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By: Henry A. Beers (1847-1926) | |
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Four Americans Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman |
By: Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (1857-1948) | |
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The Californians |
By: Gertrude Atherton (1857-1948) | |
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Rezanov
This novel by the prolific Californian author Gertrude Horn Atherton is based on the real life story of Nikolai Rezanov, a man who, in 1806, pushed for the Russian colonization of Alaska and California. "Not twenty pages have you turned before you know this Rezanov, privy councilor, grand chamberlain, plenipotentiary of the Russo-American company, imperial inspector of the extreme eastern and northwestern dominions of his imperial majesty Alexander the First, emperor of Russia—all this and more, a man... | |
By: Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (1857-1948) | |
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The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 |
By: Gertrude Atherton (1857-1948) | |
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Valiant Runaways
Savage bears, a river rescue, capture by Indians, escape on wild mustangs and a revolutionary battle await the protagonists of this suspenseful adventure novel, set in California. | |
Sleeping Fires
The story of a love so strong that neither the rigid rules of Society in California in the 1800s nor the very bowels of hell could keep a young woman from the love she had found. A story rich in fashion ad feminism showing how determination and love could overcome all obstacles. | |
Senator North
"When, Mr. President, a man, however eminent in other pursuits and whatever claims he may have to public confidence, becomes a member of this body, he has much to learn and much to endure. Little does he know of what he will have to encounter. He may be well read in public affairs, but he is unaware of the difficulties which must attend and embarrass every effort to render what he may know available and useful. He may be upright in purpose and strong in the belief of his own integrity, but he cannot... |
By: Henry Blake Fuller (1857-1929) | |
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Bertram Cope's Year
This novel was perhaps the most daring and affirmative LGBT literature of the first two decades of the 20th century in America. In this story, Bertram Cope is a young college instructor, about twenty-four years old ("certainly not a day over twenty-five"), who is pursued by men and women, both younger and older than himself. In writing this novel, Fuller had to carefuly craft his plot schemes so as not to offend the sensibilities of publishers. As a result, today's reader is left somewhat, but not entirely, confused about the precise feelings that characters develop for one another by the end of the book... |
By: Katherine MacLean (1925-) | |
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The Man Who Staked the Stars | |
Games | |
The Carnivore | |
Regeneration | |
The Natives |
By: Henry Blake Fuller (1857-1929) | |
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With the Procession | |
Under the Skylights | |
On the Stairs |
By: Roy Rockwood | |
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Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane
Never was there a more clever young aviator than Dave Dashaway. All up-to-date lads will surely wish to read about him. This second volume of the series shows how Dave continued his career as a birdman and had many adventures over the Great Lakes, and how he foiled the plans of some Canadian smugglers. (From the 1913 edition) | |
Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record | |
Five Thousand Miles Underground Or, the Mystery of the Centre of the Earth | |
Lost on the Moon Or, in Quest of the Field of Diamonds |
By: Bertram Mitford (1855-1914) | |
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The Sign of the Spider |
By: Jack Williamson (1908-2006) | |
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Salvage in Space
This is an SF tale of excitement, danger, derring-do and strangely enough, love. A lonely and very poor asteroid miner, slowly collecting bits of metallic ore in the asteroid belt on his slowly accumulating 'planet' of debris, sees and captures a derelict space ship with a horrible monster aboard .. as well as a dead but lovely girl. How does it all end? Well you will need to listen to find out. One of Jack Williamson's early tales that earned him his reputation as a master story teller. | |
The Pygmy Planet |
By: John D. Beresford (1873-1947) | |
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The Psychical Researcher's Tale - The Sceptical Poltergeist | |
The Wonder |
By: Samuel Hopkins Adams (1871-1958) | |
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Average Jones | |
The Unspeakable Perk | |
The Clarion |
By: Edward Payson Roe (1838-1888) | |
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Taken Alive |
By: Edward P. Roe (1838-1888) | |
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He Fell in Love with His Wife
James desperately needs someone to help him keep his farm going, but has failure after colossal failure finding a good housekeeper. Alida marries a man only to find out he's already married. She's so undone when she finds out that she just wants to go somewhere where no one will judge her for her misfortune, where she can work and keep herself fed and clothed. James and Alida meet and arrange for a strictly business marriage, leaving loving and honoring out of the vows. The title of the book tells the rest of the story, but the way it gets there is worth the journey. (Introduction by TriciaG) |
By: Samuel Hopkins Adams (1871-1958) | |
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Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage |
By: Edward Payson Roe (1838-1888) | |
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Barriers Burned Away |