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THREE SPLENDID BOOKS BY
ALFRED HENRY LEWIS
FARO NELL AND HER FRIENDS
A new story of "Wolfville" days--the best of all. It pictures the fine
comradeship, broad understanding and simple loyalty of Faro Nell to her
friends. Here we meet again Old Monte, Dave Tutt, Cynthiana, Pet-Named
Original Sin, Dead Shot Baker, Doc Peets, Old Man Enright, Dan Boggs,
Texas and Black Jack, the rough-actioned, good-hearted men and women who
helped to make this author famous as a teller of tales of Western frontier
life.
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THE APACHES OF NEW YORK
A truthful account of actual happenings in the underworld of vice and
crime in the metropolis, that gives an appalling insight into the life of
the New York criminal. It contains intimate, inside information concerning
the gang fights and the gang tyranny that has since startled the entire
world. The book embraces twelve stories of grim, dark facts secured
directly from the lips of the police and the gangsters themselves.
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THE STORY OF PAUL JONES
A wonderful historical romance. A story of the boyhood and later life of
that daring and intrepid sailor whose remains are now in America.
Thousands and tens of thousands have read it and admired it. Many consider
it one of the best books Mr. Lewis has produced.
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Nine Splendid Novels by
WILLIAM MacLEOD RAINE
THE PIRATE OF PANAMA
A tale of old-time pirates and of modern love, hate and adventure. The
scene is laid in San Francisco on board The Argus and in Panama. A
romantic search for the lost pirate gold. An absorbing love-story runs
through the book.
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THE VISION SPLENDID
A powerful story in which a man of big ideas and fine ideals wars against
graft and corruption. A most satisfactory love affair terminates the
story.
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CROOKED TRAILS AND STRAIGHT
A story of Arizona; of swift-riding men and daring outlaws; of a bitter
feud between cattle-men and sheep-herders. The heroine is a most unusual
woman and her love-story reaches a culmination that is fittingly
characteristic of the great free West.
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BRAND BLOTTERS
A story of the Cattle Range. This story brings out the turbid life of the
frontier with all its engaging dash and vigor with a charming love
interest running through its 320 pages.
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"MAVERICKS"
A tale of the western frontier, where the "rustler," whose depredations
are so keenly resented by the early settlers of the range, abounds. One of
the sweetest love stories ever told.
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A TEXAS RANGER
How a member of the most dauntless border police force carried law into
the mesquit, saved the life of an innocent man after a series of thrilling
adventures, followed a fugitive to Wyoming, and then passed through deadly
peril to ultimate happiness.
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WYOMING
In this vivid story of the outdoor West the author has captured the breezy
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all its engaging dash and vigor.
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RIDGWAY OF MONTANA
The scene is laid in the mining centers of Montana, where politics and
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the love scene, and the fine character drawing give this story great
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BUCKY O'CONNOR
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TRAFFIC IN SOULS
Novelized from the Great Photo-Play
By
EUSTACE HALE BALL
TRAFFIC IN SOULS is a powerful study, in fiction garb, of the vice
conditions of New York and their cure. The facts upon which it is based
were compiled from the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., White Slave Report, and
other documents of that nature, including Charles S. Whitman's,
District-Attorney of New York.
The story tells of the active fight of a conscientious policeman, Officer
4434, Bobbie Burke, to thwart the evil machinations of a gang of organized
traffickers. His personal interest is suddenly doubled by the abduction of
the young sister of his fiancee, Mary Barton. Burke, assisted by Mary,
tracks the evil doers. After a sensational series of fights mixed with
thrilling detective work, many women, including the young sister, are
saved. The operations of the gangsters, in securing victims from the
emigrant ships, the railroad stations and the working classes are shown in
a manner treated delicately, yet imbued with a powerful moral lesson. The
tender love story of Bobbie and Mary purges the book of the morbidity
which it would otherwise possess. This photo-drama feature is the only one
dealing with White Slavery conditions which has met the unqualified
sanction of the District-Attorney's office, the Board of Censorship and
the other vice crusading societies of New York.
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