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The Count of Monte Cristo, Part 1 by Alexandre Dumas, John Lee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe Count of Monte Cristo is the tense and exciting story of Edmond Dantes, a man on the threshold of a bright career and a happy marriage, who is imprisoned in the island fortress of the Chateau d'If on a false political charge...Categorized as:
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![The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels (5 Volumes) by Patrick O'Brian]()
The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels (5 Volumes) by Patrick O'Brian
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPatrick O’Brian’s twenty-one-volume Aubrey/Maturin series has delighted generations of devoted fans, inspired a blockbuster film, and sold millions of copies in twenty-four languages. These five omnibus volumes, beautifully produced and boxed, contain 7,000 pages of what has often been described as a single, continuous narrative...Categorized as:
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![They Burn Thistles by Yaşar Kemal]()
They Burn Thistles by Yaşar Kemal
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis is the story of a bitter war between the poor Turkish peasants of the Taurus Mountains and the Aghas who covet their land. Ali Safa is determined to take possession of the village of Vayvay but its inhabitants will not sell. Then one villager weakens, prepared to part with his land in return for the Agha's best stallion...Categorized as:
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![Les Misérables: Volume One by Victor Hugo]()
Les Misérables: Volume One by Victor Hugo
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLes Miserables is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. First published in France in 1862, it is Victor Hugo's greatest achievement--the ultimate tale of redemption. Former prisoner Jean Valjean struggles to live virtuously after an unexpected act of forgiveness by a kindly bishop changes his life...Categorized as:
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![Les Misérables: Fantine by Victor Hugo]()
Les Misérables: Fantine by Victor Hugo
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOne terrible winter, Jean Valjean steals a loaf of bread to feed his young nieces and nephews. He is caught and put in jail -- for 19 years When he finally gets out, Jean changes his name and tries to start a new life. But evil Inspector Javert wants him back in jail. As Jean hides from the law, he cares for the sick, the injured, and the poor -- those known as . . .Les Miserables...Categorized as:
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![Le Comte de Monte-Cristo - tome 1 by Alexandre Dumas]()
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo - tome 1 by Alexandre Dumas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas completed in 1844. It is one of the author's more popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. Like many of his novels, it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet... -
![Mac's Way by Reg Quist]()
Mac's Way by Reg Quist
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRaised in poverty in Missouri, Mac is determined to find a better life for himself and the girl who is still a vague vision in his mind. Work on the Santa Fe Trail, and on a Mississippi River boat give him a start, but the years of Civil War leave him broke and footloose in South Texas. There he discovers more cattle running loose than he ever knew existed...Categorized as:
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![Sun Over The Mountains by Duane Boehm]()
Sun Over The Mountains by Duane Boehm
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSun Over The Mountains is the latest novel by bestselling Western author Duane Boehm.When Sammy Landon is called home by his dying mother, he returns to his hometown to find that the things he ran from all those years ago are still as much a part of him as they ever were. Central City still holds the same old heartbreak, temptations, and problems that it always had for his troubled life...Categorized as:
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![Hand Of The Father by Duane Boehm]()
Hand Of The Father by Duane Boehm
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHand Of The Father is the exciting new sequel to the Bestselling Hand Of Fate.With their troubles behind them, Boone and Flannery anxiously await their wedding day, but men from Boone's past appear in Trinidad just days before the marriage is to take place... -
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Hand Of Justice by Duane Boehm
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs Boone Youngblood anxiously awaits the arrival of his first child, he wants nothing more than to live the quiet life of a rancher. His wild days of serving as a Texas Ranger are now nothing more than a memory...Categorized as:
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![Frontier Sisters by A.T. Butler]()
Frontier Sisters by A.T. Butler
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOregon has to be better than what she has now.Annie Hudson already has one foot out the door. She has responded to a mail order bride advertisement and now needs to figure out how to get all the way to Oregon.When her older sister Louisa learns about her plans, she enlists the other two Hudson sisters to her side... -
![The Hardest Ride by Gordon L. Rottman]()
The Hardest Ride by Gordon L. Rottman
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBook 1 in the bestselling “Ride” series, which won the Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award for Best Western Novel 2014 Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award Finalist for Best First Western Novel 2014 Western Writers of America Spur Award Finalist for Best Traditional Western Novel for 2013. The Texas-Mexico border, the winter of 1886—The Great Die Up. A raw rift separates Mexicans and Anglos... -
