George Barr McCutcheon

Excerpt from West Wind Drift For months ships of all nations searched for the miss ing steamer. Not so much as the smallest piece of wreckage rewarded the ceaseless quest. The great vessel, with all its precious cargo, had slipped into its niche among the profoundest mysteries of the sea. Came the day, therefore, when the Secretary of the Navy wrote down against her name the ugly sentence Lost with' all on board.

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Castle Craneycrow by George Barr McCutcheon

George Barr McCutcheon—author of the classic novel Brewster's Millions, as well as the Graustark series—was a popular American novelist in the early 20th century. This volume assembles no less than 25 of his works, including Brewster's Millions and four Graustark novels—more othan 2,700 pages!Included are:BREWSTER'S MILLIONSGRAUSTARKBEVERLY OF GRAUSTARKTRUXTON KINGTHE PRINCE OF GRAUSTARKCASTLE CRANEYCROWTHE DAY OF THE DOGTHE PURPLE PARASOLNEDRATHE FLYERSTHE HUSBANDS OF EDITHTHE ALTERNATIVEWHAT'S-HIS-NAMEA FOOL AND HIS MONEYA NIGHT TO BE REMEMBEREDYOU ARE INVITED TO BE PRESENTTHE PERFECT END OF A DAYTHE BEST MAN WINS!VICIOUS LUCIUSTHE VEILED LADY AND THE SHADOWTHE ASTONISHING ACTS OF ANNANO QUESTIONS ANSWEREDSHADES OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN!JAKE MILLER HANGS HIMSELFTHE DAUGHTER OF ANDERSON CROWAnd don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see all the other entries in this series, including volumes of adventure fiction, fantasy, mystery, westerns, science fiction, and much, much more!

The Man From Brodney's by George Barr McCutcheon

Nedra by George Barr McCutcheon

From the Housetops by George Barr McCutcheon

Kenneth Gwynne was five years old when his father ran away with Rachel Carter, a widow. This was in the spring of 1812, and in the fall his mother died. His grandparents brought him up to hate Rachel Carter, an evil woman.

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The Prince of Graustark was written in the year 1914 by George Barr McCutcheon. This book is one of the most popular novels of George Barr McCutcheon, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

The Hollow of Her Hand by George Barr McCutcheon

A young man and an old one sat in the shade of the willows beside the wide, still river. The glare of a hot August sun failed to penetrate the shelter in which they idled; out upon the slow-gliding river it beat relentlessly, creating a pale, thin vapour that clung close to the shimmering surface and dazzled the eye with an ever-shifting glaze. The air was lifeless, sultry, stifling; not a leaf, not a twig in the tall, drooping willows moved unless stirred by the passage of some vagrant bird.

Young Brewster inherits a million dollars from his grandfather. Soon afterwards, his rich uncle also dies, leaving him seven million dollars. His uncle, however, hated Brewster's grandfather and places a condition on his will: Brewster has to spend every penny of his grandfather's million in a year, without gaining any assets or goods. If he succeeds, he will inherit his uncle's seven million. If not, he will be as penniless as he was before.

Beverly is a bewitching American girl who has gone to that stirring little principality—Graustark—to visit her friend the princess, and there has a romantic affair of her own.

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FOR thirty seconds no one moved. An odd sort of paralysis seemed to have gripped every one in the room,—paralysis of the mind as well as of the body. Then puzzled, wondering looks were exchanged.

The Paladins of Edwin the Great by Clements R. Markham

Excerpt: ...when to be silent,

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