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Carrington: A Novel of the West
By Michael Straight. 2017
EIGHTY-ONE MEN under the command of Lt.-Col. W. J. Fetterman were ambushed by the Sioux in northern Wyoming on December…
21, 1866. Not one survived to tell their story. Old army records prove that Fetterman, a Civil War hero, was acting in defiance of explicit orders, given by his commanding officer, Col. Henry Carrington. Yet Carrington, the senior officer of the regiment, was held responsible for the disaster. In all our history there have been only two battles comparable to it: the Alamo and Custer’s Last Stand.The events of the Fetterman Massacre provide the framework for Michael Straight’s deeply moving personal story of Carrington the man, whose whole life reaches its climax in the inevitable catastrophe. Harassed by the Sioux, accused of cowardice by his officers, unsupported by his friends and even his own wife, he nonetheless sees clearly what he must do. In essence, Carrington’s tragedy is that of a man whose virtues, in time of stress, become his flaws.Michael Straight captures the very smell of battle in many scenes of Indian fighting, but it is his insight into the lives of the men (and women) of a tormented battalion on a hazardous frontier which makes Carrington a novel to set beside those of A. B. Guthrie and Walter Van Tilburg Clark on the narrow shelf of first-rate novels of the West.A Personal Narrative of Indian Massacres, 1862
By Lavinia Day Eastlick. 2017
This is a fascinating, detailed firsthand eyewitness account of the Sioux Indian massacre at Lake Shetek in Minnesota that took…
place on August 20, 1862 by one of its survivors, Mrs. Lavinia Eastlick.“In presenting this pamphlet to the public, I have given merely a plain, unvarnished statement of all the facts that came under my own observation, during the dreadful massacre of the settlers of Minnesota. Mine only was a single case among hundreds of similar instances. It is only from explicit and minute accounts from the pen of the sufferers themselves, that people living at this distance from the scene of those atrocities can arrive at any just and adequate conception of the fiendishness of the Indian character, or the extremities of pain, terror and distress endured by the victims. It can hardly be decided which were least unfortunate, those who met an immediate death at the hands of the savages, or the survivors who, after enduring tortures worse than death, from hunger, fear, fatigue, and wounds, at last escaped barely with life.”—Mrs. L. EastlickThis book also includes photos, affidavits, and other material that were compiled by Mr. Ross A. Irish, Mrs. Eastlick nephew.Overland with Kit Carson: A Narrative of the Old Spanish Trail in ‘48
By George Douglas Brewerton. 1993
Gold had just been discovered in California at the close of the Mexican War when Kit Carson started east from…
Los Angeles with dispatches. Going with him was Lieutenant George Douglas Brewerton, who describes their journey over the Old Spanish Trail. It was a torturous route across deserts and mountains requiring the kind of expert survival skills that made Kit Carson famous. The scout, who was carrying the news that would begin the rush for gold, went as far as Taos, where he was reunited with his wife. From there Brewerton joined a wagon train that labored over the Santa Fé Trail to Independence, Missouri.Overland with Kit Carson is a colorful and authentic account of encounters with Indians and white adventurers and of the hazards and hardships that accompanied anyone who undertook such a long journey in a sparsely populated country.“Of prime importance to many general readers as well as to historians will be Brewerton’s intimate and concrete pictures of Kit Carson.”—Southwest Review.Cowboy: The Cowboy Lore Of Ross Santee
By Ross Santee. 1981
“I always wanted to be a cow-puncher,” says Shorty Caraway. “As a little kid back on the farm in east…
