HAVING heard of you as one ever ready to promote the literature of your Country, and to develope its history, I have determined to forward you the accompanying, with a request that you will commit it to the press, if, according to your judgment, it possesses sufficient merits. In writing this manuscript I cannot claim to rank as an , having merely thrown together, with very little embellishment, facts that I have been enabled to collect from a variety of scattered sources. A few years ago ...

In "Eoneguski, or, The Cherokee Chief: A Tale of Past Wars. Vol. II," Robert Strange weaves a richly detailed narrative that immerses readers in the historical complexities of Cherokee culture and its conflicts with encroaching settlers in the 18th and 19th centuries. The prose is both lyrical and evocative, reflecting the romantic literary style of the era while grounded in the historical realities faced by Indigenous peoples. This volume explores themes of resilience, identity, and the i...

In "Eoneguski, or, The Cherokee Chief: A Tale of Past Wars. Vol. I," Robert Strange intricately weaves a narrative that delves into the tumultuous history of the Cherokee people, set against the backdrop of early American conflicts. The book is characterized by a vivid, descriptive prose style that captures both the grandeur and the tragedies of the Cherokee experience. Strange employs a historical fiction approach, blending factual events with imaginative storytelling, which not only refl...

In "Eoneguski, or, The Cherokee Chief: A Tale of Past Wars. Vol. II," Robert Strange presents a rich tapestry of Cherokee history intertwined with profound themes of leadership, conflict, and cultural identity. The narrative unfolds with striking lyrical prose that reflects both the oral traditions of Native American storytelling and the historical novel form prevalent in the 19th century. Strange crafts a vivid portrayal of the Cherokee experience, offering readers insights into the compl...

FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ALONE'Such a skilled and engaging writer'Deborah Levy'Schreiber's prose is gorgeous, practically silken'Lauren GroffNothing in this world lasts forever.Exhausted and isolated, numbed to his feelings by all-consuming work, Daniel Schreiber sought escape in Venice: the iconic city that we both love and pre-emptively mourn, a...

'A book to love and cherish'Deborah Levy, author of The Cost of Living'A beautiful writer and, just as important, a beautiful thinker'Hanya Yanagihara, author of A Little Life'Friendship is, in fact, as much the topic of this book as aloneness'Sarah Bakewell, GuardianAt no time before have so many people lived alone, and never has loneliness been so widely or keenly fe...

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the greatest practitioners of Gothic and detective fiction that has ever lived, and popular culture is full with references to him.This collection is unabridged, and appears as he first intended it. (And how the editors at the time first published it).Over 2,000 Kobo pages long (2,171)With easy menu navigation.This kindle copy holds every published work of Edgar Allan Poe – all of his short stories, Poems, and his novella. (Not incl...

Carol Milford is a young, educated urban woman with hopes, dreams and aspirations. But Carol marries doctor Will Kennicott and ends up in a small town in American Midwest where she struggles to either fit in or drag the local burghers into the modern era. Main Street is a great American novel, and a major reason why Sinclair Lewis was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

In 1809, New Yorkers were buzzing about a series of classified ads concerning the whereabouts of Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker. They were unaware that Washington Irving had invented the man entirely and placed the ads himself. Knickerbocker's purported manuscript, A History of New York, was Irving's own. Told from Knickerbocker's point of view, A History of New York is a chronicle of New York's fifty years under Dutch rule in the 1600s that plays fast and loose with the facts, to ...

When the lovable, but lazy, Rip Van Winkle falls asleep on a nearby mountain, he awakens to find that nothing in his life will ever be the same.The classic American short story, “Rip Van Winkle,” was originally published in author Washington Irving’s book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., alongside his other famous tale “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Since its publication, the story has become part of American popular culture and has been adapted many times for st...