All Daniel wanted was to escape the cruel man who had been left in charge of the family farm. Little could he guess that his path to freedom would intersect with the desperate fight for his nation's independence.Based on a true story, Daniel Applegate is a story of a young man coming of age, facing painful truths, and discovering his inner strength. Told with wit and realism, this is a story that will stay with you long after you read the last page.Pick up Daniel Applegate ...

FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE'Just so brilliant'John Green'Wildly entertaining. A rollicking saga about one of America's earliest abolitionists'PeopleHenry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1856.When an argument between Henry's master and legendary abolitionist John ...

Preacher is a wanted man in this straight-shooting Western adventure from the New York Times and USA Todaybestselling author of Absaroka Ambush**.**A Friendly Place . . .During a trip back east for a family reunion, Preacher learns that even the civilized Midwest can attract a motherlode of trouble . . . especially when a gang of local bully boys decides to pick a fight. Now, wealthy landowner Ela...

Preacher brings his own brand of justice to a gang of grifters in this classic Western from the New York Timesbestselling author of Blood on the Divide.The Price of GoldA wagon train winding through the remote reaches of the Rocky Mountain high country can attract plenty of scavengers—some of them human—like Vic Bedell and his gang of cutthroats. All he wants is the women, who can be traded for gold mine supplies . . . or ...

It’s the final showdown between Preacher his longtime nemesis in a r****ip-roaring adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of Forty Guns West.Mountain men are skilled at survival. Preacher, the greatest of all those warriors of the forest, will kill anything—beast or man—that threatens his existence. Ten years ago, he taught this violent lesson to gun-crazed Ezra Pease when he ran the outlaw out of town. But Pease and...

When Mary's family sides with the British against the American rebels, they are branded traitors and forced to flee their home. All they have is what they can carry with them — and their determination and courage — when they head north toward Canada. Along with other Loyalists they hope to start a new life in Québec, where there is land for those who have been loyal to the King. But the journey is treacherous, the winter bitterly cold, and the MacDonalds find it hard to survive. Even with ...

This trilogy covers the life and times of a young Scottish lad, Angus McCaw, between the years 1745 and 1812.After the terrible defeat of Bonny Prince Charley at Culloden Moor back in 1745, Angus and a friend leave Scotland and try their luck in the wilderness of the New World.In the wilds of what will one day be Upstate New York, one adventure leads to another and soon Angus must choose between jail or the British army. There he meets up with the infamous Major Robert Rogers...

The novel likely portrays the struggles and adventures of characters navigating the dangers of the frontier, encountering conflicts with Native American tribes, and facing the challenges of the unexplored territories in the American West.During the 19th century, novels often depicted the ruggedness of frontier life, clashes between settlers and indigenous peoples, as well as the harsh realities of survival in untamed landscapes.While I can provide an overview of the general themes and cont...

The War of 1812 comes to life through the eyes of a young Canadian boy.It's 1812. War has begun, and thirteen-year-old Alexander (Sandy) MacKay is jealous when his older brother Angus goes off with their father to fight the Americans attacking the Niagara region. Too young to know the darker side of battle, he resents being left to shoulder the work on his family's farm.Itching to get in on the action, he sneaks away from home and heads to Lundy's Lane to join up with the local militia. Bu...

"An audacious and revisionary sequel to Twain's masterpiece. It is both true to the spirit of Twain and quintessentially Cooveresque." —Times Literary SupplementAt the end of Huckleberry Finn, on the eve of the Civil War, Huck and Tom Sawyer decide to escape "sivilization" and "light out for the Territory." In Robert Coover's vision of their Western adventures, Tom decides he'd rather own civilization than escape it, leaving Huck "dreadful lonely"...

This sweeping story chronicles one young man's experience with family and fighting during the Civil War.Drew Rennie is a rebel in more ways than one. Since childhood, he has defied the stern, unforgiving grandfather who reared him and who made no secret of his hatred for Drew's Texan father. And when the Civil War began, Grandfather's sympathies with the North, the smoldering feud erupted into a violent quarrel.Now, eighteen-year-old Drew has returned to Ke...

The campfire for ages has been the place of council and friendship and story-telling. The mystic glow of the fire quickens the mind, warms the heart, awakens memories of happy, glowing tales that fairly leap to the lips. The Boy Scouts of America has incorporated the "campfire" in its program for council and friendship and story-telling. In one volume, the Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories makes available to scoutmasters and other leaders a goodly number of stories worthy of their attent...