A saintly Black man endures the depredations of slavery and the torments of a cruel overseer

Traces the history of the gold rush in California including anecdotes about legendary characters and fabulous "strikes" of the mining camps.

Henry Dailey buys a spoiled, contrary two-year-old filly, a daughter of the Black, in November, and is determined to have a Kentucky Derby candidate by May.

Reprint of the 1958 ed. Presents an account of events leading up to and occurring during the American Revolution.

Chronicles the three-year battle of a mentally ill, but perceptive, teenage girl against a world of her own creation, emphasizing her relationship with the doctor who gave her the ammunition of self-understanding with which to destroy that world of fantasy.

In Tsarist Russia, Yakov is accused of a ritual murder he did not commit.

A strange varmint haunts the woodsman who lopped off its tail.

Text and illustrations describe a variety of trucks and their functions.