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1) Pony tracks
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Fifteen sketches of Army and sporting life, chiefly in the western part of the United States and in northern Mexico.
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"There has been no more crucial period in our history than the two years after V-E Day during which James F. Byrnes fought--patiently, firmly and wholeheartedly--to make a lasting peace. As Secretary of State, he, more than any one man, shaped and directed American foreign policy during that critical time. Now, believing that all Americans must know the facts if we are to achieve a real 'peoples' peace, ' he goes on record with a full report of his...
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On the Texas frontier, in the years after the Civil War, a Comanche war party attacks the Edwards ranch and kills all the inhabitants, except for the two girls carried away with them. In the name of civilization, a group of pioneers take off in hot pursuit. Amos Edwards, brother of the slain rancher, and Martin Pauley, 18-year-old adopted son of the Edwards family, join the party. Their travels take them into a savage world of unexpected dangers,...
12) Sebastopol
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Three short stories written by Leo Tolstoy and published in 1855 to record his experiences during the Siege of Sevastopol (1854-1855). The name originates from Sevastopol, a city in Crimea. The book has also sometimes been entitled Sebastopol Stories. These brief "sketches" formed the basis of many of the episodes in Tolstoy's magnum opus, War and Peace.