Lives & memoirs
3 worksBiographies, memoirs and portraits of remarkable lives.
1813
The Life of Horatio, Lord NelsonRobert Southey
Having entered the British Navy at the age of twelve, Horatio Lord Nelson achieved the rank of captain at the age of twenty. As captain, he was quickly recognized as a magnetic and controversial figure.
1841
On Heroes, Hero-worship, and the Heroic in HistoryThomas Carlyle
On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History, is a collection of six essays by Thomas Carlyle, published in 1841, based on a series of lectures he delivered in 1840.
1882
Specimen DaysWalt Whitman
Specimen Days first appeared in 1882 within a volume entitled Specimen Days & Collect, published by Rees Welsh and Company in Philadelphia.