Posts Categorized: Historical

The Eager Ones By

The Eager Ones In John B. Thompson's sizzling, pulp noir classic The Eager Ones, three women recklessly defy conventional morality to get what they want -- Angela teases, Polly pleases, and Sissie takes love where she finds it. Their raw passions ignite a small, rural town, changing it forever. Back in print for the first time in over 60 years.

Wild Breed By

Wild Breed Justice was swift and savage... in a land that time forgot.

Stewart Yeoman grew up, wild, untamed, in the vast Ramapo Mountains, where time stood still for a hundred years. The ancient code of his father -- the code of blood for blood -- was his only law. Then his father and brother were slain in the forest and he became head of the clan. Stewart knew he had to seek out and strike down the killers, while carrying his own dark secret, his longing for his dead brother's wife.

In this unique novel of love and revenge, Ted Stratton explores a strange land and a strange people, a wild, primitive breed in a rugged country, playing out their fates by the law of survival. Back in print for the first time in over sixty years.

"Plenty of fuedin' and fightin' and tempestuous lovin'." Oakland Tribune

Eyewitness! By

Eyewitness! This break-out crime novel, originally published in 1930 under pseudonym "John Doe," was actually written by Tiffany Thayer, who hit the national bestseller lists that same year with his acclaimed novel Thirteen Men, which was quickly followed with one controversial book after another. Now Eyewitness! is finally back in print for the first time in 95 years and hasn't lost its explosive punch.

Sketch Book of a Cadet from Gascony By

Sketch Book of a Cadet from Gascony James Warner Bellah wrote this memorable collection of stories, winner of the prestigious Alfred A. Knopf Literary prize, in just nineteen hours while still a student at Columbia University. Its success launched Bellah's long, remarkable career as a novelist and screenwriter (Rio Grande, Man Who Shot Liberty Valance). Now, over a hundred since it's release, it is finally back in print.

Thirteen Men By

Thirteen Men An unconventional crime story that became a massive bestseller in the 1930s...launching Tiffany Thayer's controversial, and highly successful, writing a career, one that's all but forgotten today, even though he sold millions of books. Now, after nearly 100 years, the blockbuster Thirteen Men is finally back in print...and hasn't lost any of its narrative power over time. It is still, as the San Francisco Examiner declared, “One of the most realistic studies of the American melting pot that has ever been penned.”