Maine Book Barn Publishing: 66 books

"Military and Naval History of Residents of Kennebunk, Maine who Enlisted During the late Civil War," by Andrew Walker is a short book, but a treasure trove of genealogy, for anyone interested in the soldiers of the American Civil War. It contains the named of all the men who enlisted in...

"Abraham Lincoln: A View from the Field" by Joshua L. Chamberlain is an look at President Lincoln as a man and as a president faced with a tremendous challenge----an insurrection of states----and no clear path to pursue under existing constitutional law. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain...

Thomas Brackett Reed, (1839-1902), occasionally ridiculed as Czar Reed, was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1889–1891 and from 1895–1899. He was a powerful leader of the Republican Party, serving as Chairman of the powerful Rules Committee....

"Life And Services Of General Ben McCulloch" by Victor M. Rose is the biography of a famous Texas' Ranger, U. S. Marshall, & Confederate General in the American Civil War. Victor M. Rose (1842-1893), the author, was an editor, lawyer, poet, and Texas historian born in Victoria...

"The Texas Vendetta; Or The Sutton-Taylor Feud: The Deadliest Blood Feud In Texas" by Victor M. Rose is a history of the most famous blood feud in Texas history. Victors M. Rose (1842-1893), the author was an editor, lawyer, poet, and Texas historian born in Victoria Texas. When Texas...

"Texas Ranger Indian Tales: Indian Depredations In Texas" by John W. Wilbarger is a complete and exhaustive look at Indian attacks in frontier Texas from about 1825, when the first American settlers began arriving, to about 1880. John W. Wilbarger (1806-1892) was Methodist Minister,...

"Border Wars of Texas: An Authentic Account of the Long, Bitter Conflict Between the Settlers and Indians of Texas," by James De Shields, recounts from original sources, including some of the Texans involved, the history of The Border Wars between the early American Texas Settlers &...

"Border Wars of Texas: An Account of the Long Bitter Conflict Between the Settlers & Indians of Texas And The Capture of Cynthia Ann Parker at the Massacre at Parker's Fort; Her Years with the Comanche & Her Rescue by Captain Ross of the Texas Rangers," 2 Volumes In 1, by James DeShields...

"Geronimo and The Apache Wars: Life of Tom Horn, Government Scout, Geronimo's Story of His Life, Annals of Old Fort Cummings, New Mexico 1867-1868, The Dread Apache: Early Day Scourge of the Southwest" (4 Volumes In 1) by (in order) Tom Horn, Geronimo (told to S. M. Barrett), William Thornton...

"Northwestern Indian Fights and Fighters: Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War & Captain Jack and the Modoc War" by Cyrus Townsend Brady is a history that covers the two most famous Indian Wars of the Northwest----The Nez Pearce War and the Modoc War---in the 1870s. Cyrus Townsend...

"Hood's Texas Brigade: Its Marches, Its Battles, Its Achievements," by Joseph B. Polley is a first-hand, eyewitness recounting of the history of the famous Hood Brigade, made up of the First Texas Infantry Regiment, Fourth Texas Infantry Regiment, Fifth Texas Infantry Regiment, and various...

"Apache Incidents in Arizona; The Dread Apache:That Early Day Scourge of the Southwest" by Merrill Pingree Freman is a look at some of the depredations of the Apache in the early days in southern Arizona. Freeman established the Santa Cruz Valley Bank and eventually became very notable and...

"The Horrors of Indian Captivity: Narrative Of My Captivity Among The Sioux Indians" by Fanny Kelly is an inside look at what captivity among the wild tribes of the Great Plains was like, by someone who experienced it first hand. Fanny Kelly (1845-1904) was born in Canada and moved...

The author, John Gregory Bourke (1843-1896), was a Captain in the Cavalry of the United States Army and a prolific diarist and post Civil War author. He served as an aide to General George Crook in the Apache Wars from 1870 to 1886. As Crook's aide, Bourke had the opportunity to witness every...