Texas I couldn’t think of nothin’ else.” Shorty’s father took some persuading, but in the end he staked his fourteen-year-old son to a white pony, a second-hand saddle, and “forty dollars to go with the two I had, an’ he said that ought to run me until I got a job.” What happened from that day until Shorty was taken on as a regular hand is told in the pages of Ross Santee’s Cowboy, first published in 1928.“From beginning to end the reader is made at home in a world of unique standards, customs and preoccupation through the eyes of a boy who absorbs them with quick, keen ardor. He tells his own story without a backward glance toward home, without any curiosity concerning the lives of the millions who live in other worlds than his. By virtue of this contracted point of view one gets a singularly intensive and intimate picture of the cowboy and the things that make up his existence.”—New York Herald Tribune Books“Here is a Wild West narrative that is literature—and it closely verges upon being ‘Treasure Island’ literature. Here the boy is, ‘all boots an’ spurs,’ with dreams in his head and the will to make them materialize.”—Saturday Review of LiteratureA Cowman’s Wife
By Mary Kidder Rak. 2017
A Cowman’s Wife is the true account of the author’s experience as co-owner of Old Camp Rucker Ranch, a 22,000…
acre spread north of Douglas, Arizona that she purchased with her husband in 1919. It chronicles a woman’s view of cattle ranching in Northern Arizona, with all the hardships of the 1920’s and 1930’s, Native Americans, Mexicans, wolves, and horse thieves. She also tells of the pleasures of ranch life: spectacular sunsets, mountain scenery, camaraderie of ranch people, and all-night dances at neighborhood school house.A wonderful escapist read!Firewater and Forked Tongues: A Sioux Chief Interprets American History
By M. I. McCreight. 2017
As a dedicated Native American advocate since the age of 20, author Major Israel McCreight saw the sad plight of…
the Indians in the period following the Custer Fight and the Battle of Wounded Kane.This book, first published in 1947, is the account of the versions of U.S. history according to the old Sioux Chief, FLYING HAWK. Flying Hawk, who was a nephew of Sitting Bull and fought with Crazy Horse at Little Big Horn, dictated his narrative to McCreight, thus making this an account not from the perspective of “the white man”—but as it really happened…A fascinating read!Comanche, first published in 1935 and beautifully illustrated by the book’s author Barron Brown, is an account of the U.S.…
Army horse “Comanche,” who survived General George Armstrong Custer’s detachment of the United States 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.“Comanche” was bought by the U.S. Army in 1868 in St. Louis, Missouri and sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was captured in a wild horse roundup on April 3, 1868. Captain Myles Keogh of the 7th Cavalry liked the 15 hands (60 inches, 152 cm) gelding and bought him for his personal mount, to be ridden only in battle.In 1868, while the army was fighting the Comanche in Kansas, the horse was wounded in the hindquarters by an arrow but continued to carry Keogh in the fight. He named the horse “Comanche” to honor his bravery. “Comanche” was wounded many more times but always exhibited the same toughness.It was on June 25, 1876 that Captain Keogh rode “Comanche” at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, led by Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, in which their entire detachment was killed. U.S. soldiers found “Comanche,” badly wounded, two days after the battle. After being transported to Fort Lincoln, he was slowly nursed back to health. After a lengthy convalescence, “Comanche” was retired.In June 1879, “Comanche” was brought to Fort Meade by the Seventh Regiment, where he was kept like a prince until 1887. He was taken to Fort Riley, Kansas. As an honor, he was made “Second Commanding Officer” of the 7th Cavalry.“Comanche” died of colic on November 7, 1891, believed to be 29 years old at the time. He is one of only three horses in U.S. history to be given a military funeral with full military honors, the others were “Black Jack” and “Sergeant Reckless.” His remains were sent to the University of Kansas and preserved, where the taxidermy mount can still be seen today in the university’s Natural History Museum.Let The Coyotes Howl: A Story of Philmont Scout Ranch
By Samuel D. Bogan. 2017
First published in 1946, “this day-by-day narrative of events on a scout expedition will interest every ex-scout by reviving memories…
of his own experiences and his fondest daydreams. The contemporary scout will find it fascinating as proof that his own hopes are not beyond realization. That the members of this party chose an archaeological objective is not vital, for had they been interested in a survey of insect life, small rodents, reptiles, birds, or even wild plants, their story would have been equally interesting. In fact, many other objectives could be chosen, all equally promising, such as making a topographical map, a geological survey, or a study of stream and wind erosion. Finally, a historical program could be devised, such as following the trail of De Soto, part of the trail of Lewis and Clark, or the path of prairie schooners along the Old Platte Trail.”—Samuel D. BoganMy Nameday: Come for Dessert
