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(LARGE PRINT EDITION) 1876. Another volume from Kellogg's The Forest Glen Series. The story contained in these pages is one of strong lights and dark shades, and it is thus in virtue of the stormy period during which the events narrated occurred, and because it presents a life-picture of the character and circumstances of men and women who deliberately entered upon a struggle in which life was at stake. The Black Rifle, whose feats were the su...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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The Young Ship-Builders of Elm Island is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1871. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newl...

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Excerpt from The Boy Farmers of Elm Island Putting these articles into the hands of Fred Williams - a boy of about their own age, and a playmate - to dispose of on commission, they both excite him to effort, and develop in him a bias and capacity for trade which decide his fu ture employment and success in life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com...

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Excerpt from Charlie Bell: The Waif of Elm IslandHis reluctance to devote it to axe and firebrand excites him to efforts equally daring and original, in order that he may so husband his resources as to pay for the land without stripping it of its majestic coronal of timber and forests, any farther than is necessary to render it available for cultivation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic book...

Excerpt from The Cruise of the Casco It offers a broad field for the exercise of those peculiar qualities that made settlers of the frontier state competent to all emergencies, and. 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 reconst...

Excerpt from The Unseen Hand: Or James Renfew and His Boy Helpers He comes to us as an orphan and the inmate of a workhouse, ¿ung upon the world, like a dry leaf on the crest of a breaker, his mind a blank devoid of knowledge, save the idea of the Almighty and the commands of the Decalogue, whose force, in virtue of prior possession, held the ground and kept at bay the evil in¿uences by which he was sur rounded. And in consequence of thus hol...

Excerpt from Lee and Shepard's: Star Juveniles The morning sky, thus the fairest promise Of youth may be irrevocably blighted, and, on the other hand, a youth and manhood spent in folly and crime have, though most rarely, been known to stop short of absolute perdition. 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 importan...

Excerpt from Elm Island Stories: Lion Ben of Elm Islan IF the writer ever tasted unalloyed happiness, it has been when exciting to manly effort a noble boy, whose nature responded to the impulse as a generous horse leaps under the pressure of the knee. 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...

Excerpt from Elijah Kellogg, the Man and His Work: Chapters From His Life and Selections From His Writings This book makes no pretence of expounding thee doctrines of the theologian or analyzing the methods of the artist. It is simply a remembrancer of a quaint and winning man for his intimate friends and parishioners, for the boys who have delighted in his stories, for the sailors whose lives he saved from shipwreck, for the college students...

Excerpt from The Young Shipbuilders of Elm Island The natural progress of this series has brought us to a period in the history of our young friends, when, instead of labors in a measure voluntary, pursued at home, amid home comforts, they toil for exacting masters or the public, enter into competition With others, feel the pressure of re sponsibility, learn submission, and are tied down to rigid rules and severe tasks. The manner in Which th...