Edward Stono is the illegitimate son of a seamstress, born into poverty but determined to become a "Gentleman". The story begins in 1841 and covers a span of 20 years. Join Edward as he moves through a series of adventures, loves, and intrigues that take him from Charleston, to Cuba, to Africa and back to the United States in his quest to become The Gentleman.

The mouth of the canyon was darkened with shadows when the bull elk came stealing down the brown trail through the dusky thicket. In all this mountain realm, a land where the wild things of the forest still held sway, there was no creature of more majestic bearing or noble beauty. He was full-grown; his great antlers swept back over his powerful shoulders; and it was evident from his carriage that he had no fear of such enemies as might be lurking in the gloomy canyon. For it was known far...

In 18th-century Bristol, a young man with a doubtful birth is pulled from his gunsmith grandfather’s care and forced into service under a ruthless relative who controls the family name and estate. Beatings, threats, and a forbidden attachment tighten the trap until flight is the only chance left.He stows away on a ship bound for the South Seas, where hard work and danger bring him an unexpected partner and a risky path to wealth. Marooned far from England, he builds a new life amon...

In Shepherds of the Wild, Edison Marshall tells the story of Hugh Gaylord, an East Coast gentleman who ventures into the rugged wilderness of Idaho. Tasked with protecting a flock and its shepherdess from a ruthless cattleman, Gaylord confronts the challenges of the untamed frontier. The novel celebrates themes of courage, transformation, and the enduring spirit of the American West.

Young Angus MacKenzie went to Narwhale Bay to rectify a sin committed by his father, who died before revealing his secret. But on meeting Ugruk, he understood his father’s anguish. Ugruk was his half-brother. Emil Konrad, a cruel, strong materialist proposed to drive Angus from Narwhale Bay but found his way barred by his daughter Gretchen. Konrad is killed in a fight, and Angus, Gretchen and Ugruk flee over the ice to a deserted prospector’s cabin, and marooned in the bleak and desolate n...

The adventures of a young mariner in Maine, Malta, North Africa, East Africa, and England at the turn of the eighteenth century.

Considered to be one of the author's most successful books, this is the story of the long hunt of Jason Starbuck, who rode east from the frontiers of the Adirondacks to seek the Golden Fleece and followed the proud, bold, beautiful Roxana from the harbors of Salem to the harems of Tartary.

In the Thirteenth Century, Mediterranean Europe was in a passionate ferment—restlessly reaching out for new lands, new achievements, new exploits. And Marco Polo, the Venetian, was its brightest symbol of adventure. The author has chosen a real person to be his hero, scrupulously following the known facts of his career. But to the flat and clouded portrait left behind by history, he has given full-blooded, full-dimensioned life. Here is an intimate record of the hardships that beset him, t...

Alaska at the turn of the 20th century: a raw land of priests and prospectors, harlots and adventurers. But it is also the story of a strange and beautiful woman named Sophia...of the violent man who loved her...and of the fiery girl who stopped at nothing to possess him again!

The Complete Works of Edison MarshallThis Complete Collection includes the following titles:--------1 - The Sky Line of Spruce2 - The Snowshoe Trail3 - The Voice of the Pack4 - The Strength of the Pines5 - Shepherds of the Wild6 - The Isle of Retribution

In "Shepherds of the Wild," Edison Marshall enthralls readers with a vivid exploration of the natural world, weaving a narrative that beautifully harmonizes adventure with emotive poetics. The book delves into the lives of those who coexist with untamed landscapes, reflecting on the intricate relationships between humanity and nature. Marshall employs a rich, descriptive literary style that echoes the great American outdoors, drawing comparisons to the works of John Muir and Aldo Leopold, ...

When Hugh Gaylord reluctantly accepts the challenge to leave his soft, comfortable life to hunt the cougar Broken Fang in the Idaho Rockies, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery. Initially skeptical, he soon finds purpose and meaning in the trials and travails of life in the harsh wilderness as his story intertwines with those of the animals around him-Broken Fang, Spread Horn the bull elk, Spot the bighorn goat, and Shep the dog-each of them contending with the challenges of their en...