An anthology of early American stories for older children.

Myrtle Albertina is only nine, but she makes up a plan to help her Uncle Harvey overcome malicious gossip.

A young Pennsylvania boy takes part in the pre-Civil War anti-slavery activities.

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Jeff Barlow spends a season trapping in the Rockies with his father and hones his painting skills during the long nights. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Anse O’Neal signs on aboard the Gray Witch as she carries Southern cotton to Bermuda to exchange for guns and ammunition for Lee’s Army of Virginia.

Ben Everett joins up with the Twentieth Maine Regiment and fights from Stoneman’s Switch to Appomattox Court House.

Bill Crawford sets out from New Hampshire with a peddlar’s pack for the Ohio country.

Anse O’Neal signs on aboard the Gray Witch as she carries Southern cotton to Bermuda to exchange for guns and ammunition for Lee’s Army of Virginia.

When two of their friends disappear from the summerhouse, Eleanor and Eddy know they must break their promise and rescue them. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

The story of an orphan whose aristocratic parents die, leaving her to the parish. The illustrations likely came from Forgotten Tales of Long Ago. Read for free online at Google Books.... View More

Kate and her family are caught up in the English Civil War.

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A pictorial album illustrating the life of a Victorian family.

When Greasy Ben rustles Rosie’s cattle, the Cherokee turn out to help her get them back. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

A story of early pioneer days in St. Paul, when Fort Snelling was on the frontier.

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Louisa May Alcott’s autobiographical children’s book of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy growing up around the time of the Civil War.

Rebecca Rowena Randall comes to stay with her aunts in Riverboro.

Now John Henry was a steel driving man.

Huck and Jim, a fugitive slave, travel down the Mississippi. Lost for over a hundred years, the first half of the original manuscript of Mark Twain’s masterpiece was discovered in 1990. It contained additional material, originally cut by the au... View More

The adventures of an American doll as she travels the world.

A young soldier in the Civil War must decide what it means to be brave.

Jeff Barlow spends a season trapping in the Rockies with his father and hones his painting skills during the long nights.

Jaja, the Old African, leads his fellow slaves, walking across the ocean to Africa.

Jim Slater ran away from his father’s farmhouse to become a sailor. Later, he discovered he was aboard a slave ship.

When a smooth-talking stranger with a fast rig comes to town, Chuck and Barney are in for a summer of mystery and excitement.

Thad Hopkins is going downriver to meet his father in New Orleans when he is unceremoniously thrown in the river by a thief. He is rescued by a flatboat man -- Abe Lincoln.

Ben Everett joins up with the Twentieth Maine Regiment and fights from Stoneman’s Switch to Appomattox Court House.

They all loved to sing, except Joseph, so they eagerly fell in with Benjie's plan to form an Operatic and Concert Troupe and go on the road.

A colorful rendering of the familiar Christmas song.