During the War of Independence, there were many Americans who fought on the British side. It was a perilous time, with spies slipping in and out of the American lines with military information. Out story begins on a stormy evening in the Weschester hills of New York, late in the year 1780 ...

Another masterpiece from the pen of Alexandre Dumas. "The Man in the Iron Mask" is an absorbing, exciting adventure that is loaded with intrigue and action. It is a story of a fight for the throne of France in the days of the Three Musketeers.

This is a magnificent story of a man's fight to prove his innocence of a crime for which he was found guilty. It is both heart-breaking and heart-warming. A story full of pathos and suspense and you'll enjoy reading and long remember.

I noticed it in an obscure corner of the New York Herald of August 13, 1863 - the announcement that Philip Nolan had died on board the US corvette Levant. Now there is no need for secrecy any longer, and it seems to me worth while to tell a little of his story by way of showing young Americans of today what it is to be a man without a country.

The Lady of the Lake is the stirring tale of James Fitz-James, the disguised King James V of Scotland; the wrongly exiled yet loyal James of Douglas; his beautiful daughter Ellen, the “Lady” of the title; the fierce yet stalwart Roderick Dhu; and the “rash youth,” Malcolm Graeme. One of Sir Walter Scott’s most popular works, this romantic story of love, betrayal, and triumph helped to create an image of Scotland as a land of legend that persists to this very day.