A classic collection of ten short stories about Christmas, and an essay, from the author of "The Man Without a Country," Edward E. Hale. The stories are: They saw a Great Light; Christmas Waits in Boston; Alice's Christmas-tree; Daily Bread; Stand and Wait; The Two Princes; The Story of Oello; Love is the Whole; Christmas and Rome; The Survivor's Story; and the essay The Same Christmas in Old England and New.
A classic collection of ten short stories about Christmas, and an essay, from the author of "The Man Without a Country," Edward E. Hale. The stories a...
A minor classic of American literature, The Man Without a Country was written in the midst of the Civil War to bring home the emotional point of leaving the Union with no prospect of returning. The character is fictitious but many of the events and situations described are historically accurate. This short piece captures the essence of patriotism from the flip side -- and the remorse of having taken a youthful stand of defiance.
A minor classic of American literature, The Man Without a Country was written in the midst of the Civil War to bring home the emotional point of leavi...
"The history of two territories whose first governors have as yet never seen their dominions, -in which, indeed, there is not yet a single town, -may seem to be easily written. "When, however, my attention was directed to the study of the various researches which have been made in the regions now known as Kanzas and Nebraska, I knew that I had a wide range before me. I have followed up, as carefully as I could, the memoirs of the early French travelers who first opened to the civilized world the valley of the Missouri. Of more use, in the view in which that valley is now regarded, are the...
"The history of two territories whose first governors have as yet never seen their dominions, -in which, indeed, there is not yet a single town, -may ...
