom Horn, Government Scout and Interpreter: A Vindication (The Lakeside Classics)

 

Horn, Tom

Autobiography of an English Soldier in the United States Army.

 

Ballantine, George. (edited by William H Goetzmann).

Fighting the flying circus (The Lakeside classics)

 

Rickenbacker, Eddie

Skyward: The Lakeside Classics

 

BYRD, Richard Evelyn (Edited by William R. Anderson)

My Life East And West

 

Hart, William S.

Hell Among the Yearlings (The Lakeside Classics ; 76)

 

Randolph, Edmund

The Logbook Of The Captain's Clerk The Lakeside Classic Series

 

Sewall, John S.

FRONTIER DOCTOR, A,

 

Hoyt, Henry F.; Edited By Doyce B. Nunis, Jr.

From the deep woods to civilization: Including excerpts from Indian boyhood (The Lakeside classics)

 

Eastman, Charles Alexander

Arctic explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, 54, 55 (The Lakeside classics)

 

Kane, Elisha Kent

Revolutionary Days (The Lakeside Classics)

 

Emmons, Terence (ed)

Children of Ol' Man River: The life and times of a showboat trouper (Lakeside classics)

 

Bryant, Billy

The Life of Olaudah Equiano : the interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African

 

Equiano, Olaudah

The English Woman in America

 

Bird, Isabella Lucy

Lakeside Classics 2010 Travels Through South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida

 

Slaughter, William Bartram; Thomas P.

Jailed for Freedom: The Story of the Militant American Suffragist Movement

 

Stevens, Doris

Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States from W.H. Taft to G.W. Bush

 

Graff, Henry F.

Twenty Years Before the Mast: With the More Thrilling Scenes and Incidents While Circumnavigating the Globe Under the Command of the Late Admiral Charles Wilkes, 1838-1842

 

Erskine, Charles

Narratives of Barbary Captivity

 

Cathcart, James Leander

Narratives of the American Revolution As Told By a Young Sailor, a Home-sick Surgeon, a French Volunteer, and a German General's Wife

 

Rankin, Hugh F., Editor

 

JOHN ADAMS

 

 

John Adams Volume 1- 1735-1784 and Volume 2 - 1984-1826

 

Smith, Page

John Adams

 

McCullough, David

John Adams and the American Revolution

 

BowenCatherineD

THE ADAMS FAMILY By JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS 1930 First Edition

 

ADAMS, JAMES TRUSLOW

John Adams: Party of One

 

Grant, James

First Family: Abigail and John Adams

 

Ellis, Joseph J.

 

DOUGLAS MacARTHUR

 

 

Old Soldiers Never Die: The Life and Legend of Douglas MacArthur

 

Perret, Geoffrey

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

10,000 Jokes, Toasts & Stories

 

Copeland, Lewis & Faye

The Methodist Hymnal

 

House, The Methodist Publishing

The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South

 

Author, No

Silas Marner

 

Eliot, George Hancock, Albert Elmer,

The History of England fron the Accession of James II - Volumes I - V (HISTORY, ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS)

 

Macauley, Thomas Babington

New National Fourth Reader

 

A. S. Barnes & Co.

The Story of the Greeks

 

Guerber, H.A.

Knowing God

 

Packer, J. I.

Virginia & Maryland: The Complete Guide with Colonial Villages, Battlefields and the Shore (1997/4th ed)

 

Fodor's

Historic Houses of America: Open to the Public

 

Costa, Beverley da

National Geographic Guide to Americas Great Houses

 

Wiencek, Henry

Basic Wiring & Electrical Repairs (Black and Decker Home Improvement Library

 

Decker, Black &

Consumer Reports How to Clean and Care for Practically Anything

 

Reports, The Editors of Consumer

Buying Guide 2003 (Consumer Reports Buying Guide)

 

Reports, The Editors of Consumer

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

 

Albom, Mitch

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

 

Carroll, Lewis

Heloise From a to Z

 

Heloise

Bobby Flay's Throwdown!: More Than 100 Recipes from Food Network's Ultimate Cooking Challenge

 

Flay, Bobby

Treasury of Gardening

 

International, Publication

Century 21 Computer Applications & Keyboarding

 

Hoggatt, Jack P.

