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Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane
Roy Rockwood
A brave teenage aviator battles high-altitude storms, treacherous rival pilots, and stolen blueprints to prove his mettle in the golden age of early aviation.
Money Island
Andrew Jackson Howell
Surrender to the lure of long-buried pirate gold, where a faded family manuscript unlocks a childhood search along the sun-drenched North Carolina coast.
The Boy Allies in the Trenches
Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
Two brave American teenagers throw themselves into the fires of the First World War, defying family, surviving treacherous espionage, and holding the line against the German advance.
The Brighton Boys with the Flying Corps
James R. Driscoll
An American high school class at the onset of World War I leaves the classroom behind to become military aviators on the Western Front.
The Cave by the Beech Fork: A Story of Kentucky—1815
Henry S. (Henry Stanislaus) Spalding
Deep in the frontier woods of early nineteenth-century Kentucky, two young hunters stumble into a hidden cavern, entangling themselves in a shadowy network of wilderness outlaws, wartime news, and local rifle trials.
The Gold Trail
Harold Bindloss
In the rugged wilderness of western Canada, an exiled Englishman and a fierce contractor’s daughter fight through treacherous ranges, mud, and desperation to claim a future carved from solid rock.
The King of Pirates: Being an Account of the Famous Enterprises of Captain Avery, the Mock King of Madagascar
Daniel Defoe
Stripping away legend to expose reality, these fake letters from a real pirate trade bombastic myth for a coolly calculating narrative of seafaring crime, fortune, and quiet retirement.
The Last of the Huggermuggers
Christopher Pearse Cranch
A young sailor boy is washed ashore on a strange island where gentle giants live, but his attempt to bring one home ends in unexpected tragedy.
The Motor Girls Through New England
Margaret Penrose
A group of spirited young people, motoring through New England, face down road troubles, shadowy prowlers, and a high-stakes kidnapping before steering their tour toward a triumphant conclusion.
The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf
Quincy Allen
Four high school friends on Christmas break trade the cold northern winter for a motor-boat cruise down a Florida river, discovering that wild swamps, runaway fugitives, and skyborne perils turn a simple holiday into a true wilderness test.
The Shriek: A Satirical Burlesque
Charles Somerville
A send-up of early twentieth-century desert romance novels, this parody skewers every trope of the genre with relentless, slapstick enthusiasm.
Up the Forked River
Edward Sylvester Ellis
In the shadowy waterways and treacherous mountain corridors of South America, a young American veteran finds that rescuing his beloved from the clutches of rival dictators requires navigating an intricate web of revolution, gunboat diplomacy, and romance.
Wacousta : a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy
Major (John) Richardson
A vengeful giant of a man terrorizes a British frontier garrison, using the local Pontiac uprising to wage a devastating personal vendetta against its cold, uncompromising commander.