When modern-day thirteen-year-old Zane wakes from a coma in 1849 Missouri, his plans for adventure in Indian Territory with Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and Jim are halted by the kidnapping of Becky
Bored after their previous adventure, Tom Sawyer concocts a scheme to bamboozle the villagers of St. Petersburg into believing that Bigfoot-type monsters are migrating up the Mississippi River. He and
A modern 13-year old boy, Zane Rasmussen, falls into a coma and wakes up on Jackson’s Island in the Mississippi River where he is found by Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and freed slave, Jim.It is June,
Marc and friends Carlos and Lucy head off to Mexico in an effort to end a series of train robberies, but when they arrive, they are taken captive by the very robbers they are seeking.
Heroes, adventure, history and trouble - discover it all through the eyes and pen of Louis L'Amour.At the time of his death in 1988, all of Louis L'Amour's 100 novels and short-story collections remai
Jay McGraw, a messenger for Wells Fargo, must protect the express box he’s been charged with and unravel the mystery of the message contained within, as he’s hotly pursued by highway robbers.
A wild race to claim a fortune in buried gold pits such adversaries as a kidnapped hostage, a gambler, a group of prison escapees, a hired detective and the gold's rightful owner against each other on
When retired Secret Service member Alex Thorne saves Rudyard Kipling's life, he proposes to act as a guardian for the British author on his tour of the American West.
Originally published in 1912, this book forms part of a two-volume set on English Dissent between 1550 and 1641. The first volume concentrates on the historical development of Dissent and the various groups who agitated against the centralized power of the Church of England. The second volume gathers together a selection of primary source documents relating to Dissenter movements. Both volumes contain a comprehensive index and illustrative figures. Together these books provide a detailed introduction to the English Dissenters that will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of Christianity.
Originally published in 1912, this book forms part of a two-volume set on English Dissent between 1550 and 1641. The first volume concentrates on the historical development of Dissent and the various groups who agitated against the centralized power of the Church of England. The second volume gathers together a selection of primary source documents relating to Dissenter movements. Both volumes contain a comprehensive index and illustrative figures. Together these books provide a detailed introduction to the English Dissenters that will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of Christianity.
When Denson Boyd, the leader of a gang who held up a train and made off with 30,000 dollars in gold ingots, is released from prison, ex-railroad detective Marc Charvein must follow Boyd to the hidden
Charles Champlin is best known as a columnist and film critic for the Los Angeles Times. His career as a journalist, however, has spanned decades, first as a writer for Life and later as a Lo
The Roman emperor Nero is remembered by history as the vain and immoral monster who fiddled while Rome burned. Edward Champlin reinterprets Nero's enormities on their own terms, as the self-conscious
