Fiction
John Hawke's Fortune: A Story of Monmouth's Rebellion
by G. A. Henty
George Alfred Henty covered the Austro-Italian War, the 1868 British invasion
of Ethiopia, the Franco-Prussian War, the Ashanti Wars, the Turco-Serbian War
and rebellions in Spain. As a man of his times, in ideology he was an imperialist
who believed in the values of the British Empire.
The Young Vigilantes: A Story of California Life in the 1850s
by Samuel Adams Drake
The California Gold Rush really was a bonanza. Between 1849 and 1855
more than $400 million dollars was gathered by the miners; once adjusted,
it is a sum today reaching into the trillions. It was a social phenomenon
marked by the carnivalesque. The Young Vigilantes offers a fictionalized
account of California life at the time.
Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California
by G. A. Henty
George Alfred Henty was a war correspondent and novelist. He became
known for his young protagonists--the “Henty heroes”--because they exemplified the cool, calm, intelligent qualities that he identified with the public
school—in the British sense of private boarding school—lads who served
the Empire. He authored more than 122 novels.
Bugle Echoes: A Collection of the Poetry of the Civil War
by Francis F. Browne
Bugle Echoes offers a vast collection of poetry illustrating the lived experiences of the Civil War. The collection was edited by Francis Fisher Browne
(1843-1913) who fought in the Civil War as a soldier in the Forty-Sixth
Massachusetts Volunteers.
Indian and Scout: A Tale of the Gold Rush to California
by F. S. Brereton, Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo
Frederick Sadleir Brereton (1852-1957) served in the Royal Army Medical
Corps during World War I. Brereton wrote a variety of stories, most of which
focused on conflicts around the world. Indian and Scout is his imagining of
the California Gold Rush.
Tales of Old Japan
by A. B. Mitford
It was during his service in Japan, in 1871, that he wrote Tales of Old Japan.
The book introduced a whole new audience to Japanese culture and folklore, and is considered a milestone in East-West understanding.
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