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Betty Zane's great-grandnephew, the author Zane Grey, wrote a historical novel about her, titled Betty Zane. One of the main events in the story is the tale of Zane's fetching supplies from the family cabin. When Grey could not find a publisher for the book, he published it himself in 1903 using his...

In his first "Jack" book, "Jack the Young Ranchman," the subject was similar to this second one: the Western plains and mountains. "Jack the Young Ranchman" was the outcome of the delight which certain young men and women found in the stories told them of the West of...

Herein are 88 illustrated short stories for children with most of the stories suffixed by a moral. In this volume you will find stories like: The Innkeeper The Brook and the Waterwheel Crooked Horn and Old Brindle The Lark and the Whippoorwill The Weedy Farm The Learned Owl ….and many, many more. Even...

Sally Ann wishes that everyone could just forgive each other and get along. A misunderstanding between two boys, Andy Adams and her brother Jim, has turned into an extended family feud. Sally Anne might miss out on her favorite event of the year, the Annual fair, because of everyone's wounded pride....

Tommy Smith was cruel to animals. Finally, the wise old owl called a meeting of the animals, and it was decided that the best way to help Tommy was to teach him about animals. Tommy meets with frogs, hares, snakes, owls and others, and by the end of the book, has become friends with them and decides...

A cute set of connected character building stories. Don and Joyce go to spend the summer with their grandparents at the farm. Each day presents exciting opportunities for them to experience outdoor life. The first day they encounter a hive of angry bees. From this episode grandma chooses stories from...

“Margaret Monfort” is the second book of the “Margaret Series”. At the beginning of the book Margaret is living at Fernley house with her Uncle John. All is going smoothly until Cousin Sophronia Montfort comes to stay. She comes uninvited, announces that she’s come to keep house for John,...

The second book in the “Glad Series”.  Pollyanna’s Aunt and new Uncle have received a call for help.  Della Wetherby thinks Pollyanna’s joyful spirit is just the Medicine her bitter sister needs. So off Pollyanna sets on a trip to the big city, to make new friends and soften hardened...

In this fifth volume of the Dave Porter Series, "Dave Porter and His Classmates," published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard in 1909, Dave is back at Oak Hall and he brings about the complete reformation of a former bully, who was rapidly going to the bad. Athletic events and jolly fun are...

Dave Porter and two of his school friends from Oak Hall spend a summer at Star Ranch in Montana. Their journey westward is full of incidents and their days at the ranch are taken up with hunting, riding, a chase after thieves, and other adventures which will keep the reader turning the pages. Edward...

"Dave Porter at Oak Hall" was published by Lee and Shepard in 1905. Dave Porter is a bright and steady young man. All young people who read about him are sure to admire him from the start. In this first book in the "Dave Porter Series," we learn how, as a penniless country boy,...

Published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, in 1914, this is an engrossing story about a popular and daring hero. This is one of those spell-binders that the author knows how to write, luring the reader on from one exciting incident to another without cessation. Here, the famous young adventurer tries...

The Sixth and final book in the "Margaret" Series by Laura E. Richards. A charming end to the series. The book focuses on two of the three Margarets, Peggy And Margaret Monfort, and Also on the Merryweather family who appear in several of the other books. Margaret goes to spend the summer...

"Dave Porter In The South Seas" was published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard in 1906. It is the second in the "Dave Porter" series. Dave is still uncertain as to the names of his parents, and when he has a chance to learn more by joining a sailing voyage to the South Seas, he jumps...