"The Complete Works of Joseph Alexander Altsheler" is a collection of all works written by Joseph Alexander Altsheler. It includes all his 79 works properly formatted for your Kindle. It includes more than 60 original picture illustrations from the original stories.
This title includes several clickable Tables of Contents or easy navigation. There is a mini table of contents as well as a complete table of contents that is linked to every single chapter in this huge title. We have also included an NCX table of contents so that you can skip from one section to another using the 5-ways button of your Kindle (or its equivalent).
All picture illustrations are original and follow the story line. Images has also been properly inserted into text so you do not end up having a lot of blank pages.
To make it even easier for you, the start of each chapter in this title has a link to the main table of contents or to the story/section table of contents. It is just a click and you are there!
Each story or novel also has its own table of contents!
Included in this title:
The Young Trailers Series
1. The Young Trailers 2. The Forest Runners 3. The Keepers of the Trail 4. The Eyes of the Woods 5. The Free Rangers 6. The Riflemen of the Ohio 7. The Scouts of the Valley 8. The Border Watch
The Texan Series
9. The Texan Star 10. The Texan Scouts 11. The Texan Triumph
The Civil War Series
12. The Guns of Bull Run 13. The Guns of Shiloh 14. The Scouts of Stonewall 15. The Sword of Antietam 16. The Star of Gettysburg 17. The Rock of Chickamauga 18. The Shades of the Wilderness 19. The Tree of Appomattox
The French and Indian War Series
20. The Hunters of the Hills 21. The Shadow of the North 22. The Rulers of the Lakes 23. The Masters of the Peaks 24. The Lords of the Wild 25. The Sun of Quebec
The World War I Series
26. The Guns of Europe 27. The Hosts of the Air 28. The Forest of Swords
The Great West Series
29. The Great Sioux Trail 30. The Lost Hunters
Non Series Novels
31. The Hidden Mine 32. A Knight of Philadelphia 33. A Soldier of Manhattan 34. The Sun of Saratoga 35. A Herald of the West 36. The Rainbow of Gold 37. In Circling Camps 38. In Hostile Red 39. The Last Rebel 40. The Wilderness Road 41. My Captive 42. Before the Dawn 43. Guthrie of the Times 44. The Candidate 45. The Recovery 46. The Last of the Chiefs 47. The Horsemen of the Plains 48. The Quest of the Four 49. Apache Gold
Non Series Short Stories
50. The Break of Day 51. The Sharpshooter 52. A Spy of France 53. A Visitor from Kentucky 54. At the Cannon's Mouth 55. The General 56. My Pennsylvanian 57. Old Tom of Nantucket 58. A Problem of the East 59. The Red Light 60. After the Battle 61. At the Twelfth Hour 62. Guard No. 10 63. The Indian Scout 64. Mercer's Best Shot 65. The Stroke of Midnight 66. Black Feather's Throw 67. A Plot for a Crown 68. The Fate of the Gun 69. The Governor's Choice 70. A Dawn in the Desert 71. The Escape 72.
Joseph Alexander Altsheler was an American newspaper reporter, editor and author of popular juvenile historical fiction. He was a prolific writer, and produced fifty-one novels and at least fifty-three short stories. Thirty-two of his novels were part of his seven series:
The Civil War Series (8 volumes) The French and Indian War Series (6 volumes) The Gold Series (2 volumes) The Great West Series (2 volumes) The Texan Series (3 volumes) The World War Series (3 volumes) The Young Trailers Series (8 volumes)
Although each of the thirty-two novels constitutes an independent story, Altsheler suggested a reading order for each series (i.e., he numbered the volumes). The remaining nineteen novels can be read in any order. [Note, however, that A Knight of Philadelphia was later expanded through the addition of nineteen chapters and some minor tweaks to become Mr. Altsheler's novel In Hostile Red.]
The short stories, of course, can be read in any order. However, some readers might prefer to read them in the order in which they were published. The short story list below is displayed in chronological order with the publication dates shown alongside the titles.
Written in the 40’s so the view of Indians is dated. But the history and views of the times are fascinating. Not written for adults, actually written for teens. However, I don’t think teens of today would be interested.
Altsheler was a master of 19th century Adventure because he lived in that time, knew the history and painted pictures with his stories. Anyone loving history, action and the art of the story will lose themselves in this wonderful collection.