Posts Categorized: Historical

Heroine of the Prairies By

Heroine of the Prairies A classic western, the final novel in Sheba Hargreaves' epic trilogy, back in print for the first time in over 90 years. "'Heroine of the Prairies' ranks with such masterpieces of the past as 'The Last of the Mohicans' and 'The Luck of Roaring Camp.'" Lexington Herald-Leader

Ward of the Redskins By

Ward of the Redskins The second novel in Sheba Hargreaves' beloved and acclaimed Oregon Pioneer Trilogy, back in print for the first time in over 70 years.

Jim Faxon, a Bostonian trader and botanist, searches the wild, untamed Oregon frontier for Multnomah, a mysterious "white squaw" rumored to have been taken and raised by an isolated Indian tribe years earlier. His long and rigorous quest, through the secret passage over Neah-Kah-Nie peak, and down the rough Tillamook coast, and eastward again through the mountains to the "lake in the crater,"  is frought with danger, struggle and violence and leads to a shocking discovery.

The Cabin at the Trail's End By

The Cabin at the Trail’s End The story of the Bainbridge family, who arrive in Oregon's Willamette valley in 1843 exhausted, worn and low on provisions to settle as farmers, and their heroic struggle to survive against one hardship after another.

The Anne Green Reader: Three Full Novels By

The Anne Green Reader: Three Full Novels The first three bestselling, widely-acclaimed romantic masterpieces by Anne Green, back in print for the first time in nearly 90 years and collected for the first time ever in one ebook edition.

"Let us thank Anne Green for proving a book may be written of American life in Paris away from the pattern of Ernest Hemingway. She has written with a simplicity of heart, quaint humor, and the power to see and feel the drama of the panorama which passes before her." Oakland Tribune

The Springs By

The Springs A magical, heart-warming novel the Hartford Courant calls "a thing of loveliness, fresh, alive, and with a faint glow, The Springs will gladden many a heart," is now finally back in print for the first time in nearly 75 years.

Alice MacGowan is a sheltered young woman coming of age in the early 1900s when a resort hotel opens at the hot springs in her  small Tennessee town. Everything she knows about the outside world comes from books, but now her experiences with the various summer guests, arriving from near and far, have a profound impact on her. Most of all, there's William Mason, who is more than twice her age. He opens her mind to new ideas, even though he knows his love for her can never be...so he guides her instead toward Brian Mason, a young Brit her own age, against a backdrop of scandal, sudden violence, and warm romance.