Boys, guns, dogs, and bears -- life in rural Pennsylvania in the late 19th Century had more than its share of excitement. Here is the story of one such group of boys, growing up in a simpler age when daring-do, a free spirit, and miles of wilderness ...
Old California Joe is an engaging, likeable old coot who, in addition to being one of the greatest shooters of his time, took time out to teach younger, less-experienced men and boys the way of the West. Action? How about gold-mining, demons, indians...
Ideal as quick reference to characters from Mythology. Each entry has a brief description....
The Fly Boys in the Sky, Volume 1 by Edward S. Ellis: Embark on a Thrilling Aviation AdventureIn The Fly Boys in the Sky, Volume 1, acclaimed author Edward S. Ellis invites readers on an exhilarating journey through the early days of aviation. Set ag...
The Fly Boys to the Rescue, Volume 2 by Ellis: Soar into the Next Thrilling Chapter of Aerial HeroismIn The Fly Boys to the Rescue, Volume 2, the master storyteller Edward S. Ellis returns with a compelling continuation of the gripping saga of these ...
Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840-1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio, and died at Cliff Island, Maine. He served as editor of Public Opinion (a daily newspaper), Golden Days and Holiday (both children's magazines). He specialized in boys' s...
Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840-1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio, and died at Cliff Island, Maine. He served as editor of Public Opinion (a daily newspaper), Golden Days and Holiday (both children's magazines). He specialized in boys' s...
Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840-1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio, and died at Cliff Island, Maine. He served as editor of Public Opinion (a daily newspaper), Golden Days and Holiday (both children's magazines). He specialized in boys' s...
Edward Sylvester Ellis was a major American author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Because he wrote under dozens of pseudonyms, as well as under his own name, it is virtually impossible to know exactly h...
CHAPTER ONE: OMAS, ALICE, AND LINNAI don't suppose there is any use in trying to find out when the game ofJack Stones was first played. No one can tell. It certainly is a goodmany hundred years old.All boys and girls know how to play it. There is the...
Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840-1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio, and died at Cliff Island, Maine. He served as editor of Public Opinion (a daily newspaper), Golden Days and Holiday (both children's magazines). He specialized in boys' s...
Edward Sylvester Ellis was a major American author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Because he wrote under dozens of pseudonyms, as well as under his own name, it is virtually impossible to know exactly h...
Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840-1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio, and died at Cliff Island, Maine. He served as editor of Public Opinion (a daily newspaper), Golden Days and Holiday (both children's magazines). He specialized in boys' s...
Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840-1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio, and died at Cliff Island, Maine. He served as editor of Public Opinion (a daily newspaper), Golden Days and Holiday (both children's magazines). He specialized in boys' s...
Edward Sylvester Ellis was a major American author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Because he wrote under dozens of pseudonyms, as well as under his own name, it is virtually impossible to know exactly h...
Edward Sylvester Ellis was a major American author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Because he wrote under dozens of pseudonyms, as well as under his own name, it is virtually impossible to know exactly h...
Edward Sylvester Ellis was a major American author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Because he wrote under dozens of pseudonyms, as well as under his own name, it is virtually impossible to know exactly h...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...
Edward Sylvester Ellis was a major American author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Because he wrote under dozens of pseudonyms, as well as under his own name, it is virtually impossible to know exactly h...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...
Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840-1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio, and died at Cliff Island, Maine. He served as editor of Public Opinion (a daily newspaper), Golden Days and Holiday (both children’s magazines). He specialized in boysâ...
Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840-1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio, and died at Cliff Island, Maine. He served as editor of Public Opinion (a daily newspaper), Golden Days and Holiday (both children's magazines). He specialized in boys' s...
Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840-1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio, and died at Cliff Island, Maine. He served as editor of Public Opinion (a daily newspaper), Golden Days and Holiday (both children’s magazines). He specialized in boysâ...
Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840-1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio, and died at Cliff Island, Maine. He served as editor of Public Opinion (a daily newspaper), Golden Days and Holiday (both children's magazines). He specialized in boys' s...
Edward Sylvester Ellis was a major American author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Because he wrote under dozens of pseudonyms, as well as under his own name, it is virtually impossible to know exactly h...
Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840-1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio, and died at Cliff Island, Maine. He served as editor of Public Opinion (a daily newspaper), Golden Days and Holiday (both children's magazines). He specialized in boys' s...
