by Lucia St. Clair Robson. Softbound, 562 pages, 5" x 8". In 1836, when she was 9 years old, Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanche. She grew up with them, mastered their ways and married one of their leaders. Except for her blue eyes and golden hair, Cynthia was a Comanche woman in every way. They called her Naduak, “Keep Warm
by Joseph Altsheler. Hardbound, 252 pages, 6" x 9". This thrilling adventure novel captures the excitement and challenge faced by the brave men and women who crossed mountains to carve a new life out of dense frontier wilderness. This is the story of young Hanry Ware, whose family settles in Kain-tuck-ee, heart of Shawnee and Wyandot hunting grounds. Born to the outdoors, Henry masters the forest skills and cunning of the Indians, and leads the battle to save the new pioneer settlement.
by Jeff Shaara. Softbound, 492 pages, 6” x 9’. In 1770, the fuse of revolution is lit by a fateful command—“Fire!”—as England’s peacekeeping mission ignites into the Boston Massacre. The senseless killing of civilians leads to a tumultuous trial in which lawyer John Adams must defend the very enemy who has assaulted and abused the laws he holds sacred. The taut courtroom drama soon broadens into a stunning epic of war as King George III leads a reckless and corrupt government in London toward the escalating abuse of his colonies. Outraged by the increasing loss of their liberties, an extraordinary gathering of America’s most inspiring characters confronts the British presence with the ideals that will change history.
by Brenton C. Kemmer. Softbound, 171 pages. Relive the Battle of Lake George on the New York frontier in 1755. Follow Charles Nurse as he volunteers for service and makes his way to Lake George. On your way you witness Gen. William Johnson's Indian councils, the daily life of the army and the hell of colonial warfare. Then after the battle, join Charles on several hair-raising scouting forays with the famous Roert Rogers and Israel Putnam.
by Christian Wig. Softbound, 266 pages, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". A novel based on the life of Christopher Gist. Pioneer, fur trader, frontier diplomat, Gist was the first Colonial explorer of the Ohio territory, also known as Annosanah (speaker of true words). In spite of his Wyandot title, he knows he must deceive the very Indians who have named him. Remaining close to the historical record, yet richly embellishing the onsite action and interpersonal relations with a fertile, but authentic, imagination.
by Allan W. Eckert. Hardbound, 334 pages, 6" x 9". A rigorously accurate and comprehensive yet poignant and dramatic presentation of the Donner-Reed Wagon Train's grim, harrowing odyssey from Illinois westward to California, beginning in the spring of 1846 and finally, mercifully, ending in the spring of the following year. Dark Journey is the result of extended and intensive research through a multitude of original documents and contemporary accounts of this haunting chapter in American history.
by Allan W. Eckert. Hardbound, 309 pages, 6" x 9". Based on a true, but little-known episode in Daniel Boone's life, Allan Eckert's first full-length novel recreates the legendary frontiersman's most severe test - the trial for his life at Boonesborough in 1778. He faces court-martial and hanging for such high crimes as betraying his command to the Indians, conspiring to surrender Boonesborough, consorting with the enemy, and accepting favors from the British. A rousing, highly suspenseful story of the famous frontier hero with a historian's attention to the facts and a novelist's sure feeling for the danger and adventure of the 18th century wilderness.
by James Alexander Thom. Softbound, 931 pages, 5" x 8". A magnificent novel of America’s westward expansion based on the Clarks . . . a family of true American heros. In one generation, the Clark family fought for our nation’s independence, and explored,conquered and settled the continent from sea to shining sea. From George Rogers Clark to the Lewis & Clark expedition, this is an important novel not to be missed. By the author of Long Knife and Follow the River.
by James Alexander Thom. Softbound, 399 pages, 5" x 8". Mary Ingles was 23, happily married and pregnant when the Shawnee raided her peaceful Virginia settlement in 1755 and kidnapped her,eaving behind a bloody massacre. After months of captivity, Mary escaped following the Ohio River. She walked a thousand miles through a wilderness no white woman had ever seen. Her story lives as an extraordinary testimony to the indomitable strength of a pioneer woman struggling to return to her own people.
