Our little wars attract far less attention among the people of this country than they deserve. They are frequently carried out in circumstances of the most adverse kind.
Our little wars attract far less attention among the people of this country than they deserve. They are frequently carried out in circumstances of the most adverse kind.
The daughter of a dead Union soldier, while living in the South during the Civil War, is asked to become a spy for the Union forces.
In the following story I have made no attempt to give anything like a general history of the long struggle between the brave tribes of New Zealand and the forces of England and the colony.
Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne lived 11 May 1866–10 March 1944. He was married to Mary Elisabeth Haggis (died 1938).
James Oliver Curwood was an early 20th century writer who lived in Michigan, where he published several novels a year. Curwood loved the outdoors and is known for his conservation efforts.
The story of Texas cowboys, firmly based on Adams's own experience
Thomas Mayne Reid (1818-1883), was an Irish- American novelist. "Captain" Reid wrote many adventure novels akin to those written by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson.
Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (1879-1940) was an English writer who wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. His most famous book is King of the Khyber Rifles:
Radio is still a young science, and some of the most remarkable advances in it have been contributed by amateurs--that is, by boy experimenters. It is never too late to start in the fascinating game, and the reward for the successful experimenter is rich both in honor and recompense.
Book Excerpt: living by being exhibited in a circus. When the present story opens Tom had not long been home after a series of strange adventures. A moving picture concern, with which Mr. Nestor was associated, wanted some views of remarkable scenes, such as fights among wild beasts, the capture of herds of elephants, earthquakes, and volcanos in action, and great avalanches in the Alps.
Excerpt from Air Service Boys, Over the Rhine: Or Fighting Above the Clouds Sam's boys, had returned in safety. Too many times they did not - that is not all - for the Hun anti-aircraft guns found their marks with deadly precision at times.
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
A romance set near New Orleans during the Civil War.
"No better sea story has lately been written than the Congo Rovers. It is as original as any boy could desire."--Morning Post.
"The Rover's Secret is by far the best sea story we have read for years, and is certain to give unalloyed pleasure to boys. The illustrations are fresh and vigorous."--Saturday Review.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original
Percy Francis Westerman (1876-1959) was a prolific author of children's literature, many of his books adventures with military themes.
Amongst other various, and no doubt useful, functions, Miss Delia Wall performed that of gossip and news agent-general to the village of Inkston.
Stewart Edward White (12 March 1873 – September 18, 1946) was an American writer, novelist, and spiritualist. He was a brother of noted mural painter Gilbert White.Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he attended Grand Rapids High School, and earned degrees from University of Michigan (B.A., 1895; M.A., 1903).
Soaring, looping, zooming, spitting balls of leaden death, planes everywhere in a war darkened sky. WAR BIRDS is a tale of youth, loving, fighting, dying.