Traven's politically charged novels about life among the downtrodden, which have sold more than thirty million copies in thirty-six languages. Next to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, it is his most celebrated work

    The adventure and practical lessons he finds along the way replace the further education he craves.

    With a wicked eye for absurdities, Gordon MacCreagh recounts his adventures with eight "Eminent Scientificos" as they set out to explore the Amazon in 1923 without any idea of what lies ahead of them: rapids, malaria, monkey stew, and "dangerous savages." A combination of Twain's The Innocents Abroad and a cautionary tale for explorers, this is one of the most honest accounts ever written of a scientific expedition.

    We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

    A few bad deals have turned the world against him. His greatest adversary is his father, who thinks Ben good for nothing. Determined to show what he is made of and what he can do, Ben pursues a herd of wild horses. The herd leads him directly into danger: cattle thieves with connections in high places. Distrusted by the woman he loves, menaced by killers, and hounded by slander, Ben finds his day of reckoning at the edge of Forlorn River. What he does next will make him an outcast or a hero. First published in 1927, Forlorn River sets in motion the events and characters that extend into Nevada, also available as a Bison Book. This Authorized Edition carries a new foreword by Zane Grey’s son, Loren Grey.

    By Carl Sandburg. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926 - 1939. An exhaustive work on Abraham Lincoln, with hundreds of photographs, maps. letters and other illustrations. Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln was called "the greatest historical biography of our generation."Abraham Lincoln: The War Years received the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for History.Volume I: The Prairie Years - 1, 1926, 480 p., frontispiece plus 20 illustrations and 16 p. of photographs. Volume II: The Prairie Years - 2, 1926, 482 p., index, frontispiece plus 16 illustrations and 16 p. of photographs. Volume III: The War Years - 1, 1939, 660 p., 77 illustrations plus 15 p. of photographs. Volume IV: The War Years - 2, 1939, 655 p., 53 illustrations plus 31 p. of photographs. Volume V: The War Years - 3, 1939, 673 p., 59 illustrations plus 31 p. of photographs. Volume VI: The War Years - 4, 1939, 515 p., index, 46 illustrations plus 31 p. of photographs. The Sangamon Edition. Six Volumes. Each 9.5" x 6.25", original red cloth with blind-stamped Lincoln profile on front covers, gilt and black ruled and lettered spines, illustrated with photographs, cartoons, sketches, maps, and letters.

    A tale of strange adventures, befalling Tod Moran, mess boy of the tramp steamer "Araby," upon his first voyage from San Francisco to Genoa, via the Panama Canal.