by James Alexander Thom. Softbound, 655 pages, 5" x 8". An epic novel based on the life of Tecumseh and his magnificent destiny . . . to unite his people in the struggle to save their landand their way of life from the relentless press of the white settlers. A stirring historical work, bursting with excitement, from the thunder of battle to the peaceful Indian way of life; from the inevitable clash of two races to the dream of unity and triumph that was embodied in the life of Tecumseh.
by James Alexander Thom. Softbound, 500 pages, 4" x 7". A man and a novel as great and adventurous as the American continent of two centuries ago. This is the saga of the indomitable pioneer George Rogers Clark, his magnificentfrontier explorations, the daring Revolutionary War Campaigns, the exotic woman who filled a moment with passion and a lifetime with dreams and the bitter betrayals by America’s founding fathers that turned his wilderness empire into a lone outpost of courage.
by James Alexander Thom. Softbound, 466 pages, 4" x 7". The adventures of George Drouillard on the Lewis & Clark Expedition. In this extraordinary body of work, the author does more than bring the past to life; he makes us experience history as ifwe were witnessing it for the first time. Drouillard, raised among the Shawnee, was chosen for the famous expedition because of his abilities as a hunter and as a sign-talker, a person able to communicate with the native tribes that they were sure to encounter. A magnificent tale told with intelligence and insight; full of song and suffering, humor and pathos.
by James Alexander Thom. Softbound, 533 pages, 4" x 7". The abduction of Frances Slocum, the child of peaceloving Quakers in Northeastern Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War. Frances becomes Maconakwa, the Little Bear Woman of the Miami Indians. When she is once again reunited with her birth parents, she must decide whether her heart is truly a red one.
by James Alexander and Dark Rain Thom. Softbound, 497 pages, 4" x 7". A fictionalized account of the life and trying times of Nonhelema, Women's Peace Chief of the Shawnee Nation. A real woman who lived through the American campaign to rid the country of Indians. Negotiating with military leaders of the American Revolution including Daniel Boone and George Rogers Clark, she found herself estranged from her own people and betrayed by her white allies. She was a woman whose heart was too big for the world she wished to tame.
by James Alexander Thom. Hardbound, 279 pages, 6-1/4" x 9-1/2". The story of a rogue battalion of cannoneers during the Mexican-American War of 1846. Narrated by two soldiers on opposite sides of the war, St. Patrick's Battalion tells the true but little-known story of an Irish immigrant who deserted from the U.S. Army and was joined across enemy lines by hundreds of comrades. This tale asks haunting questions about American expansionism, racism, and the machinations of a war that began before it was declared. Beautiful, harsh Mexico . . . and a crucial, bloody chapter in the making of America.
by Allan Eckert. 653 pages, 6" x 9" Hardbound. For 200 years, the Iroquois League dominated a major section of North America. This is the gripping narrative of the struggle between Englandand France to gain support of the League in a war where the final prize was the Indian’s land. A perceptive, penetrating novel based on the French and Indian War.
by Allan Eckert. 653 pages, 6" x 9" Softbound. For 200 years, the Iroquois League dominated a major section of North America. This is the gripping narrative of the struggle between Englandand France to gain support of the League in a war where the final prize was the Indian’s land. A perceptive, penetrating novel based on the French and Indian War.
by Allan Eckert. 496 pages, 6" x 9" Softbound. This fourth volume of Eckert's acclaimed series, picks up where his Wilderness Empire leaves off. Beginning in 1763, and ending in 1780, this volume deals with the destruction of the Iroquois League. Based on an abundance of primary sources: original letters, diaries, military records and much more. The Wilderness War gives a factual account, sustained with the suspense and pace of first rate fiction, of the last years of the Iroquois Empire and the first years of the American nation.
by Allan Eckert. 718 pages, 6" x 9" Hardbound. After the English victory in the French & Indian War, they started to occupy the lands they won only to meet the resistance of the Indians who saw English as a threat to their lands. This is the story of the Ottawa uprising under Chief Pontiac. Combining the accuracy of a chronicle and the spellbinding pace of a story well told, Eckert again evokes the high drama of the conquest of the Northwest.
by Allan Eckert. 718 pages, 6" x 9" Softbound. After the English victory in the French & Indian War, they started to occupy the lands they won only to meet the resistance of the Indians who saw English as a threat to their lands. This is the story of the Ottawa uprising under Chief Pontiac. Combining the accuracy of a chronicle and the spellbinding pace of a story well told, Eckert again evokes the high drama of the conquest of the Northwest.
