"There is a Valley called the Valley of Illusion, but beyond it, sun-crowned, is the Peak of Eternal Truth-and the Way from the Valley to the Peak is sore beset, for the Way is the Understanding of Things Real, and its Achievement is the Fullness of Life. It was a wilder gust than any that had gone before. It tore along the beach with maniacal fury; and, shrieking in a high, devilishly-gleeful falsetto, while the joints of the little inn, rheumatic with age, squeaked in its embrace, shook the Taverne du Bas Rhône much after the fashion of a terrier shaking a rat. And with that gust,...
"There is a Valley called the Valley of Illusion, but beyond it, sun-crowned, is the Peak of Eternal Truth-and the Way from the Valley to the Peak is ...
From Now On' explores the story of the anti-hero Dave Henderson, who grew up poor on San Francisco's Barbary Coast. When the opportunity appears to steal a fortune from another underworld operator, he takes it without a thought. The story follows the drastic outcomes of this robbery by Henderson and offers several plot twists and an Italian-American woman as the love interest.
From Now On' explores the story of the anti-hero Dave Henderson, who grew up poor on San Francisco's Barbary Coast. When the opportunity appears to st...
The Adventures of Jimmie Dale is a book by Frank L. Packard. Jimmie Dale is a rich socialite by day, but at night he wears a costume and transforms into The Gray Seal, who enters businesses or homes and cracks safes...
The Adventures of Jimmie Dale is a book by Frank L. Packard. Jimmie Dale is a rich socialite by day, but at night he wears a costume and transforms in...
The Wire Devils is a thrilling railroading adventure mystery that revolves around train robbers, tapped wires, and secret codes. Immediately after his release from prison, Harry Maul, the Hawk, becomes the leader of a relentless gang of criminals functioning in the western United States. They tapped into the area's telegraph lines to gather information about the valuable items to steal them. The story follows his involvement with another band of criminals. He cracked their communication code and kept outplaying them to reach their target before they did. In addition to the fascinating story,...
The Wire Devils is a thrilling railroading adventure mystery that revolves around train robbers, tapped wires, and secret codes. Immediately after his...
Things don't look good for Billy Kane when his millionaire employer David Ellsworth is found murdered and robbed. All evidences suggest that he is the one who did it, and those circumstances dictate that he must go in hiding. As Billy wonders further in New York's criminal underground, he gets mistaken for a notorious Buddy Morgan, known as The Rat, one of the bosses of the underworld. Seizing on the unlikely opportunity to clear his name Billy decides to pit the underworld in a fight on the side of justice against the police. Frank Lucius Packard (1877-1942) was a Canadian novelist best...
Things don't look good for Billy Kane when his millionaire employer David Ellsworth is found murdered and robbed. All evidences suggest that he is the...
"Doc" Madison, gentleman crook and high-class, polished con-man, finds out about a certain healer called Patriarch, who heals people of his small town with the power of faith. He gathers the group of con artist and they come up with a plan to collect many scamming locals, and their faith healing fraud quickly becomes very lucrative. But things don't go exactly the way they were intended, and the crooks are about to experience a true miracle. Frank Lucius Packard (1877 -1942) was a Canadian novelist best known for his Jimmie Dale mystery series. As a young man he worked as a civil engineer for...
"Doc" Madison, gentleman crook and high-class, polished con-man, finds out about a certain healer called Patriarch, who heals people of his small town...
Henri Charlebois is a rich old man who was homeless, ill and destitute many years ago. He keeps a book that he calls the Red Ledger, where he has written names of all people he encountered during his life as a hobo. He has a plan to make his accounts balanced, and debts settled. All those who done him well, will be protected and secured, but those who done him wrong will live to regret it. Frank Lucius Packard (1877-1942) was a Canadian novelist best known for his Jimmie Dale mystery series. As a young man he worked as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working...
Henri Charlebois is a rich old man who was homeless, ill and destitute many years ago. He keeps a book that he calls the Red Ledger, where he has writ...
"The Adventures of Jimmie Dale" - Jimmie Dale is a wealthy playboy by day, but at night he puts on a costume and becomes The Gray Seal, who enters businesses or homes and cracks safes, always leaving a diamond shaped, gray paper "seal" behind to mark his conquest, but never taking anything and just doing it for "the sheer deviltry of it". But he gets caught by a mysterious woman he calls The Tocsin, and she blackmails him to help her in the war with certain crime organizations. "The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale" - Jimmie Dale wanted to settle with the love of his life, but when she...
"The Adventures of Jimmie Dale" - Jimmie Dale is a wealthy playboy by day, but at night he puts on a costume and becomes The Gray Seal, who enters bus...
On the Iron at Big Cloud presents engaging short stories about a mountain division railroad town and its people. Big Cloud was the headquarters for the "Mountain Division" in the early days of western railroading. Through a series of gripping short stories, the author introduces readers to many people who built the road, drove the trains, created the schedules, fixed the equipment, interfered with the operation, or were family or neighbors to the railroaders. These are short stories about the difficult living and working conditions on the rails during a rough, harsh time. Each character...
On the Iron at Big Cloud presents engaging short stories about a mountain division railroad town and its people. Big Cloud was the headquarters for th...
