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Mature Readers Collection

Heritage History's Mature Readers Collection contains 61 high quality general interest history books, consisting of the equivalent of over 6,000 sheets of printed text. This collection was selected especially for the benefit of mature readers who already have a grounding in the basic stories of history, but desire reading selections that are entertaining as well as instructive.


Price $30.00

The following books from Heritage History's website are included in the Mature Readers Collection. On the CD, however, instead of linking to online versions of the book, the book titles link to pre-formated, ready-to-print PDF files.

American History     English History     European History     Asian History     Ancient History     Military History     Social History     Legends    

American History

Title Author sheets
Historical Tales: 2—American Charles Morris 135
Historical Tales: 1—American Charles Morris 136
Historical Tales: 3—Spanish American Charles Morris 130
Mexico Margaret Coxhead 113
The Buccaneers of America John Esquemeling 89
Indian History for Young Folks Francis Drake 284
Columbus the Discoveror Frederick Ober 87
Hernando Cortez Frederick Ober 86
Ponce de Leon Frederick Ober 83
Fernando de Soto Frederick Ober 85
Vasco Nunez de Balboa Frederick Ober 83
Ferdinand Magellan Frederick Ober 88
Pizarro and the Conquest of Peru Frederick Ober 88
Amerigo Vespucci Frederick Ober 88


English History

Title Author sheets
Historical Tales: 4—English Charles Morris 142
Alfred the Great Jacob Abbott 72
William the Conqueror Jacob Abbott 80
Richard I Jacob Abbott 95
Richard II Jacob Abbott 100
Richard III Jacob Abbott 94
Margaret of Anjou Jacob Abbott 91
Queen Elizabeth Jacob Abbott 74
Mary Queen of Scots Jacob Abbott 77
Charles I Jacob Abbott 78
Charles II Jacob Abbott 83
Red Book of Heroes Andrew Lang 162

European History

Title Author sheets
Historical Tales: 6—French Charles Morris 136
Historical Tales: 5—German Charles Morris 134
Historical Tales: 7—Spanish Charles Morris 129
Historical Tales: 8—Russian Charles Morris 136
Historical Tales: 9—Scandinavian Charles Morris 144
The Netherlands Mary Macgregor 132
Joseph Bonaparte John S.C. Abbott 115
Hortense John S.C. Abbott 120
Louis XIV John S.C. Abbott 120
Peter the Great Jacob Abbott 106
Knights of Art: Stories of the Italian Painters Amy Steedman 81
Story Lives of Great Scientists F. J. Rowbotham 98

Asian History

Title Author sheets
Historical Tales: 12—Japanese and Chinese Morris 143
Genghis Khan Jacob Abbott 99

Ancient History

Title Author sheets
Historical Tales: 10—Greek Charles Morris 141
Historical Tales: 11—Roman Charles Morris 131
Cyrus the Great Jacob Abbott 77
Darius the Great Jacob Abbott 78
Xerxes Jacob Abbott 82
Pyrrhus Jacob Abbott 83
Alexander the Great Jacob Abbott 75
Romulus Jacob Abbott 80
Hannibal Jacob Abbott 78
Julius Caesar Jacob Abbott 72
Cleopatra Jacob Abbott 84
Nero Jacob Abbott 82


Military History—World War I

Title Author sheets
The Story of the Great War Roland G. Usher 144
Fix Bayonets! John W. Thomason 75
Gallipoli John Masefield 65
Heroes of the Great War G. A. Leask 82
Heroes and Heroic Deeds of the Great War Donald A. Mackenzie 67


Social History

Title Author sheets
The Soul of the Indian Charles Eastman 29
Eothen: Traces of Travel in the East A. W. Kinglake 134


Legends

Title Author sheets
Stories of Charlemagne and the Twelve Peers of France Alfred J. Church 113
Stories of the Magicians Alfred J. Church 93


The number of sheets listed indicates the number of 8½ by 11 sheets of paper required to print the entire book, single-sided. Double-sided printing would allow publishing the entire book using only half the given number.