Book Genre: Fiction & Literature

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The Little Lass and the Sailor Book Cover

The Little Lass and the Sailor by Sara Bell

Sara Bell, an unknown poet, writes in The Little Lass and the Sailor, of the wanderings of a sailor on the frontier of the sea and the love of his little lass. The language of this poem is bold and …

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The Passing of the Storm by Alfred Castner King

The Passing of the Storm by Alfred Castner King

The Passing of the Storm, by Alfred Castner King, is an epic poem that takes the reader on a journey through the history of the American Civil War, The Crimean War in Russia, and life in the Rocky Mountains during the …

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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by Mark Twain, is a caring and personal portrayal of one of the most intriguing figures in all history. “I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the best; …

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Glad Voices Christmas Verses Book Cover

Glad Voices: Christmas Verses from Chimes of Consecration by E. S. Elliott

Glad Voices is a wonderful little Christmas book from the 1800s with Christmas verses and lovely illustrations on each page. It is a Victorian Christmas book for children and adults. Emily or Elizabeth Steele Elliot authored many hymns for the …

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Bab: A Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Bab: A Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Bab, only twenty months younger than her sister, the official debutante, rebels against her treatment by her family. Set during the pre-World War I era, when women’s roles were rapidly changing, Bab determines to assert her independence through this series …

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K by Mary Roberts Rinehart

K. by Mary Roberts Rinehart

K. by Mary Roberts Rinehart is a mystery, a romance, and a saga of the lives of people during pre-World War I around a hospital, its employees, and the surrounding neighborhood. The main character, called “K” Le Moyne, has disappeared …

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The Shepherd of the Hills by Harold Bell Wright

The Shepherd of the Hills, by Harold Bell Wright is a tale of romance and mystery set in the wild, rugged backwoods of the Ozark mountains during the early 1900s. Disillusioned and depressed, Dan Howitt leaves his city life seeking …

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The Country Beyond by James Oliver Curwood

The Country Beyond by James Oliver Curwood

The Country Beyond by James Oliver Curwood is love story set in the back woods of Northern Canada during the early 1900s. It is a tale of romance and adventure in the wild, rugged Canadian wilderness. An excerpt from the …

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The Honor of the Big Snows by James Oliver Curwood

The Honor of the Big Snows by James Oliver Curwood

Out of the night came Jan and into the lives of all those at the company post on Lac Bain, in the Canadian Northland. Jan, almost starved and frozen, enters into the lives of John Cummins and Melisse, his daughter, …

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The Flaming Forest by James Oliver Curwood

The Flaming Forest by James Oliver Curwood

The Flaming Forest by James Oliver Curwood, is a rip-roaring tale of travel through the upper Canadian wilderness during the early 1900s, with a forest fire and of course a love story, all combined to bring a book that you …