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This volume presents the original text of "The Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet in California, Sonora, and Western Texas, by Captain Frederick Marryat.Although Marryat (10 July 1792 - 9 August 1848) is not well known today, he is most remembered for his sea stories, particularly the fantasy novel "The Phantom Ship," his semi-autobiographical novel "Mr Midshipman Easy" (1836), his children's novel "The Children of the New Forest" (1847), and for a widely used system of maritime flag signaling known as Marryat's Code. He was a Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens.

Written by Edward Howard (1793-1841) but often credited to his famous shipmate, Captain Fredrick Marryat, "Rattlin, The Reefer" is an autobiographical tale of his early schooling, his life as a midshipman, and his experiences aboard ship in the early 1800s with engaging nautical detail.

We love ghost stories here at Wildside Press. If you've read the first 3 volumes in the Ghost Story MEGAPACK® series, plus The Macabre MEGAPACK(TM) series, you're pretty well caught up with the classic supernatural fiction we've been reading lately. Don't worry, though -- we'll keep digging for more classic horror tales!Included in this volume are:THE FOUR-FIFTEEN EXPRESS, by Amelia B. EdwardsTHREE SPANISH LADIES, by Walter E MarconetteAT THE GATE, by Myla Jo ClosserTHE SHELL OF SENSE, by Olivia Howard DunbarTHE NIGHT CALL, by Henry van DykeHIS UNQUIET GHOST, by Mary Noailles MurfreeTHE DREAM-GOWN OF THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR, by Brander MatthewsTHE MAN IN THE MIRROR, by Lillian B. HuntHIS DAY BACK, by Jack BrantMY OWN TRUE GHOST STORY, by Rudyard KiplingTHE LONG CHAMBER, by Olivia Howard DunbarTHE PAST, by Ellen GlasgowMISS TEMPY'S WATCHERS, by Sarah Orne JewettTHE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST'S BARGAIN, by Charles DickensTHE BULLY OF BROCAS COURT, by Arthur Conan DoyleTHE SPIRAL STONE, by Arthur Willis ColtonTHE GHOST OF THE BLUE CHAMBER, by Jerome K. JeromeTHE MINIATURE, by J. Y. AkermanTO LET, by B. M. CrokerTHE FOREIGNER, by Sarah Orne JewettTHE STONEGROUND GHOST TALES, by E. G. SwainTHEY THAT MOURN, by Juliet Wilbor TompkinsGREEN BRANCHES, by Fiona MacleodTHE WERE-WOLF, by H. B. MarryattTHE GHOST AT POINT OF ROCKS, by Frank H. SpearmanIf you enjoy this book, search your favorite online bookstore for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 400+ entries in the MEGAPACK® series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

This volume collects 21 stories featuring Detective O'Malley from the pages of Collier's. They date from 1930 through the early 1940s. William MacHarg's title character is a lot of fun and sure to appeal to fans of classic puzzle mysteries.Of the series (which numbers about 80 stories), Mike Grost wrote: "The brief tales are heavily plot oriented. Some of them have mystery puzzle plots, in others the killer's identity is simply found through police work. O'Malley puts great emphasis on coming up with ingenious ideas to make the killer confess, or make a damaging admission of guilt; the stories contain numerous gimmicks of this type."Included are:The Green PaintThe RingThe SleeptalkerFingerprintsThe Fourth DegreeIn A MirrorThe Wrong HatSoiled DiamondsThe Locked DoorThe High BridgeToo Many EnemiesNo FingerprintsToo Many MilesThree BulletsThe Mind ReaderThrough The Cabin WindowSpilled PerfumeHelp From Uncle SamMrs. Walder's DiamondsCity WiseDeceiving Clothes

The restless and courageous Englishmen who fared across the sea in the 17th century, facing danger and death in their search for free homes in the wilderness, little dreamed that out of their adventure and toil there would rise in time a great republic and a new order of human society. There was nothing to indicate that the settlements along the seaboard, occupying the narrow strip of land between the ocean and the mountain ranges, would eventually grow into a mighty union of states that would be called "the melting-pot of the world."

