Black History Month, Frederick Douglass, Free Ebook

English: Portrait of Frederick Douglass as a younger man (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Frederick Douglass from Chuck Thompson

February is Black History Month and in doing our part we have an entire series of free ebooks that we will be posting on the site this month.  We are starting with Frederick Douglass.  We have several books covering Frederick Douglass' life and this is the first of two that we have.

  Now reading the ebook in the size above can be a little challenging to say the least.  Not to worry.  Hit the little icon at the far bottom right hand side of the above container and it will open to full size on your screen making for a much easier read.  To exit full screen mode, just hit the escape key on your keyboard.

  You are also free to download a copy of this book from our Slideshare site.  Some restriction apply such as you will need to log in to Slideshare with either a Facebook account or LinkedIn account or you will have to set up a free Slideshare account to get the free download.  Enjoy.

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Christmas Roses - Free Christmas ebook

christmas tree (Photo credit: fsse8info)

Christmas Roses Free ebook from Chuck Thompson

With this being the Christmas season, we are putting forth an effort to make the season as bright as possible for everyone.  Above is an old fashioned Christmas story ebook.  To read the book in full screen, left click the icon at the far bottom right hand side of the above container.  To exit full screen, just hit the escape key on your keyboard.  Free downloads of this ebook are available from our slideshare site.  

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Marines In The American Revolution Ebook

Marines In The American Revolution from Chuck Thompson

This one is a long read so bookmarking this page is a good idea.  To read the book in full screen mode, left click the icon at the far right bottom of the above container.  To exit full screen mode, hit the escape key on your keyboard.

To learn more about the American Revolution, take a trip to the Yorktown Victory Center.

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Edgar Allen Poe - The Purloined Letter

Cover of Edgar Allan Poe

A short story by Edgar Allen Poe.  The Purloined Letter.  One of the rare pieces not often seen of Poe's works.  The story though a short one, is to long to post in it's entirety on this site so we enclosed it into a Slideshare container.  You are free to download a PDF version of this story for your own use from our Slideshare site.  To read the story in full screen view, just left click the icon at the far bottom right hand side of the container.  To exit full screen mode, just hit the escape key on your keyboard.

Edgar Allen Poe, The Purloined Letter from Chuck Thompson

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Charlie Chan Sunday Comic Strip

Charlie Chan Sunday Comic Strip 2 from Chuck Thompson

Charlie Chan old time classic Sunday comic strip.  Short stories of the world famous detective from the 1920's to the 1950's.  His popularity went down towards the end of the 1940's pretty much putting a halt to the movies and comic strips.  During the time period, Charlie Chan was more popular than Sherlock Holmes.  These days, not that many people are even familiar with Charlie Chan.

  To view the comic strip in full screen mode for easier reading, just left click the icon at the very bottom far right of the slideshare container.  To exit full screen mode, hit the escape key on your keyboard.   

First episode of Alfred Andriola's Charlie Chan Sunday comic strip (October 30, 1938), distributed by the McNaught Syndicate. The daily strip began earlier that week (October 24, 1938). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Red Ryder, Dell Comics - Sunday Comics

Red Ryder 129 -1954 from Chuck Thompson

The complete comic book.  From the silver age of comics comes this Dell comic of the Red Ryder.  Western action tales from yesteryear.  Free downloads are available from our slideshare site.  To enlarge the comic to full screen view, left click the icon at the far bottom right of the container.  To exit full screen mode,, hit the escape key on your keyboard.

Adventures of Red Ryder (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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