American Literature

An Undivided Union

Optic, Oliver; Stratemeyer, Edward

An Undivided Union is a juvenile adventure set amid the turmoil of the American Civil War, written by Oliver…

Sketches New and Old

Mark Twain

Sketches New and Old is a miscellany of Twain’s short, comic pieces that lampoon the quirks of 19th‑century…

Flamsted quarries

Mary E. Waller

Flamsted Quarries is a work of fiction by Mary E. Waller, first published in 1910 and illustrated by G.

My Bondage and My Freedom

Frederick Douglass

The work is an autobiographical account by Frederick Douglass, the former enslaved person from Maryland who…

The Young Alaskans on the Missouri

Emerson Hough

The Young Alaskans on the Missouri is a juvenile adventure set along the Missouri River in the era of early…

Nights With Uncle Remus: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation

Joel Chandler Harris

Nights With Uncle Remus gathers a series of plantation‑era fables, each centered on animal characters that…

The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan

Thomas Dixon, Jr.

The novel is a sprawling historical romance that places its characters amid the turbulent aftermath of…

The Secret of the Ninth Planet

Donald A. Wollheim

Donald A. Wollheim’s The Secret of the Ninth Planet is a mid‑century science‑fiction adventure that opens…

Anthem

Ayn Rand

The work is a speculative, psychological narrative that blends science‑fiction ideas with a stark,…

The Chessmen of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

The opening places you squarely in Burroughs’s barsoomian adventure, a science‑fiction tale set on a vividly…

In Our Town

William Allen White

In In Our Town William Allen White offers a satirical portrait of a typical American country community,…

Camp-fire and Wigwam

Edward Sylvester Ellis

Camp‑fire and Wigwam is a juvenile adventure set in the American frontier, blending a coming‑of‑age tale with…

Rip Van Winkle

Washington Irving

Washington Irving’s tale is a fanciful snapshot of early‑American life, set in the Catskill region of New…

Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book

Anna Fuller

Anna Fuller’s Peak and Prairie is a series of short, loosely linked sketches that paint a picture of life on…

In Jeopardy

Van Tassel Sutphen

In In Jeopardy Van Tassel Sutphen weaves a hybrid of inheritance drama, romance, and mystery set against a…

The Faith Doctor: A Story of New York

Edward Eggleston

The Faith Doctor is a late‑Victorian novel that sets its scene in the bustling streets of New York, using the…

The Jungle

Upton Sinclair

The novel opens in a bustling back‑room of a Chicago saloon, where a Lithuanian wedding is in full swing.

Erik Dorn

Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht’s Erik Dorn is a modernist novel set in Chicago that unfolds as a meditation on urban life and the…

The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest

James B. Hendryx

The Promise is a rugged western adventure set in the snow‑bound forests of the Northwestern States, and it…

The Witch of Salem; or, Credulity Run Mad

John R. Musick

John R. Musick’s The Witch of Salem; or, Credulity Run Mad is a historical novel that dramatizes the volatile…

The Reckoning

Robert W. Chambers

The Reckoning is a historical romance set amid the American Revolution, the fourth installment in Robert W.

The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution

James Francis Barrett

The Loyalist is a historical romance set against the backdrop of the American Revolution, written by James…

The Land That Time Forgot

Edgar Rice Burroughs

The work is a pulp‑era adventure that blends science‑fiction with prehistoric fantasy, as indicated by its…

Letters of Asa Gray; Vol. 2

Asa Gray

This volume gathers a series of Asa Gray’s letters from the early 1860s, revealing the botanist’s candid…