books:
Beaumarchais And His Times: Sketches Of French Society In The Eighteenth Century
Louis De Lomenie
Kessinger Publishing, LLC
, 2007
Poredevil's Beaver Tales: A Double Dozen Mountain Man Tall Stories Told in Hip-sprung Verse
Edward Louis Henry
PublishAmerica
, 2007
Poredevil’s Beaver Tales is a collection of twenty-four humorous mountain man tall stories narrated in a loose sort of verse in the voice of a tough, experienced, early-19th Century Rocky Mountain fur trapper. These stories are mainly addressed to greenhorns newly come to the mountains, but they are also intended to mystify and amuse veteran companions starved for entertainment. A few of the tall tales are a re-telling of the whoppers of Jim ...
Backbone of the World: A True Personal Account of the Commencement of the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade 1822-1824
3 reviews
Edward Louis Henry
PublishAmerica
, 2006
Extraordinary Adventure
Henry is a raconteur extraordinaire and an accomplished wordsmith. It is a pleasure to read his tales of Temple Buck, a character who immediately incites a reader's enthusiasm and affection. This is a fun book to read aloud, with imaginative dialect, riveting narration, and abundant description of a world that evokes nostalgia and romance. I found the experience absorbing and have already shared ...
Free Men
1 review
Edward Louis Henry
PublishAmerica
, 2006
Free Men
A work of fiction based on lots of historical facts. A well written tale taking place in the fur trade of the early 1800's. A sequel to Back Bone of the World, another excellent read.
Abolitionists and Slave Resistance: Breaking the Chains of Slavery (Slavery in American History)
1 review
Judith Edwards
Enslow Publishers
, 2004
Over a hundred pages of detail on underground movements
Grades 6 and up will find Judith Edwards' Abolitionists And Slave Resistance a most accessible history, providing over a hundred pages of detail on underground movements to break the chains of slavery. From war's new opportunities for African-Americans to different ways in which slaves resisted and how abolitionists organized, Abolitionists And Slave Resistance offers the specifics missing in ...
Classic Ghost Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
2 reviews
Wilkie Collins
,
M. R. James
, ...
Dover Publications
, 1998
This was an excellent book!
This was a very excellent book & I had a hard time putting it down to do my chores. Very well worth the purchase!
Essays English and American (Harvard Classics Collector's Edition, Vol. 28)
William Makepeace Thackeray
,
John Henry Newman
, ...
Grolier Enterprises Corporation
, 1987
The Understanding Prince (Atlantic Reader Book One)
Meta Knox Hannay
,
Robert Finch
, ...
Little Brown and Company in assoc. w/ Atlantic Monthly Co.
, 1930
A lovely old book full of poems, stories and ancedotes from famous and not-so-famous people, originally published as a school book... Most of the names included are Authors or contributors in some way, due to limited space we had to be creative so we could get them all in there... BEAUTIFUL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS... SEE PHOTOS FOR TABLES OF CONTENTS, ETC.!!
The Understanding Prince (Atlantic Reader Book One)
Meta Knox Hannay
,
Robert Finch
, ...
Little Brown and Company in assoc. w/ Atlantic Monthly Co.
, 1930
A lovely old book full of poems, stories and ancedotes from famous and not-so-famous people, originally published as a school book... Most of the names included are Authors or contributors in some way, due to limited space we had to be creative so we could get them all in there... BEAUTIFUL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS... SEE PHOTOS FOR TABLES OF CONTENTS, ETC.!!
The Hymnal for Worship & Celebration: Containing Scriptures From the New American Standard Bible Revised ...
Henry Van Dyke
,
Robert Robinson
, ...
Word Music
, 1986
The Hymnal for Worship & Celebration: Containing Scriptures From the New American Standard Bible Revised Standard Version, the Holy Bible New International Version & the New King James Version (1986 Brown Hardcover Printing, 1986-7898KP987654). Published by Word Music in 1986. A multitudenous amount of writers, authors, arrangers, transcribers and translators involved in hymns included as well as compilation efforts. 720 Pages. Special Limited ...
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