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Excerpt from The Last of the Chiefs: A Story of the Great Sioux War It was. A terrible problem that confronted Richard Howard. He felt no fear on his own account. A boy in years, he was a man in the ability to care for himself, wherever he might be. In a boyhood spent on an Illinois farm, where the prairies slope up to the forest, he had learned the ways of wood and field, and was full of courage, strength, and resource. About the Publisher ...

Excerpt from The Texan Star, the Story of a Great Fight for Liberty The Texan Star, while a complete story in itself, is the first of three, projected by the author, and based upon the Texan struggle for liberty against the power of Mexico. This revolution, epic in its nature, and crowded with heroism and great events, divides itself naturally into three parts. The first phase begins in Mexico with the treacherous imprisonment of Austin, the...

Excerpt from The Keepers of the Trail: A Story of the Great Woods The Keepers of The Trail deals with an episode, hitherto unrelated, in the lives of Henry Ware, Paul Cotter, Shif'less Sol Hyde, Long Jim Hart, and Silent Tom Ross. In point of time it follows The Forest Runners, and, so, is the third volume of the Young Trailer series. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at...

Excerpt from The Free Rangers: A Story of Early Days, Along the Mississippi The wilderness rolled away to north and to south, and also it rolled away to east and to west, an unbroken sweep of dark, glossy green. Straight up stood the mighty trunks, but the leaves rippled and sang low when a gentle south wind breathed upon them. It was the forest as God made it, the magnificent valley of North America, upon whose edges the white man had just b...

Excerpt from The Guns of Europe "The Guns of Europe" is the first of three connected romances, of which "The Forest of Swords" and "The Hosts of the Air" are to be respectively the second and third, dealing with the world war in Europe. It was the singular fortune of the author to be present at the beginning of this, the most gigantic struggle in the history of our globe. He was in Vienna the day Austria-Hungary declared war upon Servia, thu...

Excerpt from A Herald of the West: An American Story of 1811-1815 In this historical romance the hero, who tells his own tale, is supposed to speak with the feeling of a Western American of his time, and not with the colder and more critical judgment of a later day. His attitude toward Europe, and particularly toward Great Britain, is caused by the events of the War of 1812 and of the years immediately preceding it, when the death struggle of...

Excerpt from Guthrie of the Times: A Story of Success Guthrie replied to their greetings, and went out on the steps, where he stood in the full glory of the mom ing sunshine, a smoothly-shaven young man, with the clear-cut, classic face that one often sees in this State, which is of both the South and the West, and not wholly of either. Guthrie breathed the crisp wintry air, and felt that it was good to live. This capital, with its ten thous...

Excerpt from The Guns of Shiloh a Story of the Great Western Campaign "The Guns of Shiloh, " a complete story in itself, is the complement of "The Guns of Bull Run." In "The Guns of Bull Run" the Civil War and its beginnings are seen through the eyes of Harry Kenton, who is on the Southern side. In "The Guns of Shiloh" the mighty struggle takes its color from the view of Dick Mason, who fights for the North and who is with Grant in his first ...

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - The wilderness rolled away to north and to south, and also it rolled away to east and to west, an unbroken sweep of dark, glossy green. Straight up stood the mighty trunks, but the leaves rippled and sang low when a gentle south wind breathed upon them. It was the forest as God made...

Excerpt from The Shadow of the North: A Story of Old New York, and a Lost Campaign "The Shadow of the North, " while an independent story, in itself, is also the second volume of the Great French and Indian War series which began with "The Hunters of the Hills." All the important characters of the first romance reappear in the second. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at...

Excerpt from The Sun of Saratoga: A Romance of Burgoyne's SurrenderYou Will watch this hollow and the hill yonder, said the general, and see that not a soul passes either to the north or to the south. Don't forget that the fate Of all the colonies may depend upon your vigilance.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an impor...

Excerpt from Before the Dawn: A Story of the Fall of Richmond About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, a...

Excerpt from A Soldier of Manhattan: And His Adventures at Ticonderoga and Quebec I was Lieutenant Edward Charteris, of a Very good family in the city of New York, and I saw no reason why I should take his insolence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-...

Excerpt from The Great Sioux Trail: A Story of Mountain and Plain About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare case...

Excerpt from The Candidate: A Political Romance The huge convention-hall still rang with the thunders of applause, and most of the delegates were on their feet shouting or waving their hats, when Harley slipped from his desk and made his way quietly to the little side-door leading from the stage. It was all over now but the noise, after a long and desperate fight Grayson, a young lawyer, with little more than a local reputation, had been nomi...

It was a white caravan that looked down from the crest of the mountains upon the green wilderness, called by the Indians, Kain-tuck-ee. The wagons, a score or so in number, were covered with arched canvas, bleached by the rains, and, as they stood there,

Although he was an officer in full uniform he was a youth in years, and he had the spirits of youth. Moreover, it was one of the finest apple trees he had ever seen and the apples hung everywhere, round, ripe and red, fairly asking to be taken and eaten.

Mynheer Jacobus Huysman walked to the window and looked out at the neat red brick houses, the grass, now turning yellow, and the leaves, more brown than green. He was troubled, in truth his heart lay very heavy within him. He was thinking over the terribl

A train of wagons and men wound slowly over the hills in the darkness and rain toward the South. In the wagons lay fourteen or fifteen thousand wounded soldiers, but they made little noise, as the wheels sank suddenly in the mud or bumped over stones. Alt

The tall youth, turning to the right, went down a gentle slope until he came to a little stream, where he knelt and drank. Despite his weariness, his thirst and his danger he noticed the silvery color of the water, and its soft sighing sound, as it flowed