By Helen McLoughlin. 2017
MY NAMEDAY—COME FOR DESSERT, which was first published in 1962, is an invitation to parents to celebrate the family’s namedays.…
It contains the names, feasts, and symbols of our Blessed Mother and the saints, prayers of the liturgy, and appropriate desserts for the celebration of the sanctoral cycle of the Church year in the home.A nameday commemorates the feast of the saint whose name we received at baptism. To the Church’s mind, the day of the saint’s death is his real feastday, and that is the day usually assigned as his feast—his birthday into heaven. In some countries and in most religious orders it is customary to observe namedays instead of birthdays.On a child’s nameday, “My Nameday—Come for Dessert” is a popular way to entertain. It is economical, festive and meaningful, and permits the family to splurge on a fabulous dessert without inflicting lasting wounds on the budget. It can be a “little evening”—a time for a party and a prayer for the child in the company of his friends, a time for pleasant conversation for the grown-ups who accompany them.Loafing Along Death Valley Trails: A Personal Narrative of People and Places
By William Caruthers. 2017
In 1926, on the advice of his doctor, former newspaperman William Caruthers, whose writings appeared in most Western magazines during…
a career spanning more than 25 years, retired to an orange grove near Ontario, California. Once there, he would go on to spend much of his time during the next 25 years in the Death Valley region, witnessing the transition of Death Valley from a prospector’s hunting ground to a mecca for winter tourists.This book, which was first published in 1951, is William Caruthers’ personal narrative of the old days in Death Valley—”of people and places in Panamint Valley, the Amargosa Desert and the big sink at the bottom of America.”A wonderful read.Immortality: Immortality
By Loraine Boettner. 2017
In this concise, comprehensive, and hope-filled study of death and immortality, which was first published in 1956, author Loraine Boettner…
addresses a wide range of existential questions, including what happens at death, prayers for the dead, burial versus cremation, soul sleep, annihilation, purgatory, and eternal life.“...an enriching, wholesome and comforting book.”—The Evangelical Christian“It is doubtful if any monograph on this subject has ever been published that treats it in a more convincing and challenging manner.”—The Southern Presbyterian Journal“...well written, carefully documented, Scripturally sound, logically presented, and most helpful.”—Sunday School Board, Southern Baptist ConventionA Right Conception of Sin: Its Relation to Right Thinking and Right Living
By Richard S. Taylor. 2017
“The power of the atonement does not, through faith, take us to heaven in our sinful condition, but changes our…
condition from sinfulness to holiness in order that we may be prepared for heaven.“The atonement does not change the nature of sin, but proposes to change the nature at man. It does not take the deadliness out of sin, but takes sin out of man. Therefore we believe the following three facts essential to God’s plan of redemption:“1. Repentance which leads to saving faith is a condition of salvation, and the attitude of repentance—renunciation and hatred of all sin—must be retained if salvation is to be retained.“2. If at any time practice of sin is resumed, or the means of grace carelessly and continually neglected, or faith in Christ as personal Saviour cease to be active, such sin, either of commission or omission, will again separate the soul from God, and if unrepented of, will ultimately cause the loss of all the benefits once known, and the eternal damnation of the soul.“3. The pardon of all sin through faith and repentance, victory over outward sin, and purging of the nature of all sinfulness, in this life, are three privileges made possible by the blood, and constitute the absolute requirements for entrance into heaven.” (Richard S. Taylor)It is of extreme importance that all Christians have a correct conception of sin. Right living and right thinking will come only to the Christian who understands what the New Testament means by sin. Let this become cloudy, or let it become a matter of indifference, and Christianity will have received a grievous hurt.Happy Adventurer: An Autobiography
