The Border Watch, a Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand - Couverture souple

Altsheler, Joseph A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1473332915 ISBN 13 : 9781473332911

Editeur : Classic Western Fiction Library, 2016

Synopsis

This is Joseph A. Altsheler's 1912 historical novel “The Border Watch, a story of the great chief's last stand”. The final book in “The Young Trailers Series”, the plot unfolds during the violent settling of the frontier in the American Old West. An entertaining and insightful glimpse into this exciting episode of American history, “The Border Watch” would make for fantastic bedtime reading and is not to be missed by collectors of classic Western fiction. Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862 – 1919) was an American journalist, editor and author famous for his of popular historical fiction aimed at children. Altsheler wrote a total of fifty-one novels during his life, as well as over fifty short stories. Other notable works by this author include: “The Sun of Saratoga, a romance of Burgoyne's surrender” (1897) and “In Circling Camps, a romance of the Civil War” (1900). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction and biography of the author.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"The Border Watch" closes the series which began with "The Young Trailers," and which was continued successively in "The Forest Runners," "The Keepers of the Trail," "The Eyes of the Woods," "The Free Rangers," "The Riflemen of the Ohio," and "The Scouts of the Valley." All the eight volumes deal with the fortunes and adventures of two boys, Henry Ware and Paul Cotter, and their friends Shif'less Sol Hyde, Silent Tom Ross and Long Jim Hart, in the early days of Kentucky. The action moves over a wide area, from New Orleans in the South to Lake Superior in the North, and from the Great Plains in the West to the land of the Iroquois in the East.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Classic Western Fiction Library
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1473332915
• ISBN 13: 9781473332911
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 412
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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