Reading Bear Publications: 82 books

The Orphan is the second novel in the Hopalong Cassidy series by Clarence E. Mulford. The story centers around a hero known as The Orphan. He's being sought by the law, American Indians, and a group of bad guys. As if that weren't enough, the book has a romantic theme running through it just below...

Jim Meeker came down from Montana to run Texas cattle, only to find that Hoppy's Bar-20 ran the water. So when a trio of snake-mean rustlers started themselves a cattle war, the powder was primed, the guns cocked, and Hoppy was smack in the middle. So it's friend against friend, brother against...

Hopalong Cassidy could fan a gun like a Bill the Kid.... Six rounds in three seconds was his slowest time. No one in the state of Texas could beat him. Until he met Slim Travennes, head of the Sandy Creek Vigilante Committee. Slim was snake-fast. No man could go up against him and live. No man. Hoppy...

Buck Peters is one of the good guys -- sort of. And even if he's not a straight-laced, law-abiding citizen all the time, he's a pal of Hoppy's, and that's good enough. Buck wants to settle down. He buys a Montana ranch and almost immediately runs afoul of enough bad guys to fill a buckboard. Seems...

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...

Wait and Hope is the fourth and final novel in the Brave and Bold Series. The book opens with fourteen-year-old hero Ben Bradford fired from work at the mill. His good-natured spendthrift friend James Watson does not take the news as poorly as Ben, who is an orphan raised by his aunt and late uncle....

These four novels make up one of Horatio Alger’s most popular series -- Brave and Bold. Written right around the turn of the 20th century, they make a strong statement about how American capitalism was originally envisioned and adopted -- work hard, overcome life’s obstacles, and succeed. In each...

Through some conspiracy, the hero of this story was taken from his relatives as a baby and given into the care of a kind woman. Not knowing his name, she gave him her husband's name, Frank Fowler. She had one little daughter, Grace, and showing no partiality in the treatment of her children, Frank...

Jack's Ward, published first in book form in 1875 is the second volume in Alger's Brave and Bold Series. It tells the story of an impoverished family discovers a child on their doorstep and undertakes to raise the infant. Set in New York City, it is full to the brim of adventure, kidnapping, phony...

In Brave and Bold, our hero, Robert Rushton, is poor, but honest, forthright, and resolute. His father has, apparently, drowned at sea and, unbeknownst to Robert or his mother, has deposited a fortune—$5,000—with a neer-do-well factory superintendent, and father of a snobbish son—a thorn in...

This is the complete and unabrigded six-volume Ragged Dick Series. Most of the books were first serialized in young people's magazines, then expanded and published as full-lengt novels. Ragged Dick (later Richard Hunter) is the first volume, and became Alger's best-selling work. He plays a central...

Fairview Boys on a Ranch is the sixth and final book in the Fairview Boys Series. It was published in 1917. In this adventure, Frank Haven's older brother, George, wrangles an invitation for the boys' to spend their summer vacation on the Western ranch where George works. Even before they leave, adventure...

Fairview Boys at Camp Mystery is one of the Fairview Boys Series. Published in 1914, this volume tells of Sammy and his pals discovering an old hunting cabin that is inhabited by an even older hermit, who is not interested in having company. After several close calls, a lot of action, and even more...

Very hard to find! Fairview Boys on Eagle Mountain is the second volume in the Fairview Boys series. The three Fairview boys (they live in "Fairview") — Frank Haven, Sammy Brown, and Bob Bouncer — are enjoying the end of summer. All too soon, it is back to school. But first, Sammy,...