J Watson Davis: 3 books
by J. Watson Davis, Illustrator, Horatio Alger
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2016
The Alger book was originally entitled Dan, the Detective, and a first edition of Dan, the Detective is one of Alger's rarest. When it was reprinted, the title was changed to Dan, the Newsboy. Dan and his mother are poor. Dan valiantly struggles to make money by selling newspapers on the streets of...
A Debt of Honor (Illustrated)
The Story of Gerald Lane's Success in the Far West
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2015
In this 1900 Horatio Alger, Jr. novel, published by A. L. Burt, of New York, Gerald Lane heads west to seek his fortune and claim the money owed his father by an unscrupulous former business partner. As might be expected, this is not as simple or straightforward as it might at first seem.
Horatio...
by Zane Grey, J. Watson Davis, Illustrator
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
The Spirit of the Border is a historical novel published in 1906 by Zane Grey. The novel is based on events occurring in the Ohio River Valley in the late 18th century. It features the exploits of Lew Wetzel, a historical personage who had dedicated his life to the destruction of Native Americans...