The setting is Brooklyn and New York from 1884 to the Blizzard of ’88. The Great Snow of Christmas. Humorous and tender incidents of life. In The Great Blizzard, the author brings a special freshness and nostalgia to a time when the Brooklyn Bridge was new, when women took pride in their husbands’ whiskers, and when twenty-five cents was highway robbery for a country ham sandwich.

‘Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker’ is an assortment of work from one of the most quotable of all twentieth-century authors—Dorothy Parker, an American poet, writer, critic, and satirist based in New York; she was best known for her wit and wisecracks.Viewed as brilliant, but known to be an alcoholic and often depressed, Parker's work pushes all buttons at once: humor, anger, love, pity, and everything in between. She wrote with pure, unadulterated passion; her work is timeless and as app...

What would happen to the race problem in America if black people turned white? Would everybody be happy? These questions and more are answered in George Schuyler's satiric romp. This is the story of Max Disher, a black rogue of an insurance man who, through a scientific transformation process, becomes Mathew Fisher, a white man. Matt dreams up a scam that allows him to become the leader of the White Knights of Nordica, and marry the caucasian gal who rejected him before his change.

She Came One Spring – A Mail Order Bride RomanceSweet Historical Western RomanceCa. 153 pagesBoston 1880:Newly orphaned Layna Summers escaped her exploiters and found refuge with Parson Riveter's family. The parson runs a mail order bride service. Layna sits in as he interviews prospective brides. One day she reads a poetic letter from a Virginia planter seeking a bride that speaks to her as if it were written just for her.Intrigued, she becomes his mail...

**"A spellbinder with a twisted ending . . . You can't put it down"—from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Other ( Des Moines Register ).In Pequot Landing, there are two sights to see: the largest elm in America, which dominates the stately old village green, and the house of Lady Harleigh. When the Great War ended, she was the most beautiful bride in the village, and though she was widowed soon after,...

With a new Introduction by Professor Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D.This selection of a hundred of O. Henry’s succinct tales displays the range, humour and humanity of a perennially popular short-story writer.Here Henry gives a richly colourful and exuberantly entertaining panorama of social life, ranging from thieves to tycoons, from the streets of New York to the prairies of Texas.These stories are famed for their 'trick endings' or 'twists in the tail'...

A Montana sheriff solves a quintessentially English mystery in this lively episode in A. B. Guthrie Jr.'s beloved suspense seriesSheriff Chick Charleston is used to the big sky, wide-open spaces, and no-nonsense attitude of the American West. But when his wife suggests a trip to England to research her family history, he is happy to tag along. The Cotswolds may not be Montana, but the rolling green hills have a majestic beauty all their own. No sooner does the sher...

IT’S A STORY THEY TELL IN THE BORDER COUNTRY, where Massachusetts joins Vermont and New Hampshire. Yes, Dan’l Webster’s dead-or, at least, they buried him. But every time there’s a thunder storm around Marshfield, they say you can hear his rolling voice in the hollows of the sky. And they say that if you go to his grave and speak loud and clear, “Dan’l Webster-Dan’l Webster!” the ground’ll begin to shiver and the trees begin to shake. And after a while you’ll hear a deep voice saying, “Nei...

"A Corner in Corn; or, How a Chicago Boy Did the Trick" is a novel attributed to an anonymous author using the pseudonym "Self-Made Man." The book, published in the late 19th century, revolves around the story of a young boy from Chicago and his endeavors, likely involving business, innovation, or entrepreneurship in the corn trade or related industries.As the title suggests, the narrative might focus on the boy's entrepreneurial spirit and his journey toward success, perhaps navigating ch...

Semi-retired sleuth Molly Morgenthau Babbitts goes undercover as a governess to investigate a robbery at the aristocratic Janney mansion on Long Island. Before Molly can crack the case, a more shocking crime is perpetrated and more mysteries develop, presenting a baffling jumble of clues for Molly to unravel. At the center of the intrigue is Esther Maitland, the family's competent but mysterious private secretary. What is she hiding? Is she really as trustworthy as the family believes she ...

From the bestselling author of TEN DAYS IN A MAD HOUSE - Nellie Bly's complete articles, collected for the first time ever!Pioneering journalist Nellie Bly is best remembered for two "stunts": her undercover expose of the Blackwell's Island insane asylum, and her race around the world to beat the fictional record set in Jules Verne's Around The World In 80 Days.Yet those events do not even begin to grasp the scope of her career as a report...

Opening in a desolate Derbyshire coal-mining village, young student Philip Romilly finds himself rejected and despondent, resorting to desperate measures in order to secure future prospects for himself. Soon established in New York with a successful career – elements of Philip's past return to haunt him. Can he ever truly be free? A melodramatic mystery from author E. Phillips Oppenheim.