Samuel Drake: 24 books

Stripped of the glamour which has made its every stick and stone an object of eager curiosity or pious veneration, Gettysburg becomes a very plain, matter-of-fact Pennsylvania town, of no particular antiquity, with a very decided Dutch flavor in the names and on the tongues of its citizens, where...

4 works of Samuel Adams Drake Author of a large number of popular legendary and history works of New England and the United States (1833-1905) This ebook presents a collection of 4 works of Samuel Adams Drake. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected....

Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast Samuel Adams Drake, american journalist and writer (1833-1905) This ebook presents «Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast», from Samuel Adams Drake. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected....

Burgoyne’s Invasion of 1777 Samuel Adams Drake, american journalist and writer (1833-1905) This ebook presents «Burgoyne’s Invasion of 1777», from Samuel Adams Drake. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01-...

The Campaign of Trenton Samuel Adams Drake, american journalist and writer (1833-1905) This ebook presents «The Campaign of Trenton», from Samuel Adams Drake. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- PRELUDE...

"Your Old Landmarks of Boston is a perfect storehouse of Information," Henry W. Longfellow told Samuel Adams Drake almost a century ago. That being true a hundred years ago, the praise is even more relevant today, when many of the old and venerated landmarks are gone, victims of time and...

The Myths and Fables of To-Day written by Samuel Adams Drake. Illustrations by Frank T. Merrill. Published in 1900. This book has 15 chapters. I.A Reckoning with Time II.The Folk-lore of Childhood III.Weather Lore IV.Signs of All Sorts V.Charms to Good Luck VI.Charms against Disease VII.Of Fate in...

The Heart of the White Mountains, Their Legend and Scenery By Samuel Adams Drake

"As passenger train Number Four was rounding a curve at full speed, ten miles out of this city, on the morning of October 4, and at a point where a deep cut shut out the view ahead, the engineer saw some one, man or boy, he could not well make out which, running down the track toward the train,...

THE very flattering reception which the sumptuous holiday edition of “The Heart of the White Mountains” received on its début has decided the Messrs. Harper to re-issue it in a more convenient and less expensive form, with the addition of a Tourist’s Appendix, and an Index farther adapting...

It is unnecessary to spend words denying the position of Middlesex County in New England history, or to assert its preeminence over some of her sister counties of the commonwealth. The fact is that three separate counties in Massachusetts are entitled to the distinction of " historic counties,"...

A survey of the last 100 years of science fiction, with representative stories and illuminating essays by the top writers, poets, and scholars, from Edgar Rice Burroughs and Samuel Butler to Robert A. Heinlein and and Jack Vance, from E.E. "Doc" Smith and Clifford D. Simak to Ted Chiang and Charles Stross-- and everyone in between. More than one million words of classic fiction and essays!

This volume contains a vast fund of information and anecdotes about old Boston, its notable buildings, markets, streets, and most memorable characters. The book is a perfect storehouse of information and one can only be amazed at the extent and accuracy of the information. The plan of grouping the...

Among the decisive events of the Revolutionary struggle, Burgoyne's campaign deservedly holds the foremost place, as well for what it led to, as for what it was in inception and execution--at once the most daring, most quixotic, and most disastrous effort of the whole war.