![King of Kings by Wilbur Smith]()
King of Kings by Wilbur Smith
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe sequel to Wilbur Smith's worldwide bestseller, The Triumph of the Sun.An epic story of love, betrayal, courage and war that brings together two of Wilbur Smith's greatest families in this long-awaited sequel to his worldwide bestseller, The Triumph of the Sun. Cairo, 1888. A beautiful September day. Penrod Ballantyne and his fiancee, Amber Benbrook, stroll hand in hand...Categorized as:
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![Two Thousand Grueling Miles by L.J. Martin]()
Two Thousand Grueling Miles by L.J. Martin
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA QUEST – STAY ALIVE, KEEP FAMILY SAFE, AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, KEEP MOVING WEST. Young but determined, the man of the family too soon, Jake Zane comes of age with the help of a massive mute escaped slave. It’s conquer the wilderness, protect your mother and sisters, or die trying...Categorized as:
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![Dreams of Eagles by William W. Johnstone]()
Dreams of Eagles by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the greatest western writers of the 21st century, the classic second adventure in The Eagles, one of the most iconic and beloved sagas of the American frontier, is back in print as legendary Scottish frontiersman Jamie MacCallister blazes through the Wild West.In peace and war, he was the soul of a nation—and the flesh and blood of the American Frontier . .Categorized as:
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Promise Trail by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPromise Trail, Book Six, Redemption Mountain Historical Western Romance Series “The Redemption Mountain series is as good as historical romance gets—vivid settings, memorable characters, love, and lots at stake. Shirleen Davies knows how to bring the old west to life. You feel as if you've traveled, with the characters, to the frontier...Categorized as:
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![Haunted Falls by Ken Farmer, Buck Stienke]()
Haunted Falls by Ken Farmer, Buck Stienke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf you are a fan of L'Amour, Kelton, Burroughs and Grey, you'll love Haunted Falls - the much awaited sequel to the best selling The Nations as it brings to life the American frontier! US Deputy Marshals, under Judge Issac Parker, The Hanging Judge, patrol the Indian Nations—the most dangerous place in the world in the late 19th century...Categorized as:
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Selected Stories by O. Henry
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"Selected Stories of O. Henry," by O. Henry, is part of the "Barnes & Noble Classics"" "series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras...Categorized as:
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![Last Hope by Duane Boehm]()
Last Hope by Duane Boehm
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLast Hope is the highly anticipated third book in the Gideon Johann Western series. It joins #1 bestseller novels on Amazon.com in Western Classics, Last Stand and Last Chance. Love, second chances, new beginnings, and dispensing justice – all set in the town of Last Stand, Colorado in 1880... -
![The Fields by Conrad Richter]()
The Fields by Conrad Richter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsConrad Richter's trilogy of novels The Trees (1940), The Fields (1946), and The Town (1950) trace the transformation of Ohio from wilderness to farmland to the site of modern industrial civilization, all in the lifetime of one character. The Fields continues the saga of the Luckett family that began in The Trees...Categorized as:
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![Last Stand by Duane Boehm]()
Last Stand by Duane Boehm
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGideon Johann had been gone from Last Stand, Colorado for eighteen years, seeming to have vanished after the Civil War. He is a man running from his conscience and keeping on the move seems to be the only thing preventing it from destroying him... -
![Once A Marshal by Peter Brandvold]()
Once A Marshal by Peter Brandvold
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe best of life seemed to be in the past for ex-lawman Ben Stillman. Then the past came looking for him... Up on the Hi-Line, ranchers are being rustled out of their livelihoods...and their lives. The son of an old friend suspects that these rustlers have murdered his father, and the law is too crooked to get any straight answers... -
![Flint by Louis L'Amour]()
Flint by Louis L'Amour
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHe left the West at the age of seventeen, leaving behind a rootless past and a bloody trail of violence. In the East he became one of the wealthiest financiers in America—and one of the most feared and hated.Now, suffering from incurable cancer, he has come back to New Mexico to die alone. But when an all-out range war erupts, Flint chooses to help Nancy Kerrigan, a local rancher...Categorized as:
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![Raj Kahini by Abanindranath Tagore]()
Raj Kahini by Abanindranath Tagore
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings<span><span>An unforgettable historical novella that leads you to the flowing sand dunes of Rajasthan, the clash of swords, to the courtyard of kings and queens. The book captures the spirit of a heroic past that never fails to move readers even today...Categorized as:
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![Blood Valley by William W. Johnstone]()
Blood Valley by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLawmen don't last long in the town of Doubtful, Wyoming Territory. But they have never seen the likes of the man who's known only as Cotton before, who aims to take the badge for $125 a month, save himself a nice chunk of money, and be on his way. Problem is, things don't always work out as you would wish... -
