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Autobiography
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Fiction Books
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Historical Biographies
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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
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The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 (Dear America)
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Rain of Gold
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The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl
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The boy on the wooden box
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A Light in the Storm: the Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin
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Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy
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Journey To Topaz: A Story Of The Japanese-American Evacuation
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West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi
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Se questo è un uomo ; La tregua
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My Name Is America: The Journal Of William Thomas Emerson, A Revolutionary War Patriot
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The House by the Dvina: A Russian Childhood
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The Historical Figure of Jesus
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The Dream: A Memoir
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The 23rd Psalm: A Holocaust Memoir
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The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
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Speeches and Writings 1859–1865
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The Journal of Hélène Berr
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Rainbow's End: A Memoir of Childhood, War and an African Farm
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Anne Frank: Her life in words and pictures from the archives of The Anne Frank House
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My Heart is on the Ground: the Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl
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Ann Rinaldi

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My Face to the Wind: the Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher
My Face to the Wind: the Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher
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Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards
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Katelan Janke

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So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl (Dear America)
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Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography
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The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers
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Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota, New Yeovil, Minnesota 1873 (Dear America Series)
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Spandauer Tagebücher
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Servants' hall
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On the Horizon
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Gunpowder and Tea Cakes: My Journey with Felicity
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Queen Victoria's Highland Journals
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Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest: Maps of Exploration and Discovery : British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Yukon
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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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The Tree in the Courtyard: Looking Through Anne Frank's Window
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Commonalities among the books on Historical Non-Fiction include memoirs, diaries and journals that provide personal accounts of historical events, experiences of war and survival during times of conflict, and stories of individuals from different backgrounds. The books also cover a broad range of time periods, from the 1600s to the mid-20th century, and explore various locations including Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. Additionally, some books focus on specific events such as the Holocaust or World War II while others offer a broader perspective on history through personal narratives.

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