"1000 Mythological Characters Briefly Described" is a great reference book for children and young adults about the most influential figures in the world's mythology. This book includes descriptions of creatures, gods, and heroes from almost all cultures, including such ancient civilizations as Egyptian and Indian.

"The Life of Kit Carson" by Edward Sylvester Ellis is a biographical account of the famous frontiersman and explorer Kit Carson. The book details Carson's life as a hunter, trapper, guide, Indian agent, and colonel in the U.S. Army. It chronicles his adventures and challenges, including his interactions with Native American tribes and his role in the Mexican-American War. The book provides a fascinating insight into the life and times of one of America's most iconic and legendary figures of the Old West.

'Bill Biddon, Trapper; or, Life in the Northwest' by Edward S. Ellis is a novel. The book reveals the historical adventures of William Relmond and Nathan Todd. Excerpt: Nathan Todd's face was full of shrewdness and good humor. He had a large, curved nose, broad mouth, and a fine blue eye. The chin was retreating; but this drawback was modified partly by a long tuft of yellow hair, the only signs of beard upon his face, except a shadowy mustache. The hair was long and sandy, and harmonized well with the rest of his countenance. There was ever a contraction of the eyebrows-a sort of unspoken...

This novel is set in the Ohio River valley where the Shawnee Indian tribe lived. It begins when Captain Parks angrily accuses his black slave, Pompey, of discharging a rifle. This has made Parks very angry and left Pompey very fearful. They are on their way to meet a flatboat that is sailing down the OhioRiver.

This novel set in the Pioneering days of the West tells the story of Fred Wainwright, a young hunter, who encounters a tribe of Comanche Indians. In those days they were much feared.