![Flight Of The Hawk: The River by W. Michael Gear]()
Flight Of The Hawk: The River by W. Michael Gear
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the vein of his best-selling Coyote Summer, Gear now takes us to the 1812 Missouri Fur Trade. An intimate of the Burr conspiracy, the condemned and hounded John Tylor signs on as boatman with Manuel Lisa's expedition. But the river is now contested as the British, Spanish, and other fur companies prepare to break Lisa's hold...Categorized as:
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![Smiling Country by Elmer Kelton]()
Smiling Country by Elmer Kelton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHewey Calloway, the footloose cowboy of The Good Old Boys, is trying to adjust to the trappings of modern life springing up around him in the Smiling Country of West Texas in 1910--all the while regretting his decision for years earlier to run away from the only woman he ever loved... -
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Selected Stories by O. Henry
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsO. Henry originated the humorous, energetic tale that ends with an ironic, even shocking twist. In "After Twenty Years," for example, two boys agree to meet at a particular spot exactly twenty years later. Both are faithful, but in the intervening years one boy has turned into a criminal, the other into a policeman...Categorized as:
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![Great Maria by Cecelia Holland]()
Great Maria by Cecelia Holland
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHer father is a robber baron... Her husband has grand ambitions and a quick temper... She will become... The Great Maria...Categorized as:
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![Last Chance by Duane Boehm]()
Last Chance by Duane Boehm
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLast Chance is the highly anticipated sequel to the bestselling novel Last Stand. Gideon Johann is the new sheriff of Last Stand, Colorado, hoping to put roots down in the place where he grew up... -
![Oregon Country: The Story of the 1843 Oregon Trail Migration by T.J. Hanson]()
Oregon Country: The Story of the 1843 Oregon Trail Migration by T.J. Hanson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Oregon Trail had its beginnings in 1843 beneath the wagon wheels of the Oregon Emigrating Company, a group of disparate Americans with a common goal: to seek a new land and make it their own. The trail met its end in 1869 with the completion of the transcontinental railway. Western Passage is a detailed account of the Oregon Migration of 1843 in a "historical fiction" setting...Categorized as:
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![The Lonesome Gods by Louis L'Amour]()
The Lonesome Gods by Louis L'Amour
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 29 ratings“I am Johannes Verne, and I am not afraid.” This was the boy’s mantra as he plodded through the desert alone, left to die by his vengeful grandfather. Johannes Verne was soon to be rescued by outlaws, but no one could save him from the lasting memory of his grandfather’s eyes, full of impenetrable hatred... -
![The Death Ship by B. Traven]()
The Death Ship by B. Traven
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Death Ship tells the story of an American sailor, stateless and penniless because he has lost his passport, who is harassed by police and hounded across Europe until he finds an 'illegal' job shoveling coal in the hold of a steamer bound for destruction.The Death Ship is the first of B...Categorized as:
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![Chicot the Jester by Alexandre Dumas]()
Chicot the Jester by Alexandre Dumas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsChicot the Jester was one of King Henry III's trusted advisors and friends, sharp-tongued and cunning and spoke with the king without formalities. Dumas' novel is another great series of plot twists, schemes, and larger than life characters delving into the ill-fated romance of the Dame de Monsoreau and Count de Bussy...Categorized as:
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![La Guerre Et La Paix by Leo Tolstoy]()
La Guerre Et La Paix by Leo Tolstoy
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHardPress Classic Books...Categorized as:
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Caleb by Emma Lang
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Texas Ranger, a lady blacksmith, a fierce passion, a dangerous game. Caleb Graham has spent the last four years in too many dangerous situations to count. As a Texas Ranger, he knows no fear, or at least he never shows it. When he’s sent to force a blacksmith off government seized property, he runs face to face into the woman who will change his life...Categorized as:
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![The Sixth Shotgun by Louis L'Amour]()
The Sixth Shotgun by Louis L'Amour
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom his classic short story collection, Outlaws of Mesquite, Louis L'Amour spins another exciting tale of gunslingers and cowboys. The fortunes of two men undergo dramatic, unforgettable reversal in this full-cast performance...Categorized as:
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![West of the Tularosa by Louis L'Amour]()
West of the Tularosa by Louis L'Amour
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLouis L'Amour said that the West was no place for the frightened or the mean. It was a "big country needing big men and women to live in it". This volume presents eight of L'Amour's ever-popular short stories - history that lives forever.©2014 Louis L'Amour and Jon Tuska (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc... -
![Comstock Lode by Louis L'Amour]()
Comstock Lode by Louis L'Amour
