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Adventures of Buffalo Bill. From Boyhood to Manhood
Prentiss Ingraham
Adventures of Buffalo Bill from Boyhood to Manhood is one of the masterpieces by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, who was a prolific American author of dime fiction. Deeds of daring, thrilling peril and romantic incidents in the early life of W.F. Cody, the Monarch of Bordermen. It is a depiction of life and the ups and downs that are major influencing factors. The novel honestly portrays how fate plays with mankind and the turmoil that follow them. Thought-provoking! The author of The Masked Spy and over twenty Buffalo Bill titles, Ingraham plausibly claimed in 1900 to have written over 600 novels. Known as the King of Dime Novels, Prentiss Ingraham is an author who will be forever remembered for the image he created of the American West.
Talbot Mundy
Hulbert Footner (1879 1944) was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River and in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920. That is why the novel Jack Chanty is based on his canoe adventures in the great northwest. Also, Footner wrote several other adventure books set in the Canadian northwest after he had relocated to Maryland in 1913.
Afloat and Ashore, or, the Adventures of Miles Wallingford. A Sea Tale
James Fenimore Cooper
In the center of the book is the life of a young man, Miles, who lives in America. He wants to become a sailor like his father. This is an exciting adventure story of the life of a ship captain. Sea brotherhood, battles with pirates, friendship and betrayal, and finally, love that overcomes all obstacles.
Zygmunt Krasiński
Agaj-Han. Powieść historyczna wydana w 1833 roku powieść Zygmunta Krasińskiego, jednego z trójcy wieszczów, największych poetów polskiego romantyzmu. Utwór opowiada o losach Maryny Mniszchówny, wywodzącej się z polskiej magnaterii ambitnej arystokratki. Za sprawą małżeństwa z Dymitrem Samozwańcem na kilkanaście dni, jako pierwsza w dziejach Rosji kobieta, została carycą. Rządy małżonków, zapowiadające radykalne reformy, zostały gwałtownie przerwane zamachem stanu.
Robert W. Chambers
This book is one of the most popular novels by Robert William Chambers and has been translated into several other languages around the world. No history of the 3rd Zouave or 8th Lancers has ever been written except in this narrative; and historians and veterans alike would look in vain for any record of these two regimentsregiments that could have been, but never were.
Max Brand
This is a story of a wild horse who many said could not be caught or broken, and the man who set out to prove them wrong. Alcatraz is a wild horse and Brand alternates the narrative between the people struggling to hold onto a ranch and the horse as he breaks from a cruel master and learns to survive on the plains. This is one of the great Western novels. Max Brands style of writing is classic western, heroes and villains, good guys and bad guys, wide open country. Max Brand was the pen name of American author Frederick Schiller Faust. Brand was best known for writing Western novels, and many films have been adapted based on his stories.
Willa Cather
Bartley Alexander is a civil engineer and world famous bridge builder. He is going through a midlife crisis. While married to Winifred, Bartley rekindles a relationship with Hilda Burgoyne from London. This connection torments the moral principles of Bartley.
Fenton Ash
Fenton Ash is the first and main pseudonym of UK civil engineer and author Francis Henry Atkins (1847-1927) who was a writer of pulp fiction, in particular science fiction aimed at younger readers. He wrote under the pseudonyms Frank Aubrey and Fenton Ash. All for Adventure fantasy adventure would suit anyone interested in old fantasy novels for children and young people.