Roger Melin

Conjuror's House, a Romance of the Free Forest

by Stewart Edward White Read by Roger Melin 4
In the northern outreaches of the Canadian wilderness, it was understood that the Hudson Bay Company governed all trading, and one factor na…

The Great Taxicab Robbery

by James H. Collins Read by Roger Melin 4.3
In 1912, $25,000 was stolen during a bank transfer in New York City in broad daylight. In what may appear astonishing in today's world, the …

Pocket Island

by Charles Clark Munn Read by Roger Melin 4.5
Along the coast of Maine are littered thousands of small islands. One such, named 'Pocket Island' by the locals was so called because of a p…

The Will and the Way Stories

by Jessie Benton Frémont Read by Roger Melin 4.8
The Will and the Way Stories by Jessie Benton Frémont presents a collection of nine insightful vignettes that explore the enduring tr…

A Man of Honor

by George Eggleston Read by Roger Melin 4.5
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…

Memory: How to Develop, Train and Use It

by William Walker Atkinson Read by Roger Melin 4.4
An in-depth series of chapters devoted to the use of our memory system; as the title suggests, how to develop our memory system, how to trai…

The Mohawk Valley

by W. Max Reid Read by Roger Melin 4.5
The Mohawk Valley offers a detailed exploration of the rich history of the Mohawk Valley in upper New York State, spanning from 1609 to 1780…

The House of the White Shadows

by B. J. Farjeon and B. L. Farjeon Read by Roger Melin 4.2
Is a defense attorney bound to defend his client, or with his conscience, when he knows that the man he is defending is guilty of the charge…

Following the Color Line

by Ray Stannard Baker Read by Roger Melin 4.9
Subtitled "An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American Democracy", we are presented an in-depth and essentially non-opinionate…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 13 - The United Empire Loyalists: A Chronicle of the Great Migration

by W. Stewart Wallace Read by Roger Melin 4.7
Volume 13 of The Chronicles of Canada Series. This volume sheds light on the often misunderstood Americans who chose to remain loyal to the …

The Tragic Bride

by Francis Brett Young Read by Roger Melin 4.1
The story centers on Gabrielle Hewish, only and lonely child of Sir Jocelyn Hewish, a loveable lush and owner of the peaceful Roscarna estat…

The Island of Appledore

by Cornelia Meigs Read by Roger Melin 4.1
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 Trawler

by James Brendan Connolly Read by Roger Melin 4.6
The Trawler is a short story revolving around the trying life of a group of bank fishermen based in Gloucester. Skipper Hugh Glynn worked hi…

The Lucky Piece: A Story of the North Woods

by Albert Bigelow Paine Read by Roger Melin 4.6
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…

A Knyght Ther Was

by Robert F. Young Read by Roger Melin 4.5
"But the Knyght was a little less than perfect, and his horse did not have a metabolism, and his 'castle' was much more mobile - timewi…

Stories from the Adirondacks

by Albert A. Young Read by Roger Melin 4
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…

Rustlers, Beware!

by Arthur Chapman Read by Roger Melin 4.2
Cattle rustling had gotten out of control in northern Wyoming, so Asa Swingley is tasked with assembling a host of men to tend to the matter…

The Courage of the Commonplace

by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews Read by Roger Melin 4.5
The Courage of the Commonplace tells the poignant story of a young man grappling with his sense of self-worth and identity. On a day marked …

The Behavior of the Honey Bee in Pollen Collecting

by D. B. Casteel Read by Roger Melin 4.9
The value of the honey bee in cross pollinating the flowers of fruit trees makes it desirable that exact information be available concerning…

Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies

by Charles G. Mutzenberg Read by Roger Melin 4
As this book will show, there have been a variety of clashes and feuds which have taken place in and near Kentucky over the years, primarily…

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