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Excerpt from In the Alamo I was born in Tennessee, and at the age of sixteen was taken by my parents to Texas. I was bred to the law and before my parents passed away I gave them evidence, let me hope, that I should succeed in a calling which had been selected for me by my father's ambition and my mother's pride. It is well known within the state, and may not be wholly forgotten in Washington, that I served two terms in Congress, where I talk...

Excerpt from An American in New York: A Novel of to-Day Along with the education of the past he had a shrewd eye for the present, and he called himself an American in New York. In the great Waldorf Hotel, where the lamps burn at midday as at midnight, he was unconsciously conspicuous as slowly he strode down the corridor known as Millionaire Lane, where, in the evening, were gathered the wealthier members of the Stock Exchange, speculation po...

Excerpt from The Waters of Caney Fork: A Romance of Tennessee In my early fancy there lay a place where the sun was always shining. The first impression made upon my memory was a flood of light on a lawn, and in after years this light, undimmed by time, seemed to lie there. It was in a hilly district of Northern Tennessee, not far from the Kentucky line. My father, a country physician, had begun life there, but in my early infancy he moved to...

Excerpt from A Kentucky Colonel: A Novel Yes, as you say, the slightest circumstance some times changes the course of a man's life, a mere step ping aside, the reaching out of the hand, as it were. 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 d...

Excerpt from Mrs. Annie Green: A Romance I had taken, as newspaper men always say, a much-needed and well-earned "lay-off, " and was spending my time at Blue Rock Springs, an out-of-the-way summer resort. Shortly after my arrival, there came a woman about whom, I soon discovered, there was an air of mystery. Her name was Mrs. Annie Green, the wife - so our landlord informed me - of old S. H. Green, the millionaire. There were very few boarder...

Excerpt from A Tennessee Judge A suggestion of coming baldness lay on the top of Bob Hawley's head, and an old physician who happened to have much hair on his own cranium Band who therefore regarded the loss of nature's top-dressing as a sure sign of a weakness some where in the constitution, advised the young man to throw over the cares of nerve-strung speculation and to rest until he should become worn out with inactivity. Hawley was tall, ...

Excerpt from Turk: A Novel My only recollection of my mother is from a pencil sketch, made by some adventurous artist who must have been struck by her appearance. She was killed by a Nesbitt who, in the thick of the fight, mistook her for a man, and they say that her slaughterer, discovering the truth, humbly bowed to her as she lay dying and begged her pardon. Uncle Gabe killed him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of...

Excerpt from By the Eternal a Novel The woman lighted another lamp and gave it to me, and turning to the bed I took up my pistols. 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 whils...

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Judge Elbridge is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. 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 newly publishes these books...

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Excerpt from The Starbucks: A New Novel And how dearly that war had cost him. East Tennessee did not tear itself loose from the Union, Andrew Johnson and Parson Brownlow, one a statesman and the other a fanatic, strangled the edicts Of the lordly lowlanders and sent regiment after regiment to the Federal army. Among the first to enlist were Old Jasper Starbuck and his twin boys. The boys did not come back. In the mean time their heart-broken ...

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Excerpt from The New Mr. HowersonDon't believe I'd say that. It would show that you have associated with some rather desperate fellows.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 important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst ...

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Excerpt from Opie Read in the Ozarks: Including Many of the Rich, Rare, Quaint, Eccentric, Ignorant and Superstitious Sayings of the Natives of Missouri and ArkansawHowever - and what a bulging barricade how ever is! However, once when I was visiting Bill Nye, in his editorial rooms over a livery stable, he said.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis...