diaries

An English translation of the diary of Dang Thuy Tram, a doctor who volunteered to serve in a Viet Cong battlefield hospital in the Quang Ngai Province during the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1970, when she was killed by American forces. Includes notes, photographs, and an introduction by Frances FitzGerald.

Describes the sights and events Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family encounter travelling from South Dakota to the Ozarks in 1894.

Compares three versions of "The Diary of Anne Frank, " her original entries, the diary Anne edited while in hiding, and the edition published by her father after the war; and includes information about the Frank family, details of the 1944 raid on their hiding place, and expert reports on the authenticity of the documents.

A nineteen-year-old Union soldier chronicles the last battles of the Civil War.

An account of the occupation of Berlin from the day the Russians entered until 1948.

Draws upon letters and journals of the members of Robert Scott's second expedition to Antarctica to examine the story of how Scott and five other explorers survived stranded in the winter cold of the South Pole.

An autobiographical journal written in 1946. Descibes her struggle to survive during World War II in the Jewish Warsaw Ghetto.

The diary of a young girl who traveled with her family on her father's whaling ship in the 1860s records her schooling, dangerous whale hunts, and the activities of her baby brother. Includes sidebars, activities, and a timeline related to this era.

Translation based on Las Casas abstract of the Log with additions from his Historia and Fernando Columbus's Historia (of the Columbus family). His own account of the voyage.

A collection of essays by Henry Thoreau which reflect on the beauty of nature and his passion for living.