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt was just a godforsaken mountainside, but no place on earth was richer in silver. For a bustling, enterprising America, this was the great bonanza. The dreamers, the restless, the builders, the vultures—they were lured by the glittering promise of instant riches and survived the brutal hardships of a mining camp to raise a legendary boom town. But some sought more than wealth... -
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Winnetou by Karl May
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMore copies of this German tale of the American West have been printed than any other novel in German publishing history. This lively English translation of the daring adventures of Old Shatterhand and the Apache Chief Winnetou puts the best-known work by Karl May 1842-1912 into the hands of an American audience for the first time in paperback...Categorized as:
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![Those Jensen Boys! by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone]()
Those Jensen Boys! by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Greatest Western Writers Of The 21st Century A bold, sprawling epic of the American West, the Jensen family saga has captivated readers for nearly three decades. Now comes the untold story of Smoke Jensen's long-lost nephews, Ace and Chance, a pair of young-gun twins as reckless and wild as the frontier itself. .Categorized as:
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![Sheriffs Don’t Surrender (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler]()
Sheriffs Don’t Surrender (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStepping into battle is never easy. Especially when you’re outgunned and walking into unknown territory. Sheriff Conrad Scott has returned home after a long absence to discover his town in disarray and his young sisters running wild. Even worse, Rudy Galloway and his gang think they can get away with murder... -
![Dry Cross Honor (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler]()
Dry Cross Honor (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSheriff Merrill Vinson is looking forward to a new life in Dry Cross, Texas. But from the moment he arrives, he knows something isn’t right. The townspeople are nervous. Edgy. And no one will look him in the eye. Except for Cherry Jones.Cherry is the sassy saloon owner who keeps the town laughing. And Merrill is smitten. But Cherry’s got secrets she’ll go to her grave protecting... -
![Justice On The Ranch (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler]()
Justice On The Ranch (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJohnnie Porter lives the quiet life of a rancher, untouched by the outside world. Until that world comes crashing down on him. Now he’s fighting for his family, his home, and the lives of everyone in Sunnycrag. And just when he thinks he’s got outlaw Shephard Elliot beat, he learns things are only getting started between them.Shephard Elliot is not the type of man who quits... -
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![Battle at Dry Cross (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler]()
Battle at Dry Cross (Westward Saga Western) (A Western Adventure Fiction) by Frank Wheeler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmerson Hunt is a rancher, not a fighter. He wants to raise his two boys in peace. But when his cattle start dying and a mysterious new neighbor rides into town, he can’t turn a blind eye.Outlaw Crosby Burch is the worst kind of murderer—one who doesn’t discriminate. Young, old, man, woman, he’ll shoot anyone who tries to stop him from getting what he wants... -
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Legend of the Dawn by J.R. Wright
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHaving been drawn to the wild for a number of years, young Luke McKinney is forced to leave 1839 St. Louis for the North Country even sooner than he expected to go. At seventeen, along with a female companion and an elderly father figure, he is literally running for his life... -
![The Short Stories of Lucy Maud Montgomery from 1907-1908 by L.M. Montgomery]()
The Short Stories of Lucy Maud Montgomery from 1907-1908 by L.M. Montgomery
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLucy Maud Montgomery was born at Clifton (now New London), Prince Edward Island, Canada, on November 30, 1874. She achieved international fame in her lifetime, putting Prince Edward Island and Canada on the world literary map. Best known for her "Anne of Green Gables" books, she was also a prolific writer of short stories and poetry...Categorized as:
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![Fluch Der Begierde by May McGoldrick]()
Fluch Der Begierde by May McGoldrick
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWANTED…for crimes against the king. In retaliation for the brutality of the English troops. The Irish rebel Egan is fighting back, leading a secret group of revolutionaries—and building his legend across the country. REJECTED…by his own family. Jane Purefoy is a woman with a past. The daughter of an English magistrate, she watched her Irish lover die on the gallows... -
![A Book of Memories by Péter Nádas, Imre Goldstein]()
A Book of Memories by Péter Nádas, Imre Goldstein
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis extraordinary magnum opus seems at first to be a confessional autobiographical novel in the grand manner, claiming and extending the legacy of Proust and Mann. But it is more: Peter Nadas has given us a superb contemporary psychological novel that comes to terms with the ghosts, corpses, and repressed nightmares of Europe's recent past...Categorized as:
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The Finding of Jasper Holt by Grace Livingston Hill
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1916. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV Jean turned white with deadly sickening fear, but kept her head courageously up...Categorized as:
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