Amazon has an incredible amount of e-books available for free. If you have a kindle, or even just a kindle app on another device, you can have a plethora of great literature at your disposal. My goal here is to group titles in ways that will be helpful to you, allowing your to easily find titles that will aid in what your are teaching. This week I have a great list of...
American History Living Books
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln 1832-1865
Lincoln's Yarns and Stories
Gettysburg Address by: Abraham Lincoln
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
History of the United States vol.3 by: E. Benjamin Andrews
The United States Constution
The United States Bill of Rights
History of the United States vol. 2 by E. Benjamin Andrews
History of the United States by: Charles and Mary Beard
History of the United States vol. 4 by: E. Benjamin Andrews
History of the United States vol. 5 by: E. Benjamin Andrews
History of the United States vol. 6 by: E Benjamin Andrews
The War if Independence by: John Fiske
The Frontier in American History by: Frederick Turner
Up From Slavery: and autobiography by: Booker T. Washington
Kit Carson by: John S. C. Abbott
King Philip by: John S.C. Abbott
Adventurres of the Chevalier De La Salle by: John S. C. Abbott
Four Great Americans by: James Baldwin
Stories of American Life and Adventure by: Edward Eggleston
Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by: Edward Eggleston
Blackfeet Indian Stories by: G. B. Grinnell
When Buffalo Ran by: G. B. Grinnell
Uncle Remus, His Songs and Sayings by: J. C. Harris
On the Trail of Grant and Lee by: Federick T. Hill
The Famous Missions of California by: William Henry Hudson
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Young Folks Edition by: Harriot Beecher Stowe
Richard of Jamestown by: James Otis
The Puritan Twins by: Lucy F. Perkins
Four American Indians by: Frances Perry
Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters by: Edwin Sabin
Gold Seekers of '49 by: Edwin Sabin
Boys Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by: Edwin Sabin
Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts by: F. R. Stockton
Up From Slavery: an Autobiography by Booker T. Washington
This Country of Ours by H.E. Marshall
If you think I have placed a book in this list by mistake (whether it be for not fitting well in the category, or for being inappropriate reading material), please let me know! I try my hardest to make these lists accurate and beneficial, but I am not perfect =) Thank you for your help!
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oops forgot to put this one on the previous post... sorry... Antoine of Oregon by: James Otis is not a kindle book ...
ReplyDeleteThank you for noticing that!
Deletehi, just wanted to let you know that this particular book is no longer free... This Country of Ours by: H. E. Marshall. it is cheap though... just 0.99....
ReplyDeleteThing sure chance fast =) Thanks for noticing and letting me know! I've deleted it.
DeleteI still see "This Country of Ours" as free. http://www.amazon.com/This-Country-Henrietta-Elizabeth-Marshall-ebook/dp/B004TOXNVG/
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jeremy! I'll add it to the list right now...
DeleteThis is wonderful! Could you make a list like this for English history as well?
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm not planning on it right now, but if I do I will link to it here for you.
DeleteAmazon says Common Sense is not available. "Item Under Review. This book is currently unavailable because there is an issue with its description, content, or formatting. We are working with the publisher to fix the issue. As always, we value customer feedback."
ReplyDeleteIt looks like it's available again, but it's not free anymore. Thanks for letting me know!
DeleteThe three books by Eastman are no longer free as of 3/27/15. They are only 99 cents each though.
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me know! I'll take them off the list right now...
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