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Hunted Down
Harry Granice
A young man in nineteenth-century California shoots his mother's defamer, then flees a corrupt sheriff and a bloodthirsty mob through five days of freezing valley fog.
The Wealth of Echindul
Noel M. Loomis
The small, unassuming man who conquers the most dangerous environment in the solar system finds that bringing home a fortune is far deadlier than earning it.
Harper's Young People, January 27, 1880: An Illustrated Weekly
Various
This collection captures a fleeting, charming moment of Victorian childhood, blending moral instruction, natural history, and whimsical tales into a single, vibrant weekly record. It serves as a time capsule of late 19th-century optimism and curiosity.
Too old to fly
Ivan March
The veteran marine sergeant finds his true calling in the skies over the Western Front, proving that a lifetime of combat experience is no match for the perceived limitations of his age.
The Haunted Sentry Box of Porto Rico
Lewis Miller
A soldier accused of murder escapes his fate by adopting a dead man’s identity, only to find that the past he left behind has a way of tracking him down.
Ermeline
George Borrow
A heroic quest unfolds through the wild, shadowed forests of legend, where magic and steel determine the fate of a sequestered queen. A knight’s path to glory is forged in the clash of honor against enchantment.
The Adventure Club with the fleet
Ralph Henry Barbour
The world is at war, and for a group of restless young men, the call to action is impossible to ignore. They trade their comfortable lives for the perilous, salt-sprayed reality of the "Suicide Fleet.
The somnolence of Somers
Frank N. (Frank Nelson) Stratton
A weary New England invalid visiting a Western ranch dozes off in the desert sun, only to discover that the notorious outlaw fleeing a posse is actually his long-lost childhood friend.
Castle of Terror
E. J. Liston
A sudden burst of mid-air violence hurtles a cop and a convict out of their plane and into a surreal realm where timeless figures compete for dominion.
A Border Ruffian: 1891
Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier
The West meets the East in a spirited dance of manners, where a chance encounter on a train train sets the stage for a delightful case of mistaken identity at a high-society Philadelphia dinner.
Three Young Pioneers: A Story of the Early Settlement of Our Country
John Theodore Mueller
Settlers cross an ocean to build a new world, where brave children, loyal friends, and frontier trials forge a prosperous and faithful community.
The Good Ship Rover
Robina F. Hardy
A sudden accident grounds an imaginative boy just as his dream of the sea comes true, forcing him to choose between selfish possession and the quiet joy of sharing his greatest treasure.