title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
My Ántonia | Cather, Willa Sibert, 1873-1947 | en | | | | Czech Americans -- Fiction; Domestic fiction; Farmers' spouses -- Fiction; Farm life -- Fiction; Friendship -- Fiction; Frontier and pioneer life -- Nebraska -- Fiction; Married women -- Fiction; Nebraska -- Fiction; Western stories; Women immigrants -- Fiction; Women pioneers -- Fiction | 2006-11-14 |
Blazed Trail Stories
and Stories of the Wild Life | White, Stewart Edward, 1873-1946 | en | | Blazed trail stories: The riverman. The foreman. The scaler. The river-boss. The fifth way. The life of the winds of heaven.--Stories of the wild life: The girl who got rattled. Billy’s tenderfoot. The two cartridges. The race. The saving grace. The prospector. The girl in red. | | Western stories; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction | 2007-08-04 |
Selected Stories of Bret Harte | Harte, Bret, 1836-1902 | en | | The luck of Roaring Camp -- The Outcasts of Poker Flat -- Miggles -- Tennessee's Partner -- The Idly of Red Gulch -- Brown of Calaveras -- High-Water Mark -- A Lonely Ride -- The Man of No Account -- Mliss -- The Right Eye of the Commander -- Notes by Flood and Field -- An Episode of Fiddletown -- Barker's Luck -- A Yellow Dog -- A Mother of Five -- Bulger's Reputation -- In the Tules -- A Convert of the Mission -- The Indiscretion of Elsbeth -- The Devotion of Enriquez | | Western stories; Short stories | 2006-05-03 |
Studies in Literature and History | Lyall, Alfred Comyn, Sir, 1835-1911 | en | | Novels of adventure and manners -- English letter-writing in the nineteenth century -- Thackeray -- The Anglo-Indian novelist -- Heroic poetry -- The works of Lord Byron -- The English utilitarians -- Characteristics of Mr. Swinburne's poetry -- Frontiers ancient and modern -- L'Empire liberal -- Sir Spencer Walpole -- Remarks on the reading of history -- Race and religion -- The state in its relation to Eastern and Western religions. | Miller, John O. [Editor] | Literature; English literature; History; Religion; Utilitarianism | 2008-06-30 |
Starlight Ranch
and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier | King, Charles, 1844-1933 | en | | Starlight ranch -- Well won; or, From the plains to "The Point" -- From "The Point" to the plains -- The worst man in the troop -- Van. | | Western stories; Soldiers -- Fiction; United States. Army -- Military life -- Fiction; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction; West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction | 2008-07-27 |
A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others | | en | | Dickens, C. A Christmas carol -- Sangster, M. E. The Christmas babe -- Corning, Mrs. W. H. A western Christmas -- Bacheller, I. Joe's search for Santa Claus -- Schayer, J. Angela's Christmas -- The first Puritan Christmas tree -- Butterworth, H. First New England Christmas -- Dickens, C. The chimes -- Redmond, C. Billy's Santa Claus experience -- Stowe, Mrs. H. B. Christmas in Poganuc -- Molesworth, Mrs. The Christmas princess -- Widow Townsend's visitor -- Wilcox, E. W. The old man's Christmas -- Dickens, C. The Christmas goblin -- Mead, C. H. The song of the star -- Collingwood, H. W. Indian Pete's Christmas gift -- My Christmas dinner -- Dickens, C. The poor traveler -- The legend of the Christmas tree -- Ewing, J. H. The peace egg. | | | 2009-02-26 |
1914 | French, John Denton Pinkstone, Earl of Ypres, 1852-1925 | en | | | | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives; World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front; World War, 1914-1918 -- Photography | 2008-02-06 |
Faro Nell and Her Friends
Wolfville Stories | Lewis, Alfred Henry, 1857-1914 | en | | Dead-Shot Baker -- Old Man Enright's uncle -- Cynthiana, pet-named original sin -- Old Monte, official drunkard -- How the mocking bird was won -- That Wolfville-Red Dog Fourth -- Propriety Pratt, hypnotist -- That Turner person -- Red Mike -- How Tutt shot Texas Thompson -- The funeral of Old Holt -- Spelling Book Ben. | | Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction; Humorous stories, American; Ranch life -- Fiction; Cowboys -- Fiction; Western stories; Arizona -- Social life and customs -- Fiction | 2009-07-22 |
Wolfville Nights | Lewis, Alfred Henry, 1857-1914 | en | | Some cowboy facts -- The dimissal of Silver Phil -- Colonel Sterett's panther hunt -- How Faro Nell dealt bank -- How the Raven died -- The queerness of Dave Tutt -- With the Apache's compliments -- The mills of savage gods -- Tom and Jerry, wheelers -- The influence of Faro Nell -- The ghost of the Bar-B-8 -- Tucson Jennie's correction -- Bill Connors of the Osages -- When Tutt first saw Tucson -- The troubles of Dan Boggs -- Bowlegs and Major Ben -- Toad Allen's elopement -- The clients of Aaron Green -- Colonel Sterett's marvels -- The luck of Hardrobe -- Long ago on the Rio Grande -- Colonel Coyote Clubbs. | | Arizona -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Cowboys -- Fiction; Humorous stories, American; Ranch life -- Fiction; Western stories | 2004-10-11 |