Roger Melin
The Valley of Silent Men
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James Oliver Curwood
Subtitled: A Story of the Three River Country. James Kent has learned that he is terminally ill with perhaps only days to live, and so decid…
The Country Beyond
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James Oliver Curwood
The Country Beyond, subtitled A Romance In the Wilderness, is a story of "Jolly" Roger McKay, an outcast on the run from the law; …
The Flaming Forest
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James Oliver Curwood
A tale of mystery, romance, and honor, as David Carrigan must choose between his duty as an officer of the law and a girl who holds him capt…
The Jewel of Seven Stars
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Bram Stoker
The Jewel of Seven Stars (also published under the name: The Jewel of the Seven Stars) is a horror novel by Bram Stoker first published in 1…
The Master Mystery
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Arthur B. Reeve
While Harry Houdini didn't rise to fame as a screen actor, silent film makers of the day sought to capitalize on his fame. The Master Myster…
No Clue! A Mystery Story
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James Hay
“No Clue! A Mystery Story” finds detective Jefferson Hastings at the home of wealthy but eccentric Arthur Sloane one hot summer night, when …
His Dog
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Albert Payson Terhune
Albert Payson Terhune, perhaps best known for his book Lad, a Dog (later turned into a popular movie), was also a breeder of collies and a j…
The Honor of the Big Snows
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James Oliver Curwood
What unseen force may have brought young Jan Thoreau and his music from out of the barren lands into the remote camp of Lac Bain, forever ch…
Lewis and Clark: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
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William R. Lighton
In the years 1804, 1805, and 1806, two men commanded an expedition which explored the wilderness that stretched from the mouth of the Missou…
The Thing from the Lake
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Eleanor M. Ingram
To get away from city life periodically, New Yorker Roger Locke purchases an abandoned farm house in rural Connecticut, and with the assista…
Fathers and Sons
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Ivan Turgenev
The fathers and children of the novel refers to the growing divide between the two generations of Russians, and the character Yevgeny Bazaro…
The Tragic Bride
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Francis Brett Young
The story centers on Gabrielle Hewish, only and lonely child of Sir Jocelyn Hewish, a loveable lush and owner of the peaceful Roscarna estat…
The Man Who Lost Himself
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H. De Vere Stacpoole
Best known for his literary work The Blue Lagoon, which has been made into film several times over, H. De Vere Stacpoole’s first publication…
Midnight
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Octavus Roy Cohen
The crime seemed to have lost itself in the sleety cold of the December midnight upon which it was committed. The trails were not blind--the…
Flower of the North
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James Oliver Curwood
Flower of the North finds Philip Whittemore on an adventure which takes him up the Churchill River of northern Canada to a land which he tho…
The Valley of the Giants
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Peter B. Kyne
The man was John Cardigan; in that lonely, hostile land he was the first pioneer. This is the tale of Cardigan and Cardigan's son, for in hi…
The Brand of Silence
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Johnston McCulley and Johnston Mcculley
Harrington Strong was a pseudonym used by author Johnston McCulley, creator of the character Zorro and many others. The Brand of Silence - A…
The Danger Trail
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James Oliver Curwood
Chicago engineer Jack Howland is sent to the edge of the Canadian barren lands north of Prince Albert to establish a train route through som…
The Courage of the Commonplace
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Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
The short story of a young man who came to terms with himself and became a man on a day when he had proven to be a failure to his family, hi…
Conjuror's House, a Romance of the Free Forest
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Stewart Edward White
In the northern outreaches of the Canadian wilderness, it was understood that the Hudson Bay Company governed all trading, and one factor na…
The Harbor of Doubt
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Frank Williams
Young Code Schofield had lost his schooner May Schofield in an Atlantic gale a few months ago, and now the townspeople on the small island o…
Man Overboard
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Francis Marion Crawford
Peculiar happenings aboard the schooner Helen B. Jackson when one night during a storm, the small crew found themselves diminished by one. S…
The Great Stone Face and Other Tales of the White Mountains
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
A collection of four short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the common theme of which is New Hampshire's White Mountains. Consists of: The G…
All the Brothers Were Valiant
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Ben Ames Williams
Joel Shore, newly appointed captain of the whaling ship Nathan Ross following his brother's apparent demise as captain of the same ship, ele…
