American Literature

The letters of Hart Crane, 1916-1932

Hart Crane

The volume is a collection of Hart Crane’s letters written between 1916 and 1932, assembled to complement the…

The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon; or, The Hermit of the Cave

Carson, James, Captain

The story introduces the “Saddle Boys,” two teenage riders, Frank Haywood, the son of a wealthy Arizona…

The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service

James R. Driscoll

The story opens in a high‑school setting where three bright, eager boys, Joe, Jerry and the self‑conscious…

Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore

Josephine Chase

The work is a juvenile‑fiction tale set in the world of early‑twentieth‑century college life, focusing on…

Fernley House

Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

Fernley House is a gentle, domestic tale that centers on Margaret Montfort, a young woman navigating the…

Cavanagh, Forest Ranger: A Romance of the Mountain West

Hamlin Garland

Garland’s Cavanagh, Forest Ranger is a Western romance that opens with a nostalgic letter from Gifford…

Otherwise Phyllis

Meredith Nicholson

The novel opens with a vivid, almost cinematic scene of a campfire on the edge of a limestone canyon in…

Tabitha at Ivy Hall

Ruth Brown MacArthur

The novel opens with a fierce, almost theatrical scene in which a little girl named Tabitha, referred…

Work and Win; Or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise

Oliver Optic

The work is a mid‑nineteenth‑century juvenile adventure that blends Christian moral instruction with lively…

Frank Merriwell's Bravery

Burt L. Standish

Frank Merriwell’s Bravery is a juvenile adventure set against the rough‑and‑ready backdrop of the Oklahoma…

Mr. Stubbs's Brother A Sequel to 'Toby Tyler'

James Otis

The book is a sequel to James Otis’s juvenile adventure Toby Tyler, set in the same small‑town world where…

Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner

Ellsworth Douglass

The work is a turn‑of‑the‑century speculative adventure that begins with a newspaper‑style report on the…

Five Hundred Dollars; or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret

Horatio Alger, Jr.

The novel opens with a weary traveler, Jacob Marlowe, returning to his hometown of Lakeville after…

Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales

Ruth McEnery Stuart

Solomon Crow’s Christmas Pockets and Other Tales is a Southern‑style vignette that follows the early life of…

Frank of Freedom Hill

Samuel A. Derieux

Frank of Freedom Hill is a juvenile adventure narrated through the eyes of a red‑Irish setter named Dan,…

This Side of Paradise

F. Scott Fitzgerald

This novel is a coming‑of‑age story that follows Amory Blaine, the son of a wealthy Chicago family, from his…

Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War

Finley Peter Dunne

This work is a collection of humorous sketches by the fictional Irish‑American tavern‑philosopher Mr.

The Copper Princess: A Story of Lake Superior Mines

Kirk Munroe

The Copper Princess is a juvenile adventure set amid the copper‑mining boom of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

The Jucklins: A Novel

Opie Percival Read

The Jucklins is a regional novel set in the rural South, tracing the life of Bill, a self‑described “lazy”…

Country Neighbors

Alice Brown

Country Neighbors is a quiet slice of early‑twentieth‑century American fiction that opens in the modest…

Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels

Percy Keese Fitzhugh

Roy Blakeley’s Camp on Wheels is a juvenile adventure that follows a troop of Boy Scouts as they grapple with…

Rebel Spurs

Andre Norton

Rebel Spurs is a historical western that follows Drew Rennie, a freshly discharged Confederate scout, as he…

Flint: His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes

Maud Wilder Goodwin

The work is a light‑hearted turn‑of‑the‑century novel that opens with a bustling, self‑conscious diary entry…

Library of the best American literature Containing the lives of our authors in story form, their portraits, their homes, and their personal traits, how they worked and what they wrote; choice selections from eminent writers, embracing great American poets and novelists, foremost women in American letters, distinguished critics and essayists, our national humorists, noted journalists and magazine contributors, popular writers for young people, great orators and public lecturers

This volume is a comprehensive survey of American letters, arranged as a series of biographical sketches and…