Stewart Edward White
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Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
a fascinating set of pre-1923 materials that capture the beauty, mystery and adventure of the old west. From honorable cowboys and spirited pioneer women to questionable sheriffs, notorious gunslingers and unruly outlaws, these classic westerns introduce lively characters who embody the essence of the American frontier. Authentic dialog combined with vivid scenic descriptions help re-create a time and place where chasing cattle rustlers, tracking...
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English
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Great story about the Alaskan border. This is a heartbreaking story that shows the relationship of the main characters Sally, John and Blackie. A story about a young man and his bride and their journey to Alaska by sea, as well as about many bright men and women whom they met along the way. This is a wonderful fun adventure reading.
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English
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"Edward White's 'The Rediscovered Country' is one of the best books of travel and hunting published in a long time...records...the existence of an immense region swarming with game and forgotten by the world since a few German officials many years ago." -Idaho Statesman, August 7, 1915
"The Rediscovered Country is a true tale of hunting experiences in what was the last virgin territory in Africa; a country teeming with game, which had never before...
Author
Publisher
D. Appleton and Company
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The life of a miner in the Black Hills of South Dakota is not an easy one, and the new mine manager in Spanish Gulch has his work cut out for him. The adventures of a scheming bunch of treasure hunters meets up with a possible romance, if only the true identity of one Bill Fay would be revealed. The Claim Jumpers reflects Stewart White's own adventures in the Black Hills gold rush. -- Barnes and Noble
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Publisher
McClure, Phillips, & Co.
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"At about eight o'clock one evening of the early summer a group of men were seated on a grass-plot overlooking a broad river. The sun was just setting through the forest fringe directly behind them.
Of this group some reclined in the short grass, others lay flat on the bank's slope, while still others leaned against the carriages of two highly ornamented field-guns, whose embossed muzzles gaped silently at an eastern shore nearly two miles distant.
The...
Author
Publisher
D. Appleton and Company
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The life of a miner in the Black Hills of South Dakota is not an easy one, and the new mine manager in Spanish Gulch has his work cut out for him. The adventures of a scheming bunch of treasure hunters meets up with a possible romance, if only the true identity of one Bill Fay would be revealed. The Claim Jumpers reflects Stewart White's own adventures in the Black Hills gold rush. -- Barnes and Noble
Author
Publisher
McClure, Phillips, & Co.
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"At about eight o'clock one evening of the early summer a group of men were seated on a grass-plot overlooking a broad river. The sun was just setting through the forest fringe directly behind them.
Of this group some reclined in the short grass, others lay flat on the bank's slope, while still others leaned against the carriages of two highly ornamented field-guns, whose embossed muzzles gaped silently at an eastern shore nearly two miles distant.
The...
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English
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One of the most famous pioneers in United States history, Daniel Boone (1734–1820) spent most of his life exploring and settling the American frontier. He was instrumental in finding and improving the first wilderness trails between the Carolinas and the west, allowing for the settlement of Kentucky. Later in his life, Boone moved his family west again, leading hundreds of settlers to new homes in Missouri. Boone had numerous encounters with the...
10) The Mystery
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Series
Publisher
Otbebookpublishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The disappearance of three successive crews from the stout ship "Laughing Lass" in mid-Pacific, is a mystery weird and inscrutable. In the solution, there is a story of the most exciting voyage that man ever undertook.