A Dog of Flanders
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Ouida
"Nello and Patrasche were left all alone in the world." So begins the poignant story of the two orphans who were to become insepar…
The Hidden Places
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Bertrand W. Sinclair
Hollister, returning home from the war physically scarred but otherwise healthy and intact, finds life difficult among society, and so choos…
The Romance of an Old Fool
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Roswell Field
A light-hearted account of a successful middle aged widower who chances to visit the small town in which he grew up to renew old acquaintanc…
Blindfolded
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Earle Ashley Walcott
Giles Dudley is called upon by his cousin Henry Wilton to assist him in San Francisco, but the reason for the summons is not at all clear. D…
A Knyght Ther Was
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Robert F. Young
"But the Knyght was a little less than perfect, and his horse did not have a metabolism, and his 'castle' was much more mobile - timewi…
Officer 666
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Barton Wood Currie
Bored with his life as a wealthy businessman's only son, Travers Gladwin learns of a plot by a renowned art burglar to rob his house, so rat…
The Golden Snare
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James Oliver Curwood
With but two years of service in the RNMP Philip Raine finds himself somewhat unwillingly on the trail of Bram Johnson, wanted for murder an…
Janet of the Dunes
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Harriet Theresa Comstock
Known primarily for her children's books, Harriet T. Comstock would occasionally depart from that genre and showcase her writing talent in a…
Eben Holden - A Tale of the North Country
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Irving Bacheller
Eben Holden - A Tale of the North Country. Having lost both parents and his home in northern Vermont, orphan Willie Brower is taken in by Eb…
Good Sense
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Baron Paul Henri Thiry D' Holbach and Paul Henri Thiry, Baron D'Holbach
In 1770, Baron D'Holbach published his masterpiece, "Systeme de la Nature", which for a long time passed as the posthumous work of…
Under the Andes
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Rex Stout
Under the Andes was written by Rex Stout years before his creation of the immensely popular Nero Wolfe series of novels, and while perhaps h…
Flood Tide
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Sara Ware Bassett
Willie Spence may have been a bit eccentric by most standards, but he had a knack for creating gadgets in his small workshop at his home on …
The Tyranny of Weakness
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Charles Neville Buck
Torn between her love for her aging father, a minister steeped in the puritanical values of old New England, and the young Virginian who was…
Three Thousand Dollars
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Anna Katharine Green
This short story by Anna Katharine Green revolves around a plot to steal some goods secured safely within an impenetrable vault within the c…
History of New Brunswick
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Peter Fisher
Originally published in 1825 under the title: Sketches of New Brunswick : containing an account of the first settlement of the province, wit…
The Trawler
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James Brendan Connolly
The Trawler is a short story revolving around the trying life of a group of bank fishermen based in Gloucester. Skipper Hugh Glynn worked hi…
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
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Edward J. Ruppelt
'Straight from the horse's mouth', as they say. Edward Ruppelt was the first head of the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book, the official pr…
The Web of the Golden Spider
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Frederick O. Bartlett
The Web of the Golden Spider is a tale of mystery, intrigue and adventure that begins in the city, progresses to a mutinous open sea voyage,…
Pocket Island
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Charles Clark Munn
Along the coast of Maine are littered thousands of small islands. One such, named 'Pocket Island' by the locals was so called because of a p…
Where the Path Breaks
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Captain Charles De Créspigny
The soldier awakened from the brink of death eight months after his injury on the battlefield. As he slowly regained his senses and his memo…
The Ghost of Guir House
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Charles Willing Beale
Do you think you understand ghosts? Now you will.Paul Henley, seemingly summoned to a mysterious rural Virginia mansion from his home in New…
Pierre and Luce
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Romain Rolland
Pierre and Luce were an unlikely young pair who found themselves in the chaos of Paris during the war; Pierre, the shy, recently conscripted…
The House by the Lock
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Alice Muriel Williamson
What secrets lay within the walls of the house by the lock? What secrets, if any, are held by the man who owns that mysterious house?A body …
The Gold Hunters
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James Oliver Curwood
In The Gold Hunters we find 3 men in search of a treasure of gold hidden away in the upper reaches of the Canadian wilderness. One, a young …
