Opie P Read: 5 books

This is a romance where the outcome is most unclear and much in doubt until almost the end. It is somewhat predictable and most unusual at the same time. Mrs. Annie Green, unhappily and unaccountably married to a much older, nasty man, is attracted to and by Mr. Barker, a journalist who is fired practically...

This is a collection of thirty short stories by one of the best story-tellers of the 19th century. The majority are one-chapter long, but many have two and three chapters. Almost without exception, are based in the backwoods and mountains of Kentucky, and provide a very realistic look at what life...

In "On the Suwanee River," Opie Read brings together a blustering, posturing land seller; a spoiled debutante who finally gets the man she deserves; a preacher who can't decide whether to preach or pray; a blackmailer; a train-robber gone good; a worried mother; and, a heroine with an uncertain...

The Son of the Swordmaker is set in Roman times, during the time of Christ's crucifixion. The hero, Eradmus, becomes part of the Roman invasion of England. He is captured and falls in love with Vloden, the daughter of the tribe's "king." Upon his escape, he returns to Rome, and resumes his...

Up Terrapin River by Opie P. Read.