Don Pendleton Creates Mack Bolan50 Years Ago, Don Pendleton envisioned a fictional character that would soon become a literary bestseller and a phenomenon through which the new action/adventure genre emerged. Mack Bolan, a professional soldier, highly trained and skilled in the use of military tactics and weapons makes a life-altering decision after the tragic death of his family—his war is at home, not in the bloody fields of Vietnam. Mack Bolan takes on a one-man war against the ...

In 1919, George W. Caldwell, M.D., published his collections of Native American legend. It was published as Legends of Southern California and Legends of San Francisco, and the two collections have been combined for this edition, with a new Introduction by Linda Pendleton.Dr. Caldwell had an appreciation for the beauty of the Golden State for the Native American legends of love and life that have carried forward for generations.

Smoke From This Altar, a book that has become legendary among Louis L'Amour readers, is the very first book L'Amour ever published. It appeared, to great critical praise, for sale only in Oklahoma bookstores more than fifty years ago. Since then it has become the most sought-after L'Amour title of all, with the few circulating copies from the small print run commanding top dollar from rare book collectors. Now, at last, it is being published nationally in this beautiful keepsake B...

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This is the completely illustrated and annotated edition including an extensive primer on the author's life and works and many splendid drawings by Harrsion Fisher. 'This Indian Edda, if I may so call it,' says the author, 'is founded on a tradition, prevalent among the North American Indians, of a personage of miraculous birth, who was sent among them to clear their rivers, forests, and fishing-grounds, and to teach them the arts of peace. He was known among different tribes by the severa...

I haue thought it very requisite for thy further instruction and direction in this historie (Good Reader) to acquaint thee brieflie with the Methode and order which I haue vsed in the whole course thereof: and by the way also to let thee vnderstand by whose friendly aide in this my trauell I haue bene furthered: acknowledging that ancient speach to be no lesse true then inenious, that the offence is great, Non agnoscere per quos profeceris, not to speake of them by whom a man in his indeuo...

"How far to the highest point?""About ten miles.""How high?""Seven or eight thousand feet."That was enough. I caught the D.D.s with guile.

Some Myths and Legends of the Australian Aboriginesby W. J. ThomasThe Story of the Seven Sisters and the Faithful LoversA Legend of the Sacred BullroarerGiant KangaroosThe Great FightThe Flying ChipWhy the Whale Spouts, the Starfish is Ragged, and the Native Bear has Strong ArmsA Legend of the Great FloodHow the Stars Were Made: Rolla-Mano and the Evening StarWhy the Crow is BlackWhy Flying Foxes Hang from Trees:...

Before the time of books, computers, tablets and recording devices, the history of many cultures was passed down, from person to person, by word of mouth. The rich histories of so many people were told in songs, chants, poems and stories. This was the way of Native American tribes. Each in its own way enriching their stories with their own experiences. By reliving these stories and songs, we have the opportunity to bring life back to the ancient spirits that created them. We have a chance ...

This book "H'aisla Legends" by Gordon Robinson of Kitamaat Village, B.C., was recorded into print for the first time in history from oral transmission through the ages. Gordon was a qualified school teacher graduating from Surpass College in Vancouver, and was a H'aisla historian. The true authors of the legends belong to the past. Published by Mark and Dale Robinson.

In musical flow of rhythm and word this poem of early Indian life tells the tragedy of a beautiful maiden whose love for a chieftain led her into jealous revenge. This revenge was the means of destroying not only her rival, but herself. In the telling there are passages of surpassing beauty, pictures of forest life and of Indian customs. The life drama is skilfully handled and the weaving in of the legend of the fire bird shows a knowledge of early American literature that is authoritative...