The Story of the Pony Express
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Glenn D. Bradley
The Story of the Pony Express offers an in depth account behind the need for a mail route to connect the eastern U.S. with the rapidly popul…
The Way of the Wind
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Zoe Anderson Norris
From the comfort of the hills of Kentucky traveled Celia and her husband Seth to the desolate prairies of Kansas, where cyclones, tornadoes,…
Unidentified Flying Objects
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United States Federal Bureau Of Investigation
Through the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) this series of communications has been de-classified and made public. Most names have bee…
The Return of the Soul
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Robert Smythe Hichens
Can the soul of the dead come back to haunt the one who was responsible for its death? What would happen if the responsible one did not beli…
The Master-Knot of Human Fate
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Ellis Meredith
A tale of two people, and their search for answers to unknown questions. Adam and Robin find themselves inexplicably alone after an apparent…
Snow-Blind
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Katharine Newlin Burt
A bit of a menage-a-quatre in a remote cabin in the wilderness as fugitive Hugh, his younger brother Pete, nursemaid and cook Bella, and now…
The Secret Battle
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A.P. Herbert and A. P. Herbert
Like many soldiers at the beginning of their military careers, Harry Penrose has romantic ideas of climbing the ranks and attaining hero sta…
The Mad Planet
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Murray Leinster
It is 30,000 years following dramatically changed climate conditions on earth which had let massive amounts of carbon dioxide belch from the…
The Black Fawn
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Jim Kjelgaard
Bud Sloan was an orphan who had been 'sold out' of the orphanage to work on a farm once he'd been old enough to labor. The farm where he was…
The Black Star
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Johnston McCulley and Johnston Mcculley
The Black Star was a master criminal who took great care to never be identifiable, always wore a mask so nobody knew what he looked like, ra…
Jacqueline of Golden River
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Victor Rousseau
Jacqueline seems to have contracted a touch of amnesia, as she is found in an apartment with a dead man, and with a weapon in her hand. But …
The Snow-Burner
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Henry Oyen
The Snow-Burner is what the Native Americans called Reivers, and it was a rough and tumble life in the land where Reivers chose to live up t…
Chronicles of Canada Volume 13 - The United Empire Loyalists: A Chronicle of th…
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W. Stewart Wallace
Volume 13 of The Chronicles of Canada Series. This volume sheds light on the often misunderstood Americans who chose to remain loyal to the …
The Secret of Lonesome Cove
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Samuel Hopkins Adams
A body is found on the beach not far from a New England town one morning. Curiously, nobody recognizes the dead woman, and nobody in or near…
The Mystery of the Locks
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E. W. Howe
Davy's Bend was a dying, lonely, uncared-for river town. So when a stranger showed up one day and bought the old unoccupied house called 'Th…
The Branding Iron
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Katharine Newlin Burt
From the cold and mountainous regions of Wyoming to the bright lights of the big city, The Branding Iron is the story of a remarkable woman,…
Anything Once
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Isabel Ostrander
An unlikely pair of wanderers they were; the orphan girl Lou and her travelling partner Jim Botts. Jim appeared in need of following some ap…
The Gray Phantom
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Herman Landon
A woman is apparently murdered in a New York auditorium under very suspicious circumstances one evening during a performance. Helen Hardwick…
Snowdrift
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James B. Hendryx
The story revolves around Carter Brent, an alcoholic and gambler who had struck gold many times in the Yukon, but gambled and drank it away …
History of Billy the Kid
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Charles A. Siringo
A cowboy outlaw whose youthful daring has never been equalled in the annals of criminal history.When a bullet pierced his heart he was less …
The Protector
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Harold Bindloss
Harold Bindloss, while born in England, based most of his novels in western Canada, and The Protector is based primarily in and around Vanco…
Gargoyles
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Ben Hecht
The author, Ben Hecht, was a prolific writer as well as a renowned screenwriter, producer, and director of films. His screenwriting skills i…
The Trail of the Axe
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Ridgwell Cullum
Dave ran a lumber mill in western Canada. There are some workers within his organization who he trusts implicitly, some who he doesn't trust…
The Will and the Way Stories
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Jessie Benton Frémont
Simply put, this is a book of 9 short vignettes each of which describes a different scenario which demonstrates the age old adage: 'where th…
Can Such Things Be?
