Steve Gabany: 240 books

This novella is about the multi-century feud between two southern, probably, families. The Hampden and Drayton families had been fueding since early Colonial days. Like so many interfamily feuds, the original reason -- who had the most prestigious title, "Captain" Hampden or "Colonel"...

Tommy Trot's Visit to Santa Claus is a charming tale about a Virginia boy from a rich family. Tommy always gets what he wants for Christmas, but comes to find that his toys don't make him happy anymore. His friend, Johnny, is not rich, and Tommy earns a visit to Santa Claus by making him a sled. Santa...

Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret convinced generations that they could triumph over their circumstances and become an "Alger Hero." The arrival of old Jacob Marlowe to their nineteenth-century town starts a chain of events that bring many changes in the lives and fortunes...

First published in 1873 by A. L. Burt Company, Bound to Rise tells the story of Harry Walton, the son of a farmer who is experiencing rough financial times. Using Benjamin Franklin as a model, Henry sets out to save his family's farm from a dishonorable man's loan of exorbitant interest rate through...

Published in 1884, this is the story of the struggles of a young boy in the late-19th century, when most young people had to make their living through hard work, without any family support or any other external help. Left penniless after his inheritance is lost by his guardian, sixteen-year-old...

Philip Gray's father has died, destitute, and Squire Pope, who, of course, owns his home, throws Philip out with nothing except a stock certificate for 100 shares in a California gold mine, a note for a large sum of money which is probably useless, his father's gold watch, and his violin. Philip encounters...

John Linden is a very wealthy man. The people who should inherit his property are his nephew, Curtis Waring, his niece Florence Linden, and his long lost son – if alive. John thinks it would be best if Florence and Curtis were married, and makes it a requirement if Florence wishes to have any of...

Adrift in the City follows the adventures of Oliver Conrad, who, at fifteen, lives in a country mansion with his stepfather, stepbrother and mother. Oliver’s stepfather secretly commits his mother to a madhouse to steal her estate and pretends she has died. To get Oliver out of the picture, his...

"The story of a very good boy who is the victim of a wicked stepmother. He is driven from home and is always brave, and by the exercise of these virtues he becomes great and prosperous, and finally recovers the property his enemy has for a time kept from him. The story starts in New England,...

This 1875 novel is the eighth and last in Alger's "Luck and Pluck" series. Here, Herbert Carter works hard to help his mother, the widow of an inventor, make ends meet, but the ruthless man who holds their mortgage on their house and his snobbish son want to oust the pair, and are close...

Having been stranded on and rescued from a deserted island due to a shipwreck, Harry Vane and Jack Pendleton, decide to stay in Australia, even though Harry's employer, Professor Hemmenway, has decided to return to America. Harry and Jack decide to try their hand at gold mining, and they're...

The Texan Star is the first of three in Altsheler's Texan Series. The trilogy is based on the Texan struggle for liberty against the power of Mexico. This first book begins in Mexico with the treacherous imprisonment of Stephen Austin, the Texan leader, and the rise of Santa Anna and his attempt,...

The Texan Scouts is the second in the Altsheler's Texan Series, which includes The Texan Star and The Texan Triumph, and concerns the fortunes of Ned Fulton and his friends. The second phase is the coming of Santa Anna with an overwhelming force, the fall of the Alamo, the massacre of Goliad and the...

The Kingsley family has been estranged for many, many years. Two of the five boys, Samuel and Sylvester, have not spoken for decades; the same can be said of George and William. The two sisters, Clara and Isabel, are not far behind. It seems the only ones everyone gets along with is the main character,...