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Talks about the adventures of 10-year-old Penrod Schofield. Penrod's sidekick is Samuel Williams, and together they improvise, causing general mischief and disorder wherever they go. In picaresque fashion, a fencing battle takes them all through the neighborhood. This is a nostalgic look at turn-of-the-century Indiana.

Tells the story of an impoverished young girl, Elnora Comstock, growing up on the edge of the Limberlost swamp.

First published in 1883, this charming book includes many of James Whitcomb Riley's signature poems, including "e;Thoughts fer the Discuraged Farmer"e; and "e;When the Frost Is on the Punkin."e; Also graced by noted Brown County artist Will Vawter's folksy illustrations of farm scenes from our past, this Library of Indiana Classics edition faithfully reproduces the 1905 edition. A must-have for Riley enthusiasts everywhere, it offers a warm look at how farm life was depicted over a century ago.

The time is 1813, during America's last war with England; the place is the Ohio Valley, the thickly wooded highway of western settlement. Wolves still howl at midnight on village greens. Each log cabin is a fortress, and no one travels without a knife and gun. This is an adventure story set in the backwoods of the Ohio Valley frontier.

Tells the story of the Robinson family during the Great Depression in Greene County, Indiana. Seely Robinson is the tenacious 11-year-old heroine, and it is from her perspective that the story is told.

Gene Stratton-Porter's tale of a plucky, orphaned newspaper boy is now back in print!

Describes the adventures of a young boy growing up in early nineteenth-century rural Indiana. This is a book for children or adults who love nature and tales of early pioneer life.

Broken in spirit and body, James Lewis MacFarland, a wounded veteran of World War I, decides to escape from the military hospital before he is sent to a hospital for tubercular patients. He sets out on a great adventure which takes him to the healing sun and ocean of California.