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Ambrose Bierce
24 short stories in fairly typical Bierce fashion - ghostly, spooky, to be read (or listened to) in the dark, perhaps with a light crackling…
Isobel
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James Oliver Curwood
Action, intrigue, and a touch of romance in the farthest reaches of northern Canada. Sergeant Billy MacVeigh of the Canadian Northwest Mount…
The Mohawk Valley
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W. Max Reid
An in-depth view and early history of the Mohawk Valley in upper New York state, covering the time period of 1609-1780. This historical piec…
The Trial of Callista Blake
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Edgar Pangborn
In 1959, in the state of New Essex, a witch was on trial. Or so she seemed to many of the jurors who would ultimately decide her fate, and t…
Juggernaut: A Veiled Record
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George Eggleston
Edgar Braine was consistently successful at all he set out to accomplish. He went through life with goals and worked diligently and with eth…
Northwest!
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Harold Bindloss
Northwest! takes place in western Canada, primarily western Alberta and British Columbia. The story revolves around Jimmy not being sure whe…
The Behavior of the Honey Bee in Pollen Collecting
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D. B. Casteel
The value of the honey bee in cross pollinating the flowers of fruit trees makes it desirable that exact information be available concerning…
The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught
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Charles C. Nott
Charles Pinckney, member of the South Carolina legislature, Confederation Congress, U.S. Congress, and notably the Constitutional Convention…
The Lone Ranger Rides
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Fran Striker
Fans of the old radio shows and the TV series The Lone Ranger will recognize the characters in this book - the Lone Ranger, his faithful Ind…
Memory: How to Develop, Train and Use It
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William Walker Atkinson
An in-depth series of chapters devoted to the use of our memory system; as the title suggests, how to develop our memory system, how to trai…
The Mystery of the Hidden Room
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Christopher Harvey and Marion Harvey
A classic mystery/detective story in the Sherlock Holmes tradition, the hidden room suggested by the title of this book does not remain a my…
The Flying Saucers are Real
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Donald Keyhoe
The Flying Saucers are Real is a book that investigates numerous encounters between USAF fighters, personnel, and other aircraft, and UFOs b…
The Land of Frozen Suns
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Bertrand W. Sinclair
Bertrand W. Sinclair was known for his novels which centered in and around the rugged and frozen terrain of Montana and later, British Colum…
The House of the White Shadows
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B. J. Farjeon and B. L. Farjeon
Is a defense attorney bound to defend his client, or with his conscience, when he knows that the man he is defending is guilty of the charge…
The Revolt of the Angels
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Anatole France
Anatole France, in his satirical and allegorical fashion, weaves a tale of fantasy which finds a mischievous guardian angel stealing books f…
Nomads of the North
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James Oliver Curwood
An unlikely pair were Neewa, the black bear cub who had been orphaned at a young age, and Miki, part Mackenzie hound, part Airedale and Spit…
Deep Lake Mystery
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Carolyn Wells
Imagine, if you will, a murder committed in a sealed room. A room which has been sealed from the inside, that is, with no possible means of …
Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies
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Charles G. Mutzenberg
As this book will show, there have been a variety of clashes and feuds which have taken place in and near Kentucky over the years, primarily…
The Spirit of Sweetwater
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Hamlin Garland
Clement had unwittingly succeeded where others had failed at mining in the western Colorado mountains. Now he found himself wanting to share…
Tangled Trails
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William Macleod Raine
The aptly titled "Tangled Trails, A Western Detective Story" takes the listener through a web of curious incidents revolving aroun…
The Lucky Piece: A Story of the North Woods
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Albert Bigelow Paine
While riding a stage back to the city late in the summer, a youngster had no money to spend, and so gives his lucky piece as payment to a yo…
Silas Strong
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Irving Bacheller
Per the author: "The book has one high ambition. It has tried to tell the sad story of the wilderness itself—to show, from the woodsman…
The Mystery Girl
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Carolyn Wells
Was it murder or suicide? All entrances to the study where the body was found were locked from the inside. The future college president an…
A Fool There Was
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Porter Emerson Browne
Two friends were asked by their respective fathers on their death beds to promise to marry a special girl, who lived across the street and w…
The Heath Hover Mystery
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Bertram Mitford
A stranger appears in the middle of the night at Heath Hover while John Seward Mervyn is tending the modest location in a wooded area near a…
On Secret Service
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William Nelson Taft
Detective-Mystery stories based on real cases solved by government agents. Created initially in 1865, the U.S. Secret Service continued to e…
