Marshall Dodge and Bob Bryan began swapping funny Down East stories when they were students at Yale in the 1950s. Their fascination and appreciation for Maine and its people triggered the production of several “Bert and I” records, from which 14 stories were selected for the first edition of this book. Now, eleven more have been added for this expanded second edition. Dodge and Bryan were groundbreaking in their appreciation of the oral tradition and paved the way for contemporary storytel...

Years after the Killian gang shattered Lafe Brisco's childhood, the past rides into Dodge carrying a bloodstained ledger and a warning.The old gang may be gone, but its secrets are still alive.When a wounded stranger collapses in the street and men begin killing to recover the ledger, Lafe and his deputy, Quint Casper, are pulled into a trail of buried money, hidden alliances, and men who built respectable lives on stolen blood.The hunt leads from Dodge to Red Mesa ...

Lafe Brisco was only a boy when the Killian gang murdered his parents and burned his home to the ground.Taken in by his uncle, Marshal Howard Brisco, Lafe is raised to understand the hard lessons of the frontier: how to survive, how to use a gun, and when a lawman must choose justice over revenge.Years later, after serving in the Civil War and saving the life of his old friend Quint Casper, Lafe rides toward Dodge City with a badge waiting in his future and a past he cannot...

Lafe Brisco was only a boy when the Killian gang murdered his parents and burned his home to the ground.Taken in by his uncle, Marshal Howard Brisco, Lafe is raised to understand the hard lessons of the frontier: how to survive, how to use a gun, and when a lawman must choose justice over revenge.Years later, after serving in the Civil War and saving the life of his old friend Quint Casper, Lafe rides toward Dodge City with a badge waiting in his future and a past he cannot...

Years after the Killian gang shattered Lafe Brisco's childhood, the past rides into Dodge carrying a bloodstained ledger and a warning.The old gang may be gone, but its secrets are still alive.When a wounded stranger collapses in the street and men begin killing to recover the ledger, Lafe and his deputy, Quint Casper, are pulled into a trail of buried money, hidden alliances, and men who built respectable lives on stolen blood.The hunt leads from Dodge to Red Mesa ...

Set in the Netherlands, the beautiful land of windmills, tulips, and wooden shoes, this timeless story relates the adventures of the impoverished but virtuous Brinker family. Young Hans and Gretel work toward two goals: finding the doctor who can restore their father’s memory, and winning the competition for the silver skates. Their good deeds help to bring about good fortune for their whole family.With many interesting details about Dutch family life and the history, this charming...

ALL SHE WANTS IS JUSTICEDisguised as a man, Josephine O'Malley strolls into a Dodge City mercantile with one thing on her mind: to even the score with the man who murdered her husband. What she doesn't count on is Fletcher Collins—the handsome and irresistible new marshal in town—bursting through the doors of the mercantile with guns blazing . . . and a plan to stop her from pulling the trigger.HE ONLY WANTS TO PROTECT HERThere's a ...