By Adm. Lord Mountevans. 2017
First published in 1951, this is the autobiography of Admiral Lord Mountevans, and it is indeed a tale of high…
spirits. The writer has a fine sense of adventure, and he revels in the excitement of the incredibly beautiful scenes which were frequently encountered. As he states himself in the opening—“If I had my life over again I certainly wouldn’t change it, because it has been full of excitements, hazards and adventures, in peace as well as in war”—the reader is left with the impression that Admiral Lord Mountevans would certainly do it all again if he could, and knows that he or she is getting an authentic picture of real happenings.Abandoned: The Story of the Greely Arctic Expedition, 1881-1884
By A. L. Todd. 2017
Alden L. Todd’s Abandoned has been called “A model account of perhaps the most ill-fated and certainly the most grimly…
fascinating episode in the annals of Arctic exploration....” Working extensively with primary sources—official correspondence, diaries, letters, notes by the expedition’s participants and those left at home and in the nation’s capital—Alden Todd presents an evenhanded, elegantly written account of the greatest tragedy in the history of American arctic exploration: the Greely expedition of 1881-1884.Launched as part of the United States’ participation in the first International Polar Year, the expedition sent twenty-five volunteers to what is now Ellesmere Island in the Canadian High Arctic, off the northwest coast of Greenland, commanded by Adolphus Washington Greely, a thirty-seven-year-old lieutenant in the U.S. Army’s Signal Corps.The ship sent to resupply them in the summer of 1882 was forced to turn back before reaching the station, and the men were left to endure short rations and unbroken isolation at their icy base. When the second relief ship, sent in 1883, was crushed in the ice, Greely led his men south, following a prearranged plan. The crew spent a third and increasingly more wretched winter camped at Cape Sabine. Supplies ran out, the hunting failed, and men began to die of starvation.Abandoned is a gripping account of men battling for survival as they are pitted against the elements and each other. It is also the most complete and authentic account of the controversial Greely Expedition ever published, an exemplar of the best in chronicles of polar exploration.Heralds of God: A Practical Book On Preaching
By James S. Stewart. 2017
This classic book on evangelical preaching by Scottish minister James S. Stewart, which was first published in 1946, has inspired…
generations of preachers to strive for greater effectiveness in their proclamations.The pages contained within this book were originally addressed as lectures in the Universities of Edinburgh and St. Andrews to Divinity students and ministers, and it is the author’s hope that they will “have something to say to the wider circle of those who Sunday by Sunday are hearers of the Word of God, ‘loving the habitation of His house and the place where His honour dwelleth,’ and perhaps even to the critic in the back pew.”A practical and inspiring read.Change Your Life Through Prayer
By Stella Terrill Mann. 2017
First published in 1945, this book by Christian author Stella Terrill Mann is a series of case histories of experiments…
with prayer, with suggested programs whereby the reader may make his own experiments and change his own life through prayer.“This book has come to you. Since nothing can come to you except that which belongs to you or that which you need for your growth, accept it as an answer to a need, and do not let the book go until it gives you a blessing.”—Stella Terrill Mann, Preface“This book really did change my life….If you could read only one book on prayer, I would unhesitatingly urge you to choose this one.”—Marjorie Holmes, bestselling author of I’ve Got to Talk to Somebody, GodCrime and Immorality in the Catholic Church
By Emmett McLoughlin. 2017
The stories in this book, which was first published in 1962, centre on the actions of some priests during the…
