A compendium of some of the very best--and most readable--authors from 19th Century America, including works by Twain, London, Whitman, and Thoreau.

The dimension project was a scientific triumph: a way to explore parallel universes and other worlds. But when the chief anthropologist finds herself stranded in the American Midwest in the 1900's-- perhaps forever--her very survival depends on blending into society. She can pass as human. . . .barely, but finding a life and a future in a strange, beautiful, and primitive culture will tax every ounce of her abilities. Fortunately, Eleli is long on abilities, and even more fortunately, she's found the Sears and Roebuck catalog.