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[Sir Humphrey Gilbert] is a grand subject for a biography half as long as Chidsey's "Raleigh, " and Chidsey has done it well with his accus¬tomed zest." -Cincinnatti EnquirerHumphrey Gilbert has the charm of his own that Raleigh does not share and, in spite of the paucity of materials left by Gilbert, Mr. Chidsey has brought it out admirably. We admire Raleigh more, but like Gilbert better. And after all, he was an Elizabethan, which means tha...

Panama Passage is the story of Harry Kellems, a young engineer, whose wealthy, spoiled, and pampered wife decided to join him in plague-ridden, rudimentary Panama. Panama, in those days, was no place for a sheltered woman, but with the help of Colonel Gorgas, who valued Kellems as a loyal worker, the young couple managed to find not-too-bad quarters.On the boat which brought her to Panama, Phil met and became attracted to Captain Ward Wright, ...

In Plymouth harbor, a seaman rowed out to board his ship in the midnight dark. Shore leave had been very wet and he slept soundly on deck-they weren't too fussy on a pirate ship.In the morning light, the surroundings looked strange and Sal found himself among peculiar people. He had boarded, by mistake, a ship known to history as the Mayflower, on her foyage to the New World.How a blunt-spoken, hard-drinking, and hard-fighting pirate adjusted ...

An informal history of the Carolinas and Georgia in the American Revolution-when hangings were commonplace, passions were taut as strung gut, and scalding-hot tar-and-feathers were always near at hand. The American Revolution in Georgia and the Carolinas was that kind of war.It had its heroes, including the "wraith-like" Francis Marion (the Swamp Fox), Sergeant Jasper (who heroically raised the patriot flag at Fort Sullivan, "Gamecock" Sumter,...

A more unlikely Founding Father it would be hard to imagine. Samuel Adams, in appearance, was an extraordinarily ordinary man, a man unskillfully put together.Thus begins Donald Barr Chidsey's extraordinarily readable biography of the man he describes as the grandfather of his country, the man who laid the foundation. Adams, he tells us, was America's first machine politician, but he made "independence" a word to be respected.Here is the story...

As the tumbrel clatters down the streets of 18th-century London to the gallows at Tyburn, Tom Savage abandons all hope. His resemblance to the famous highwayman Harry Twekes is going to cost him his life. It might have been the better bargain, Tom realizes shortly, when after a spectacular rescue cued by the loveliest girl he ever saw, he finds himself confronted by Harry's gang, who are furious upon learning that the man they saved is not the...

If you like pirate novels, you'll enjoy Donald Barr Chidsey's MAROONED - a real swashbuckling adventure of buccaneering to match the best.Here are the rakish ships that fly the Jolly Roger, the men who swear by the pirates' code, the governor sworn to vengeance, and the fair maidens held for ransom. This is the story of Alan Waite, pirate and anti-pirate.Scum of the sea to some, a hero to his women, he is the kind of reckless sea-rover every r...

The flaming hell that was World War I was laid bare by the brutal sinking of the Lusitania. Until then, no one -- particularly in neutral America -- was prepared for the coming holocaust. But on May 7, 1915, a German u-boat, lurking off the coast of Ireland, torpedoed the unarmed passenger ship Lusitania. The vessel sank in an incredible 18 minutes -- killing 1, 195 men, women, and chilldren.

Aaron Burr was one of the most astounding and perplexing men in American history. A man who had lost the Presidency of the United States to Thomas Jefferson by only one vote in the House of Representartives, and who had himslef been Vice President, he nevertheless became notorious overnight by killing Alexander Hamilton in their famous New Jersey duel. But he went further. Burr, ever restless, ventured into the Midwest and West engaging in "st...

A vividly exciting, on-the-scene account of the most crucial winter of the American Revolution.You accompany the ragged, hungry American troops as they leave Philadelphia to spend the winter at Valley Forge. You struggle up the hill, help clear the underbrush, and fell the trees to build huts and fortifications. You endure the cold and the hunger, the sickness and the boredom, the lack of the most rudimentary conveniences, and you marvel at th...

In The Tide Turns, Donald Barr Chidsey, with the same sense of immediacy that made July 4, 1776, Valley Forge, and The Great Separation so successful, permits us to share the ordeals of the colonial army in New York and New Jersey during the first year of the rebellion. We see the approach of the largest fleet the British had ever assembled, the unopposed landing of a colossal army and its supplies on Staten Island, and the feverish preparatio...

All through the Highlands, stout Scots' hearts and hopes were high at the news that at long last the royal Stuart, their Bonnie Prince Charlie, had returned to win back the throne of England and Scotland. And none were more elated at the skirling of the bagpipes than the young Glenallan, who yearned to test his mettle against the hated English and their German-born king.Even though it meant tearing himself away from the side of his love, the b...

If you enjoy a novel of swashbuckling peril, of pirates, wenches, and the quest for Spanish gold, then Donald Barr Chidsey's new book is your dish! It's the story of a dashing young swordsman, Talbot Slanning, who for the love of a maid got himself into a jam with a favorite of Queen Bess, and had to flee from England for his life. So he sailed with Sir Francis Drake to loot the Caribbean -- and thereby began a terrific adventure!

Elizabethan England and the war with Spain. Plots, counterplots and secret couriers. Romance ashore and the Armada battles at sea. The whole color-filled panorama of the momentous 16th Century, its heroes and heroines, its explorers Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Hawkins, the mighty King Philip of Spain, the rival queens of England and Scotland, Elizabeth and Mary.And a swashbuckling young English nobleman, George Fitzwilliam, the Iron Cavalie...

When George Rounsivel's pirate band captured the niece of the Governor of the Bahamas, that young American buccaneer was in a jam. For he already shared his cabin with a jealous pirate wench who would slip a dagger into him the instant he looked at another woman.Yet he couldn't throw this blue-blooded captive to the lustful arms of the crew. For as a sea-wolf, Rounsivel was sailing under false colors -- and a single word of this from the gover...

From the moment George Heritage entered Cuban waters he was in trouble. First the Spanish coast guard shelled his vessel, then he learned his shipmates had deceived him, and finally he found himself standing against a stone wall awaiting the firing squad! After a fiery rebel señorita had snatched him from the jaws of death, the American engineer knew he couldn't return to peaceful civilization. For with a price on his head placed by both sides...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.