From the
outbreak of
the Civil
War in the
Deep South
of Fort
Sumter,
South
Carolina to
life in New
York in the
Far North;
from the 3rd
Zoaves to
the 8th
Lancers -- a
tale of the
Civil War.
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America --
American
Revolution
Thriller
This is a
glorious
story of
those
stirring
days which
saw the
founding of
America as a
republic.
All of the
color and
thrill and
struggle and
hardships of
those
anxious
years are in
this story,
all of the
gallantry of
Paul
Revere's
ride, of
Bunker Hill,
of Lexington
and Concord,
all of the
desperate
sacrifices
which our
ancestors
made to
establish
our freedom
-- as seen
through the
eyes of a
brave youth
who served
as a scout
in the
Continental
Army, and a
Tory maid
who loved
him.
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Barbarians
In this
story, Mr.
Chambers
deals with
the early
years of the
Great War.
Sickened by
what seems
to them at
that time
indifference
on the part
of the
American
Government,
an odd group
of men meet
on the decks
of a mule
transport.
They have
been drawn
to this
common
rendezvous
by a desire
to enter the
war and
purge their
souls in the
fight for
the freedom
of the
world.
There are
twelve in
the group,
eight
Americans,
three
Frenchman,
and a
Belgian, and
prominent
among them
is Jim
Neeland,
whose
earlier
experience
Mr. Chambers
has related
in "The Dark
Star".
Barbarians
records the
adventures
of these
men, not
together,
but singly
or in
groups,
along the
whole
western
battle
front, from
the Belgian
coast to the
mountains of
Alsace.
It is filled
with unusual
character
sketches of
the lives of
the men in
the
Trenches,
and of life
in the
little town
just inside
the lines of
Battle
Through it
all there is
great beauty
and
wonderful
sense of
justice and
right that
is indeed
more
precious
than peace.
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Danger Mark,
The
The idle and
over-rich
society of
New York
furnishes
the setting
for this
story, and
the stage is
crowded with
those "whose
sole
intellectual
relaxation
is in
pirouetting
around the
danger mark
without
overstepping,
and is
concealing
it when they
do."
Among them
is a young
girl who has
ideals and
bravely
fights the
tendencies
of society
and her own
inherent
weaknesses
to maker
herself
worthy of
the man she
loves.
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Dark Star,
The
A thrilling
story of
adventure
based upon
the work of
the German
and Turkish
Secret
Service and
their
attempts to
recover the
lost plans
of the
fortifications
of Gallipoli
which were
made by a
German agent
years before
the present
War broke
out.
Pretty
Ruhannah
Carew is a
child of the
Dark Star.
It is
preordained,
therefore,
that her
life will be
filled with
adventure.
An eventful
childhood,
followed by
an amazing
mock
marriage and
a hurried
escape to
Paris, fills
her early
life with
excitement.
When the
European War
breaks out
and Ruhannah
cables her
childhood
friend, Jim
Neeland, to
bring over
to her a box
her father
had
originally
brought from
Gallipoli,
she
unintentionally
plunges
Neeland into
intrigue and
adventure,
the like of
which few
men have
ever
experienced.
His courage,
resourcefulness
and charming
manners
enable him
to outwit
the German
and Turkish
agents
repeatedly,
and lead to
a climax as
thrilling as
a tale from
the Arabian
Nights.
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Drums of
Aulone, The
An absorbing
tale of
adventure in
France and
Canada in
which youth
and love
play their
parts.
The opening
scenes of
the story
are in the
France of
Louis XIV at
a time when
the
Huguenots
were
plaguing him
on one side
and troubles
abroad on
the other.
In the
splendid
gardens of
Versailles,
with their
jeweled
magnificence,
all kinds of
mystery,
court
intrigue and
conspiracies
flourished.
There
Michelle de
Moniscamp, a
willful
young French
Huguenot
girl of the
noble house
of Aulone,
moved with
the gay
throng of
courtiers
until forced
by a
political
plot to flee
to England
and later to
Canada for
refuge.
