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First published in 1869, "The Wild Man of the West: A Tale of the Rocky Mountains" is a Western fiction novel aimed at children by Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne. Presented as a series of stories told by "mountain men", it revolves around the early trappers and hunters of the Rocky Mountains and their tumultuous relationship with the Native Americans. A rip-roaring adventure full of beautiful descriptions and fantastic characters, "The Wild Man...
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(Excerpt): "Dear Jack,-You'll be surprised to see my fist, but not more surprised than I was to hear from an old hunter just arrived, that you had taken to farming. It's not your forte, Jack, my boy. Be advised. Sell off the farm for what it will fetch, and come and join me. My antecedents are not in my favor, I grant; but facts are stubborn things, and it is a fact that I am making dollars here like stones. I'm a fur-trader, my boy. Have joined a...
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"Over the Rocky Mountains" is a children's adventure novel by Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne, first published in 1869. Set in the American Old West, this rip-roaring adventure will appeal to both adults and children alike and is not to be missed by collectors of classic Western fiction.
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"The Golden Dream: Adventures in the Far West" is an 1861 Western fiction novel for children written by Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne. Set in the American Old West, this exciting story of high adventure and daring-do is highly recommended for children with an interest in history, and it is not to be missed by collectors of classic Western fiction.
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"The Buffalo Runners: A Tale of the Red River Plains" is a children's adventure novel set in the American Old West by Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne. Full of thrilling action, terrible danger, and intrepid heroism, "The Buffalo Runners" will appeal to children with an interest in history and would make for a worthy addition to collections of vintage Western literature.
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Excerpt: "Fred Temple was a tall, handsome young fellow of about five-and-twenty. He had a romantic spirit, a quiet gentlemanly manner, a pleasant smile, and a passionate desire for violent exercise. To look at him you would have supposed that he was rather a lazy man, for all his motions were slow and deliberate. He was never in a hurry, and looked as if it would take a great deal to excite him. But those who knew Fred Temple well used to say that...
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Set in the outback of Canada this book unfolds in the area with which Ballantyne was so familiar. If you like to read about this area you will find lots in this book to amuse you. (Excerpt from Chapter I): "On the northern shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence there stood, not very long ago, a group of wooden houses, which were simple in construction and lowly in aspect. The region around them was a vast uncultivated, uninhabited solitude. The road...
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