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A collection of short stories centering on Mariposa, a fictional Mid-West American turn-of-the-century town.

Its purpose … is to tell in simple fashion the story of some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die; who proved their truth by their endeavor; and who joined to t

Buck Duane, son of a famous gunfighter, falls prey to the old problem – called out by a cowboy who wants to make trouble, Duane kills him and then must ride off to the lawless country ne

This essay was presented as a lecture by Thoreau in his later years, but only published after his death.

A complete expos ̌of the modus operandi of fire eaters, heat resisters, poison eaters, venomous reptile defiers, sword swallowers, human ostriches, strong men, etc

Sara Stanley, the Story Girl, returns to join the King children in publishing their own local magazine to entertain the town of Carlisle.

Prof. Hiram Bingham of Yale Makes the Greatest Archaeological Discovery of the Age by Locating and Excavating Ruins of Machu Picchu on a Peak in the Andes of Peru.

In this biography for young people, Calista McCabe Courtenay takes the reader from George Washington the surveyor to his early military career, first as a colonel in the Virgina militia and then as

The Book of the Damned was the first published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort (first edition 1919).

This is the story of Henry Ware, a young boy living in the wilds of the Kentucky frontier of the 1700's.

Bors felt as if he'd been hit over the head. This was ridiculous!

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789, is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano.

This Crowded Earth is a taut and compelling story about an all too possible future. Earth is overcrowded and its resources are being taxed to the limit.

The spiritual classic The Greatest Thing In the World is a trenchant and tender analysis of Christian love as set forth in the thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians.