Steve Gabany: 240 books

Harry Castlemon's "Elam Storm, the Wolfer, or The Lost Nugget" is a tale of adventure. The novel is part of the "Lucky Series" and tells of life in the West when a man wrung his sustenance from the woods and the earth by the sweat of his brow and protected himself from death by...

In between Frank Nelson's adventures in the West, he served in the Union Army during the Civil War. More specifically, he was stationed on the Milwaukee and Ticonderoga, both of which were an actual gun-boats used in the war. Among Frank's many adventures are saving the Milwaukee from being overrun...

A thrilling western written mainly for young adults. This book is part of Castlemon's Rocky Mountain Series, in which Frank Nelson finds all the action he can handle throughout the Western U.S. This time, Frank finds himself on his uncle's ranch, and the story is chock-full of adventure, danger, and...

These Indian tales are drawn from folk lore of the Pacific Coast Native Americans. Coyote, wisest of the four-footed creatures, holds the chief place among the animals that assist in bringing blessings on the people of the earth. The Creation of the World, The Cricket and the Cougar, The Frog in the...

Published in 1882, Ben's Nugget by Horatio Alger is the last volume of the Pacific Series. Though it is complete in itself, and may be read independently, the chief characters introduced will be recognized as old friends by the readers of "The Young Explorer," the volume just preceding,...

Bernard Brooks, a fifteen-year-old orphan, is sent to Ezekiel Snowdon's rural boarding school by his New York guardian, Cornelius McCracken, who has secretly appropriated $10,000 belonging to Bernard. Bernard runs away from the school to avoid undeserved beatings. He meets many characters along...

This novel is divided into two "books." The first follows the outlaw career of Buck Duane. In book two, however, Duane gives up the fugitive trail and becomes a Texas Ranger. He encounters the infamous killer, Poggin, riding with the outlaw gang. In a blazing gunfight, justice is served....

Probably Johnston McCulley's second most popular character after Zorro. "The Black Star," a criminal mastermind who is pursued by Roger Verbeck-Flagellum and Muggs, a millionaire bachelor and his ex-thug partner. Black Star first appeared in the Street & Smith pulp Detective Story Magazine...

Eight Cousins, or The Aunt-Hill was first published in 1875 by American novelist Louisa May Alcott. It is the story of Rose Campbell, a lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and must now reside with her maiden great aunts, the matriarchs of her wealthy Boston family. When Rose's guardian,...

This collection of five Hollow Tree short stories is anchored by Mr. Turtle's tale of the time, as a young turtle, he flew! Of course, he had help getting up into the sky from Mr. Eagle. Did he fly when Mr. Eagle dropped him? Or, as Mr. Eagle warned, did he just drop like a rock? This edition...

The mansion Ten Acres, not far from Washington Cathedral, dates from the Colonial period and offers views over the entire city. The owner of the house is found murdered, and one of the weekend guests, David Curtis, a blind physician, undertakes to discover the murderer. The police suspect Anne Meredith,...

Wildly funny, absolutely hilarious, "wild west" story of the working cowboy-rancher who shipped his cattle to market, by rail, from his ranch, in Utah to the central market in Omaha, Nebraska. Frank Benton was a prominent cattle rancher on the Western Slope and was one of the founders...

The coyote has been called a "super Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Although he has a reputation as a heartless predator, he is also seen as a symbol of the independent nature of the West and Southwest. It is not by accident that Rathburn is called "The Coyote" in this book. A gentleman...

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...