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What the Negro Has Done for Liberty in America — Inside the Classic
Fantasy Juvenile Worlds
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The Graves of the Fallen — A Closer Reading
Adventure Picaresque Fiction
5,457 recorded words. Selected by the catalog's stored reading-time estimate.
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Use of Mines in Trench Warfare (From the French School of St. Cyr) — Context and Discussion
Adventure Picaresque Fiction
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Public Domain Literature Library: 90 Works of Fiction, History, and Philosophy
This catalogue maps warfare and its representations through four overlapping subjects: Adventure Picaresque Fiction, Fantasy Juvenile Worlds, Science Fiction Utopias, and Historical Psychological Social Fiction. The mix pairs real campaigns (South African War, submarine warfare) with imagined conflicts, and memoirs with technical manuals such as trench-warfare guides. Categories are not strict boxes—a naval history may appear under Fantasy Juvenile Worlds, a polemic on chemical warfare under Historical Psychological Social Fiction. To enter, follow one of three reading paths: trace individual experience from Gardiner's biography to Black Hawk's account; explore naval strategy from sea-power surveys to armament evolution; or examine war's philosophy from Haldane to du Picq and German war aims. Each path links records across categories, revealing how strategic, moral, and personal perspectives interlock. All ninety works link to Project Gutenberg editions.
90 public-domain works107 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
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Adventure Picaresque Fiction
Stories of childhood, exploration, resilience and imaginative adventure represented across the current public-domain collection.
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Fantasy Juvenile Worlds
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Science Fiction Utopias
Works exploring technology, imagined futures, discovery and speculative changes in society and everyday life.
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Historical Psychological Social Fiction
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
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Navies of the world — Story, Set...
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Callinicus — Key Ideas to Explore
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Mahan on naval warfare — A Reade...
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The Negro as a soldier — Reading...
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