David Wales
Infamous Day: Marines At Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941
Historical overview and personal reminiscences published in 1992. Pearl Harbor attack 7 December 1941. Part of U.S. Government U.S. Marine…
Myths And Legends Of The Pacific Northwest Especially Of Washington And Oregon
The basis on which these myths were selected necessarily excluded those which showed traces of the white man's religion or of the red man's …
Around The Campfire
Action and adventure short stories of men and animals in the wild. - Summary by David Wales
Loafing Along Death Valley Trails; A Personal Narrative Of People And Places
William Caruthers was a retired newspaperman who spent 25 years listening to stories told by the inhabitants of Death Valley. This 1951 book…
Finn The Wolfhound
Dawson published over thirty books, the one best remembered today probably being the animal adventure story Finn the Wolfhound (1908)…. Hi…
The Measure Of A Man; A Tale Of The Big Woods
The Measure Of A Man invites listeners into the rugged world of lumberjacks, where the strength of character is as vital as physical prowess…
Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs, and excavations, in Egypt and Nubia
Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778 – 1823) was an Italian explorer and pioneer archaeologist of Egyptian antiquities. He is known for his remo…
A Shepherd's Life; Impressions Of The South Wiltshire Downs
Hudson wrote this classic work in 1910; it is admiringly mentioned by many other writers. It focuses on the memories of a head shepherd, Ca…
The Compleat Bachelor
In the heart of late Victorian England, Rollo Butterfield embodies the essence of the 'compleat bachelor.' With a keen and affectionate pers…
Bernard Treves's Boots; A Novel Of The Secret Service
In "Bernard Treves's Boots," Manton finds himself entangled in a web of deception and intrigue that far exceeds his expectations. …
Among Typhoons And Pirate Craft
Anderson served as third officer aboard the Eamont. Eamont was an opium clipper built in Cowes. Eamont was involved in the opening of Japan …
Starlight Ranch And Other Stories Of Army Life On The Frontier
Starlight Ranch offers a vivid glimpse into the life of the United States Army during the mid to late 19th century through a collection of f…
A Soldier's Diary
This 1923 memoir of a World War I soldier (Royal Engineer and hand-to-hand combatant) is a well written much respected first-hand account of…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart’s earthly career was so poignantly short yet so filled with incalculable achievement that the author of this booklet finds himself co…
Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of The Universe: Introduction
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian geographer, naturalist, explorer, and influential proponent of romantic phi…
The Man Without A Country And Other Tales
Edward Everett Hale was an American author, historian and Unitarian clergyman. Hale first came to notice as a writer in 1859, when he contri…
The Crimson Gardenia And Other Tales Of Adventure
Published in 1916, this book collects eleven stories originally published in several different magazines. Beach’s adventure stories were im…
Escape From The Confederacy
Benjamin F Hasson was a Union officer in the Civil War of the United States. After being captured by the Confederacy, he escaped from a pris…
The Wheel of Time
Fanny Knocker is a very, very plain young woman. She is introduced to the extremely handsome, thoroughly impoverished, younger son of an old…
Over The Rocky Mountains To Alaska
This 1899 travelogue is by one of the era’s most popular travel writers. A peek in how travel used to be. - Summary by David Wales