pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. I have been asked a great many times in the last dozen years if I would not write an East-side novel, and I have sometimes had much difficulty in convincing the publishers that I meant it when I said I would not. Yet the reason is plain: I cannot. I wish I could. There are some facts one can bring home much more easily than otherwise by wrapping them in fiction. But I never could invent even a small par...

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. FATHERS AND SONS Dad, what does 'Mens sana in corpore sano' mean?

WHICH SHALL IT BE? And now that I have them, how am I to decide? That is the question?

On Thursday, the 9th of July, 186-, Jean Bertaud and his son, well known at Orcival as living by poaching and marauding, rose at three o'clock in the morning, just at daybreak, to go fishing.

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Day of the Beast (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Day of the Beast is a historical novel, the story of Daren Lane, who returns from the battlefields of World War I to a society tired of hearing about the war and declining morals. It is set in Middletown USA. It is set on the Victorian era's side in the culture conflict with the Roaring Twenties. "Herein is embodied my tribute to the American...

Anne Douglas Sedgwick's collection, which includes 'The Nest,' 'The White Pagoda,' 'The Suicide,' 'A Forsaken Temple,' and 'Miss Jones and the Masterpiece,' showcases her unique ability to intertwine psychological depth with captivating narrative structure. Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century society, these stories explore complex themes of isolation, existential angst, and the intricate tapestry of human relationships. Sedgwick's prose, characterized by its elegance and precisi...

Contact, and Other Stories by Frances Noyes Hart is a collection of short stories that showcases Hart's talent for crafting engaging and often suspenseful narratives. Known for her contributions to the mystery and detective fiction genres, Hart's stories in this collection likely explore themes of intrigue, human nature, and psychological tension.The titular story, "Contact," sets the tone for the collection with its exploration of communication, connections, and perhaps supernatural or my...

Booth Tarkington was born on July 29, 1869 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is one of only three novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize more than once. When you look through the quality of his work it is easy to understand why. The Magnificent Ambersons, Alice Adams, Penrod, Penrod And Sam all classics. The Penrod novels depict a typical upper-middle class American boy of 1910 vintage, revealing a fine, bookish sense of American humor. At one time, his Penrod series was as well known andregarded ...

The Guest of Quesnay is a novel by Booth Tarkington about a landscape painter and his fellow-lodgers staying at Les Trois Pigeons in Quesnay, France and their secret idenitites and convuloted search for love. According to Wikipedia, "Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams.... Much of Tarkington's work consists of satirical and closely observed studies of ...

FLAXIE FRIZZLE'S PARTY. O Auntie Prim, may I have a party? I'll give you a thou-sand kisses if you'll lemme have a party!

At nine o'clock one morning Bobby Orde, following an agreement with his father, walked sedately to the Proper Place, where he kept his cap and coat and other belongings. The Proper Place was a small, dark closet under the angle of the stairs. He called it the Proper Place just as he called his friend Clifford Fuller, or the saw-mill town in which he lived Monrovia – because he had always heard it called so.

The story revolves around the life of a French-Canadian, Jean Jacques Barbille, who is also known as Jan or Jan of the Windmill. The novel explores various themes, including love, sacrifice, redemption, and the clash of cultures. Jan is a complex character who struggles with personal demons and a past that haunts him. He finds himself in difficult situations and faces moral and ethical dilemmas."The Right of Way" is known for its rich character development and its depiction of the cultural...