" ...]moment the Seneca Indian shot his horse, but, short as was the distance, all sounds of conflict were over by the time he reached his destination. Among the parties dashing hither and thither, in the blind effort to escape the Tories and Indians...
Elwood Brandon and Howard Lawrence are en route for San Francisco. Off the coast of California the steamer takes fire. The two boys reach the shore with several of the passengers. Young Brandon becomes separated from his party and is captured by host...
The good ship Nautilus had completed the greater part of her voyage from London to her far-off destination, deep in the recesses of British America. This was York Factory, one of the chief posts of the Hudson Bay Company.Among the numerous streams fl...
Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Bill Biddon, Trapper or Life in the Northwest. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print.
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"I'll follow him to the right, and you, Larry, go to the left; we'll have him then, sure." "All right; it's mesilf that will bate ye, fur all ye're the swiftest runner in Kintucky." "There isn't a minute to lose; move faster, Larry!" "Do you at...
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....
One bright sunshiny day in the summer of 1912, a boy some seventeen years old awoke to the fact that he had lost his way in the depth of the woods of southern Maine. He was a sturdy Irish youth, with red hair, freckled face, a fine set of teeth, an e...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...
In the Louisiana Territory of the late eighteenth century, sixteen-year-old Fred Linden, his fifteen-year-old friend Terry Clark, and a Shawanoe warrior, Deerfoot, finally reach the trappers' cabin but find it occupied by hostile Winnebagoes....
Jim McGovern was poring over his lesson one afternoon in the Ashton public school, perplexed by the thought that unless he mastered the problem on which he was engaged he would be kept after the dismissal of the rest, when he was startled by the fall...
Edward Ellis (1840 - 1916) was an American journalist, school administrator and author. He wrote many dime novels. He specialized in boys' stories, inspirational biography, and history for both children and adults. Dime novels had come into fashion. ...
CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. The Night before the Departure 9 II. The Fate of the Flat-Boat 21 III. The Two Scouts ...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...
The adventures of Fred Linden, Terry Clark, and their friend Deerfoot continue in this third and final volume of the Deerfoot Series, set at the close of the eighteenth century in the southwestern part of the present state of Missouri....
Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840-1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio, and died at Cliff Island, Maine. He served as editor of Public Opinion (a daily newspaper), Golden Days and Holiday (both children's magazines). He specialized in boys' s...
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....
Christopher Carson, or as he was familiarly called, Kit Carson, was a man whose real worth was understood only by those with whom he was associated or who closely studied his character. He was more than hunter, trapper, guide, Indian agent and Colone...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...
At last the four years' arduous course at West Point Academy was finished. Who of us that have been through the study, drill and training at that admirable institution can forget a single day of the eventful term spent there ? With what timidity we m...
"The Ranger; Or, The Fugitives of the Border" is a Western novel by E. S. Ellis, first published 1911. A fantastic example of classic Western fiction, this novel is highly recommended for all lovers of the genre. Edward Sylvester Ellis (11 Ap...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...
SETH JONES - The Book That Started It All Described as the "perfect dime novel" of thrilling frontier adventure, this story literally kick-started the dime novel phenomenon of the late 19th century and the career of prolific American author Edward S....
"Remarkable fun. I recommend it to steampunk fans and to those interested in sci-fi literature history." -- Reviews by Martha's BooksOne of the earliest examples of steampunk literature, this 1868 story was actually written during the Victorian ...
" ...] THOMAS JEFFERSON A CHARACTER SKETCH By Edward S. Ellis No golden eagle, warm from the stamping press of the mint, is more sharply impressed with its image and superscription than was the formative period of our government by the genius and per...
Along the eastern bank a small Indian canoe, containing a single individual, was stealing its way-hugging the shore so as to take advantage of the narrow band of shadow that followed the winding of the stream. There were no trees on either side of th...
Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840-1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio, and died at Cliff Island, Maine. He served as editor of Public Opinion (a daily newspaper), Golden Days and Holiday (both children's magazines). He specialized in boys' s...
CONTENTS.I. DANGER AHEADII. THE VOICELESS FRIENDIII. COMPANIONS IN PERILIV. TIM BROPHY'S DISCOVERYV. LEAVING THE RANCHVI. TIMOTHY BROPHY, ESQ., AT YOUR SERVICEVII. STIRRING TIMESVIII. STARCUSIX. ON THE BANK OF A STREAMX. BENT ARM AND HIS BANDXI. AT B...
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