Newton Forster, or The Merchant Service is a nautical adventure novel by Frederick Marryat, first published in 1832. The novel follows the life of Newton Forster, a young man who becomes entangled in a series of dramatic and dangerous situations at sea. From shipwrecks to pirates and naval battles, Forster navigates through the turbulent world of the merchant service, rising from misfortune to eventual success.

Harland tried everything he knew, but the name-killer-was like a bleeding brand across his chest, and there was nothing he could do to get rid of it, no way to make the others understand the truth. Everywhere he went, they offered to hire him . . . to punch cows, they said. But then he'd find what they really wanted was his gun-his gun and the reputation that went with it.Harland would make them change their minds-even if it took his blazing .44 to do it!

William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846- 1917) was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman. Buffalo Bill started working at the age of eleven, after his father's death, and became a rider for the Pony Express at age 15. During the American Civil War, he served the Union from 1863 to the end of the war in 1865. Later he served as a civilian scout for the US Army during the Indian Wars, receiving the Medal of Honor in 1872.One of the most famous and well-known figures of the American Old West, Buffalo Bill's legend began to spread when he was only 23. Shortly thereafter he started performing in shows that displayed cowboy themes and episodes from the frontier and Indian Wars. He founded Buffalo Bill's Wild West in 1883, taking his large company on tours in the United States and, beginning in 1887, in Great Britain and continental Europe.

In the crisis produced by lack of numbers of top-drawer executives, top management has instituted paper programs to mass-produce the executives needed. Few of the so-called magic formula Executive Development Programs have been successful. Executives: Making Them Click emphasizes that good executives have to be custom-built, custom-tailored to their jobs and their organizations. There is no magic formula, no simple cure-all. It's not easy admittedly, but it is the only method that works.

War Department Basic Field Manual FM70-15. This instructional handbook covers everything from basic survival to logistics to the operations of animals and vehicles in extreme cold environments. Originally published in 1944.

An overview of American inventors, mostly from the 19th-Century (with the exception of Benjamin Frankin in the 18th- and the later works of Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison in the 20th-.) Includes explanations of many of what the author considers their most important inventions, how they work, and what influence the inventions, as well as the inventors had.

When Ted and Pudge went to the All-American camp, it was for a summer of good fun. Then they discovered that they were really entered in a contest-a contest involving $50,000 for the college boy who won it. Ted just had to win that prize, both to keep baseball at College tech and to ensure his father's job as baseball coach. How he engaged in a deadly fight with wolves and was entombed in an old mine shaft with a ferocious bear are only two of the many adventures he had.Ted Moran wins out in a breathless story of heroism and resourcefulness that will thrill its readers.

Upon Mandoes Island, an American scientist know only as The Great One, had long since discovered the secret of longevity. In addtion, he has created an electronic machine known as a retrovider, which is capable of photographing a subject's long-dormant brain cells as impressed by what long-dead eyes had witnessed in actuality. Bantan's search for vengeance leads him to Mandoes Island. Despite his precautions, he is taken prisoner. Experiments follow, and the scientist realizes his greatest achievement, for he is able to photograph scenes of Babntan's earliest ancestors, who lived in the Old Stone Age-500,000 years ago. And there is Luane, a nurse, a beautiful girl who assists the scientist. She realizes love for the handsome, bronzed giant, as he does with her. How their love progresses makes exciting reading which unfortunately cannot be disclosed here.

An anthology of stories in the tradition of Arabian Nights. The Pacha charges passersby a story for their travels. But there is a catch; if the story doesn't please the Pacha, the Pacha will take another price. You should hope you have a story to offer more engaging than a romance, or it may come at the cost of your head!

An early look at the feminist movement, from the inside. Examines the social concepts of "superfluous" women, i.e., those not devoted to married life, and advocates for the emancipation, practical, physical, and higher education of women outside of family life. Includes some capsule biographies of some influential women of the 19th-century, e. g. Catherine Beecher or Clara Barton.

It is the object of this book to set forth the quickest and best method for every operation, in sewing. It is a handy book of reference, where the making of any part of a garment can be easily looked up.The making of a whole garment may seem a difficult proposition but, when thought of in individual parts, it resolves itself into simple operations. It is merely a series of joining seams, turning edges for hems, and sewing pieces together for pockets and other trimmings. Anyone who can run a sewing machine can join the pieces, if they knows how to place the goods and where to stitch