Each book entry on site pages has a brief description and a link to the free online book.
Illinois Biographies & Memoirs page
Bacheller, Irving, A Man for the Ages: A Story of the Builders of Democracy
Burlend, Rebecca, A True Picture of Emigration, or, Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America (etc.)
Hubbard, Gurdon S., The Autobiography of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, Pa-pa-ma-ta-be, “The Swift Walker”
Reynolds, John, My Own Times, embracing also the History of my Life
Tillson, Christiana H., A Woman’s Story of Pioneer Illinois
Illinois Explorers and Travelers page
Faux, William, Memorable days in America; being a journal of a tour to the United States (etc.)
Illinois Local History page
Burroughs, Burt E., Legends and Tales of Homeland on the Kankakee
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Illinois Social History page
Matson, N., Pioneers of Illinois, containing a Series of Sketches relating to Events that occurred previous to 1813 (etc.)
Perryman, F. M., Pioneer Life in Illinois
Strand, A. E., comp. and ed., A History of the Norwegians of Illinois; (etc.)
Waller, Elbert, Illinois Pioneer Days