House of the Trees and Other Poems
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Ethelwyn Wetherald
Agnes Ethelwyn Wetherald was a Canadian poet and journalist, published across Canada and the United States. She also worked as an editor fo…
The Autobiography of Jesse H. Pomeroy
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Jesse Pomeroy
Jesse Harding Pomeroy was only 12 years old when he was arrested for the assault of 7 boys near his home in the South Boston area of Massach…
Life of Jesse Harding Pomeroy
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E. Luscomb Haskell
"The Life of Jesse Harding Pomeroy: The Most Remarkable Case in the History of Crime or Criminal Law" by E. Luscomb Haskell was pu…
October Vagabonds
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Richard Le Gallienne
Richard and his friend Colin must sadly return from their distant hermitage to New York City at summer's end. However, rather than take the …
Six Feet Four
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Jackson Gregory
A hotel is robbed one night, and a cowboy makes his getaway with but few witnesses. When a young woman is also robbed, suspicion falls on on…
The Great Taxicab Robbery
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James H. Collins
In 1912, $25,000 was stolen during a bank transfer in New York City in broad daylight. In what may appear astonishing in today's world, the …
Following the Color Line
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Ray Stannard Baker
Subtitled "An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American Democracy", we are presented an in-depth and essentially non-opinionate…
What the White Race May Learn from the Indian
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George Wharton James
People learn from other people, and races have forever learned from other races. Herein we are treated to an in-depth understanding of categ…
A Man of Honor
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George Eggleston
New Yorker Robert Pagebrook travels to Virginia to visit relatives. The Civil War has ended and family ties are in order to be re-establishe…
The Mystery of the Ravenspurs
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Fred M. White
The Ravenspurs have for generations resided quietly in prosperity and comfort at their seaside castle. But the clan is suddenly besieged wit…
Revenge!
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Robert Barr
A collection of 20 short stories of the crime, detective, and thriller variety, sharing a common theme of .... you guessed it, revenge, and …
Stories from the Adirondacks
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Albert A. Young
A collection of five stories all of which take place in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, and most which contain elements of som…
Concerning Genealogies
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Frank Allaben
Written over a century ago, this comprehensive book offers insight into the methods used (still to this day, in spite of modern computers) t…
The Clue
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Carolyn Wells
Once Carolyn Wells began, or re-invented her writing career, 'The Clue' was her initial book which strayed from children's writings into mys…
An Exchange of Souls
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Barry Pain
Although only lightly known as an author of horror stories, Barry Pain departs from his typical themes with 'An Exchange of Souls'. In this …
The Jack-Knife Man
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Ellis Parker Butler
A lighthearted tale which revolves around old Peter Lane, who lives in a houseboat on the Mississippi River and mostly whiles away his time …
Lonesome Land
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B. M. Bower
Val had come to Montana to marry a cowboy named Manley, envisioning a life of wedded bliss, freedom, and was anticipating happiness in her a…
Loss of the Sultana
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Chester D. Berry
April, 1865. The country was in turmoil. The U.S. Civil War had come to an end, thousands of Union prisoners of war had recently been releas…
The Hemlock Avenue Mystery
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Lily A. Long
"The Hemlock Avenue Mystery" is one of a series of mysteries written by Lily Augusta Long using the pseudonym Roman Doubleday. A …
Away in the Wilderness
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R. M. Ballantyne
Jasper Derry was on a mission. He had left the northern wilderness a few years earlier when he had worked for the Hudson's Bay Company, but …
The Island of Appledore
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Cornelia Meigs
Any one who knows the coast of New England will know also the Island of Appledore and just where it lies. Such a person can tell you that it…
Rustlers, Beware!
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Arthur Chapman
Cattle rustling had gotten out of control in northern Wyoming, so Asa Swingley is tasked with assembling a host of men to tend to the matter…
The Isle of Dead Ships
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Crittenden Marriott
There is a floating island in the sea where no explorer has set foot, or, setting foot, has returned to tell of what he saw. Lying at our ve…
The Trevor Case
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Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The nation's capital was astir at the untimely and curious death of the young wife of the Attorney General, Edmund Trevor. She had obviously…
Pilgrims' Project
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Robert F. Young
Robert F. Young works in a machine shop by day, and at night goes home and writes anti-machine stories! Pilgrims' Project is different: not …
Shifting Sands
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Sara Ware Bassett
After days of fog Stanley Heath, a stranger whose power-boat runs aground on the treacherous Cape Cod shoals, stumbles into the Homestead an…