Steve Gabany: 240 books

The Story of the Cowboy is not a bare record, but a living picture of a type of person often heroic and always interesting. It is also a picture which shows the sweep and majesty of the plains. The level of detail presented in this book about the cowboy's life is extraordinary. - adapted from Ripley...

The Chronicles of America Series was dedicated to presenting the main facts surrounding American history and the interesting historical stories behind civilization in America. The Passing of the Frontier is a non-fiction chronicle of the Old West, including cattle trails, the range, mines, Indian...

When "Betty Leicester" appeared, this very judicious comment was made: "It is rather difficult to find the right kind of books for girls of fifteen and sixteen, and they are apt to experience a craze at this age for the silliest and most harmful kind of third-rate novels; but 'Betty...

Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting starting in 1920 with, "The Story of Doctor Dolittle." He is a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later becomes a naturalist,...

Jack Robson, the 14-year old son of a widowed mother, lives on the English coast in a small village between Plymouth and Yarmouth. He works on one of many small coast-fishing boats called bawleys. Bawleys are normally crewed by two men and a boy. When Jack plays a pivotal role in saving passengers...

Four classic Christmas tales ranging from Christmas in Victorian England to a staid and stolid politician who is transformed through care of a wheelchair-bound child. #1: A Christmas Mystery This is a Christmas short story taking place in the early 1900s in England with three totally...

Charles Angelo Siringo (February 7, 1855—October 18, 1928), was an American lawman, detective, and agent for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born in Matagorda County, Texas to an Irish immigrant mother and an Italian immigrant father....

This is a short-story from a collection about life in the Northwest. A young woman desperately wants a baby. Unfortunately, she isn't married, and her prospects of finding a husband in this VERY small community aren't good. She cares for other's children whenever she can -- "adopts" them,...

An old-fashioned pioneer adventure through the Canadian-Indian territory of Northwest Canada. Plenty of action to keep you turning pages as fast as you can read! This edition of the book contains the two original illustrations, rejuvenated, and eight additional place-, time-, and subject-relevant...

This book has everything you'd expect in a classic western cowboy novel: cattle ranching, rustlers, gunfights, miserable winters, and making the transition from tenderfooting to cowboy. Edgar Beecher Bronson wrote it, and the rest of his popular works, between 1910 and 1917. Great action and cowboy...

Non-stop western cowboy action on struggle between two men, Hare and Holderness, for affection of rancher Naab's adopted daughter, Mescal, as well as for land and water rights. This edition of the book contains ten classic illustrations of western life of early cowboys. Pearl Zane Grey...

This little book is one of those few listed as a "Rare Book" by the U. S. Library of Congress, which means that finding an original printed copy would be very difficult and equally expensive. Nonetheless, Elisabeth F. Bonsall produced beautiful illustrations of cats in all kinds of poses,...

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books — also known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors — are a series of twelve collections of fairy tales, published between 1889 and 1910. Many were subsequently reprinted a number of times. Each volume is distinguished...

This is a very scarce book that has not gotten the attention it deserves. In Volume Two we have much the same personnel as in Volume One; the vicar and his sister Miss Pimpernell; Lady Dasher and her two daughters; Miss Spight and Mawley the curate; Min and Mrs. Clyde; Catch the dog. Having set the...