"Fearing God
Alone" has
long been
the motto of
the noble
house of
Aulone, and
Michelle,
who abides
by it, has
need of a
stout heart
as well as
an unbending
courage
before she
attains
safety and
happiness in
Quebec.
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Firing Line,
The
A story of
society life
with a
strong love
interest
showing the
pitfalls and
dangers
which beset
young men
and women in
the exotic
society of
rich
Americans.
From the
vivid
opening of
the first
chapter to
the vivid
closing of
the last
there is no
moment when
character is
not being
tested in
the crucible
of
circumstances.
It is a
warm,
full-blooded
tale of
American
life and
love.
There is no
more
adorable
person in
recent
fiction than
Sylvia
Landis.
There rarely
has been
collected in
any story
such a
fascinating
company as
those who
take part in
the battle
of love on
"The Firing
Line."
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Flaming
Jewel, The
--
International
Jewel Heist
The story
begins with
great
excitement
over a
handful of
gems, the
greatest of
which is the
Flaming
Jewel, a
famous
erosite
stone.
This belongs
to the Grand
Duchess of
Estonia; it
has been
stolen by an
international
band of
crooks.
They in turn
have been
robbed of
the famous
jewel in
Paris by
Mike Clinch,
a
disreputable
villain, who
had a camp
in the
Adirondacks.
This was a
meeting
place of the
dregs of
humanity.
Mike makes
his way to
the Camp
with his
step-daughter,
Eve.
It is
because he
loves her
and is
determined
to make a
lady of her
that he has
stolen the
jewel.
James
Darragh, a
Secret
Service
Agent,
arrives
disguised as
a poacher,
gains
Clinch's
hospitality.
Quintana and
his band of
ruffians
arrive from
Europe and
track Clinch
to the
mountains.
There are
desperate
doings,
during which
the jewel is
stolen and
re-stolen
and through
Darragh's
efforts,
Even finally
restores it
to its
rightful
owner.
Eve's love
story and
that of the
Grand
Duchess are
woven into
the
sensational
background.
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Gitana --
Mexican War
Spy Thriller
Cast against
the dramatic
background
of the
Mexican War,
the story is
that of
young
Captain
Maddox and
of the
beautiful
gypsy girl,
Gitana,
whose
destiny so
strangely
crossed his
own.
Captain
Maddux, a
member of
the Military
Intelligence
Department,
served in
and out of
the Mexican
lines and
was his
country's
chief source
of military
information.
it was in
the
performance
of this
dangerous
role that he
came upon
the
wild-blooded
dancer,
Gitana, with
whom he fell
in love.
In the
course of
his romance,
and in the
development
of the
exciting
narrative,
the inner
workings of
the Military
Intelligence
Service, the
life of
Texas
Rangers,
Indian
scouts,
Mexican
soldiers,
lancers, and
peons, are
all
colorfully
described.
There is an
acute
appraisal of
the numerous
forces
motivating
the action
of the war,
while the
full-dimensional
historical
canvas
includes the
outstanding
personalities
of the time.
Upon this
canvas
appear
portraits of
Buchanan,
Polk,
Zachary
Taylor,
Jefferson
Davis and
many others.
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Happy
Parrot, The
--
Pirate
Swashbuckler
A gallant
tale of
pirate
ships,
slave-runners,
a fair
heroine and
a valiant
hero.
Laid in the
troublesome
days for
American
shipping
that
preceded the
War of 1812,
the story
concerns the
handsome
young Jack
Strake who
commanded
the ship,
"The Happy
Parrot", on
her slave
running
trips for a
heavy-handed
master.
Clearing the
troublesome
waters about
New York,
"The Happy
Parrot"
heads for
Amelia
Island, the
headquarters
of the slave
running
conspirators,
when
Cynthia, the
spirited
young niece
of Captain
Quinn, turns
up on board
to add to
Jack
Strake's
difficulties.
There
follows a
series of
adventures
with
pirates,
foreign
men-of-war,
with savages
and dangers
from sea and
man, until
the
tumultuous
story has
come to a
ringing end.
