Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 - March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky, who moved to New York in 1904 and lived there for the rest of his life. He wrote for the New York World, the newspaper Joseph Pulitzer, as the highest paid personnel reporter in the United States. Cobb also wrote more than 60 books and 300 stories. Some of his works were adapted for silent films. Several of his stories of Judge Priest were adapted in the 1930s for two feature films directed by John Ford. Cobb was the second of four children born to Kentucky natives in Paducah, Kentucky.His maternal grandfather, Reuben Saunders, MD, is credited with discovering in 1873 that hypodermic use of morphine - atropine stopped cholera. Cobb grew up in Paducah, and the events and people of his childhood became the basis of much of his later works. Later in life, Cobb was nicknamed "Duke of Paducah."

Young George Belden lived one of the most remarkable of lives of any man on the western frontier of America. A runaway at 13, he lived among the Sioux, learning their language and ways, and married a young Sioux woman to whom he became very attached. Though a young man, he was regarded as a writer of merit in regards to his work on Native Americans. He later served in the U.S Army cavalry with Major James Brisbin, who collected the material you're about to read from Belden's diaries and manuscripts. Brisbin was also a writer of note in his day and was also part of the Montana Column under General John Gibbon that was slated to unite with General George Armstrong Custer at the Little Bighorn. Belden's time among the Indians was exciting, fraught with danger, amusing, and even heartwarming. This edition contains new material and annotations for a modern audience. Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of a time that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

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The works of Gogol are compiled here with a biography about his life and times. Works include: The Calash The Cloak Dead Souls The Inspector-General The Mantle A May Night Memoirs of a Madman The Mysterious Portrait The Nose St. John’s Eve The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich Taras Bulba The Viy