Joseph Altsheler: 129 books

“The Sword of Antietam” tells a complete story, but it is one in the chain of Civil War romances, begun in “The Guns of Bull Run” and continued through “The Guns of Shiloh” and “The Scouts of Stonewall.” The young Northern hero, Dick Mason, and his friends are in the forefront of the tale.

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: A young officer in dingy Confederate gray rode slowly on a powerful bay horse through a forest of oak. It was a noble woodland, clear of undergrowth, the fine trees standing in rows, like those of a park....

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Harry Kenton and Dick Mason are young cousins during the Civil War period with a complicated relationship. Harry fights for the South, while Dick fights for the North. This story, the fifth in the series, finds the cousins at Gettysburg, the location of the Southern High Tide.

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: A tall, well-favoured youth, coming from the farther South, boarded the train for Richmond one raw, gusty morning. He carried his left arm stiffly, his face was thin and brown, and his dingy uniform had...

Excerpt: "A tall boy, dreaming dreams, was walking across the Place d'Armes in New Orleans. It was a brilliant day in early spring, and a dazzling sunlight fell over the city, gilding the wood or stone of the houses, and turning the muddy current of the Mississippi into shimmering gold. Under...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: "The Sun of Quebec" is the sixth and closing volume of the French and Indian War Series of which the predecessors have been "The Hunters of the Hills," "The Shadow of the North,"...

THE TEXAN SERIES: THE TEXAN STAR AND THE TEXAS SCOUTS features two young readers' novels about the Texas Revolution of 1835 and 1836.  THE TEXAN STAR tells the exciting history of the early days of the revolution, beginning in Mexico with the treacherous imprisonment of Stephen F. Austin, the...

THE TEXAN STAR tells the exciting history of the early days of the revolution, beginning in Mexico with the treacherous imprisonment of Stephen F. Austin, the rise of Santa Anna and his attempt to disarm the Texans and leave them powerless. It culminates in the rebellion of the Texans, and their capture,...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: A young officer in dingy Confederate gray rode slowly on a powerful bay horse through a forest of oak. It was a noble woodland, clear of undergrowth, the fine trees standing in rows, like those of a park....

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: "The Tree of Appomattox" concludes the series of connected romances dealing with the Civil War, begun in "The Guns of Bull Run," and continued successively through "The Guns of...

A story of the fall of Richmond during the Civil War.

Charles Wayne yearned for life in the mountains but his prison was the little railroad station where he was agent and telegrapher for a small salary. Jefferson was not a large place, consisting of two buildings, the station and the water tank. So when Charles walked outside in search of distraction...