1950s, echoing stories from today’s front pages. However, former Franciscan priest and bestselling author of People’s Padre and American Culture and Catholic Schools, Emmett McLoughlin focus in Crime and Immorality in the Catholic Church is less on the priesthood, and more on the parishioners.To investigate his theory that the Catholic religion promotes criminal behavior rather than preventing it, he conducted a survey of all the prisons in the country in 1960. In every state, the percentage of Catholic inmates was greater than the state’s percentage of Catholics in the population, even using the church’s inflated figures. He then performed a similar survey of institutionalized mental patients, exploring the theory that Catholic beliefs drive people crazy, and came up with the same results.A courageous, thought-provoking book.6,000 Miles of Fence: Life on the XIT Ranch of Texas
By Cordia Sloan Duke. 2017
The fabulous XIT Ranch has been celebrated in song, story, and serious history. This book of reminiscences of old XIT…
cowmen puts on record the everyday life of the individuals who made the ranch run.During her years as a ranch wife, Cordia Sloan Duke wrote a diary; excerpts from her written recordings are here brought together with the reminiscences of the ranch hands. Their forthright, yet picturesque, discussion of ranching hardships and dangers dissipates Hollywood and TV glamorizing, and instead they relate in honest cowboy language what actually happened inside the XIT’s 6,000 miles of fence.“Joe Frantz, one of Texas’ most able writers, has taken the diary of Mrs. Cordia Sloan Duke, widow of XIT’s division manager, plus the terse and pithy reminiscences she collected from former XIT cowboys, and turned them into a unique, readable and realistic account of the cowboy’s way of life.”—New York Times Book Review“This book, with all the merit of being an organized and beautifully presented story, is more than a social history; it is source material, resting on the firm bedrock of first-hand accounts. Hence, while it joins in many libraries and collections several shelves of other cowboy books, it will always be on the top shelf with a select few that have made real contributions to the history of the American West. As a man should be measured by his own standards, and an event in terms of its own time, a book should be evaluated in relation to its purpose. By this standard, as well as by comparison with other books in its library classification, 6,000 Miles of Fence is a success.”—Southwestern Historical QuarterlyThe Captive Witch
By Dale Van Every. 2017
Dale Van Every’s soaring adventure saga of the untamed Kentucky wilderness, a savage woman and the young frontiersman who set…
out to conquer them both…They weathered the brutal winter of ‘79 in an isolated cave deep in the Kentucky wilderness: Adam Frane, backwoodsman, rifleman, soldier; and Nita, the proud, passionate woman who had rejected her civilized past for the life of a Cherokee squaw. They shred that cruel season knowing that, when the thaws came, Adam would return to Trace’s Landing and to Cynthia, the faithful young widow who waited for him there; knowing, too, that Nita would try to keep him—with all the savage passion that had earned her the name…One of Dale Van Every’s most exciting historical novels…filled with the raw emotions and rich adventures of America’s untamed past…“Fascinating, vivid, real!”—The New York TimesKings Will Be Tyrants
By Ward Hawkins. 2017
Kings Will Be Tyrants by Ward Hawkins is a 1959 novel about fighting in Cuba. Bernardo Manuel Patrick O'Brien is…
a former U.S. Marine who winds up fighting for Castro. Though a Marine, he has to deal with the conflict of his heritage, both Cuban and American.REBELS AND LOVERSThey sat side by side on the bank of the stream. In the moonlight, O’Brien could see the oval of her face, the brushed-back hair, the level hazel eyes and the soft mouth. He could see the swelling of her breasts in the open front of her shirt, the slender bare feet dangling in the water, and he could smell the many small odors that named her woman.She was very desirable. It was only in the matter of politics that they were on opposite sides. “I believe there is one matter in which we could agree,” he said softly.The girl met his searching look with a tentative smile.He reached out and put his big rough but oddly gentle hands on her shoulders and pushed her back until she was lying on the ground. She did not resist.But when he bent to put his mouth against hers, she whispered, “I have not done this before.”O’Brien tightened his arms around her. “Then it is time,” he said.Not since Hemingway’s FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS has there been such a gripping novel of love and war… “Dramatic, entertaining, highly readable…”—Los Angeles Times