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Biographies and Memoirs

This is a list of a bunch of biographies and memoirs I've read. They span from the 1400s to the present on all the habitable continents.
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Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of Peru (Frederick A. Ober)
Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of Peru
1
Frederick A. Ober
A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs Mary Rowlandson
A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs Mary Rowlandson
2
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Franklin)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
3
Benjamin Franklin
The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton (Andrew Porwancher)
The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton
4
Andrew Porwancher
Sufferings in Africa (Captain James Riley)
Sufferings in Africa
5
Captain James Riley
The Atrocities of the Pirates (Aaron Smith)
The Atrocities of the Pirates
6
Aaron Smith
The Confessions of Nat Turner (Nat Turner and Thomas Ruffin Gray)
The Confessions of Nat Turner
7
Nat Turner and Thomas Ruffin Gray
Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 (Fanny Kemble)
Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839
8
Fanny Kemble
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
9
Frederick Douglass
The Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave (Henry Bibb)
The Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave
10
Henry Bibb
The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave (William Wells Brown)
The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave
11
William Wells Brown
12 Years a Slave (Solomon Northrup)
12 Years a Slave
12
Solomon Northrup
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
13
Harriet Jacobs
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom, Or, the Escape of William and Ellen Craft From Slavery (William and Ellen Craft)
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom, Or, the Escape of William and Ellen Craft From Slavery
14
William and Ellen Craft
Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House (Elizabeth Keckley)
Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
15
Elizabeth Keckley
Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians (Fanny Kelly)
Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians
16
Fanny Kelly
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" (Zora Neale Hurston)
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
17
Zora Neale Hurston
Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
Up From Slavery
18
Booker T. Washington
In the North Woods of Maine (Elmer Erwin Thomas)
In the North Woods of Maine
19
Elmer Erwin Thomas
Ten Days in a Mad-House (Nellie Bly)
Ten Days in a Mad-House
20
Nellie Bly
A Journal of Impressions in Belgium (May Sinclair)
A Journal of Impressions in Belgium
21
May Sinclair
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story (Henry Morgenthau Sr.)
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story
22
Henry Morgenthau Sr.
Ravished Armenia (Aurora Mardiganian)
Ravished Armenia
23
Aurora Mardiganian
The Man Awakened From Dreams (Henrietta Harrison)
The Man Awakened From Dreams
24
Henrietta Harrison
Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
Homage to Catalonia
25
George Orwell
Hitler's Pawn: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust (Stephen Koch)
Hitler's Pawn: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust
26
Stephen Koch
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
27
Frank McCourt
The Raft: The Courageous Struggle of Three Naval Airmen Against the Sea (Robert Trumbull)
The Raft: The Courageous Struggle of Three Naval Airmen Against the Sea
28
Robert Trumbull
The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom)
The Hiding Place
29
Corrie Ten Boom
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
30
Viktor Frankl
My Dear Boy: A World War II Story of Escape, Exile, and Revelation (Joanie Holzer Schirm)
My Dear Boy: A World War II Story of Escape, Exile, and Revelation
31
Joanie Holzer Schirm
The Nazi Officer's Wife
The Nazi Officer's Wife
32
Bloody Ridge and Beyond: A World War II Marine's Memoir of Edson's Raiders in the Pacific (Larry Alexander and Marlin Groft)
Bloody Ridge and Beyond: A World War II Marine's Memoir of Edson's Raiders in the Pacific
33
Larry Alexander and Marlin Groft
My Hitch in Hell: The Bataan Death March (Lester I. Tenney)
My Hitch in Hell: The Bataan Death March
34
Lester I. Tenney
Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler's Army (Georg Rauch)
Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler's Army
35
Georg Rauch
The Great Escape (Paul Brickhill)
The Great Escape
36
Paul Brickhill
Girl With a Sniper Rifle: An Eastern Front Memoir (Yulia Zhukova)
Girl With a Sniper Rifle: An Eastern Front Memoir
37
Yulia Zhukova
Shobun: A Forgotted War Crime in the Pacific (Michael J. Goodwin, Don Graydon)
Shobun: A Forgotted War Crime in the Pacific
38
Michael J. Goodwin, Don Graydon
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
39
Elie Wiesel
The Hands of War: A Tale of Endurance and Hope, From a Survivor of the Holocaust (Marione Ingram)
The Hands of War: A Tale of Endurance and Hope, From a Survivor of the Holocaust
40
Marione Ingram
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