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Frank R. Stockton / Frank Richard Stockton
Book List in Order: 43 titles
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The Griffin and the Minor Canon
- Sep-1986
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When a griffin shows great fondness for the sculpture of himself above the great door of the church, and equal admiration for the Minor Canon, the townspeople fear that the terrifying creature will live among them forever....
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The Bee-Man of Orn
- Oct-1987
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HarperCollins continues with its commitment to reissue Maurice Sendak's most beloved works in hardcover by making available again this 1964 reprinting of an original fairytale by Frank R. Stockton, as illustrated by the incomparable Maurice Sendak...
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The Lady Or The Tiger
- Apr-1992
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Skyros Publishing is dedicated to reproducing the finest books ever written and letting readers of all ages experience a classic for the first time or revisit a past favorite. The Lady, or the Tiger? is a classic short story written by the American a...
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Chosen Few
- Sep-2004
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The stories contained in this little volume were chosen, by virtue of a sort of literary civil-service examination, in order that they might be grouped together as a representative class of the author's best-known work in this line. Several of these ...
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The Reformed Pirate And Other Stories
- Sep-2007
- / Action Adventure
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Frank R. Stockton (April 5, 1834 - April 20, 1902), was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century. Stockton avoided the did...
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The Vizier Of The Two-Horned Alexander
- Mar-2009
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Frank Richard Stockton was a popular 19th century American author who remains best known for writing a series of acclaimed children's fairy tales. His books are still read across the world today....
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Personally Conducted. Illustrated, Etc.
- Apr-2011
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Title: Personally Conducted ... Illustrated, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million item...
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The Novels and Stories of Frank R. Stockton
- Feb-2012
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefo...
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The Late Mrs. Null
- Oct-2012
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Frank Richard Stockton (1834-1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the 19th century. His most famous fable is "The Lady, or the Tiger?" about a ma...
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The Dusantes
- Jul-2013
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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 ...
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Mrs. Cliff's Yacht
- Jul-2013
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Frank Richard Stockton was a popular 19th century American author who remains best known for writing a series of acclaimed children's fairy tales. His books are still read across the world today....
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The Rudder Grangers Abroad
- Jul-2013
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the ...
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A Tale of Negative Gravity
- Jul-2015
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A retired middle-aged gentleman and his wife take a long walk, arm-in-arm, many miles, up hills, across fields, with a laden knapsack and a heavy picnic basket, and yet they are completely at ease because of the gentleman's invention, a negative grav...
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The Bee-Man of Orn & Other Fanciful Stories
- Dec-2022
- / Fantasy
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Frank Richard Stockton was born in Philadelphia on 5th April 1834. His father, a Methodist minister, discouraged Stockton’s literary career from an early age. Feeling unable to go against those wishes it was for many years that Stockton’s income...
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Our Archery Club
- Sep-2023
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Frank Richard Stockton was born in Philadelphia on 5th April 1834. His father, a Methodist minister, discouraged Stockton’s literary career from an early age. Feeling unable to go against those wishes it was for many years that Stockton’s income...
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The Associate Hermits
Frank R. Stockton (1834-1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 12th century. Stockton avoided the didactic moralizing commo...
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The Girl At Cobhurst
Of Cobhurst, the place which was to be their home, Miriam knew absolutely nothing, but Ralph had heard his mother talk about her visits to her uncle, and, in his mind, the name Cobhurst had always called up visions of wide halls and lofty chambers, b...
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A Jolly Fellowship
When Charles Scribner's Sons first published this book, way back in the days when dinosaurs roamed the earth, they described it this way: "This story is told by Will Gordon, a young fellow about sixteen years old, who saw for himself everything worth...
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My Terminal Moraine
Frank R. Stockton (1834-1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 12th century. Stockton avoided the didactic moralizing commo...
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Pomona's Travels
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 ...
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The Squirrel Inn
Frank Richard Stockton was a popular 19th century American author who remains best known for writing a series of acclaimed children's fairy tales. His books are still read across the world today....
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Stories Of New Jersey
Frank R. Stockton's stories recreate the events and moods of New Jersey from the days of the Lenni-Lenape Indians and the Dutch colonists to the expolits of New Jerseyans in the Mexican War. Here are the colorful historical and legendary figures of N...
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Ting-A-Ling
Frank R. Stockton (1834-1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 12th century. Stockton avoided the didactic moralizing commo...
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What Might Have Been Expected
Frank Richard Stockton was a popular 19th century American author who remains best known for writing a series of acclaimed children's fairy tales. His books are still read across the world today....
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The Young Master Of Hyson Hall
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefo...
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The Adventures of Captain Horn
Early in the spring of the year 1884 the three-masted schooner Castor, from San Francisco to Valparaiso, was struck by a tornado off the coast of Peru. The storm, which rose with frightful suddenness, was of short duration, but it left the Castor a h...
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Amos Kilbright: His Adscititious Experiences
"I came to you, sir," he said, "to ask if you would have the goodness to purchase one or more of these tickets?" And he held out to me a card entitling one person to admission to a seance to be given by a party of spiritualists in one of the publi...
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A Bicycle of Cathay
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....
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Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts
When I was a boy I strongly desired to be a pirate, and the reason for this was the absolute independence of that sort of life. Restrictions of all sorts had become onerous to me, and in my reading of the adventures of the bold sea-rovers of the m...
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The Captain's Toll-Gate
In regard to the present story -- The Captain's Toll-Gate -- although it is now after his death first published, it was all written and completed by Mr. Stockton himself. No other hand has been allowed to add to, or to take from it. Mr. Stockton h...
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The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine
Frank Richard Stockton was a popular 19th century American author who remains best known for writing a series of acclaimed children's fairy tales. His books are still read across the world today....
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The Great Stone of Sardis
This unique tale of adventure and courage presents a fictitious account of an expedition sent to discover the North Pole. Stockton not only presents several innovative ideas but also dwells upon various unique scientific discoveries. Mesmerizing!...
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The Great War Syndicate
Frank Richard Stockton was born in Philadelphia on 5th April 1834. His father, a Methodist minister, discouraged Stockton’s literary career from an early age. Feeling unable to go against those wishes it was for many years that Stockton’s income...
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The House of Martha
THE LADY OR THE TALKER?
Really and truly, all our hero wants is someone to listen to him
You see, it's quite simple. He had a wonderful time in Europe. He wants to tell folks back in the States all his adventures.
But our hero, in the ninet...
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John Gayther's Garden
CONTENTS PAGE John Gayther's Garden 3 I What I Found in the Sea 9 Told by John Gayther II The Bushwhacker Nurse ...
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Kate Bonnet, the Romance of a Pirate's Daughter
This satirical novel tells the adventures of beautiful Kate, a fictional daughter of a planter turned pirate 'Major Stede Bonnet' who was known as The 'Gentleman Pirate.' Kate falls in love with her friend Dickory as they share advent...
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The Magic Egg and Other Stories
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
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Roundabout Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy
Come along, one and all! We are off on our rambles. We have far to go, and a great many things to see, and it may be that some of you will be very tired before we get through. There will be considerable variety in our rambles. We shall walk about ...
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Rudder Grange
"FOR some months after our marriage, Euphemia and I boarded. But we did not like it. Indeed, there was no reason why we should like it. Euphemia said that she never felt at home except when she was out, which feeling, indicating such an excessively u...
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The Stories of the Three Burglars
Frank Richard Stockton was a popular 19th century American author who remains best known for writing a series of acclaimed children's fairy tales. His books are still read across the world today....