The Story of America: A National Geographic Picture Atlas

 

Scott, John A.

Football Association Coaching Book of Soccer Tactics and Skills

 

Hughes, Charles

 

ROBERT MORRIS

 

 

Robert Morris: Financier of the American Revolution

 

SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY

 

 

Song of Ice and Fire, (4 Vols.): A Game of Thrones / A Clash of Kings / A Storm of Swords / A Feast for Crows

 

Martin, George R.R.

A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5)

 

Martin, George R.R.

Martha Washington: An American Life

 

Brady, Patricia

Dragon Wing (The Death Gate Cycle, Book 1)

 

Weis, Margaret

Dragons of Winter Night (Dragonlance Chronicles, Volume II)

 

Weis, Margaret

Dragons of Spring Dawning (Dragonlance Chronicles, Book 3)

 

Weis, Margaret

Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance Chronicles, Volume I)

 

Weis, Margaret

War of the Twins (Dragonlance Legends, Vol. 2)

 

Weis, Margaret

Elven Star (The Death Gate Cycle, Volume 2)

 

Weis, Margaret

LOVE & WAR-3 (Dragonlance: Tales)

 

Weis, Margaret

Dragons of the Dwarven Depths (Dragonlance: The Lost Chronicles, Book 1)

 

Weis, Margaret

Menace From Earth 1ST Edition Thus

 

Heinlein, Robert A

 

THOMAS JEFFERSON

 

 

Jefferson & the Gun-Men

 

Montgomery, M.R.

Jefferson Himself: The Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided American

 

Mayo, Bernard

Mr. Jefferson's Women

 

Kukla, Jon

The Essential Thomas Jefferson

 

Jefferson, Thomas

Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation: A Biography (Galaxy Books)

 

Peterson, Merrill D.

Thomas Jefferson : A Biography

 

Schachner, Nathan

Thomas Jefferson: Genius of Liberty

 

Congress, Library of

Thomas Jefferson: A Strange Case of Mistaken Identity

 

Mapp, Alf J.

The young Jefferson, 1743-1789

 

Bowers, Claude Gernade

The Jefferson Conspiracies: A President's Role in the Assassination of Meriwether Lewis

 

Chandler, David Leon

Jeffersons Letters

 

Whitman, Wilson

Understanding Thomas Jefferson

 

Halliday, E. M.

The Portable Thomas Jefferson (Portable Library)

 

Jefferson, Thomas

American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson

 

Ellis, Joseph J.

Jefferson the President: Second Term, 1805-1809 (Jefferson and His Time, Vol. 5)

 

Malone, Dumas

The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson (Modern Library Classics)

 

Jefferson, Thomas

Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence 1st edition by Wills, Garry published by Doubleday [ Hardcover ]

 

 

Jeffersons Vendetta the Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the Judiciary

 

Wheelan, Joseph

Jefferson And The Ordeal of Liberty

 

MALONE, Dumas

Thomas Jefferson: a Profile

 

Peterson, Merrill D.

TO HIS EXCELLENCY THOMAS JEFFERSON

 

McLaughlin, Jack

Thomas Jefferson

 

Lisitzky, Gene

Thomas Jefferson: A Life

 

Randall, Willard Sterne

The Garden and Farm Books of Thomas Jefferson

 

Baron, Robert C.

Thomas Jefferson : Writings : Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters (Library of America)

 

Jefferson, Thomas

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

 

Ellis, Joseph J.

Restoration of the Republic: The Jeffersonian Ideal in 21st-Century America

 

Hart, Gary

Understanding Thomas Jefferson

 

Halliday, E. M.

Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History (Hardcover)

 

(Author), Fawn McKay Brodie

Jefferson's Demons: Portrait of a Restless Mind

 

Beran, Michael Knox

Jefferson and Monticello: The Biography of a Builder

 

Mclaughlin, Jack

Jefferson

 

Padover, Saul

Jefferson and His Time (The Sage of Monticello : Volume Six)

 

Malone, Dumas

Jefferson's Great Gamble: The Remarkable Story of Jefferson, Napoleon and the Men Behind the Louisiana Purchase

 

Cerami

Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy

 

Gordon-Reed, Annette

Jefferson and Madison: The Great Collaboration

 

Koch, Adrienne

 

WOODWORKING

 

 

Woodworkers Bible

 

Blandford, Percy W.

Build Your Own Wood Toys, Gifts and Furniture

 

DeCristoforo, R.J.

Tools and How to Use Them: An Illustrated Encyclopedia

 

Jackson, Albert

Cabinet Making and Millwork

 

Feirer, John L.

The Complete Book of Woodworking: Detailed Plans for More Than 40 Fabulous Projects

 

Corporation, Landauer

Projects For The Router

 

Chaffin, Casey & Nick Engler

Making Woodwork Aids & Devices

 

Wearing, Robert

How to Make Your Own Furniture

 

Williams, Henry Lionel

Woodworker's Handbook: A Complete Course for Craftsmen, Do-It-Yourselfers and Hobbyists.

 

Duncan, Andrew (editor)

Advanced Woodwork and Furniture Making

 

Feirer, John Louis

Tools & Skills: Workshop, Plumbing & Wiring

 

America, Handyman Club of

Quick-And-Easy Projects: Furniture and Accents, Plywood Projects, Toys, Kitchen Projects, Shelving and Storage (The Weekend Woodworker)

 

Hylton, William H.

Build-It-Better-Yourself Country Furniture

 

Handyman, Family

American Country Furniture: Projects from the Workshop of David T. Smith

 

Engler, Nick

Country Mailboxes: Patterns & Techniques

 

Spielman, Patrick

Woodworking Machines (The Art of Woodworking)

 

Editors, Time-Life

Popular Science : Woodworking Projects Yearbook, 1987

 

Science, Popular

The Weekend Woodworker Anuual 1994 (Quick And Easy Country Projects)

 

Moragn, David Page, and Christop Jr. Bob

Wood Workers Manual

 

Vass, Gosta

The Early American Furniture Maker's Manual

 

Marlow, Andrew W.

Sears Band Saw Handbook with Patterns

 

Duginske, Mark

Modern Woodworking: Tools, Materials, and Processes

 

Wagner, Willis H.

335 Great Shop Tips: Tried and True Ideas for Better Woodworking (Better Homes and Gardens Wood)

 

Gardens, Better Homes &

Popular Science Woodworking Projects Yearbook, 1988

 

n/a

Better Homes and Gardens Wood Small Furniture You Can Make

 

Magazine", "Wood

Box-Making Basics: Design, Technique, Projects

 

Freedman, David

How to Make Bookshelves and Cabinets

 

Sunset

Household Tools and Tasks in the Days of Self-Sufficiency

 

Smith, Elmer L.

Weekend Woodworker

 

Nelson, John

Country Furniture: Living Rooms and Dens (Build It Better Yourself Woodworking Projects)

 

Engler, Nick

Making Flawless Cabinets and Built-Ins (Secrets of Successful Woodworking)

 

Engler, Nick

Early American furniture

 

Callahan, Kevin

The Garret Wade Book of Woodworking Tools

 

Chinn, Garry

Routing and Shaping (Art of Woodworking)

 

Home-Douglas, Pierre

Workshop Tips & Techniques (Black & Decker Home Improvement Library)

 

Decker, Black &

101 Do-it-yourself Projects

 

Digest, Editors of Reader's

The Illustrated Professional Woodworker

 

Corbett, Stephen

 

Rappleye, Charles

 

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