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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine 6 reviews
John Fox
University Press of Kentucky, 1984
A Lovely Love Story
+ Last century story with truths for our times
+ An enchanting Tale
+ Bob Likes
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Tarzan of the Apes (Signet Classics)94 reviews
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Signet Classics, 1990
Tarzan of the Apes
+ Tarzan of the Apes
+ Tarzan of the Apes
+ Loved it but for one major flaw and a few minor ones.
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Puffin Classics)23 reviews
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Puffin, 1995
The Eternal Rebecca Randall
+ Building a classic library for a granddaughter
+ Perfect book for little girls
Rebecca has been my friend since I read her story in a cheap Whitman hardback when I was a little girl. A lively and creative 10-year-old girl is sent to her maiden aunts to receive a good education, but chafes under the restrictive yoke of her elder aunt. As Rebecca learns to channel her energies ...
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The Crisis 6 reviews
Winston Churchill
1st World Library - Literary Society, 2004
A Story of Abraham Lincoln
+ Muscle through the first chapter - You're reward is to be treated like you have above an 8th Grade reading level
+ American History scholars should have this book
+ A great Civil War Novel -- Not by Sir Winston Churchill
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Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie
Edward Streeter
Kessinger Publishing, 2005
1918. Read them-and live with the Rookie through all his perplexities, through all his amusements, through all his work, live with him and laugh with him-and at him! For genuine humor nothing written in recent years surpasses them. Streeter and Breck were both with the American Expeditionary force in France when this was written.
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So Big (Perennial Classics)16 reviews
Edna Ferber
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2000
Pulitzer Prize winning Agrarian Lit
+ Born and raised in the High Prairie
+ an oscar winning movie
+ 100-Year-Old Real Today
+ The beauty of So Big
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The Perfect Tribute1 review
Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
Kessinger Publishing, 2005
My tribute to "The Perfect Tribute"
"A Perfect Tribute" has no doubt fallen by the wayside among children's books, but should certainly be reevaluated for its historical and artistic merit. It is a fictionalized account from the perspective of Abraham Lincoln of the deliverance of the Gettysburg Address, and the events which ...
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The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come8 reviews
John Fox
University Press of Kentucky, 1993
Beautiful, descriptive, classic...
+ And old- fashioned view of the American Civil War and human nature
+ Endearing novel -- must read!
+ Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by John Fox Jr
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Laddie: A True Blue Story (Library of Indiana Classics) 9 reviews
Gene Stratton-Porter
Indiana University Press, 1988
Not to be Missed
+ A Dear Story
+ A little known diamond in the rough
+ Will read over and over
+ The best novel of my childhood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Main Street (Signet Classics)52 reviews
Sinclair Lewis
Signet Classics, 1998
A Satirical Masterpiece and One Hec of a Read!
+ Excellent Study of American Society and Character
+ Retelling of George Eliot's Middlemarch
+ welcome to "main street"
+ A timeless quest
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Freckles (The Library of Indiana Classics)26 reviews
Gene Stratton-Porter
Indiana University Press, 1986
Another Wonderful Vintage Romance
+ a more simple time
+ Never leave home without it
+ Freckles
+ Freckles
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The Virginian, 100th Anniversary Edition2 reviews
Owen Wister
Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 2002
Wister used "Virginian" to elaborate fundamental human truths
+ An inspiring story
VIRGINIAN -by Owen Wister ( first reviewed 30 April 2006)
Though "The Virginian" has a standing as a Western novel, it is philosophically rich, and Owen Wister used this novel to articulate certain fundamental truths. (I always find great clarification from older books, books written before TV, ...
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The Rosary (Dodo Press)8 reviews
Florence L. Barclay
Dodo Press, 2006
A Timeless Romance
+ The best romance ever
+ simply the best
+ A love story that's bigger than life
+ It's a Lovely, Lovely Book!
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The Sea Wolf86 reviews
Jack London
Bantam Classics, 1984
excellent read!
+ One of my favorites
+ Intense and seaching
+ London's great sea tale
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Penrod (Library of Indiana Classics)22 reviews
Booth Tarkington
Indiana University Press, 1992
Tom Sawyer Meets Monty Python
+ A Belly Full of Laughs, Anyone?
+ Humorous Portrait of Years Past - Tainted by Casual, Offhand Racial Remarks
+ Beautiful Tale of a Faulty but Admirable Boy
+ Penrod: Still a Classic
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Riders of the Purple Sage2 reviews
Zane Grey
Forge Books, 2006
Zane Grey's best
+ Riders of rhe Purple Sage
Of all the zane Grey classics, this is one of his best. Lassiter, the gunman, up against the Mormon power in Utah, complete with a hidden valley, thoroughbred horses, and plenty of bad guys. Adventure/romance has survived the years to remain a classic.
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The Harvester (Library of Indiana Classics)14 reviews
Gene Stratton-Porter
Indiana University Press, 1987
The Harvester
+ Favorite love story ever!
+ A story from a more mellow age.
+ Loved this book.
+ Wonderful Vintage Romance
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady13 reviews
Anita Loos
Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1998
Forget feminism and deep meanings - just enjoy it!
+ Funniest book ever
+ Lorelei will make you laugh!
This book is on my list of all-time favorites, not because of what it may or may not say to or about society (I think if you're going to get that deep about it you're missing out), but because I've read it four or five times and it still makes me laugh out loud. I, too, saw the movie first, and ...
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The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan 3 reviews
Thomas Dixon
Firebird Press, 2002
An excellent historical novel
This book is valuable reading for those who would like to understand the Genesis for racial animosities and problems that still occur in both the North and the South today. It also provides a familiarity with the actions and motives of the true historical Ku Klux Klan in contrast to the misguided ...
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Pollyanna41 reviews
Eleanor H. Porter
Aladdin, 2002
A Book for Boys and Girls
+ A classic, for a good reason.
+ Classic Book
+ pollyana= a wonderful book
+ A joy to revisit.
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