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The Will and the Way Stories

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Jessie Benton Frémont


Simply put, this is a book of 9 short vignettes each of which describes a different scenario which demonstrates the age old adage: 'where th…

The Courage of the Commonplace

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Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews


The short story of a young man who came to terms with himself and became a man on a day when he had proven to be a failure to his family, hi…

The Lucky Piece: A Story of the North Woods

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Albert Bigelow Paine


While riding a stage back to the city late in the summer, a youngster had no money to spend, and so gives his lucky piece as payment to a yo…

Following the Color Line

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Ray Stannard Baker


Subtitled "An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American Democracy", we are presented an in-depth and essentially non-opinionate…

Loss of the Sultana

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Chester D. Berry


April, 1865. The country was in turmoil. The U.S. Civil War had come to an end, thousands of Union prisoners of war had recently been releas…

Away in the Wilderness

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R. M. Ballantyne


Jasper Derry was on a mission. He had left the northern wilderness a few years earlier when he had worked for the Hudson's Bay Company, but …

A Man of Honor

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George Eggleston


New Yorker Robert Pagebrook travels to Virginia to visit relatives. The Civil War has ended and family ties are in order to be re-establishe…

An Exchange of Souls

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Barry Pain


Although only lightly known as an author of horror stories, Barry Pain departs from his typical themes with 'An Exchange of Souls'. In this …

Chronicles of Canada Volume 13 - The United Empire Loyalists: A Chronicle of th…

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W. Stewart Wallace


Volume 13 of The Chronicles of Canada Series. This volume sheds light on the often misunderstood Americans who chose to remain loyal to the …

Stories from the Adirondacks

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Albert A. Young


A collection of five stories all of which take place in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, and most which contain elements of som…

The Jack-Knife Man

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Ellis Parker Butler


A lighthearted tale which revolves around old Peter Lane, who lives in a houseboat on the Mississippi River and mostly whiles away his time …

The Master-Knot of Human Fate

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Ellis Meredith


A tale of two people, and their search for answers to unknown questions. Adam and Robin find themselves inexplicably alone after an apparent…

The Spirit of Sweetwater

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Hamlin Garland


Clement had unwittingly succeeded where others had failed at mining in the western Colorado mountains. Now he found himself wanting to share…

The Romance of an Old Fool

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Roswell Field


A light-hearted account of a successful middle aged widower who chances to visit the small town in which he grew up to renew old acquaintanc…

The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught

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Charles C. Nott


Charles Pinckney, member of the South Carolina legislature, Confederation Congress, U.S. Congress, and notably the Constitutional Convention…

Gargoyles

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Ben Hecht


The author, Ben Hecht, was a prolific writer as well as a renowned screenwriter, producer, and director of films. His screenwriting skills i…

The Way of the Wind

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Zoe Anderson Norris


From the comfort of the hills of Kentucky traveled Celia and her husband Seth to the desolate prairies of Kansas, where cyclones, tornadoes,…

History of New Brunswick

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Peter Fisher


Originally published in 1825 under the title: Sketches of New Brunswick : containing an account of the first settlement of the province, wit…

The Island of Appledore

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Cornelia Meigs


Any one who knows the coast of New England will know also the Island of Appledore and just where it lies. Such a person can tell you that it…

The Autobiography of Jesse H. Pomeroy

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Jesse Pomeroy


Jesse Harding Pomeroy was only 12 years old when he was arrested for the assault of 7 boys near his home in the South Boston area of Massach…

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