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In Secret --
World War I
Espionage
sited on the
Swiss
frontier
during the
Great War.
When Evelyn
Erith
stumbled
upon the
suspicious
letter that
came into
the hands of
the
Censorship
office all
her
adventurous
spirit
responded to
the lure of
uncovering
its secret.
Bred in
luxury, this
beautiful
girl put
aside all
the comforts
of wealth to
bear the
hardships of
an
extraordinary
search for
information
which was
vital to the
United
States
Government.
Where that
search led
and into
what
unheard-of
adventures
with the
mysterious
Kay MacKay
on the Swiss
Frontier is
a romance
which Robert
W. Chambers
unfolds with
a tension
that grows
to the final
scene.
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Love and the
Lieutenant
--
American
Revolution
Thriller
A striking
period in
American
history,
this story
of the
American
Revolution
concerns the
British
recruiting
mission to
Germany and
the efforts
of the
Yankees to
thwart this
move.
One of those
engaged in
this phase
of the war
was the
"Baroness
Von Lessing,"
a sweet,
saucy
American
girl, who,
posing as
the wife of
a German
noble, is
engaged in
dissuading
the Hessian
soldiers
from service
under George
III.
Returning to
America, she
is followed
by a
headstrong
British
loyalist,
Captain
Seadrift,
who had come
to suspect
her actual
role, and
from then on
a tilt
develops, in
which love
troubles the
course of
duty and
steadily
draws
together the
handsome
Britisher
and the
lively
Yankee miss
who are
supposed to
be enemies.
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Man They
Hanged, The
[Captain
Kidd] --
Pirate
Swashbuckler
This fine
historical
romance by
Robert W.
Chambers
forms a
refutation
of a slander
widely
circulated,
almost
universally
believed,
but as it
proves not
sustained by
historical
fact. "The
Man They
Hanged"
shows
conclusively
that Captain
Kidd, famed
as a pirate
was never a
pirate at
all. Mr.
Chambers has
gone back to
the
documents of
the day, and
shows how
Kidd was in
fact an
honest and
honorable
citizen. The
scene of the
story is
largely laid
in old New
York, when
the city was
still a
walled town
and made up
of a small
cluster of
buildings
about the
tip of the
island,
around the
Battery.
Here one
sees Kidd,
and his
wife, Sarah
Oort, and
the two
young
people,
charming
Sancia and
gallant
Dirck, who
afford a
note of love
romance. As
the story
unfolds one
follows Kidd
to the high
seas, and in
the end to
his English
prison.
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Mystery
Lady, The --
Pirate Gold
Off the
lonely coast
of the
Carolinas
there lies
an island
called Tiger
Island in
the lee of
which during
pirate days
a Spanish
galleon full
of gold was
sunk. Toward
this island
in our
modern day
there
converges a
motley
collection
of people --
a band of
international
crooks, a
beautiful
girl who
seeks
vengeance
upon the
crooks for
her brother,
a manly
government
agent who
believes the
girl to be
one of the
desperate
band. It's
hard to say
which is the
best part of
it -- the
beginning
where the
heroine
joins the
Millionaire's
Club, a band
of crooks,
to avenge
her brother,
or the
latter half
of the story
which
concerns the
search for
sunken
treasure on
a lonely
island.
What follows
in that
strange
setting
makes the
most
exciting and
breath-taking
romance
Robert W.
Chambers has
ever
written.
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Hussy, The
--
War of 1812
Spy Thriller
The period
is that of
the War of
1812, and
the central
character is
a reckless
young blade,
named Joshua
Brooke, who
is in love
with the
courageous
patriot
girl, Naia.
Together
these two
plunge into
the thick of
the military
operations
and help
Andrew
Jackson
fight off
the British
forces by
land and
sea.
The story,
however,
does not
confine
itself to
the events
of New
Orleans.
Privateers
and their
brushes with
the British;
the spies
who at the
time
infested
this
country; the
disloyalty
of certain
states and
individuals;
the plots
for invasion
with the
assistance
of the
Indians; the
"prophet"
and Tecumseh
and their
final defeat
by Harrison;
all the
phases of
these
glamorous
chapters in
American
history are
masterfully
woven into
this story.
Further,
this is a
novel of
sweeping
action, from
the duel
which young
Brooke
fights as a
visitor of
the
hell-raking
court of the
English
Prince
Regent, to
the climax,
Jackson's
defense of
New Orleans.
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Rogue's
Moon, The --
Pirate
Swashbuckler
In this
dashing tale
of piracy,
glows the
life and
color of a
picturesque
time --an
absorbing
and
thrilling
romance of
life among
the
buccaneers.
Recalled are
the famous
pirates of
other days
as they
plied their
horrid
trade, and
as they
swarmed to
their
rendezvous
at the
celebrated
old Lost
Sail Tavern
in Carolina.
Captain
Death, Mary
Read, Israel
Hornygold,
and that
blackest
villain of
them all,
Edward Teach
-- how they
swagger
through
these scenes
of perilous
adventure!
The heroine,
Nancy
Topsfield,
who moves
among her
pirate
companions
disguised as
a boy, is
one of the
happiest of
creations,
and the
working out
of her love
romance with
Jack Ross
contributes
powerful
heart
interest to
the tale.
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Secret
Service
Operator 13
--
Civil War
Spy Thriller
Before one's
eyes is
unfolded the
drama of the
espionage
systems,
both Union
and
Confederate,
during the
Civil War.
At the
outset, Gail
Loveless, a
beautiful
actress,
craving
excitement,
is initiated
into the
Union Secret
Service by
being sent,
with the
famous
agent,
Pauline
Cushman, to
Jeb Stuart's
headquarters.
Stuart has
caught and
hanged two
of the
North's best
spies
already, yet
Gail
disguised as
"Lucille
Lyndon,"
mulatto
laundress,
makes her
way
successfully
to her post.
In the
course of
events, she
discovers in
the handsome
eagle-eyed
Confederate
agent, Jack
Galliard,
just who is
to be her
most
dangerous
enemy, and
decides that
the danger
will not be
entirely in
the line of
duty, either
...
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Whistling
Cat --
Civil War --
Field
Telegraph
Service
The grand
panorama of
the present
novel is the
Civil War in
all of the
sweep and
epic drama
of its
fratricidal
course.
Against the
greater
background
the story
focuses down
upon the
activities
of the
Federal
field
telegraph
service, a
thrilling,
yet little
known phase,
of that
mighty
conflict.
The central
characters
are two
young
operators, a
man and a
woman who
both come
from the
Texas town
of
"Whistling
Cat."
Thrown
together by
common
dangers, a
beautiful
romance
grows up
between them
although
this is
threatened
at every
moment by
the
imminence of
capture or
death.
Along with
their mutual
adventures,
an exciting
account is
given of the
field
telegraph
service, of
meetings
with famous
Southern
spies, of
escapes
before
cavalry
charges, of
wires
tapped, and
of messages
intercepted.
Beyond this,
the novel
embraces a
magnificent
picture of
the war as a
whole -- the
actual
battles,
campaigns
and
political
intrigues.
Such
historical
personages
as Lincoln,
Grant, Lee,
Sherman,
Sheridan,
Thomas and
others are
introduced
...
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Who Goes
There --
World War I
-- Field
Telegraph
Service
The scenes
of this
story are
laid in
Belgium and
in England
at the
outset of
the present
European
War.
Captured and
treated as a
prisoner of
war, Kervyn
Guild, a
young
American of
Belgian
ancestry, is
taken before
the General
of the
German Army.
His
frankness
tempts the
General to
offer him an
opportunity
to secure
his release
by returning
to England
and to bring
back a young
woman in
whom the
General is
interested.
Guild
accepts the
offer and
undertakes
to fulfill
his mission.
Mr. Chambers
pictures the
incidents of
the search
with
startling
accuracy of
detail.
But this
vivid
description
of the
realities of
the war only
serves to
lend a more
human touch
to the
delightful
romance that
really
dominates
the story.
